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The Visitor Effect on Zoo Animals: Implications and Opportunities for Zoo Animal Welfare

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
Simple Summary Research has shown that an animal’s welfare is highly dependent on how various individual animal factors (e.g., species traits, genetics, temperament and previous experience) interact with environmental features (e.g., social grouping ...
Sally L. Sherwen, P. Hemsworth
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guidance on the assessment criteria for studies evaluating the effectiveness of stunning interventions regarding animal protection at the time of killing

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2013
This guidance defines the assessment process and the criteria that will be applied by the Animal Health and Welfare Panel to studies on known new or modified legal stunning interventions to determine their suitability for further assessment. The criteria
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
doaj   +1 more source

$K$-anonymous Signaling Scheme [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We incorporate signaling scheme into Ad Auction setting, to achieve better welfare and revenue while protect users' privacy. We propose a new \emph{$K$-anonymous signaling scheme setting}, prove the hardness of the corresponding welfare/revenue ...
Chen, Binyi, Liu, Tie-Yan, Qin, Tao
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Harmonization of welfare standards for the protection of pigs with the EU-rules: the case of Croatia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Three quarters of Croatian pigs are produced in small production units (1-5 sows) and on family farms with mixed farming activities. Only few farms have specialized production units with up-to-date technologies and comply with EU standards.
Antunovic, B.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guidance on Good Practice in Conducting Scientific Assessments in Animal Health using Modelling

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2009
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare to develop a guidance document on Good Practice in Conducting Scientific Assessments in animal health using modelling.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
doaj   +1 more source

The Welfare Effects of Nudges: A Case Study of Energy Use Social Comparisons

open access: yesAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019
“Nudge”-style interventions are often deemed successful if they generate large behavior change at low cost, but they are rarely subjected to full social welfare evaluations.
Hunt Allcott, Judd B. Kessler
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scientific Opinion on Hatchery Waste as animal by‐products

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2011
The risk posed by the possible use of dead‐in‐shell chicks for the production of processed petfood was assessed. According to current legislation two processing methods were considered i) treatment to a minimum Fc value of 3; and ii) treatment of at ...
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
doaj   +1 more source

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