Housing of pregnant sows is currently being revolutionised around the world. Group housing enhances opportunities for improved sow health and welfare through enabling exercise and social interactions. However, because it enables social interactions, group housing can also be detrimental to welfare and production, particularly if sow aggression occurs. Detrimental effects of adverse interactions...

energy is considered as an important input for agricultural products. a decrease in energy subsidy and its demand reduces agricultural outputs and raises the production costs. changes in production and costs may significantly affect welfare of the agricultural producers. the main objective of this study was to analyze the impact of increased energy prices (reduction in the subsidy) on the agric...

This study aimed to describe the tourism village development program, synergy of government and community's role in tourist villages, as well improving community welfare through villages Semen Village, Blitar Regency. used a qualitative approach with type descriptive research—sources data form primary secondary data. Data were collected by using observation, interview documentation techniques. ...

Although “Japanese Approved Schools” are facilities for children and youths who have not been cared for appropriately by their parents, little is known about them and no research undertaken to characterize them. These facilities prevent youth from committing delinquent acts, and protect juveniles from maltreatment as social welfare facilities for children and youths. This is the first study to ...

BACKGROUND Behavioural training through positive reinforcement techniques is a well-recognised refinement to laboratory animal welfare. Behavioural neuroscience research requires subjects to be trained to perform repetitions of specific behaviours for food/fluid reward. Some animals fail to perform at a sufficient level, limiting the amount of data that can be collected and increasing the numbe...

We initiate the study of heterogeneous facility location problem with limited resources. mainly focus on fundamental case where a set agents are positioned in line segment [0,1] and have approval preferences over two available facilities. A mechanism takes as input positions agents, chooses to locate single based this information. mechanisms that aim maximize social welfare (the total utility d...