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Self-disseminating vaccines for emerging infectious diseases. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Modern human activity fueled by economic development is profoundly altering our relationship with microorganisms. This altered interaction with microbes is believed to be the major driving force behind the increased rate of emerging infectious diseases ...
Jarvis, MA, Murphy, AA, Redwood, AJ
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The Background to Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) Research

open access: yesHuman-animal interaction bulletin, 2018
Human-Animal Interaction (HAI), and specifically what is called the human-animal bond, has a long history. The long-standing social implications of our association with animals continue as well as an ever-increasing utilization of animals to help ...
A. Beck   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Meta Reinforcement Learning with Latent Variable Gaussian Processes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Learning from small data sets is critical in many practical applications where data collection is time consuming or expensive, e.g., robotics, animal experiments or drug design.
Deisenroth, Marc Peter   +2 more
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Overview of Centers and Institutes for Human-Animal Interaction in the United States

open access: yesHuman-animal interaction bulletin, 2018
Academic centers and institutes represent critical hubs for the advancement of areas of scholarly and societal interest. We conducted a survey of 16 academic centers and institutes for human-animal interaction (HAI) in the United States to ...
M. O’Haire   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Introduction to the Themed Issue on Human–Animal Interaction and Healthy Human Aging

open access: yesAnthrozoos, 2019
In 2016, the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) developed a research focus on the benefits and potential risks associated with pets among older adults. With the goal of developing a roadmap for human–animal interaction (HAI) research in older people
B. Resnick, S. McCune
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The nature of human altruism [PDF]

open access: yes
Some of the most fundamental questions concerning our evolutionary origins, our social relations, and the organization of society are centred around issues of altruism and selfishness.
Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher
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Comparative anthropomorphism and affective valence shape role perception and relational behaviours in human-pet dyads in Romania

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
This study examines the association between attitudes toward animals, anthropomorphic tendencies, and beliefs about the social role of companion animals (cats and dogs) in the household.
Florina Ileana Hica   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An economic approach to collective management of endemic animal diseases [PDF]

open access: yes
The control of animal diseases is an issue of particular interest in animal production chains. Because of their direct impact on production, animal diseases generate income shortfalls for farmers.
Krebs, Stephane, Rat-Aspert, Olivier
core   +1 more source

Offender outcomes of training dogs in prison : the Puppies for Parole program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Poster and abstract"Puppies for Parole" is a rehabilitation program based on human-animal interaction (HAI) in the prison. Puppies for Parole aims to reduce the number of homeless canines by producing loving, obedient, and adoptable dogs.
Cade, Elliot   +6 more
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Regional genetic diversity of bovine viral diarrhea virus in Ethiopia urban and peri-urban dairy farms

open access: yesScientific Reports
Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is a highly impactful disease in the cattle industry worldwide. The disease is caused by the Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV), a member of the genus Pestivirus within the Flaviviridae family.
Asamenew Tesfaye   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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