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Nikue, Amassah Djahlin. "Analyse vidéo pour la détection, le suivi et la reconnaissance du comportement pour l'animal en situation d'élevage." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Orléans, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024ORLE1011.
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La reconnaissance d'activités, également connue sous le nom de reconnaissance d'actions, est un domaine de recherche en vision par ordinateur et en apprentissage automatique, avec diverses applications. L'application la plus courante est l'identification et la compréhension des activités humaines à partir de données visuelles, telles que des images ou des vidéos. Les techniques de reconnaissance d'actions peuvent être appliquées également à la surveillance du bétail, où elles contribuent à améliorer le bien-être des animaux, la productivité et les pratiques de gestion agricole. Ainsi, les travaux réalisés dans ce document se situent dans le cadre de l'analyse vidéo pour la détection, le suivi et la reconnaissance du comportement animal en situation d'élevage. Ces travaux sont réalisés au sein de ANIMOV « Animal Movements Observation from Videos », un projet de recherche pluridisciplinaire mis en œuvre sur la période 2019-2023 par un consortium régional en Centre-Val-de-Loire. Ce projet porte principalement sur deux espèces animales : les éléphants et les chèvres. Dans ce mémoire, nos recherches portent sur l'analyse des activités chez les chèvres. Afin de construire notre système d'analyse du comportement, nous avons mis en place un système de détection et de suivi d'objets. Pour la détection nous avons testé et comparé deux méthodes populaires de la littérature : YOLOv4 et Faster R-CNN, sur des bases de données créées par nos soins. Parmi les deux méthodes de détection, YOLOv4 présente de meilleures performances en terme de précision moyenne et est 2.5 fois plus rapide que le Faster R-CNN. Pour le suivi des chèvres, nous avons testé et comparé également deux méthodes populaires de la littérature : SORT et Deep SORT. L'évaluation des deux méthodes de suivi sur les vidéos de test montre une légère amélioration de Deep SORT par rapport à SORT en terme d'association des données. Cependant, SORT reste plus rapide et plus adapté à un système temps réel. Le système de détection et de suivi mis en place, nous permet de réaliser, en temps réel, l'analyse de l'activité générale du troupeau, avec des indicateurs assez proches de la réalité. La principale faiblesse dans notre système est la perte de détection sur certaines images de la vidéo, qui entraîne des échecs dans le suivi. Ainsi, pour améliorer les performances, nous avons proposé une approche qui fusionne les informations des détections précédentes et de l'image courante, dans une nouvelle architecture de détection (YOLOX), afin de mieux détecter tous les objets sans perdre les anciens<br>Activity recognition, also known as action recognition, is a field of research in computer vision and machine learning, with a variety of applications. One of the most common applications is the identification and understanding of human activities from visual data, such as images or videos. Action recognition techniques can also be applied to livestock monitoring, where they can help improve animal welfare, productivity, and farm management practices. Thus, the work conducted in this document falls within the context of video analysis for the detection, monitoring, and recognition of animal behavior in livestock situations. This work is being achieved within ANIMOV "Animal Movements Observation from Videos", a multidisciplinary research project being implemented over the period 2019-2023 by a regional consortium in Centre-Val-de-Loire. This project concerns two main animal species: elephants and goats. In this thesis, our research focuses on activity analysis for goats. We have built an object detection and tracking system to implement our behavior analysis system. For detection, we tested and compared two popular methods from the literature: YOLOv4 and Faster R-CNN, on self-created datasets. Of the two detection methods, YOLOv4 performs better in average accuracy and is 2.5 times faster than Faster R-CNN. For goat tracking, we also tested and compared two popular methods from the literature: SORT and Deep SORT. Evaluation of both tracking methods on test videos shows a slight improvement of Deep SORT over SORT regarding data association. However, SORT is faster and better suited to a real-time system. The detection and tracking system we have set up enables us to analyze the general activity of the livestock in real-time, with indicators that are fairly close to reality. The main limitation of our system is the loss of detection on certain video images, which leads to tracking failures. So, to improve the performance, we proposed an approach that merges information from previous detections and the current image, in a new detection architecture (YOLOX), to better detect all objects without losing the old ones
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Gobel, Balazs. "AniMap: An Interactive Visualization Supporting Serendipitous Discovery of Information about Anime." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23608.
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It is a challenging task for interaction designers to find a way to design a digital artefact supporting serendipitous discovery. Its interdisciplinary nature requires sufficient knowledge of information visualization, social navigation and serendipity. Based on literature review and prior relevant works, several traces having potential to aid such exploration were defined. Through creating and testing AniMap, an interactive graph visualization for discovering new anime clips, in this thesis I argue that such an artefact has the potential to support serendipitous discovery, owing to its features of being information visualization, interactive and in a graph layout, coupled with users’ personal interests. Even so, finding details of how to influence serendipitous discovery remain an ongoing challenge considering the dynamic nature of serendipity.
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McCullough, Maker Kathleen Grace. "Adelante con animo." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68743.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1992.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-131).<br>A proposition of this thesis is that architecture is capable of conveying a sense of animation, movement and energy. These are elusive properties. Their perception perhaps emerges from the building's form or articulation (referential to life-like forms). It may emerge from correlation with living processes (change, reactivity). At its most elusive, the perception perhaps comes from a capacity for" animo" ... A kind of completeness, intrinsic intent, inherent life. The work of Calder and Calatrava is examined in order to understand how such a perception might arise and to clarify what I mean by "animo". That inquiry is one part in a yet broader sequence of events exploring ways in which buildings are made and reflecting on ways of working. The journey, from percept towards the design of a composting fertilizer factory and rural rest stop in northern Mongolia, is an exploration of these issues. The thesis is a recording of the events.<br>by Kathleen Grace McCullough Maker.<br>M.Arch.
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Ali, Cairo F. "Animal rights and animal research." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1371556393.
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Kachman, Chelsea R. G. "Animot: Human ↔ Subhuman ↔ Nonhuman." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1506.
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This book-length manuscript is a collection of poems. They and it examine ecology as a state of being in and outside the body (or how, if at all, there is a secure distinction), species-based boundaries of the body, obsessions with immunity and chronic illness in biopolitical and gendered societal and perhaps inevitably thus linguistic structures, and what it means to participate in close reading while writing to contribute to the question of ecology as poetry. The central questions are in fact questions: what is the relationship between a deconstructive approach to identity creation and erasure through participation in poetry as a medium, a set of forms, and the site of the body's dilemma?
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Aliouane, Lucie. "Synthèse d'hydroxy-et animo-difluorophosphonates." Caen, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011CAEN2064.
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Ce travail est focalisé sur l'intérêt des difluorophosphonates, analogues stables de phosphates et non hydrolysables à pH physiologique connu pour avoir de nombreuses applications biologiques. Dans un premier temps, différentes méthodes de synthèse faisant intervenir ces unités sont abordées (réactions ioniques, radicalaires, de fluoration électrophile ou nucléophile), afin d’élargir le spectre des difluorophosphates polysubstitués accessibles. Afin d’appliquer ces nouvelles méthodologies, nous avons envisagé de synthétiser des analogues fluorés de la sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), du MEcPP ainsi que des prodrogues contenant des dérivés nucléosidiques. Pour ce faire, la méthode de synthèse de l'analogue du S1P est dans un premier temps envisagé par ouvertures de sulfamidates cycliques 1,2 puis dans un second temps, par synthèse multiétapes via l'ouverture d'un époxyde. Ensuite, la synthèse de l'analogue du MEcPP, antibiotique potentiel, a été étudiée par formation et ouverture d'un oxetanne hautement fonctionnalisé mais également par déplacement d'un groupement partant après protection de l'alcool tertiaire. Enfin, une méthode de formation de difluorophosporamidates et de fonctionalisation de ces composés a pu être mise au point ainsi que des études sur leur stabilité en fonction du pH, afin de cibler la synthèse de prodrogues<br>This work is focused on the interests of difluorophosphonates as stable and non hydrolysable at physiological pH phosphates analogues which has many biological applications. Initially, different methods of synthesis involving these units are described (ionic reactions, radical, electrophilic or nucleophilic fluorination) in order to widen the scope of available and polysubstituted difluyorpophosphates. So, we considered the synthesis of fluorinated analogues of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), MEcPP and prodrugs containing nucleoside derivatives. The synthesis of the analogue of S1P was initially envisaged by ring opening reactions of 1. 2 cyclic sulfamidates, then by multi-step synthesis using an expoxide ring opening reaction. Then, synthesis of the MEcPP analogue was investigated by formation and ring opening reaction of a highly functionalized oxetane but also by substitution of a leaving group after protection of the tertiary alcohol. As far as prodrugs are concerned, a new difluoroposphoramidate formation method was investigated, the functionalization of these compounds has been undertaken, and their stability was studied at different pH
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Di, Monte Giovanna. "Animan Space Design : a Parrot Animan Precinct." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25342.
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This project stems out of the need to improve the quality of life for both animals and humans, and facilitate the interaction between both environments into one habitat. The design will serve as a framework for the co-habitation and interaction of humans and animals in one habitat. At the core of this dissertation lies the concept of an animan habitat. This term embodies the concept of an intergrated habitat for all species. In arriving at the final design, a sequential thought process was applied. The logic behind this process will now be outlined (each corresponding section will be addressed in this document). Exploring the diversity of Architectural habitats and products has made it evident that involving Architects and Interior Architects into projects concerning animal space design can benefit wild animals and humans alike. Research into South African recreational nature spaces show the importance of the conservation of these existing spaces to different parties on local, national and international levels. The investigation of the importance of experiential nature spaces in Tshwane and the Tshwane CBDs (section 2.2.2) shows the importance and location of an establishment (the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa) with great human experiential, and animal conservation opportunities. The study of the contributions of global zoos to the world (section 2.3) confirms that any designs need to consider the principles and ethics followed by these zoos-conservation, recreation, education, experience, research, and community values. Behavioural enrichment (section 2.4) as a conservation contribution of zoos is an aspect that can be reinterpreted and incorporated into animal enclosures to enrich their environments, and further educate visitors. Studies about zoo evolutions (section 2.5) through the ages show how thoughts about captive environments are evolving. The subsequent study of exhibit design (section 2.6) makes clear the importance of considering the needs of the environment, animals, zoo occupants and visitors alike. Furthermore, research into design styles and illusions (section2.6) prove that designs (using whichever approach) should consider the wellbeing of animals before educating or entertaining humans. Design illusions could instead be used to change mans’ negative perceptions about zoos and other conserving environments. A study into design elements and principles (as studied by Ching and Miller) are currently used at the Zoo (section 2.7) to claim human and animal spaces. A variety of precedent investigations (section 3) make it clear that other institutions, zoos, reserves, bird parks, discovery centres, playgrounds, and an amphitheater, individuals (the work of Frei Otto) or companies (lightweight structure experts) offer products and techniques that could well suit animan space design. The result of the above is the cohabitation and respect for humans, animal and the environment in a bidirectional habitat. This forms the core of the animan concept and approach for the design of the Parrot Animan Precinct at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa (Zoo). This development is a turnkey solution comprising of Site Selection and Study (section 4); Design Discourse (section 5); Technical Investigation (section 6) and Design Drawings (section 7).<br>Dissertation (MInt(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2006.<br>Architecture<br>unrestricted
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Thomas, Geoffrey Piers. "Ambivalent animal." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/33826.
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The Ambivalent Animal project explores the interactions of animals, culture and technology. The project employs both artistic practice and critical theory, each in ways that inspire the other. My creative practice centers around two projects that focus on domestic pets. These projects highlight the animal's uncertain status as they explore the overlapping ontologies of animal, human and machine. They provide concrete artifacts that engage with theoretical issues of anthropocentrism, animality and alterity. My theoretical work navigates between the fields of animal studies, art and design, media and culture studies, and philosophy. My dissertation explores animality through four real and imagined animal roles: cyborg, clone, chimera and shapeshifter. Each animal role is considered in relation to three dialectics: irreducibility and procedurality, autonomy and integration, aura and abjection. These dialectics do not seek full synthesis but instead embrace the oscillations of irresolvable debates and desires. The dialectics bring into focus issues of epistemology, ontology, corporeality and subjectivity. When the four animal roles engage the three dialectics, connected yet varied themes emerge. The cyborgian animal is simultaneously liberated and regulated, assisted and restricted, integrated and isolated. The cloned animal is an emblem of renewal and loss; she is both idealized code and material flesh and finds herself caught in the battles of nature and nurture. The chimera is both rebel and conformist; his unusual juxtapositions pioneer radical corporeal transgressions but also conform to the mechanisms of global capital. And the shapeshifter explores the thrill and anxiety of an altered phenomenology; she gains new perceptions though unstable subjectivity. These roles reveal corporeal adjustments and unfamiliar subjectivities that inspire the creative practice.
Both my writing and making employ an ambivalent aesthetic--an aesthetic approach that evokes two or more incompatible sensibilities.
The animal's uncertain status contributes to this aesthetic: some animals enjoy remarkable care and attention, while others are routinely exploited, abused and discarded. Ambivalence acknowledges the complexity of lived experience, philosophical and political debate, and academic inquiry. My approach recognizes the light and dark of these complex ambivalences--it privileges paradox and embraces the confusion and wonder of creative research. Rather than erase, conceal or resolve ambiguity, an ambivalent aesthetic foregrounds the limits of language and representation and highlights contradiction and irresolution.
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King, Gillian. "Becoming Animal." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35269.
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José, de Santana Heron. "Abolicionismo animal." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2006. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/4037.
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Previous issue date: 2006<br>Este trabalho busca contribuir com o debate ético sobre a relação entre homens e
animais e provar que a Constituição Federal de 1988 elevou os animais à categoria de
sujeito de direitos fundamentais básicos, tais como a vida, liberdade e integridade
psíquico-física. Inicialmente é feita uma análise dos argumentos utilizados pelo
movimento de proteção animal, com destaque para o trabalho dos filósofos Peter
Singer e Tom Regan, principais responsáveis pela inserção da teoria do abolicionismo
animal na agenda dos debates acadêmicos. Em seguida o autor demonstra que a
ideologia especista se fundamenta na crença de que os animais são destituídos de
espiritualidade, e que portanto, seus interesses são subordinados aos nossos. A partir
de então, o autor demonstra que embora a teoria da evolução tenha provado que as
diferenças entre homens e animais são quantitativas e não qualitativas, as idéias de
Darwin ainda não estão refletidas na teoria do direito. O foco principal deste estudo,
porém, é oferecer uma interpretação jurídica que permita a inclusão dos animais no rol
dos sujeitos de direito, concedendo personalidade jurídica aos grandes primatas e
incluindo as demais espécies no rol dos entes jurídicos despersonalizados. O trabalho
promove uma revisão da jurisprudência nacional e estrangeira sobre o tema,
enfatizando a importância da participação dos juristas no reconhecimento e definição
dos limites do direito animal. Por fim, o autor oferece um histórico sobre o status jurídico
dos animais no Brasil, concluindo que a partir de uma interpretação constitucional
evolutiva é possível considerá-los sujeito de direito fundamentais básicos, podendo
inclusive defendê-los em juízo através de representantes ou substitutos processuais
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Hawkins, Roxanne D. "Psychological factors underpinning child-animal relationships and preventing animal cruelty." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31500.
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Despite a growing increase in popularity of human-animal interaction research, there remains a lack of understanding of the reasons why children are cruel to animals and whether early intervention is effective in preventing cruelty and neglect. The aims of this thesis were to deepen our understanding of the psychology of child-animal interactions, and to test whether targeted educational interventions improve the mechanisms which underlie these interactions. A review of the literature found that current research is heavily biased towards the positive impact of animals, identifying a need for more research into the complex web of psychological factors that impact these relationships. The systematic review included in this thesis provides the first narrative meta-synthesis of empirical research on the psychological risk factors for childhood animal cruelty and highlights a decrease in publications over more recent years, as well as a lack of high quality research. Studies have largely overlooked the fact that most cruelty in childhood is unmotivated and accidental and so further research is essential to understand how to prevent different types of childhood animal cruelty. Three studies investigated the fundamental mechanisms that underlie child-animal interactions, focusing on attachment to pets, beliefs about animal minds, and attitudes towards animal cruelty. These studies highlighted the importance of teaching children about animal sentience through education, and that educational interventions should focus on preventing unmotivated cruelty and neglect in the general population. Animal welfare education aims to promote positive relationships between children and animals, thus preventing cruelty. However, few scientific evaluations of these programs exist. This thesis evaluates a cruelty prevention education programme, 'Prevention through Education', developed by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Knowledge, attachment to pets, attitudes towards animals, attitudes towards animal cruelty, compassion towards animals, reported humane behaviour, and beliefs about animal minds were assessed at pre-test, post-test, and delayed post-test using a self-report questionnaire, comparing test schools to control schools. The questionnaire was administered to 1,217 Scottish children aged 6 to 13 years. The results found that cognitive factors were influenced by the intervention, but affective factors were more resistant to change. A novel cruelty prevention iPad game that was theoretically driven and evidence based, was designed, developed and evaluated. The evaluation involved a pre-test, post-test, test-control design using a self-report questionnaire with 184 primary-school children in Scotland, UK. The results indicated a positive impact of the game on increasing knowledge about animal welfare needs and appropriate and safe behaviour towards pets, increasing children's beliefs about pet minds, and decreasing acceptance of cruelty to pets. The intervention had no impact on compassion. This study demonstrates the potential of developing interactive iPad games to promote cognitive dimensions of positive child-animal interactions. This thesis highlights the importance of evidence-based animal welfare education for early prevention of animal cruelty, and the potential of computer game-based learning to promote positive child-animal interactions. This thesis further addresses major gaps in psychological research and deepens our understanding of how to prevent animal cruelty and neglect. The findings have implications for practice and policy and will impact upon the educational strategies of organisations wishing to develop early prevention strategies.
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Brännström, Åke. "Modelling animal populations." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Matematik och matematisk statistik, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-205.
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This thesis consists of four papers, three papers about modelling animal populations and one paper about an area integral estimate for solutions of partial differential equations on non-smooth domains. The papers are: I. Å. Brännström, Single species population models from first principles. II. Å. Brännström and D. J. T. Sumpter, Stochastic analogues of deterministic single species population models. III. Å. Brännström and D. J. T. Sumpter, Coupled map lattice approximations for spatially explicit individual-based models of ecology. IV. Å. Brännström, An area integral estimate for higher order parabolic equations. In the first paper we derive deterministic discrete single species population models with first order feedback, such as the Hassell and Beverton-Holt model, from first principles. The derivations build on the site based method of Sumpter & Broomhead (2001) and Johansson & Sumpter (2003). A three parameter generalisation of the Beverton-Holtmodel is also derived, and one of the parameters is shown to correspond directly to the underlying distribution of individuals. The second paper is about constructing stochastic population models that incorporate a given deterministic skeleton. Using the Ricker model as an example, we construct several stochastic analogues and fit them to data using the method of maximum likelihood. The results show that an accurate stochastic population model is most important when the dynamics are periodic or chaotic, and that the two most common ways of constructing stochastic analogues, using additive normally distributed noise or multiplicative lognormally distributed noise, give models that fit the data well. The latter is also motivated on theoretical grounds. In the third paper we approximate a spatially explicit individual-based model with a stochastic coupledmap lattice. The approximation effectively disentangles the deterministic and stochastic components of the model. Based on this approximation we argue that the stable population dynamics seen for short dispersal ranges is a consequence of increased stochasticity from local interactions and dispersal. Finally, the fourth paper contains a proof that for solutions of higher order real homogeneous constant coefficient parabolic operators on Lipschitz cylinders, the area integral dominates the maximal function in the L2-norm.
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Couzin, Iain D. "Collective animal behaviour." Thesis, University of Bath, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301544.
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I investigate collective behaviour using a wide range of theoretical and experimental approaches. Individual-based (Lagrangian) computer modelling is used extensively to reveal how individual movement and interactions result in group characteristics. This technique is used to gain insight into the structured patterns of movement within human crowds and the development of trail networks by ants. These models reveal the importance of interactions among individuals to density-dependent group behaviour. A simulation of animal groups in three-dimensional space reveals the existence of several robust collective patterns. Simulated groups show similar group-level behaviour and internal structure to natural groups. The model also reveals how differences among individuals influence group structure, and how individuals employing simple, local rules of thumb, can accurately change their relative position within a group (for example, to move to the centre, or to the periphery) without necessitating information regarding their current position within the group. New techniques in computer vision are introduced that can facilitate the automatic analysis of collective motion. This software can simultaneously track and analyse the movement of a large number (hundreds) of organisms. Computer vision is used to reveal the spatio-temporal patterns of activity in ant colonies for the first time. I also show how it can record detailed aspects of individual behaviour, including the movement of, and production of honeydew and offspring by, aphids. This technique is used in a detailed analysis of ant exploratory behaviour, revealing temporal and spatial information about the movement patterns of individual ants, and the relationship between individual behaviour and collective exploration. Simultaneous digital tracking of organisms is a powerful technique that in the future is likely to provide insight into the behaviour of many animal groups.
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Slovak, Andrej Jan Michal. "Laboratory animal allergy." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338450.
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Oliveira, Catarina Filipa Monteiro de. "Sanidade Animal: Brucelose." Master's thesis, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/63696.
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Denton-Edmundson, Matthew. "The Animal Life." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78391.
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This thesis puts forward a theory for a new basis of the rights and dignities of animals. The first chapter explains how the neurobiological output / input model can be applied to animal behavior, and suggests that animals—from fruit flies to chimpanzees—and humans are most similar in their desire to experiment with the world around them. The remaining chapters explore the practical implications of considering animals through the output / input model, using literature, the author’s personal experience, biological observations, and historical anecdotes. These chapters seek to prove that animals have much more to offer us than milk and meat.<br>Master of Arts
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Du, Toit Jessica Anne. "Human-animal relationships." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14144.
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The overwhelming majority of philosophical discussions about the relationships between humans and animals concern the human use and treatment of animals in contexts such as those of food production, scientific experimentation, and pet-keeping. By contrast, the kinds of affective bonds that do - or might conceivably - occur between humans and animals, have received very little philosophical attention. In this dissertation, my main, but not exclusive, concern is with the latter issue. More specifically, I am primarily concerned with the question of whether human-animal relationships can be meaningful. Because pet animals are the clearest candidates for meaningful relationships with us, they will be the focus of my discussion. I argue that at least some human-pet relationships can be meaningful, even if they are not among the most meaningful relationships in our lives. Thereafter, I shall turn to one question about the treatment and use of animals on which the earlier question bears, namely the question of whether the practice of having pets is permissible.
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Prichard, Meghan E. "The Animal Remains." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1314124538.
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Champagne, Eva Lys. "Animal vegetable mineral." Diss., [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2009. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-06012009-204704.
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Maciel, Carolina Toschi. "Bem-estar animal." Florianópolis, SC, 2009. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/92414.
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Oliveira, Catarina Filipa Monteiro de. "Sanidade Animal: Brucelose." Dissertação, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/63696.
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Cisterna, Parra Carlos. "ONG animal libre." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2017. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/149450.
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Tesis de grado para optar al grado de MAGÍSTER EN MARKETING<br>“El auge del veganismo en Chile”, así titulaba el periódico digital El Ciudadano un reportaje
en enero pasado; “Los veganos meten la cuchara”, se denominó un informe de La Tercera en
septiembre de 2015; más reciente es la crónica de El Mercurio llamada “El boom de la comida
vegana en Santiago”, publicada en junio de este año.
Estas publicaciones son sólo algunos de decenas de informes, entrevistas, crónicas, notas y
reportajes aparecidos en diferentes medios de prensa chilenos y extranjeros, los que dan fe
de un movimiento en alza: el veganismo, práctica que se caracteriza por no consumir ningún
producto de origen animal, mayoritariamente movido por un trato ético hacia los animales, por
lo que su crecimiento está íntimamente ligado al movimiento animalista.
Los movimientos veganos y animalistas van de la mano, han crecido de forma exponencial en
los últimos años, y si hace unas décadas hablar de comida vegana era algo extraño y
desconocido, hoy se ha vuelto popular, independiente si se adhiere o no a sus prácticas, es
un término conocido.
Lo mismo sucede con el movimiento animalista, el rechazo al maltrato y explotación animal ha
comenzado a tomar fuerza, incluso logrando cambios en la legislación chilena. En agosto
pasado se promulgó una nueva ley sobre tenencia responsable de mascotas y animales de
compañía, legislación que se vio acelerada luego que la opinión pública conociera el asesinato
de Cholito, un perro que fue golpeado hasta morir en una galería comercial de Recoleta, el
hecho fue repudiado por todos los sectores y la necesidad de contar con una nueva ley se hizo
urgente.
Mientras el llamado deporte nacional, el rodeo, también ha comenzado a perder adeptos,
según la encuesta CADEM de septiembre de 2016 mostró que apenas un 32% de los chilenos
se siente representado por esta tradición y un 54% espera que no se continúen realizando.
Estos hechos demuestran la gran oportunidad de crecimiento a la que se enfrenta la ONG
“Animal Libre”, única organización chilena formal dedicada a la lucha contra el maltrato y
explotación animal, la que se diferencia de la decenas de agrupaciones animalistas existentes
en el país por su visión general de los derechos animales, no centrándose únicamente en
mascotas o perros abandonados.
Actualmente Animal Libre es líder en este rubro en Sudamérica, contando con equipos de
trabajo en Argentina, Perú, Ecuador y Paraguay.
Animal Libre trabaja en la difusión de estilos de vida libres de maltrato y explotación animal,
promoviendo dietas veganas y cambios a las legislaciones vigentes, además realiza campañas
denunciando lugares, empresas y personas donde se maltrata y explota a animales.
Al ser un tema transversal y que involucra a varios actores, este plan de marketing aborda los
distintos públicos, sus intereses y cómo llegar a ellos.
Autoridades, empresarios, estudiantes, futuros voluntarios e incluso niños, son parte de los
públicos a los que apunta Animal Libre, todos ellos con finalidades distintas, debiendo
ajustarse a la realidad de cada uno.
Las diversas campañas de comunicación que realiza Animal Libre durante el año deben
acomodarse a estos públicos, ya que una estrategia única no logra los resultados esperados
en cada segmento.
Gracias al actual crecimiento de los movimientos animalistas y veganos, y el interés de la
población por adherir a estilos de vidas más saludables, rechazando el maltrato y explotación
animal, es un momento clave para que Animal Libre pueda posicionarse en la opinión pública
y aumentar su conocimiento en los diferentes públicos.
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Lund, Vonne. "Ethics and animal welfare in organic animal husbandry : an interdisiplinary approach /." Skara : Dept. of Animal Environment and Health, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2002. http://epsilon.slu.se/8803573.pdf.
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Maghin, F. "NATURAL EXTRACTS IN ANIMAL NUTRITION: ANIMAL WELL¿BEING AND PRODUCTS QUALITY." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/488996.
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The main objective of this thesis was to have a deeper knowledge about the influence of feeding strategies with several natural plants extracts on pig performance and meat quality in different phases of pig production. To achieve this objective, a set of 4 studies were performed (chapter 2-6).
The first study evaluated the effect of dietary supplementation with a mixture of algae plus polyphenols (AM) in lactating sow on maternal and piglets performance and sows reproductive data until the subsequent farrowing. This study showed that integration of AM in sow diet decreased the fat mobilization during lactation. Moreover, dietary AM inclusion in lactating sows positively affected body weight and average daily gain in piglets at 21 days. Moreover, sows that received AM had more total number of piglets born at the subsequent farrowing.
Regarding the effects of plant extracts on meat and product quality, two different studies were performed. In the second study of the thesis, the impact of dietary integration with vitamin E and verbascoside (AOX) in pigs, on carcass characteristics, meat quality, shelf life of pork under modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) was evaluated. This study demonstrated the positive effects of plant extracts as antioxidant. Particularly, highlighted that dietary AOX positively affected carcass dressing percentage and pork oxidative and colour stability. Moreover, sensory analysis revealed that, at 15 days under MAP, meat from AOX was comparable with fresh meat in appearance and aroma.
In the same way, the third study showed that vitamin E and verbascoside (AOX) also affected the quality of derived product like smoked cured ham. Results relieved infact that the AOX dietary inclusion affected the seasoning losses and influenced the consumers' preference of smoked cured ham, without affecting other quality parameters.
Finally, the fourth experimental trial examined the impact of 3 % hydrolysable tannins (HT) from chestnut extract and two levels of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) in the diets on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and boar taint compounds in entire males. Results showed that dietary HT reduced the feed efficiency but not feed intake and the pigs final weight. These results show that performance, carcass composition and meat quality traits are not affected by dietary 3% chestnut extract supplementation in entire male. The boar taints compounds like androstenone, skatole and indole tended to be lower in HT group. The cytochrome mRNA expression in the liver and colon mucosa was not affected by the diet. No evident relationship between dietary PUFA level and boar taint compound levels was observed.
Overall, these results contribute to improve the knowledge regarding beneficial effects of plant extracts. The inclusion of bioactive components contained in natural extracts can be considered an innovative approach to improve pig wellbeing and pork quality without negative effects on animal production.
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Tagha, Yuninui Eric. "Ethics and Animal Experimentation in the Laboratory. A Critical Analysis of the Arguments for"Animal Rights"and"Animal Equality"." Thesis, Linköping University, Centre for Applied Ethics, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2920.
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<p>Growing up as a child, we had a Dog. To us, it was like a means to an end. That is, hunting other animals for food and for protection, with no special care and treatment given to this animal. Butas days passed by I began to witness a wind of change against such actions. I was made to understand that we were committing two crimes-: using the Dog as a means to an end (for hunting and for eating animals). Today almost every newspaper has something to say about the treatment of animals by humans, especially in their use as experimentation subjects. This has led to the wide spread arguments about “Animal right” and “Animal equality” Advocates of the above arguments hold that just like humans, animals too have rights and are in many ways like humans. There also exist animal right groups. Organisations and countries now have laws regulating animal used in the laboratory. If I may be permitted, I will want to say that the world is in a state of dilemma regarding animal experimentation. While some argue against it, based on the claim that these animals have no right and are not equal to humans, others argue in favour of it on claims that animals have moral rights, feel pain and suffer just like humans and should not be subjected to painful experiments. I then begin to wander how research on animals to improve human health should not be undertaken just because it is claimed that these animals have rights and are in many ways equal to humans. It is the contention of this paper to find out the extent to which animal rights and animal equality justifies the fight against animal experimentation.</p>
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Burks, Kyle Douglas. "The science of animal introductions : toward a methodology for scientific animal management." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29565.
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Dawson, Susan Elizabeth. "Companion animal euthanasia : the lived paradox of the human-companion animal bond." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436222.
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Santos, Tânia Sofia Ferreira dos. "Activismo pró animal na moda. Moda como veículo incentivador à protecção animal." Master's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2988.
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Tese de Mestrado em Design de Moda<br>A presente Dissertação explora a vertente activista animal dentro do Design de Moda. Numa primeira fase de investigação do campo do activismo animal, procura-se encontrar o ponto fulcral da causa dos direitos dos animais, investigando a história da exploração animal por parte do homem, os maiores focos de exploração, organizações que lutam pelos direitos dos animais, de modo a evidenciar o ponto fulcral de defesa e justificação da escolha desta causa. Consecutivamente, a análise do campo de acção do activismo, a arte como veículo de activismo em geral e em particular no activismo animal, na pesquisa do Design de Moda como difusor desse activismo, fundamentar uma metodologia criativa na área da planificação de peças de vestuário simbólicas. Esta metodologia é colocada em prática através da concepção de duas colecções de vestuário feminino, uma compilação de T-shirts e uma colectânea conceptual de coordenados inteiros. Aplicando todas as fases criativas do Design de Moda, isto é: idealização, planificação, confecção e por último a utilização da colecção na produção de uma sessão fotográfica.<br>The present dissertation explores the animal’s activist approach inside Fashion Design. On a first investigation phase, the field on animal activism, searches to find the prime point of the animal right cause , investigating the history of animal’s exploration by men, the biggest fields of animal exploration, organizations that fight for animal’s rights, in a way to evidence the main defense and justification of the animal cause choice. Consecutively, the analysis of the playing field of activism, the art as a vehicle of activism in general and on a particular bases of animal activism, on the research of Fashion Design as a diffuser of the activism, substantiate a creative methodology in the area of planning of symbolic garments pieces. This methodology is place in practice trough the conception of two woman’s wear collection, in a compilation of T-shirts and a conceptual compendium of complete outfits. Applying all the creative phases of Fashion Design, this is: idealization, planning, confection and finally the use of the collection in a photo-shoot.
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Robino, Ariann E. "The Human-Animal Bond and Attachment in Animal-Assisted Interventions in Counseling." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89098.
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Mental health practitioners who incorporate animal-assisted interventions into clinical practice harness the human-animal bond for therapeutic benefit. According to the Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counseling Competencies, practitioners have a duty to understand the complex relational processes within animal-assisted interventions in counseling (AAI-C). These bonding processes may resemble that of an attachment bond in which the client desires to maintain closeness to the practitioner and therapy animal as a result of feeling safe and secure. Researchers studying attachment in the human-animal bond have stated that attachment processes may occur within other human-animal relationships, such as between a guardian and a companion animal. However, there is no empirical research on the attachment processes occurring between humans and therapy animals in AAI-C or how these processes affect the bond between the practitioner and client. A component of the working alliance, maintaining a quality bond can improve treatment outcomes in counseling. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative study was to examine how attachment to a therapy animal impacts the attachment bond between a mental health practitioner and client. Participants completed an online survey with four measures to study the following: (a) client attachment to the therapy animal, (b) practitioner attachment to the therapy animal, (c) the bond between the practitioner and client, and (d) the impact of utilizing an animal in counseling sessions. Data analyses included a multiple regression to determine how practitioners' perceptions of the attachment processes within AAI-C best explain the bond with their clients. Descriptive analysis revealed that practitioners perceived high quality bonding within AAI-C, particularly in their own attachment to the therapy animal. Results of the multiple regression indicated practitioners' attachment to the therapy animal was a significant predictor of the working alliance and bond between the practitioner and client. Practitioners who perceived themselves as extremely skilled in working with the clients' presenting issue also had a statistically significant effect on the working alliance and bond when compared to practitioners who felt less skilled. Implications for practitioners and counselor educators are provided. Limitations and areas of future research are also discussed.<br>Doctor of Philosophy<br>Mental health practitioners who incorporate animal-assisted interventions into clinical practice harness the human-animal bond for therapeutic benefit. According to the Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counseling Competencies, practitioners have a duty to understand the complex relational processes within animal-assisted interventions in counseling (AAI-C). These bonding processes may resemble that of an attachment bond in which the client desires to maintain closeness to the practitioner and therapy animal as a result of feeling safe and secure. Researchers studying attachment in the human-animal bond have stated that attachment processes may occur within other human-animal relationships, such as between a guardian and a companion animal. However, there is no practical research on the attachment processes occurring between humans and therapy animals in AAI-C or how these processes affect the bond between the practitioner and client. A component of the working alliance, maintaining a quality bond, can improve treatment outcomes in counseling. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative study was to examine how attachment to a therapy animal impacts the attachment bond between a mental health practitioner and client. Participants completed an online survey with four measures to study the following: (a) client attachment to the therapy animal, (b) practitioner attachment to the therapy animal, (c) the bond between the practitioner and client, and (d) the impact of utilizing an animal in counseling sessions. Data analyses included a multiple regression to determine how practitioners’ perceptions of the attachment processes within AAI-C best explain the bond with their clients. Descriptive statistics revealed that practitioners perceived high quality bonding within AAI-C, particularly in their own attachment to the therapy animal. Results of the multiple regression indicated practitioners’ attachment to the therapy animal influenced the working alliance and bond between the practitioner and client. Practitioners who perceived themselves as extremely skilled in working with the clients’ presenting issue also had an effect on the working alliance and bond when compared to practitioners who felt less skilled. Implications for practitioners and counselor educators are provided. Limitations and areas of future research are also discussed.
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Fontana, I. "SOUND TECHNOLOGY IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TO ASSESS ANIMAL WELFARE, BEHAVIOUR AND PRODUCTION." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/340793.
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This thesis describes a methodology of Precision Livestock Farming, to investigate animal health and welfare, through the monitoring of animal behaviours and vocalisations using image and sounds analysis instead of the visual observation methods. The main purpose of PLF is to improve the production efficiency, increasing animal and human health and welfare, through the application of advanced information and technologies, to control the entire production process. This thesis was particularly dedicated to the importance of using new technologies and methodologies to improve animal health, welfare and production.
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Grob, Markus. "Chemiluminescence of animal granulocytes /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1986. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=8091.
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Notayi, Mzwamadoda. "Characterization of animal fibres." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020426.
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Identification of fibres, particularly in blends, requires knowledge of their characteristics. Individual Identifying features between wool and mohair fibres were investigated in this study using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared-Attenuated Total Reflection (FTIR-ATR), Fourier Transform Raman and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). This study confirmed that wool and mohair can be differentiated and identified in blends using the cuticle scale height (CSH) criterion, wool having an average CSH of 0.6 ± 0.1 μm and mohair having an average CSH of 0.4 ± 0.1 μm. The AFM provided highly reproducible CSH results, which also confirmed the SEM results that indeed wool and mohair could be differentiated using the CSH as criterion. The AFM gave a CSH value of 0.9 ± 0.2 μm for wool and 0.6 ± 0.2 μm for mohair, the difference between the two results being statistically significant according to the student t-test. It has been demonstrated that wool and mohair identification in blends is possible, by using the AFM to measure CSH, although the method is very time consuming and might be expensive. The FTIR-ATR showed similar spectra for wool and mohair fibres, confirming that the two fibre types consist of the same polymer material. Nevertheless, a difference was observed in the ratios of the relative intensities of the amide I (around 1630 cm-1) to the amide II (around 1515cm-1) absorption bands. The FT Raman provided similar spectra for the wool and mohair fibres, although a possible distinguishing feature between the two fibres could be the intensities of the alkyl side chains chemical band near 2940 cm-1 in the spectra of the two fibre types. According to the results obtained in this study, the FTIR-ATR and the FT Raman techniques may have potential for differentiating between wool and mohair but this requires further investigation.
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Castell, James Alexander. "Wordsworth and animal life." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610804.
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Hay, Charlotte Emily Anne. "Socialism and animal ethics." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/40865.
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This thesis looks at the relationship between socialism and animal ethics. It argues that, after forty years of a dominant liberal bias in animal ethics, not much has changed for nonhuman animals. It therefore asks whether liberalism is missing something in relation to animal ethics, and whether socialism might be the best vehicle to fill this gap. More specifically, given the institutionalised nature of contemporary animal exploitation, I argue that liberal animal ethics is ill equipped to address the political economy of animal exploitation. I also argue that its strategies for change are problematic, and that more attention must be paid to the issues of class and political agency in relation to the animal protection movement. Socialism seems a promising alternative to liberal animal ethics for several reasons, not least the historical links in practice between socialists and animal protection. Yet no studies currently exist that investigate the ideological links these socialists perceived between their political and moral beliefs. This is therefore one of the contributions this thesis offers to the discipline. I argue that these ideological links relate predominantly to ethical socialist values (such as kinship), which provides a useful moral imperative to care about nonhumans, but does not offer us a complete alternative to liberal animal ethics, since it fails to adequately address the gaps left by the latter – namely, the role of capitalism in animal exploitation and the issues of class, political agency and strategy. On the other hand, Marxism has a long history of association with these issues; I thus propose a merged socialist approach to animal ethics, one that combines ethical socialism with a post-colonial, Marxist analysis in order to create a comprehensive and convincing alternative to liberal animal ethics. This constitutes the first sustained, comprehensive account of socialist animal ethics within the discipline.
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Baptista, Diana Gomes. "Projecto educação pró-animal." Master's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3618.
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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária<br>O Projecto Educação Pró-Animal é um projecto de educação sobre as aspectos do âmbito médico-veterinário (saúde e bem-estar animal e saúde pública veterinária), que tem como objectivo principal envolver os profissionais de saúde animal na sensibilização da população para a importância que a salvaguarda da saúde e bem-estar animal tem, para a promoção da saúde e bem-estar das pessoas. De forma a recolher informações sobre quais eram as áreas do âmbito médico-veterinários onde mais lacunas de informação existiam, foram aplicados a crianças do 6ºano de escolaridade, inquéritos com perguntas sobre 8 temas diferentes: “Como tratar os Animais de Companhia - Cães e Gatos”, “Como tratar os Animais de Companhia - Animais exóticos”, “Animais Selvagens”, “Espécies Pecuárias”, “Do prado ao prato”, “Animais abandonados”, “Zoonoses” e “Pragas urbanas”. As crianças do 6ºano eram de 8 concelhos/áreas de Portugal, de Norte a Sul de Portugal e Ilha do Pico, nomeadamente, por ordem cronológica (27 de Setembro de 2010 a 24 de Junho de 2011): Lousã, Oliveira do Hospital, Santiago do Cacém, Monchique, Portalegre, Porto, Ponte de Lima e Ilha do Pico. Aplicados estes inquéritos, eram desenvolvidas acções de sensibilização à população no geral mas, principalmente, às crianças inquiridas. Para tal foram testados, produzidos, ajustados e reajustados, diferentes instrumentos e métodos de aprendizagem, os quais serão aqui apresentados. Pretende-se com este trabalho, tornar a Educação Pró-Animal uma prática comum e sustentada, acessível a qualquer profissional de saúde animal, nomeadamente através da providência de materiais de sensibilização, métodos de aprendizagem, apoio personalizado e trabalho coordenados com outros profissionais de saúde animal.<br>ABSTRACT - The Education Pro-Animal Project (attempt to translate): -
The "Education Pro-Animal" Project is a education project about veterinary medicine subject (animal health and welfare and veterinary public health), which the main objective is to involve animal health's professional in the public awareness of the animal health and welfare protection's importance to improve the human health and welfare. To study which areas of veterinary people know less, it was applied surveys to secondary school children (11/12 years old), about 8 different areas of veterinary as "How to care about company animals- dogs and cats", "How to care about company animals- exotic animals", "Wildlife", "Farm animals", "From the farm to fork", "Abandoned animals", "Zoonosis" and "Urban pests". The surveyed children were from 8 different Portuguese areas, since North to South and also Azores, and were applied between 27th September 2011 and 24th June 2011. In chronological order, the 8 areas visited were Lousã, Oliveira do Hospital, Santiago do Cacém, Monchique, Portalegre, Porto, Ponte de Lima e Ilha do Pico and the project “stays” one month in each area. After apply those surveys, there were presented awareness-raising to the people in general, but specially directed to the surveyed children. To do the awareness-raising, different tools and teaching methods were tested, produced and adjusted, whose I will present here. With this work we want that Education Pro Animal become a common and well supported practice, accessible to every animal health's professional, by providing awareness materials, teaching methods, personalized help, and work in coordination with others animal health’s professionals.
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Garcia, Emanuel Fernandes. "Animal welfare and performance." Bachelor's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1507.
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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária<br>Oestrus intensity in Swedish dairy cattle – Is there a relationship
with animal-based welfare parameters?
A welfare field study was carried out in a Swedish experimental dairy farm to determine the
presence and relevance of relationships between animal welfare-based parameters and fertility in
heifers and first parity dairy cows with high genetic potential for milk production. The main
hypothesis tested was that strong signalling of oestrus is an indicator of good welfare and that it
is related to low avoidance distance, low lameness score and acceptable pregnancy rate. A field
trial was initiated to validate a commercially automated progesterone measuring instrument
(eProCheck®) designed to ease reproduction management.
The studied sample included 68 females, balanced in terms of breed and category (Swedish Red
or Swedish Holstein; heifer or cow). The animals were included into the study after oestrus
detection and artificial insemination (AI) decision by the personnel at the farm. Oestrus intensity
(OI) was determined in parallel by the personnel (NCV_OI) and by the author (OBS_OI). On
day 0, defined by AI, progesterone relative level was assessed in blood (and milk - cows). On day
7, avoidance distance (at the feeding rack and inside the stable), body condition, lameness and
progesterone level were assessed. On day 20, progesterone level was determined, as well as
pregnancy through trans-rectal ultrasonography. Pregnancy was confirmed with trans-rectal
palpation by day 50.
The NCV_OI and OBS_OI differed, but the last revealed to be higher in heifers than in cows.
The overall pregnancy rate (55%) was acceptable, but heifers had a higher performance than
cows (70% vs. 37%), being higher oestrus intensity, both NCV_OI and OBS_OI, reflected in a
higher pregnancy rate. Standing oestrus (high OBS_OI) had 3.8-fold higher odds of pregnancy,
compared to the detection based on secondary oestrus signs. Though, AIs based on secondary
signs had acceptable pregnancy rates (45 % in low vs. 46 % in medium OI). Strong oestruses
(NCV_OI) had 5.3-fold higher odds of pregnancy than weak and clear ones grouped. Non-lame
had 4.8-fold higher odds of pregnancy than lame animals. Avoidance distance means were short
(<1m), as a reflex of a good human-animal interaction at the farm. Although OBS_OI tended to
correlate negatively with avoidance distance at the feeding rack in primiparous cows, the
relationships between OI and avoidance distances were found inconclusive and statistically nonsignificant.
Results of preliminary eProCheck® trials seem promising regarding early pregnancy
diagnosis, due to high sensitivity with a single test on day 20. Although further testing is required,
it is considered a valuable complement for on-farm reproductive management.
In conclusion, OI and lameness were associated with pregnancy outcome, confirming the
importance of these factors in modern dairy farming, although global animal welfare level was
considered acceptable within the studied parameters. Yet, re-evaluation of the prevention
programme for lameness is needed to address its high prevalence in primiparous cows.<br>RESUMO -
Performance e Bem-estar Animal
Intensidade do cio em bovinos de leite na Suécia – Existem
relações com os parâmetros de bem-estar baseados no animal? -
Foi realizado um estudo de campo numa vacaria experimental de leite na Suécia para determinar a
presença e relevância das relações entre parâmetros de bem-estar com base no animal e fertilidade de
novilhas e vacas primíparas com alto potencial genético para produção de leite. A principal hipótese
testada admite que a sinalização intensa do estro é um bom indicador de bem-estar e que está relacionada
com uma curta distância de fuga, um baixo grau de claudicação e uma taxa de gestação aceitável. Foi
iniciada a validação de um instrumento comercial de medição automatizada de progesterona
(eProCheck®) desenvolvido para facilitar o maneio reprodutivo.
A amostra incluiu 68 fêmeas, sem diferenças significativas na proporção de raças e categorias (Vermelha
Sueca, Holstein Sueca; novilha, vaca). Os animais foram incluídos no estudo após a detecção de cio e
decisão da inseminação artificial (IA) pelo pessoal da vacaria. A intensidade de cio (OI) foi avaliada em
paralelo pelo pessoal (NCV_OI) e pelo autor (OBS_OI). No dia 0, definido pela IA, o nível relativo de
progesterona foi determinado no sangue (e leite–vacas). No dia 7, foram avaliados a distância de fuga (na
manjedoura e dentro do estábulo), condição corporal, grau de claudicação e o nível de progesterona. No
dia 20, o nível de progesterona foi determinado, assim como a gestação através de ultrasonografia transrectal.
A gestação foi confirmada por palpação trans-rectal cerca do dia 50.
Os sistemas de classificação NCV_OI e OBS_OI obtiveram resultados diferentes, tendo o segundo
evidenciado OI mais elevada nas novilhas que nas vacas. A taxa de gestação global (55%) foi aceitável,
tendo as novilhas maior performance que as vacas (70% vs. 37%), pelo que maior OI, em NCV_OI e
OBS_OI, reflectiu-se em maior taxa de gestação. O comportamento de se deixar montar (alta intensidade
de cio) correspondeu a 3.8 vezes maior probabilidade de gestação, em comparação com a detecção
baseada em sinais secundários. No entanto, as IAs com base em sinais secundários, obtiveram taxa de
gestação aceitável (45% baixa vs. 46% média intensidade de cio). Cios intensos (NCV_OI)
corresponderam a 5.3 vezes maior probabilidade de gestação que o conjunto dos cios nítidos e fracos.
Animais não-claudicantes mostraram 4.8 vezes maior probabilidade de gestação do que animais com
claudicação. As distâncias de fuga foram curtas (<1m), como reflexo de uma boa interacção homemanimal
na vacaria. Embora a intensidade de cio tenha tido tendência a correlacionar-se negativamente com
a distância de fuga na manjedoura em vacas primíparas, as relações entre intensidade de cio e as distâncias
de fuga foram consideradas inconclusivas, não sendo estatisticamente significativas. Os resultados dos
ensaios preliminares do eProCheck® parecem promissores quanto ao diagnóstico precoce de gestação,
devido à alta sensibilidade com um único teste ao dia 20. Ainda que seja necessário continuar a testagem,
pode ser uma ferramenta complementar útil no maneio reprodutivo.
Finalmente, a taxa de gestação encontrou-se associada à intensidade de cio e ao grau de claudicação,
confirmando-se a importância destes factores em explorações de alta produção, embora o bem-estar
animal tenha sido considerado aceitável ao nível dos parâmetros estudados. No entanto, é necessária uma
reavaliação do programa de prevenção de claudicação, a fim de reduzir a sua alta prevalência nas vacas
prímiparas.
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Sargsyan, Alex. "Animal Assistants in Healthcare." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8512.
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Coghlan, Simon James. "Human and animal individuality." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2011. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/9b22d0664cbe3e1cda5b1d2f0fd0897bf65e1fd974529cbadb82f9f9086117fd/1210651/64827_downloaded_stream_52.pdf.
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Discussions of various connections between human beings and nonhuman animals in moral philosophy, for example in 'animal ethics', are dominated by a certain philosophical approach. This standard approach is characterized by philosophical assumptions about the nature of reason and argument on questions of morality and value. Assumptions like these tend to assimilate good thinking about value to a narrow interpretation of 'reason' which stresses rational argument and justification. This interpretation of what discussions about the value and nature of human and animal life should look like naturally leads to the creation of theories, such as the various theories of animal ethics proposed in utilitarianism, rights theory, and virtue ethics. In the field of animal ethics, three well known philosophers who advocate one or other of these theories are Peter Singer, Tom Regan, and Rosalind Hursthouse. It has also been common in the standard debates about animals, from the 1970's onwards, for philosophers to accept that an 'objective' understanding of the mental lives of animals is most comprehensively provided by modern science, including ethology and evolutionary theory. In philosophy, and in significant parts of society, views on the relations between humans and animals have changed over recent decades. There is a greater tendency to take animal life more seriously than in the past. Parts of science and mainstream philosophy have lately tended to the view that human beings and animals differ only in degree and not in kind. Even philosophers who wish to defend the idea that humans are different in kind, often occupy the same ground as their opponents by turning to ethical theory to justify their views about human importance. In another part of philosophy, an alternative approach to these questions has emerged.;Two prominent philosophers in the Wittgensteinian tradition - Cora Diamond and, more recently, Raimond Gaita - have written on the connection between human beings and animals. This approach seriously questions the presuppositions of the philosophers who stand on more mainstream ground. The general position worked out by Diamond and Gaita claims that there is indeed a difference in kind between human beings and animals; but it also offers a means of exploring the question that, far from accepting the assumptions that the mainstream view and many of its critics rely on, has yielded, and promises to continue to yield, new and creative insights....
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Du, Preez Angela Jane. "The other animal : poems." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17866.
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Morais, Rui Filipe Rodrigues. "Controlo de postura animal." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23637.
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Mestrado em Engenharia Eletrónica e Telecomunicações<br>A remoção de espécies vegetais indesejadas nas culturas é um processo
oneroso, que precisa ser repetido durante um ano de cultivo. Tipicamente
é feito através da utilização de métodos mecânicos e de herbicidas,
que tornam o processo dispendioso e agressivo para a própria
cultura e para o meio ambiente. Este projeto pretende utilizar animais
como método alternativo de remoção de plantas infestantes nas
culturas, tornando o processo menos agressivo e menos dispendioso
aliando ainda o ganho em área de pasto para as explorações pecuárias
No entanto surge o problema de os animais não se limitarem a ingerir
as espécies vegetais indesejadas e alimentarem-se também das próprias
espécies cultivadas. O objetivo, é por isso, criar um mecanismo capaz
de monitorizar e controlar a postura do animal para impedir que este se
alimente das espécies cultivadas. Para esse efeito foi desenvolvido um
protótipo de uma coleira, que integra um microcontrolador como unidade
central de processamento, um módulo de rádio para transmissão
de dados, ultrassons e acelerómetro para monitorização da postura do
animal e os atuadores do sistema, no caso um buzzer e um módulo
para aplicar choques elétricos.<br>The removal of unwanted plant species in crops is an onerous process
that needs to be repeated several times during the year. Typically, this
process is done using mechanical methods and herbicides which makes
it expensive and aggressive not only for the environment, but also for
the cultivated plants. This project intends to use animals as an alternative
method of removing weeds in crops, making the process less
aggressive and less expensive. This method also leads to gains in pasture
area for livestock farms. However, animals do not limit themselves
to ingest undesired plant species and they also feed on the cultivated
species. Therefore, the goal is to create a mechanism capable of monitoring
and controlling the posture of the animal to prevent it from
feeding on the cultivated species. For this purpose, was developed a
prototype that includes: a microprocessor as a central processing unit;
a radio module for data transmission; an ultrasound and an accelerometer
for monitoring animal posture and system actuators; and a
Buzzer and a module for applying electric shocks.
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Moore, Maria Romasco. "Some Kind of Animal." OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2130.
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Some Kind of Animal is a novel about Jo, a teenage girl with a secret twin sister who lives in the woods. It explores themes of rural poverty, familial neglect, and the shaping, often limiting, influence of societal gender roles on girls.
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DING, CHAO. "Animus aliena negotia gerendi." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/201897.
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Perlo, Katherine W. "Animal Truth : The role of the animal in the development of Human Worldviews." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496404.
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Thörnqvist, Hampus. "Framing Nature : A discussion on the ethics of animal confinement in animal parks." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-375529.
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The confinement of animals is today a widespread, widely accepted practice, regardless of the intention behind it. The confinement of animals for entertainment purposes, however, poses ethical questions that transgress the body of the animal itself and onto the boundaries of the human. What happens when a captured animal behaves differently from what we expect of it? Different from what we’ve trained it to? SeaWorld and Kolmården are two parks that both display animals in different ways. Both advertise themselves as offering unique experiences; close up encounters with animals that would most likely not happen in the wild. Both parks have also been subject to predatory animals behaving in unexpected ways. Furthermore, the artificial relationships established between humans and nonhumans in captivity have in the cases of SeaWorld and Kolmården proven to create a dangerous environment for both humans and animals. The ethical dilemmas that arises in correlations with the deadly-outcome incidents that have occurred in the parks, takes the form of questions regarding if confining animals such as wolves and orcas are ethically defensible in the first place
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Janezic, Sandra, Valerija Zidaric, Bart Pardon, et al. "International Clostridium difficile animal strain collection and large diversity of animal associated strains." BioMed Central, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610058.
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BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile is an important cause of intestinal infections in some animal species and animals might be a reservoir for community associated human infections. Here we describe a collection of animal associated C. difficile strains from 12 countries based on inclusion criteria of one strain (PCR ribotype) per animal species per laboratory.RESULTS:Altogether 112 isolates were collected and distributed into 38 PCR ribotypes with agarose based approach and 50 PCR ribotypes with sequencer based approach. Four PCR ribotypes were most prevalent in terms of number of isolates as well as in terms of number of different host species: 078 (14.3% of isolates<br>4 hosts), 014/020 (11.6%<br>8 hosts)<br>002 (5.4%<br>4 hosts) and 012 (5.4%<br>5 hosts). Two animal hosts were best represented<br>cattle with 31 isolates (20 PCR ribotypes<br>7 countries) and pigs with 31 isolates (16 PCR ribotypes<br>10 countries).CONCLUSIONS:This results show that although PCR ribotype 078 is often reported as the major animal C. difficile type, especially in pigs, the variability of strains in pigs and other animal hosts is substantial. Most common human PCR ribotypes (014/020 and 002) are also among most prevalent animal associated C. difficile strains worldwide. The widespread dissemination of toxigenic C. difficile and the considerable overlap in strain distribution between species furthers concerns about interspecies, including zoonotic, transmission of this critically important pathogen.
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Guerini, Elena. "Animal Rights and Human Responsibilities: Towards a Relational Capabilities Approach in Animal Ethics." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157548/.
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In this thesis, I analyze some of the most important contributions concerning the inclusion of animals in the moral and political sphere. Moving from these positions, I suggest that a meaningful consideration of animals' sentience demands a profound, radical political theory which considers animals as moral patients endowed with specific capabilities whose actualization needs to be allowed and/or promoted. Such theory would take human-animal different types of relationships into account to decide what kind of ethical and political responsibilities humans have towards animals. It would be also based on the assumption that animals' sentience is the necessary and sufficient feature for assigning moral status. I start from the consideration that in the history of political philosophy, most theorists have excluded animals from the realm of justice. I then propose an examination of utilitarianism, capabilities approach, and relational-based theories of animal rights (in particular the works by Kymlicka and Donaldson, and Clare Palmer) and borrow essential elements from each of these approaches to build my theory. I claim that a political theory which attaches high importance to individual capabilities, as well as to the various types of relationships we have with animals, is the most appropriate to tackle the puzzle of human responsibilities to animals.
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Marchesi, G. "IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE, ANIMAL PRODUCTION QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY WITH ADVANCED SENSOR SYSTEMS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/217452.
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The livestock production main purpose is to satisfy the customer requirements at a price that enables the producer to make a profit. This trend moved the farm concept to the new control and monitoring technology system to support its operations. This new idea of the farm takes the name of “Precision farming technology” (PFT). The objective of the researches described in this thesis is to study and evaluate different type of technologies used in the PFT. To achieve this objective, six different trials were done; in the first trial, it was evaluated the use of an electronic system for automatic calving detection; in the second trial, it was designed, developed and tested a GPS/GSM birth alarm for cattle-grazing; in the third trial, it was evaluated the oestrus detection in a dairy cattle farm with the Herd Navigator™; in the fourth trial, it was analysed the reproduction and economical performances in a dairy cattle farm with the Herd Navigator™; in the fifth trial, it was designed and tested a low cost GPS/GPRS collar to combat cattle rustling; in the sixth trial, it was studied a GPS collar to trace the epidemiological issues in a flock.
In the first study, the technical performance of the C6 birth control system® was analysed. The C6 birth control system® is an electronic device that detects the time of the expulsion phase during the calving. A number of 53 Holstein was fitted on the day 280±5 of gestation with the C6 birth control system®, which was left in place until confirmation of calving. Sensitivity and positive predictive value of the system were calculated as 100% and 95%, respectively. The partum events occurring at the group fitted with the system were compared with the analogous occurred at 59 animals without device. When alarmed by the system the farm staffs were in the calving barn during the expulsion phase in the 100% of the cases. On the contrary the cows without the device were assisted only in 17% of the cases (P<0.001).
The aim of the second trial was the development of a GPS/GSM birth alarm for cattle-grazing (GPS-CAL). At the expulsion phase, during the calving, the system sent a Short message Service (SMS) to the farmer’s phone. In the SMS there were indicated the GPS coordinates where the cow was calving. Three tests were done: a) laboratory test to evaluate the battery life and the GPS’s accuracy; b) field test in a commercial dairy farm with small pasture; c) field test in a commercial cattle farm in the Apennines. The laboratory tests showed a battery life of one month. The GPS accuracy was 1,237 m. In field “b” were tested 18 calving. In field “c” were tested 8 calving. In the total of 26 calving the GPS-CAL sent the SMS with the correct cow calving position.
The third study was related to the Herd Navigator™ monitoring of cows reproduction performances. The Herd Navigator™ is a system that automatically programs the analysis of milk progesterone samples from selected specific cows of the herd. In a commercial dairy farm, the same 156 cows were monitored with both a Herd Navigator™ and a DeLaval® activity system. Sensitivity and positive predictive value of the systems were calculated as 100% and 96% for Herd Navigator™, and as 49% and 70% for activity meter. The test definitely, demonstrates a significant difference (P<0.001) between the two-oestrus detection systems both for sensitivity and positive predictive value, with higher performances for the Herd Navigator™ system.
The aim of the fourth trial was verify the Herd Navigator™ benefits on the reproduction management in a commercial dairy farm - with automatic milking system - located in mountain areas. Reproductive and economical data were recorded before and one year after the Herd Navigator™ installation. The number of days open (DO) was reduced from 166 to 103 days. The same reduction has been identified in the number of days between the first and the second insemination that was passed from 45 days before the Herd Navigator™ introduction, to 28 days.. Another important value was the 80% reduction in the number of days required to identify an abortion (from 31 to 6 days). The preliminary results obtained confirm the usefulness of the system for the reproduction management. A model was developed using literature and commercial data to evaluate the potential economic benefits of the introduction of this technology. The model considers the benefits deriving from the decrease of reproduction problems and the reduction of days open. Considering the effects related to the above aspects, in a case study involving 70 dairy cows a 5 year time of investment return has been calculated.
In the fifth trial, it was developed a low-cost GPS/GSM collar, using commercial hardware and implementing specific software, to track animals’ movements within a grazing area and get alert from animals’ trespassing of virtual fences. A Phase I study was conducted from September 2008 to June 2009 to build the GPS/GSM collar, while a Phase II study was conducted in July 2009 to test the GPS collar under real operating conditions. The GPS/GSM collar production costs did not exceed € 1.000, including software and labour required for its construction. Field tests highlighted the potentiality of the GPS/GSM collar as anti-theft system. Battery life was the most limiting factor of the system due to the high power consumption of the GPS receiver and the high frequency GPS sampling (30-s intervals) required by anti-theft monitoring.
The aims of the last trial were study and evaluate a new system for the epidemiological monitoring in a flock. The OVItrace collar was a GPS / GPRS device connected to the management software. The system tracks and traces the path of the flock in real time. An OVItrace collar was placed onto a donkey in a flock. During the test stability and functionality of the system were verified. In particular, a number of 1563 location data has been recorded, with the exact definition of the location and the flock identification. Position requests were sent either via software (web-app) or via smartphone. In both cases the collar has promptly sent the position, ensuring a quick test for the field epidemiological analysis. However the OVItrace gives a number of further information in real time of the flock’s path. The OVItrace collar use can be considered a good system for the epidemiological monitoring.
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Tabilo, Christoforou Francisca Ignacia. "Proyecto Anico." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2012. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/112536.
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Ingeniero Civil de Minas<br>El Proyecto ANICO , es un proyecto minero-metalúrgico, que se encuentra ubicado en la Provincia del Choapa, Comuna de Canela, IV Región de Coquimbo. Consiste en una planta de beneficio de minerales oxidados de cobre (Planta Puerto Oscuro), productora de cristales de sulfato de cobre pentahidratado (CuSO4* 5H2O) grado alimenticio, en base al abastecimiento de minerales de las pertenencias mineras ANICO 1/5 así como también de minas del sector, con leyes fluctuantes entre 0,8 y 2,0% de cobre.
Se plantea un tratamiento a un nivel inicial de 5.000 [t/mes] o bien 200 [t/d] por un periodo de 10 años, mediante los procesos de chancado, aglomerado y curado, lixiviación, extracción por solvente (SX), cristalización (CR), recristianización (RC), secado y envasado.
La justificación del proyecto ANICO radica en la existencia de un fuerte y sustentable mercado de derivados de cobre potenciado por la agroindustria y la estrechez de la oferta, un gran potencial de explotación de minerales a nivel medio menor en todo el distrito minero y la ubicación y exigencias de los poderes de compra de ENAMI en la zona que obligan a la derivación de los productores a otras plantas. Dado lo anterior existe una posibilidad cierta para la Planta Puerto Oscuro de convertirse en un poder comprador fuerte e importante en la zona.
Para un procesamiento de 60.000 [t/año] de mineral, y un horizonte de evaluación de 10 años, el costo de operación para una ley media estimada de alimentación a planta de 1,47 %Cu, alcanza los 75,48 [USD/t] de mineral, o bien en términos del producto final este costo es de 1,63 [USD/ kg] de sulfato de cobre pentahidratado.
La evaluación técnico-económica del Proyecto Anico arroja como resultado un VAN de 11.400.000 [USD] aprox., teniendo en cuenta que el proyecto es rentable por una parte con minerales de leyes superiores o iguales a 1,024% de Cu, y por otra con un precio del sulfato de cobre superior a 1,892 [USD/kg].
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Lomov, Vladimir. "Estetika anime." Master's thesis, Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta. Knihovna, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-251469.
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Faria, Catia. "Animal ethics goes wild: the problem of wild animal suffering and intervention in nature." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/385919.
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In this thesis I claim that, on the assumption that we have reasons to assist other
individuals in need, there are decisive reasons to intervene in nature to prevent or reduce
the harms wild animals suffer, provided that it is feasible and that the expected result is
net positive. Moreover, I claim that these reasons are as strong as those we would have
to intervene in order to help human beings that were in similar circumstances. This is
because: (a) all sentient individuals, including nonhuman animals, are morally
considerable, irrespective of their species or other alleged species-specific attributes; (b)
the interests of wild animals are systematically frustrated by different natural events, so
that most of them have lives of net suffering; and (c) the various objections that may be
put forward against intervention in nature ultimately fail to show that our reasons
against intervening are sufficiently strong.<br>En esta tesis sostengo que, bajo la asunción de que tenemos razones para ayudar a otros
individuos en necesidad, tenemos razones decisivas para intervenir en la naturaleza para
prevenir o reducir los daños que los animales salvajes sufren, siempre que ello sea
factible y que el resultado esperado sea netamente positivo. Asimismo, sostengo que
estas razones son tan fuertes como las que tendríamos para intervenir con el fin de
ayudar a seres humanos que se hallaran en circunstancias similares. Ello es porque: (a)
todos los individuos sintientes, incluyendo los animales no humanos, son moralmente
considerables, con independencia de su especie o de otros atributos supuestamente
específicos a la especie; (b) los intereses de los animales salvajes son frustrados
sistemáticamente por diferentes eventos naturales, de manera que la mayoría de ellos
tiene vidas de sufrimiento neto; y (c) las diversas objeciones que pueden formularse
contra la intervención en la naturaleza no logran finalmente mostrar que nuestras
razones en contra de intervenir sean lo suficientemente fuertes.