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Stakeholder Challenges and Opportunities of GPS Shock Collars to Achieve Optimum Welfare in a Conservation or Farm Setting

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Virtual fences for livestock facilitated by a GPS shock collar (GPS-SC) and phone app were introduced to the UK in cattle herd trials in 2020. Technology which uses aversive shocks to control livestock movement on farms and in other settings poses a ...
Iris Alexandra McCormick   +1 more
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Information Security Risk for Welfare Technology and Personal Healthcare Devices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Welfare technology is expected to become a larger and more important part of the healthcare sector. This creates a need to understand, which information security risks welfare technology and affiliated devices are exposed to.
Skjelvik, Alvhild, Yang, Bian
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THE ROLE OF FISHERMAN'S INCOME IN MEDIATED CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION ON THE WELFARE OF COMMUNITIES WORKING AS FISHERMAN IN KEDONGANAN, BALI [PDF]

open access: yesBiotika, 2023
Indonesia is very famous for its wealth of natural resources, where the utilization of the environment and nature as a source of life for the people of Indonesia. This study was designed with the aim of analyzing the relationship between variables.
Yana G.A., Purwanti P.A.P.
doaj  

Views of Swedish Elder Care Personnel on Ongoing Digital Transformation: Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
BackgroundSwedish municipalities are facing demographic challenges due to the growing number of older people and the resulting increased need for health care services.
Baudin, Katarina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Untimely Welfare Technologies

open access: yesNordic 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
openaire   +4 more sources

Students’, teachers’ and professionals’ perceived knowledge, skills and attitudes about welfare technology

open access: yesFinnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare
Welfare technology is expected to provide relief especially for the challenges of aging societies. This requires knowledge, skills, and acceptance from health care professionals.
Merja Hoffrén-Mikkola   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementing welfare technologies

open access: yesSTS Encounters, 2018
Welfare technology, along with science and innovation, is often presented as a means to solve what is referred to as the demographic challenge: an ageing population with more chronic diseases, fewer re-sources and fewer hands to take care of their needs.
Anne Marie Dahler   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Intramuscular vs. Intradermic Needle-Free Vaccination in Piglets: Relevance for Animal Welfare Based on an Aversion Learning Test and Vocalizations

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
The aim of the present study was to compare intramuscular injection with a needle and intradermic needle-free vaccinations against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in piglets at 28 days old by studying behavioral and physiological ...
Antoni Dalmau   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing uncertainty: care users’ experiences of waiting when receiving video visits from digital home care

open access: yesNordic Social Work Research
Home care has been associated with time pressure and extensive waiting times, affecting care users’ ability to manage their daily activities. In 2023, one Swedish municipality started offering ‘video visits’ to complement home visits.
Gabriella Scaramuzzino
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Does Smart Farming Improve or Damage Animal Welfare? Technology and What Animals Want

open access: yesFrontiers in Animal Science, 2021
“Smart” or “precision” farming has revolutionized crop agriculture but its application to livestock farming has raised ethical concerns because of its possible adverse effects on animal welfare.
Marian Stamp Dawkins
doaj   +1 more source

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