Can welfare be measured with a preference-satisfaction index?

Can Lignin Be Accurately Measured?

too simplistic (Sarkanen and Ludwig, 1971), and there are now many examples showing that other phenolics Forages serve an important role in providing nutrients to ruminants besides the cinnamyl alcohols can be incorporated into while providing positive benefits to the environment. Forage cell wall digestibility is incomplete because of several structural features within lignins (as reviewed by ...

Consumer satisfaction with occupational health services: should it be measured?

OBJECTIVES To find answers in the literature to the questions if, why, and how consumer satisfaction with occupational health services (OHSs) should be measured. METHODS Publications about the concept of consumer satisfaction with health care and surveys of consumer satisfaction with occupational health care were reviewed. RESULTS For care providers, surveys of consumer satisfaction can be ...

Can Farm Animal Welfare Standards be Compatible with Free Trade?

Can Science and Technology Capacity be Measured?

The ability of a nation to participate in the global knowledge economy depends to some extent on its capacities in science and technology. In an effort to assess the capacity of different countries in science and technology, this article updates a classification scheme developed by RAND to measure science and technology capacity for 150 countries of the world.

Multiple intelligences: Can they be measured?

This paper is about issues relating to the assessment of multiple intelligences. The first section introduces the authors’ work on building measures of multiple intelligences and moral sensitivities. It also provides a conceptual definition of multiple intelligences based on Multiple Intelligences theory by Howard Gardner (1983). The second section discusses the context specificity of intellige...