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Waste Manag
December 2024
Central Queensland University, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Bruce Highway, North Rockhampton, QLD 4702, Australia. Electronic address:
Picking up dog faeces with single use plastic bags and disposing in landfill is a common practice which ultimately harms the environment. Compostable plastic dog waste bags may help to divert these wastes from landfill and recover dog faeces as a compost feedstock, though little is known about how certified home compostable plastics behave in real world home compost systems. This study investigated the disintegration of commercially available certified home compostable plastic bags in outdoor home composts containing dog faeces.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Exp Child Psychol
April 2024
Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
Finding ways to investigate false belief understanding nonverbally is not just important for preverbal children but also is the only way to assess theory of mind (ToM)-like abilities in nonhuman animals. In this preregistered study, we adapted the design from a previous study on pet dogs to investigate false belief understanding in children and to compare it with belief understanding of those previously tested dogs. A total of 32 preschool children (aged 5-6 years) saw the displacement of a reward and obtained nonverbal cueing of the empty container from an adult communicator holding either a true or false belief.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfect Dis Rep
December 2022
Division of Zoonotic Diseases Program, National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi 110054, India.
Rabies is a global problem and is endemic in India. Rabies cases occur throughout the year, and the majority of cases are associated with dog bites. We report a rabies outbreak investigation in an urban area of Delhi conducted by our multidisciplinary team, and its role in proactively controlling a rabies outbreak by concerted efforts and timely advice to various stakeholders using a "One Health Approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhen it comes to issues such as neutering and microchipping, cats either have the advantage over their canine counterparts or are set to catch them up. But are they also at risk of following dogs down more perilous paths?
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