Incidence of Characteristic Findings during Veterinary Carcass Inspections 2010–2019 in the Czech Republic and the Relation to the Level of Health and Welfare of Individual Classes of Cattle

Pathological findings in individual classes of cattle were assessed from the viewpoint of their localization and category. The objective of the study was to evaluate whether there are differences in the range and number of findings made between the individual classes of cattle. The results of veterinary inspections on 2,514,666 head of cattle slaughtered in the Czech Republic in the period 2010–2019 were used for the assessment. In terms of localization, the most frequent findings in cows were in the liver and pancreas (46.13%), the urinary tract (40.76%) and the lungs (36.23%). These findings also predominated in heifers and bulls, though they were recorded at lower frequencies (p < 0.01) than in cows. The most frequent pathological changes in heifers and bulls were chronic findings in the lungs (16.09% and 12.27%, respectively). The range of findings in calves differed significantly from other classes of cattle, primarily as the result of respiratory and diarrheal syndrome being the most frequent diseases in calves. Calves were the class of cattle most frequently diagnosed with findings in the lungs (44.89%), as well as other unclassified changes (24.43%) and overall changes (21.55%), which point to a systemic disorder of the organism. The results of this study confirmed the differing states of health in the individual classes of cattle and the differing health issues to which treatment and the prevention of the most frequently occurring infectious and non-infectious diseases must be adapted. Cattle welfare is affected not only by the level of health but also by the herd management and economics. This is confirmed by the range of findings, and the deterioration of living conditions especially in cows, likely because of great intensity of farming, but also in calves which suffered from emaciation or stunted growth.

Organizational restructuring as a way to resolve the crisis caused by COVID 19, in agricultural sector

The crisis, as a negative deviation that is serious and can jeopardize the company's business usually doesn't occur suddenly, but gradually in individual areas, accumulating its effects. The crisis caused by the pandemic came suddenly and immediately caused a disruption of economic activities, without the possibility to predict and prevent it. It hit the agricultural sector with great intensity. The analysis of the business entities in agricultural sector in Serbia has shown that these entities suffered great damage and that it is necessary to take restructuring measures as soon as possible, primarily organizational ones. The results of the research showed that the crisis caused by COVID 19, mainly affected the entire long chain of participants in agriculture. Government measures, which included providing financial support and subsidies, are certainly welcome but not sufficient. The authors concluded that it is therefore necessary for companies to implement restructuring measures in order to ensure a speedy recovery.

Participação social e política estudantil no Porto (1969-1974).Um olhar a partir da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto

The student movement was a central element in the resistance to Europe's longest dictatorship in the 20th century,and had expression in all academies, including at the University of Porto. The present work seeks to reconstruct theaction, albeit partially, of students of the Faculty of Medicine of Porto, between 1969 and 1974. For this purpose, written documents produced by the student representative structuresare analyzed. There is a great intensity in the activity of the student movement in the period under study, with the development of significativestruggles aboutpedagogical issues and articulated with the more general struggle against repression and dictatorship

A Saint’s Origins

This chapter traces the origins of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. The site of Bernard's birth is a hill on the outskirts of Dijon, the capital of Burgundy. He was the third of seven children born to Tescelin Sorus and Aleth of Montbard. Bernard's father and brothers took their place in the world in order to serve secular lords, especially the Duke of Burgundy. Later in life, Bernard seems to have shown no aversion to the military persuasion. He helped invent a way of life that combined monasticism and knighthood. Praying at night and fighting during the day became, thanks to Bernard, a commendable religious vocation. Bernard's attachment to knights, in the hope of their becoming monks, is also shown in a story about how some young knights found their way to Clairvaux. Meanwhile, the story of Bernard's participation in the mystery of Christ's birth indicates that as a child he took part with great intensity in the liturgical year and made Christian symbols an integral part of his life.

"Aqui começa o Brasil”: penal colonization, territorialization and border construction of the Oyapock river. 1853-1927

The Oyapock River has been the border between France and Brazil since the Treaty of Bern came to resolve a centuries-old dispute between the two states. Only populated by indigenous communities and a few adventurers, the two banks of the river are untouched by any lasting colonial and national settlement before the second half of the 19th century. Penal colonization is the formula adopted by the two states to fill the "void" of a border to be formalized. The criminal models circulate and are reinterpreted by participating with great intensity in the making of the territory.

Atomic Connections

Epicureanism has served as an intellectual bridge between ancient and modern science. Lucretius, a devoted Epicurean, composed a didactic poem about Epicurean philosophy that has “taken over the whole of Italy.” Epicureanism “was a significant trend in Hellenistic times.” “The echoes of this battle [between the atomists and their critics, e.g., the Aristotelians] were heard [sporadically] in medieval Europe, and it flared up again with great intensity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.” Then, Epicureanism was revived when a copy of Lucretius’s poem resurfaced, inspiring various Renaissance philosophers, who had inspired the Enlightenment philosophers. Galileo cited Lucretius’s work to compare the Epicurean physics of falling bodies with Aristotle’s and his own. His book inspired Newton, an atomist himself, who in turn inspired Einstein, who had proven atomism theoretically, and who inspired everyone after him. Rightly then, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”

Blyden’s Philosophy and Its Impact on West African Intellectuals: Case of J.E. Casely Hayford of the Gold Coast (Ghana)

This study examines the impact of Blyden’s philosophy on J.E. Casely Hayford of the Gold Coast (Ghana). It exposes Blyden’s ideas, a philosophy on Africans physical and intellectual emancipation, and points out the similarities in the thought of both men. Blyden toured different parts of West Africa and spoke with great intensity about the African problem and ways of its remedy. His ideas had a lot of influence at the time and precipitated the emergence of nationalist messiah who undertook a mission to redefine the African universe. This study examines the ideas and intellect of J.E.Casely Hayford and revealed that his thoughts were a potency of Edward Wilmot Blyden’s philosophy. An examination of his ideas reveals how Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford took an uncompromising stand against the derogatory and the glaring abuses of European colonialism. He shaped cultural nationalism that disdained the apparent repulsive and despotic colonial hegemony and fashioned a new outlook for fellow Africans to stand up as humans. This article concludes that Hayford, drawing on Blyden’s philosophy, succeeded in fashioning a culture of protest against all forms of black degradation and thus presented a continuity in black political thought that remained up to present.

Co wynika z badań opartych na dowodach dla dalszego rozwoju nauk społecznych?

Global social order calls for more and more knowledge of applicable character. As a result, medicine developed certain procedures known as evidence-based research and evidence-based practice. Both procedures are promoted with great intensity in the domain of social sciences. The article demonstrates that such a type of modernisation may pose a threat to social sciences and their development. An alternative model of conducting research in the field of social sciences has been presented, which would guarantee an increase in the regulatory scientific knowledge in relation to the practice and which, at the same time, would protect social sciences against excessive political and economic interference in its further development.

Rebalancing the rhetoric: A normative analysis of enforcement in street homelessness policy

Street homelessness policies often provoke great intensity of feeling, especially when they include elements of force. This paper considers the moral case stakeholders present for and against enforcement in street homelessness policies via a series of philosophically informed normative ‘lenses’, including paternalist, utilitarian, rights-based, contractualist, mutualist and social justice perspectives. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research in six UK cities, it highlights the disparity between the condemnatory portrayals of enforcement dominant in academic and media discourses, and the more complex and/or ambivalent views held by practitioners and homeless people ‘on the ground’. It concludes that an analytical framework that pays systematic attention to this span of normative lenses can facilitate more constructive, even if still ‘difficult’, conversations about policy interventions in this exceptionally sensitive area.

Identificación de la Respuesta de Estructuras con Aislamiento de Base durante Terremotos de Gran Magnitud

Identificación de la Respuesta de Estructuras con Aislamiento de Base durante Terremotos de Gran Magnitud O. A. Z. Sotomayor, C. A. V. Cardoso y J. F. Tisza C DOI: https://doi.org/10.33017/RevECIPeru2009.0017/ RESUMEN El presente trabajo muestra los resultados iniciales de la aplicación de técnicas de identificación continua en el análisis estructural de edificaciones sometidas a acciones sísmicas de gran intensidad. Resultados de simulaciones numéricas de una estructura real con tres grados de libertad y aislamiento de base, perturbada con datos reales del Terremoto de Pisco, muestran que el modelo identificado en el primer modo por encima de la base captura las principales características dinámicas del sistema, indicando que la respuesta estructural es dominada por la formal modal de la base. Palabras clave: Identificación de sistemas, Respuesta sísmica, Análisis estructural, Sistemas vibracionales. ABSTRACT The present work, show the initial results of the application from techniques for continuous identification in the structural analysis on an construction submitted to seismic actions of great intensity. The results from applied numerical simulations to real structure with three degrees of freedom isolated in basement , it is submitted to disturbances with real data of the Earthquake of Pisco, showing that the model identified in the first floor over the base captures the main dynamic characteristics of the system, indicating that structural answer is dominated by the modal form of the base. Keywords: Identification of systems, seismic response, structural analysis, vibration systems.