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Digital Policy Studies, 2022 The relationship between technology and individual welfare is not well understood, and as we progress into a future in which technology invades almost every aspect of life, the importance of this relationship must be recognised and an improved ...
Alexander C O’Riordan
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Technology and Poultry Welfare [PDF]
Animals, 2016 Consideration of animal welfare is essential to address the consumers’ demands and for the long term sustainability of commercial poultry. However, assessing welfare in large poultry flocks, to be able to detect potential welfare risks and to control or ...
Neila Ben Sassi +2 more
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Technological Advance, Social Fragmentation and Welfare [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 AbstractThis paper models the welfare consequences of social fragmentation arising from technological advance. We start from the premise that technological progress falls primarily on market-traded commodities rather than prosocial relationships, since the latter intrinsically require the expenditure of time and thus are less amenable to productivity ...
Bosworth, SJ, Snower, DJ
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Tariffs, Technology Transfer, and Welfare [PDF]
Journal of Political Economy, 1982 It is found that the welfare gain per unit of revenue raised is maximized for an export tariff on technology transfer, followed by an import tariff on goods, with an export tariff on goods the poorest policy alternative. These results are derived within a monopolistic competition model, where the production of any good requires some initial research ...
Feenstra, Robert C, Judd, Kenneth L
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Discourses of Digitalisation and the Positioning of Workers in Primary Care: A Norwegian Case Study
Social Inclusion, 2023 Primary health services are subjected to intensified digitalisation to transform care provision. Various smart and assistive technologies are introduced to support the growing elderly population and enhance the opportunities for independent living among ...
Monika Nerland, Mervi Hasu, Miria Grisot
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Amphibian reproductive technologies: approaches and welfare considerations [PDF]
Conservation Physiology, 2021 Abstract Captive breeding and reintroduction programs have been established for several threatened amphibian species globally, but with varied success. This reflects our relatively poor understanding of the hormonal control of amphibian reproduction and the stimuli required to initiate and complete reproductive events.
Silla, Aimee J +2 more
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Review: Using animal welfare to frame discussion on dairy farm technology
Animal, 2023 The use of technology on dairy farms has increased dramatically over the last half-century. The ways that scientists describe the potential benefits and risk of technology are likely to affect if it is accepted for use on farms.
Daniel M. Weary +1 more
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The Policies of Provision of Assistive and Welfare Technology—A Literature Review
Societies, 2020 Background: Due to the increasing ageing population worldwide, humanity is facing global demographic challenges. For many people, their later years are often lived with changed functioning and the need for support in daily living activities.
Katarina Baudin +3 more
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Nordisk Välfärdsforskning, 2019 Patient@home was the largest Danish project within health and welfare technology. The aim was to support the health and care sector with innovative technologies to meet the increasing demands of an aging and more chronically ill population.
Uffe Kock Wiil
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2019 Welfare technologies are introduced to increase the quality and efficiency of the delivery of welfare services, due to its ‘time-saving’ capacities.This study will examine that even though this might be the case, new technologies such as electronic floors, intelligent beds and electronic diapers, do more than this, they also introduce a time ...
Anders La Cour, Holger Højlund
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