NOSE-CLIP USE IN SEMI-FREE RANGING PIGS REDUCES ROOTING WITHOUT DISRUPTING AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOUR OR CAUSING PROLONGED STRESS

Nose-clip use in semi-free ranging pigs reduces rooting without disrupting affiliative behaviour or causing prolonged stress

Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) Heat Transfers raised under natural conditions can show their complete behavioural repertoire.However, rooting behaviour can have a great impact on the environment.In the context of the promotion of farm animal welfare and environmental concerns, this study investigated the potential of nose-clips as a less invasive alter

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The Piro canoe. A preliminary ethnographic account

The Piro canoe.A preliminary ethnographic account.The article provides a preliminary account of the canoes made and used by the Clothing Piro (Yine) people of the Urubamba river in Peruvian Amazonia, with a particular focus on the processes of construction, naming and crewing.The canoe, among these people, is a basic model of affinity, both male-fe

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Concept for Digital Product Twins in Battery Cell Production

This paper presents an approach for the design and derivation for establishing a digital product twin for battery cells.A digital product twin is a virtual replica of a physical battery cell and can be used to predict and optimize quality properties and performance in real-time.The study focuses on pouch cell manufacturing and aims to map the large

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