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Medical student fitness to practise committees at UK medical schools

BMC Research Notes, 2009
Background The aim was to explore the structures for managing student fitness to practise hearings in medical schools in the UK. We surveyed by email the named fitness to practise leads of all full members of the UK Medical Schools Council with a medical
Aldridge Jocelyne, Bray Sally A, David Timothy J   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Professional veterinarians in Jerez de los Caballeros (Badajoz, Spain) during the 19th century

Revista de Medicina Veterinaria, 2015
Veterinarians had different names throughout the 19th century in Spain: veterinary surgeons, farriers, castrators, marshals, etc., and they were not professionally and socially recognized until the 20th century.
Francisco Javier Suárez-Guzmán, Diego Peral Pacheco   +1 more
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A Computational Approach for Biomimetic Design of Liver‐On‐A‐Chip

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A biomimetic liver‐on‐a‐chip with antiparallel perfusion was designed using COMSOL‐guided simulation to replicate hepatic acinus transport. Full‐scale modelling revealed diffusion‐dominated, length‐dependent nutrient gradients and low‐shear conditions.
Zhenxu Yang, Qiankun Yin, Qingxin Liu, Zhejun Xu, Ye Zhang, Christopher Vega‐Sánchez, Xiaochen Liu, Daniele Vigolo, Jiao Jiao Li, Ken‐Tye Yong   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The newly credentialed veterinary technician: perceptions, realities, and career challenges

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Previous research has shown that when comparing psychological wellbeing between credentialed veterinary technicians and human registered nurses, high levels of burnout and distress were noted within the veterinary technician population.
Addie R. Reinhard, Addie R. Reinhard, Victoria P. Celt, Leah E. Pilewki, Mariel K. Hendricks, Mariel K. Hendricks   +5 more
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

About a Century of teaching Physiology at the Messina Veterinary Medicine Degree Course

Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche
Since the foundation of the Veterinary Schools, dating back to the early 19th century, the teachings of Anatomy and Physiology were taught by a single lecturer and, by the end of the 19th century, only the Faculties of Milan and Naples had established ...
Adriana Ferlazzo
doaj   +1 more source

A survey of attitudes of Turkish veterinary students and educators about animal use in research

Veterinární Medicína, 2004
In this study, veterinary students and veterinary educators from FiratVeterinarySchool,IstanbulVeterinarySchool andSelcukVeterinarySchool were surveyed to evaluate their attitudes to animal use in research.
H. Yerlikaya, A. Ozen, A. Yasar, A. Armutak, R. Ozturk, S. Bayrak, A. Gezman, I. Seker   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff, Charles A. W. de Grazia, Nicholas E. Rada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source