The views that food companies hold about their responsibilities for animal welfare can strongly influence the lives and welfare of farm animals. If a company's commitment is translated into action, it can be a major driver of animal welfare. The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) is an annual evaluation of farm animal welfare-related practices, reporting and performance of food c...

Policymakers have identified the community-based human services network as a promising model for restructuring services in neighborhoods affected by poverty, but researchers have found this approach complex and difficult to implement. An increase in networks and partnerships among service providers suggests that organizations are learning to work together, yet little is known about the processe...

The child welfare system does a good job overall at providing protection, safety, housing, nourishment, training and therapy for youth. Even though youth are provided essential resources—such as shelter, life skills training and counseling—child welfare services do not systematically link youth to family members or significant lifelong connections that will become their support system after ema...

Polls and surveys conducted within the United States show general agreement that there is public support for the protection of farm livestock and poultry. Concurrent with the growing public sentiment is the recent adoption of socially responsible corporate policies by major food retailers relative to animal welfare. The animal welfare assurance and audit programs developed by the private sector...

Methods Information on research evidence acquisition, evaluation and application were collected from 140 directors and senior administrators of child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice systems in 40 California and 11 Ohio counties participating in an RCT of the use of community development teams to scale up implementation of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care over a 3 year period (...

Regulatory authorities around the world with oversight responsibility for the welfare of research animals have placed heavily reliance on local oversight committees. These animal care committees (ACCs) are part of an institutional animal welfare team that includes the institutional administration, principal investigators, attending veterinarian and animal care staff, as well as regulatory organ...

The principles of the 3Rs, Replacement, Reduction and Refinement, are being increasingly incorporated into legislations, guidelines and practice of animal experiments in order to safeguard animal welfare. In the present study we have studied the systematic application of 3R principles to toxicological research in the pharmaceutical industry, with particular focus on achieving reductions in anim...

BACKGROUND The present study examines the structure and operation of social networks of information and advice and their role in making decisions as to whether to adopt new evidence-based practices (EBPs) among agency directors and other program professionals in 12 California counties participating in a large randomized controlled trial. METHODS Interviews were conducted with 38 directors, as...

The starting point of this paper is that 'age' is undertheorised and generally viewed as unproblematic in criminology, particularly when compared to the consideration which has been given to 'race', gender and sexuality. Beyond the empirical level 'age' is not always meaningful, and it is rarely unpacked theoretically. My aim is to demonstrate that studies of the relationship between older peop...

This paper suggests an integrated mathematical framework developed based on the leader–followers game for augmentation of transmission networks. Transmission Network Service Provider moves first and designs the horizon year transmission system. Generating Companies compete for having the highest share from the energy market and they find their equilibrium point using the Nash equilibrium concep...