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Introducing a Controlled Outdoor Environment Impacts Positively in Cat Welfare and Owner Concerns: The Use of a New Feline Welfare Assessment Tool

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
There is much debate over the pros and cons of allowing cats to roam freely as opposed to keeping them confined indoors. We surveyed owners who implemented a commercial physical containment system to the outdoors to evaluate their characteristics and the
Luciana Santos de Assis, Daniel Simon Mills   +1 more
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Outdoor music festivals: Cacophonous consumption or melodious moderation? [PDF]

, 2010
Large outdoor music festivals have emerged as part of a general expansion of licensed recreational activities, but in research terms they have been largely impenetrable due to commercial sensitivities.
Cooper AM, Freier MC, Hilary Smith, John McAlaney, Liam J. McLaughlin, Parker H, Theresa Martinus, Webster R   +7 more
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Characteristics of outdoor falls among older people: A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Background Falls are a major threat to older people’s health and wellbeing. Approximately half of falls occur in outdoor environments but little is known about the circumstances in which they occur.
A Bergland, A Nathan, A Shumway-Cook, A Shumway-Cook, A Ståhl, AC King, AH Ranhoff, AL Rosso, AR Eisenstein, AR Levy, C Beynon, C Robson, C Willig, CJ Cherpitel, Claire Ballinger, DC Landy, DE Rosenberg, DL Morgan, E Stack, F Bunn, GJ Wijlhuizen, GJ Wijlhuizen, H-W Wahl, HM Hanson, J Fleming, J Kerr, J Phillips, J Ritchie, J Ritchie, JL Kelsey, JL Kelsey, JL Kelsey, Judith E Phillips, K Horton, K Sjogren, KR Fox, L Asher, L Clemson, L Clemson, L Gauvin, L Salonen, L Yardley, L Yardley, LA Talbot, LD Gillespie, M Annear, M Rantakokko, M Rantakokko, M Rantakokko, M Rantakokko, MC Nevitt, MG Davis, MHC Bleijlevens, MRU Meyer, N Owen, NM Peel, O Beauchet, P Morency, PA Bath, Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, PC Lai, PC Lai, R Newton, Rita Newton, S Turner, S Wilkinson, Samuel R Nyman, SC Webber, SE Lamb, SR Cummings, SR Lord, SR Lord, TE Finnes, W Li, World Health Organization, Y Rydin, YH Chu, YL Michael   +77 more
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The Analysis of the Wall Paintings in the Context of Architectural Spaces

Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications, 2021
The walls assume the task of limiting the space; whereas the wall paintings reflected the history, provided the communication between art and the user, has displayed its corporate identity, shed light on social events, and has saved the place from ...
Tütem Turan, Begüm Ercevik Sönmez
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Yersinia pestis, a problem of the past and a re-emerging threat

Biosafety and Health, 2019
Yersinia pestis is the bacteria that causes plague, one of the deadliest diseases in human history. Three major plague pandemics (the Justinian Plague, the Black Death and the Modern Plague) have been recorded.
Jae-Llane Ditchburn, Ryan Hodgkins
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Welfare Assessment on Pasture: A Review on Animal-Based Measures for Ruminants

Animals, 2020
Outdoor and extensive farming systems allow animals to behave in a natural way and are often perceived as welfare friendly. Nonetheless, the natural environment poses multiple challenges to the welfare of animals, sometimes hampering their capacity to ...
Chiara Spigarelli, Anna Zuliani, Monica Battini, Silvana Mattiello, Stefano Bovolenta   +4 more
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HCI Outdoors [PDF]

Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018
HCI in outdoor recreation is a growing research area. While papers investigating systems in specific domains, such as biking, climbing, or skiing, are beginning to appear, the broader community is just beginning to form. The community still seems to lack a cohesive agenda for advancing our understanding of this application domain.
Jones, Michael D., Cheverst, Keith William John, Anderson, Zann, Daiber, Florian Johannes, Hakkila, Jonna   +4 more
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Social challenges of spatial planning for outdoor cat management in Amami Oshima Island, Japan [PDF]

, 2017
Outdoor cats pose substantial threats to native biodiversity, especially on islands. However, cats also provide benefits to people, such as companionship and the killing of pests.
Kubo, Takahiro, Mameno, Kota, Suzuki, Mariko   +2 more
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Student perspectives of a place-responsive outdoor education programme [PDF]

, 2012
There is a growing recognition of the role that places have in influencing learning In outdoor education. Being aware of the importance of place encourages the development of outdoor programmes that respond to the uniqueness of the locality and the ...
Brown, Mike
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A Preliminary Assessment of Size-Fractionated Microplastics in Indoor Aerosol—Kuwait’s Baseline

Toxics, 2022
The omnipresence of microplastic (MP) in various environmental samples, including aerosols, has raised public health concerns; however, there is presently very limited information on MPs in indoor aerosol.
Saif Uddin, Scott W. Fowler, Nazima Habibi, Sufiya Sajid, Sam Dupont, Montaha Behbehani   +5 more
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