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What is a robot companion - friend, assistant or butler? [PDF]

, 2005
The study presented in this paper explored people's perceptions and attitudes towards the idea of a future robot companion for the home. A human-centred approach was adopted using questionnaires and human-robot interaction trials to derive data from 28 ...
Dautenhahn, K., Kaouri, C., Koay, K.L., Walters, M.L., Werry, I., Woods, S.   +5 more
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Keeper-animal interactions: differences between the behaviour of zoo animals affect stockmanship [PDF]

, 2015
Stockmanship is a term used to describe the management of animals with a good stockperson someone who does this in a in a safe, effective, and low-stress manner for both the stock-keeper and animals involved.
A Eagly, A Field, A Manciocco, BJ Lensink, C Kilkenny, C Phillips, G Davey, G Hosey, G Hosey, G Hutcheson, HW Gonyou, JG Adair, K Carlstead, K Ellingsen, Kathleen R. Pritchett-Corning, KC Baker, LJ Pedersen, PH Hemsworth, PH Hemsworth, PH Hemsworth, PH Hemsworth, PH Hemsworth, PH Hemsworth, PH Hemsworth, S Waiblinger, Samantha J. Ward, SJ Ward, VA Melfi, Vicky Melfi, WB Gross, X Boivin   +30 more
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Microbial impact on cholesterol and bile acid metabolism: current status and future prospects

Journal of Lipid Research, 2019
Recently, the gut microbiota has emerged as a crucial factor that influences cholesterol metabolism. Ever since, significant interest has been shown in investigating these host-microbiome interactions to uncover microbiome-mediated functions on ...
Aicha Kriaa, Mélanie Bourgin, Aline Potiron, Héla Mkaouar, Amin Jablaoui, Philippe Gérard, Emmanuelle Maguin, Moez Rhimi   +7 more
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Development of the cat-owner relationship scale (CORS) [PDF]

, 2017
Characteristics of the human-animal bond can be influenced by both owner-related and pet-related factors, which likely differ between species. Three studies adapted the Monash Dog-Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) to permit assessment of human-cat ...
American Veterinary Medical Association, Anderson, Animal Health Alliance, Anna Holloway, Bradshaw, Downey, Dwyer, Emerson, Herzog, Howell, Jaume Fatjó, Johnson, Jonathan Bowen, Lago, Miller, Paula Calvo, Pauleen C. Bennett, People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, Staats, Templer, Tiffani J. Howell, Wilson, Wilson, Winefield, Zasloff, Zasloff   +25 more
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Human-Animal Interactions in Dairy Buffalo Farms [PDF]

Animals, 2019
This study aimed to assess the relationship between stockperson behavior and buffalo behavior. The research was carried out in 27 buffalo farms. The behavior of stockpeople and animals during milking and the avoidance distance at the feeding place were recorded. Recordings were repeated within one month to assess test-retest reliability.
Fabio Napolitano, Francesco Serrapica, Ada Braghieri, Felicia Masucci, Emilio Sabia, Giuseppe De Rosa   +5 more
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Temporal and Spatial Patterns and a Space–Time Cluster Analysis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Ethiopia from 2010 to 2019

Viruses, 2022
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an endemic disease in Ethiopia, although space–time cluster and monthly variation studies have never been assessed at national level.
Fanos Tadesse Woldemariyam, Samson Leta, Zerihun Assefa, Etsegent Tekeba, Dereje Shegu Gebrewold, Jan Paeshuyse   +5 more
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Evolution of cooperation on dynamical graphs [PDF]

, 2009
There are two key characteristic of animal and human societies: (1) degree heterogeneity, meaning that not all individual have the same number of associates; and (2) the interaction topology is not static, i.e.
Albert, Barabási, Connor, Couzin, Cross, Dugatkin, Durell, Ebel, Farkas, István Scheuring, Karczmarski, Lehman, Lehmann, Lehmann, Lusseau, Maslov, McComb, Mitani, Nowak, Nowak, Ohtsuki, Ohtsuki, Ohtsuki, Ohtsuki, Ottensmeyer, Pacheco, Pacheco, Ramos-Fernández, Rubenstein, Santos, Santos, Santos, Smith, Sundaresan, Szabó, Szolnoki, Taylor, Taylor, Vukov, Whitehead, Whitehead, Wittemeyer, Xulvi-Brunet, Ádám Kun   +43 more
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Contrasting human perceptions of and attitudes towards two threatened small carnivores, Lycalopex fulvipes and Leopardus guigna, in rural communities adjacent to protected areas in Chile [PDF]

, 2018
Indexación: Scopus.The interaction between humans and small carnivores is a phenomenon especially frequent in rural fringes, as is the case of communities surrounding natural areas. In Chile, two species of threatened carnivores, the Darwin's Fox and the
Acuña, F., Aguilar, E., Cevidanes, A., García, S., López, M.J., Millán, J., Napolitano, C., Sacristán, I.   +7 more
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Molecular Characterization of ASFV and Differential Diagnosis of Erysipelothrix in ASFV-Infected Pigs in Pig Production Regions in Cameroon

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
African swine fever and swine erysipelas are two devastating diseases with similar manifestations ravaging the domestic pig industry. Only a single phylogenetic study has been carried out in Cameroon, and neither an extensive genotyping aimed at ...
Ebanja Joseph Ebwanga, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Jan Paeshuyse   +2 more
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The evolutionary biology of dance without frills [PDF]

, 2016
Recently psychologists have taken up the question of whether dance is reliant on unique human adaptations, or whether it is rooted in neural and cognitive mechanisms shared with other species 1, 2. In its full cultural complexity, human dance clearly has
Cook, P., Ravignani, A.
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