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Lameness in Sheltered Cows and Its Association with Cow and Shelter Attributes

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
The sheltering of old, unproductive and abandoned cows in traditional cow shelters, known as gaushalas, has been practiced in India since ancient times. Cows are kept in these shelters until they die of natural causes.
Arvind Sharma, Clive J. C. Phillips
doaj   +1 more source

Interdependence of welfare outcome measures and potential confounding factors on finishing pig farms

open access: yes
The factors influencing the observed prevalence of some welfare outcome measures were investigated as part of a larger project examining the feasibility and benefits of incorporating on-farm welfare outcome assessments into UK Pig Farm Assurance Schemes.
Whay HR   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Market and Nonmarket Strategies in Focus: How Entrepreneurs Tackling the Grand Challenge of Waste Management Navigate Institutional and Market Adversity in Ghana

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Waste management remains a critical grand challenge in African countries. While entrepreneurship has been a viable strategy for addressing this challenge, it is fraught with constraints. This study investigates the strategies orchestrated by entrepreneurs to navigate adversity in Waste management and ensure the social and economic viability of
Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

National farm assurance scheme demonstrates welfare outcome improvements for sustainable intensification of dairy production

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2022
Animal welfare is a key pillar of sustainability in livestock farming but can be challenging to deliver improvements when productivity is high. In October 2013, the Red Tractor UK national dairy assurance scheme introduced welfare outcome monitoring on ...
Siobhan Mullan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between dissociative experiences and feelings of mental contamination. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Objectives: Mental contamination refers to a psychological sense of contamination involving internal feelings of dirtiness and is often accompanied by negative emotions such as distress, disgust and anxiety. Research has shown that recalling or imagining
Perrett, Rachel.E.
core   +1 more source

Corporate Decarbonization: Understanding CO2 Emission Drivers Across High‐ and Low‐Polluting Firms in OECD Countries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decarbonization of the economy is a central challenge in the fight against climate change. Although most governments show clear commitment to limiting global warming, the drivers of corporate decarbonization remain underexplored. Using a dataset of 1052 firms from OECD, this article analyses how intangible assets and environmental innovation ...
Yanik Nimtz, Mercedes Teruel
wiley   +1 more source

Cleanliness and Dirtiness in Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Painting

open access: yes
The Dutch and Flemish obsession with cleanliness in the seventeenth century is a well-known cliché, both in modern research and for people travelling in Flanders and in the Netherlands at the time. As a result, cleanliness is often brushed aside in Dutch
Rochard, Lucie
core   +1 more source

Towards a Socially Inclusive Circular Economy: Evidence From Social Enterprises in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) and social entrepreneurship (SE) are increasingly recognised as critical pathways for sustainable development, yet CE research often underplays social inclusion, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs).
Maria L. Granados, Adeyemi Adelekan
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of the Ideal Time for Cleaning of Photovoltaic Panels Aiming at Better Productivity - Case Study of the Implanted Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System at the Federal University of Technology of Paraná

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2018
Considering the development of new technologies in the electricity generation sector, such as solar photovoltaic energy, some studies are made necessary to obtain the best performance of these systems. This generation model consists of modules, which are
João Nicolau Gaio   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Locked in Transition: Examining the Role of Paradoxical Tensions in the Transition From Industrial Cluster to Eco‐Clusters

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industrial clusters are central to the circular economy transition, yet how they develop into eco‐clusters and the paradoxical tensions this transformation fuels remain underexplored. Drawing on 48 in‐depth interviews and secondary data from a Turkish textile‐recycling cluster, we develop an empirically grounded model of eco‐cluster transition
Tulin Dzhengiz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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