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A Trial of a Solar-Powered, Cooperative Sensor/Actuator, Opto-Acoustical, Virtual Road-Fence to Mitigate Roadkill in Tasmania, Australia

Animals, 2019
When wildlife and motor vehicles collide, the result for the animals is often death (roadkill). A commercial roadkill mitigation device that forms a so-called virtual fence (VF), is said to reduce roadkill by up to 90%.
Bruce Englefield, Steven G. Candy, Melissa Starling, Paul D. McGreevy   +3 more
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Sustainability of Rearing System Using Multicriteria Analysis: Application in Commercial Poultry Production

Animals, 2021
The aim of the present study was to develop a multicriteria model for the comparison of three commercial poultry farms: organic with Ross 308 genotype (OR), organic with Naked Neck genotype (ONN) and a conventional system (C), which represents the most ...
Lucia Rocchi, Alice Cartoni Mancinelli, Luisa Paolotti, Simona Mattioli, Antonio Boggia, Francesco Papi, Cesare Castellini   +6 more
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Efficiency of Truthful and Symmetric Mechanisms in One-sided Matching [PDF]

, 2014
We study the efficiency (in terms of social welfare) of truthful and symmetric mechanisms in one-sided matching problems with {\em dichotomous preferences} and {\em normalized von Neumann-Morgenstern preferences}.
A. Bhalgat, A. Bogomolnaia, A. Bogomolnaia, E. Kalai, L. Zhou, L.G. Svensson, T. Sönmez   +6 more
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Productivity and the welfare of nations [PDF]

, 2012
We show that the welfare of a countryís infinitely-lived representative consumer is summarized, to a first order, by total factor productivity (TFP) and by the capital stock per capita.
Basu, Susanto, Pascali, Luigi, Schiantarelli, Fabio, Serven, Luis   +3 more
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Social and economic impacts of the donkey skin trade on donkey-dependent women and communities in Kenya

Human-Animal Interactions
Women in sub-Saharan Africa experience considerable economic vulnerability, with many living on less than US$1.90 per day. These women rely heavily on donkeys to perform essential daily tasks, enabling them to balance family and livelihood ...
David Obiero Oduori, Gilbert Kirui, Robert Ofwete, Ronald K. Sang, Christine Were, Laura M. Kubasiewicz   +5 more
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Animal Welfare and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
This paper systematically evaluates the extent to which achieving the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) is compatible with improving animal welfare.
Linda Keeling, Håkan Tunón, Gabriela Olmos Antillón, Charlotte Berg, Mike Jones, Leopoldo Stuardo, Janice Swanson, Anna Wallenbeck, Christoph Winckler, Harry Blokhuis   +9 more
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Social Welfare in One-sided Matching Markets without Money [PDF]

, 2011
We study social welfare in one-sided matching markets where the goal is to efficiently allocate n items to n agents that each have a complete, private preference list and a unit demand over the items.
A. Abdulkadiroglu, A. Bogomolnaia, A. Bogomolnaia, A. Hylland, A.E. Roth, A.K. Katta, D. Abraham, D. Gale, H. Cres, L. Svensson, L. Zhou, P. Gardenfors, R.M. McCutchen   +12 more
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Assessing Hepatitis B virus infection, risk factors and immunization among particularly vulnerable tribal groups in Eastern India

Scientific Reports
In a population-based survey, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection status, associated risk factors and vaccine coverage among the 4006 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) participants of Odisha Tribal Family Health Survey (OTFHS) were assessed ...
Haimanti Bhattacharya, Matrujyoti Pattnaik, Aparajita Swain, Ankita Padhi, Usha Kiran Rout, Rashmita Pradhan, Kavitha AK, Jaya Singh Kshatri, Debdutta Bhattacharya, Sanghamitra Pati   +9 more
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The New Role of the Courts in Developing Public Welfare Law [PDF]

, 1970
Three years ago it could be said that the federal courts played virtually no role in shaping the rules which determine whether an individual is eligible for public assistance under federally financed programs.
Barrett, St. John
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Using Animal Welfare Framing as an Effective Approach to Communicating Climate Change—A Review

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Introduction Climate change and its effects continue to threaten the stability of environments worldwide, impacting nearly every species. Although framing is an established technique in climate communication science, little has been done in communicating
Collin Kramer, Jessica R. Page, Jaylene Flint, Mark Flint   +3 more
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