behavioral problems in cats have drawn more attention in recent years since they affect the cat-owner relationship. this study was designed to study the rate of cats with undesirable behaviors according to their owners. frequency of behavioral problems in 167 cats attending small animal hospital, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of tehran, was evaluated using a questionnaire. accordin...

Increasing diversification, urbanization, economic restructuring, and distances, as well declining dependence on forestry, are changing the characteristics of forest ownership c...

While parrots are popular birds to keep as pets, little is known about the relationship between them and their owners frequency of problematic behaviors they display. The data for this study were collected using an anonymous questionnaire that consisted three parts: basic questions parrots; a “Parrot Owner Relationship Scale” (PORS), modified from “Monash Dog (MDORS); behavioral problems in par...

The Ainsworth Strange Situation Test (SST) has been widely used to demonstrate that the bond between both children and dogs to their primary carer typically meets the requirements of a secure attachment (i.e. the carer being perceived as a focus of safety and security in otherwise threatening environments), and has been adapted for cats with a similar claim made. However methodological problems...

Management of sensor data requires metadata to understand the semantics of observations. While e-science researchers have high demands on metadata, they are selective in entering metadata. The claim in this paper is to focus on the essentials, i.e., the actual observations being described by location, time, owner, instrument, and measurement. The applicability of this approach is demonstrated i...