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Development of a Guide-Dog Robot: Leading and Recognizing a Visually-Handicapped Person using a LRF
Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, 2010 A conceptual Guide-Dog Robot prototype to lead and to recognize a visually-handicapped person is developed and discussed in this paper. Key design features of the robot include a movable platform, human-machine interface, and capability of avoiding ...
Shozo SAEGUSA +5 more
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Animals, 2014 There are no published studies that consider the experiences of guide dog puppy raisers. As these people are volunteers, their continued willingness to participate in the training of dogs for assisting the vision impaired and blind is essential for the ...
Anna Chur-Hansen +3 more
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Spotlight on Assistance Dogs—Legislation, Welfare and Research
Animals, 2018 Assistance dogs are a very diverse group of working dogs that are trained to assist humans with different types of disabilities in their daily lives.
Annika Bremhorst +3 more
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The guide dog as a mobility aid part 2: perceived changes to travel habits [PDF]
, 2008 This article describes the second of a two-part study that examined the effects of a guide dog as an aid to mobility. The first part, which is also published in this issue, showed that dogs were perceived to significantly improve travel performance ...
La Grow, Steven J. +7 more
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Thyroid and Lipid Status in Guide Dogs During Training: Effects of Dietary Protein and Fat Content
Animals, 2019 Nutrition plays a leading role that most influences thyroid response and energetic metabolism. Aim was to compare the effect of diet on thyroid and lipid status in guide dogs during a 12-weeks training period.
Biagina Chiofalo +3 more
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Animals, 2021 Understanding the factors that result in people becoming dog owners is key to developing messaging around responsible acquisition and providing appropriate support for prospective owners to ensure a strong dog–owner bond and optimise dog welfare.
Katrina E. Holland +4 more
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Guide Dogs on Holiday: Guide dog owner experiences in the travel and tourism sector
, 2020 This report presents findings from research on the user experience of travelling with a guide dog. Working in collaboration with The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, the objectives of the project were to investigate guide dog owner confidence in ...
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017 Epidemiology is the study of patterns of health-related states or events in populations. Statistical models developed for epidemiology could be usefully applied to behavioral states or events.
Lucy Asher +4 more
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Scientific ReportsContrafreeloading is the behavior of working for food when also provided with identical food that does not require effort to obtain. This behavior has been observed in humans and non-human animals, including domesticated species.
Liza Rothkoff +2 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani +7 more
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