scholarly journals Strategies and facilities in order to improve animal welfare

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (suppl spe) ◽  
pp. 311-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniella Jorge de Moura ◽  
Leda Globbo de Freitas Bueno ◽  
Karla Andrea Oliveira de Lima ◽  
Thayla Morandi Ridolfi de Carvalho ◽  
Ana Paula de Assis Maia Maia
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Animal Behavior ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Litter Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Of Art

To keep the position in being a world-wide exporter of chicken meat, Brazil must meet international quality standards, always seeking alternative resources of improvement, without increasing production costs, including litter quality, requirements of animal welfare and environment affairs, such as the use and reuse of broiler litter. Researches are performed in the areas of animal welfare, environment, animal behavior and use of modern climatization technology improving the quality of the environment created to raise broilers, also trying to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and global warming in the environment, becoming a sustainable production system. This paper has a bibliographic revision of the subject mentioned above, intending to show a state-of-art key factors related to a new concept of broiler environment and welfare.

Computer Vision Based Technique for Surface Defect Detection of Apples

2014 ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
C. J. Prabhakar ◽  
S. H. Mohana
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Defect Detection ◽  
Surface Defects ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Automatic Inspection ◽  
Segmentation Technique ◽  
Surface Defect Detection ◽  
Fruit Grading

The automatic inspection of quality in fruits is becoming of paramount importance in order to decrease production costs and increase quality standards. Computer vision techniques are used in fruit industry for fruit grading, sorting, and defect detection. In this chapter, we review recent approaches for automatic inspection of quality in fruits using computer vision techniques. Particularly, we focus on the review of advances in computer vision techniques for automatic inspection of quality of apples based on surface defects. Finally, we present our approach to estimate the defects on the surface of an apple using grow-cut and multi-threshold based segmentation technique. The experimental results show that our method effectively estimates the defects on the surface of apples significantly more effectively than color based segmentation technique.

A Multidisciplinary View of Data Quality

2011 ◽  
pp. 2741-2747
Author(s):  
Andrew Borchers
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Individual Perceptions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Different Sources

This article introduces the concepts of data quality as described in the literature of several disciplines and discusses research results on how individual perceptions of data quality are influenced by different media (in particular World Wide Web vs. print). A search of literature on “data quality” and “media creditability” reveals that researchers in many disciplines are separately studying the subject. These disciplines include accounting, advertising and public relations, information systems, scientific data collection, education, journalism fields, and others. While these threads have developed separately, these streams of research approach similar issues of how people view the quality of information they receive from different sources.

scholarly journals Intensification of High-Quality Brewing Processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Zoriana M. Romanova ◽  
Serhii M. Loiko ◽  
Mykola S. Romanov ◽  
Ludmila O. Kosogolova ◽  
Mikhail D. Khlynovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Beer Production

Brewing is a complex process that involves many stages and successive operations. The issues of intensifying the brewing processes are of great importance in improving the ways to obtain a high-quality finished beer product and maintain high standards of its quality in the future. The relevance of the subject matter is conditioned by the stable demand for high-quality beer products in society and the urgent need to create effective technologies for the production of high-quality beer, taking into account the introduction of the latest technologies for the intensification of brewing processes. The purpose of the study is to determine the main factors that are important from the standpoint of intensifying the processes of quality brewing, in the context of assessing the prospects for their subsequent consideration when planning the beer production processes. The leading approach of this study is a combination of a systematic analysis of the peculiarities of brewing processes in the context of searching for opportunities for its intensification, with an analytical study of real options for intensifying the brewing processes, from the standpoint of maintaining high-quality standards of finished beer and increasing the overall production rate. The main results obtained in the course of this study should be considered the substantiation of the main factors of the brewing processes intensification in the context of creating a mathematical model for calculating the possibilities of its implementation in the activities of breweries to increase the rate of brewing high-quality beer. The prospects for further research are determined by the preservation of a stable demand for high-quality beer products, combined with an increase in the need to intensify the processes of its production, in accordance with the set standards for the quality of beer production.

scholarly journals STRUCTURING THE SYSTEM OF REDUCING MATERIAL COSTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL LOSSES OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Игорь Мизиковский ◽  
Igor' Mizikovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Production Management ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Technological Space

The article is devoted to the development of information and instrumental support system for the mode of saving production costs and reducing technological losses in the flow of value creation by an industrial enterprise. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the solution of this problem are investigated, the features of their implementation in the practices of production management of various enterprises are analyzed. The necessity of incorporation in a single technological space of subsystems of metrological support and primary cost accounting, monitoring their condition and economic diagnosis in order to form an information base for the development of management actions by the subject of management. It is proved that the application of the proposed system meets the modern criteria and parameters of productive management, improves the quality of management decision-making.

Computer Vision Based Technique for Surface Defect Detection of Apples

2018 ◽  
pp. 1627-1639
Author(s):  
C. J. Prabhakar ◽  
S. H. Mohana
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Defect Detection ◽  
Surface Defects ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Automatic Inspection ◽  
Segmentation Technique ◽  
Surface Defect Detection ◽  
Fruit Grading

The automatic inspection of quality in fruits is becoming of paramount importance in order to decrease production costs and increase quality standards. Computer vision techniques are used in fruit industry for fruit grading, sorting, and defect detection. In this chapter, we review recent approaches for automatic inspection of quality in fruits using computer vision techniques. Particularly, we focus on the review of advances in computer vision techniques for automatic inspection of quality of apples based on surface defects. Finally, we present our approach to estimate the defects on the surface of an apple using grow-cut and multi-threshold based segmentation technique. The experimental results show that our method effectively estimates the defects on the surface of apples significantly more effectively than color based segmentation technique.

scholarly journals Teknik Penanganan Kendali Hewan Sesuai Kaidah Kesejahteraan Hewan Meningkatkan Akurasi Pengukuran Profil Hemodinamika Tikus Laboratorium

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Huda Shalahudin Darusman ◽  
Setyo Widi Nugroho ◽  
Fauzi Abdurrahman Munggaran ◽  
Dondin Sajuthi
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Significant Lowering ◽  
Measurement Apparatus ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Hemodynamic Measurements ◽  
Rat Tail ◽  
Tail Blood

Chronic discomfort potentially occurred during a hemodynamic measurements in a rat-tail blood pressure chamber due to the animal is restrained in restricted space for a long period – it took 10 repetitions each at approximately 1.5 minutes for a session of hemodynamic measure. Procedures related to the animal welfare methods are required to improve the accuracy of the measurement which would altered from the discomfort to comfort state of the animal. Welfare procedures are represented by humane handling and habituation of the subject (rats) to the operator and the hemodynamic apparatus. Seven rats were subjected in this study and measured for hemodynamic value in three times point: before (T0), after humane handling (T1) and after human handling and habituation to the measurement apparatus (T2), respectively. Six out of seven subjects showed a significant lowering deviation for all variables of hemodynamic measurements, and that deviation followed by a declining trend from T0 to T2, i.e T0>T1>T2. The results indicated that welfare-based approach would benefit the animals from feeling discomfort and yet improving the accuracy and quality of the outcomes. 

scholarly journals Ecological comfort and public spaces

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Vera Sergeevna Zazulya
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

The key factors influencing psychological and physiological comfort of urban residents include the level of environmental quality, presence of green spaces, connection between man and nature. The increase in urban density makes the creation of ecological comfort zones especially relevant. The subject of this research is the peculiarities of formation of such zone within the structure of public spaces, taking into account the current requirements to the quality of urban environment. The author highlights special significance of public spaces as one of the key object for creation of ecological comfort zones; as well as examines the key problems in formation of public spaces on the background of dynamic urban development.  Clarification is given to the definition of the concept of “ecological comfort in accordance with the basic parameters. The author substantiates the role of public spaces as the important areas in improvement of the quality of life in a modern city. Having analyzed the modern approaches and trends in designing a comfortable urban environment, the author makes proposals on the formation and modernization of ecological comfort zones within the structure of public spaces, as well as systematizes most relevant requirements to determine promising vectors in designing such objects.

Measuring Service Quality in The Context of Higher Education in Vietnam

2013 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Yen Nguyen Thi Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Education Service ◽  
The Subject

This paper focuses on the understanding of service quality in the context of Vietnamese universities. It proposes an approach for measuring the quality of the higher education service provided by universities in Vietnam. Firstly, an exploratory study was conducted. Then, the set of items which were generated became the subject of a questionnaire that was then administered to 675 students of a Vietnamese university to determine the dimensions of higher education service quality in this context. The obtained results permit us to appropriate a measurement scale which is slightly different from the SERVQUAL scale widely known as the standard for measuring service quality. The results also show that tangible elements, responsiveness and assurance seem to be three specific dimensions of the higher education service of Vietnamese universities.

Thomas More’s Correspondence in a Spanish Ambiance

Moreana ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (Number 149) (1) ◽  
pp. 41-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenio M. Olivares Merino
Keyword(s):  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

The recent reprinting of Álvaro de Silva’s 1998 edition of a selection of More’s letters prompts the author to examine the subject of Spanish translations of More, and of de Silva’s general commentary on More’s correspondence and on his relationship to other humanists. The author reflects on aspects of More’s personality as exposed in his letters and uses what he finds as a corrective to several biographical misconceptions. He points out the strengths and weaknesses of de Silva’s work and compares it with that of other translators, particularly Elizabeth Rogers, and notes the particularly Spanish quality of de Silva’s edition.

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