Wearable technology constitutes an increasing trend in technology and is gaining a broad grasp among consumers. Following this trend, the present study employs an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). It tests the hypothesis using a Structural Equation Model (SEM) to explore farmers'...

"Account of the New Mexico sheep industry during the territorial period (1846-1912), including expansion into Southern Colorado and provision of meat and wool to US East and Midwest. Considers consequences of open range grazing and Hispanic, Anglo, Indigenous relationships."

"Today, the mention of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego conjures images of idyllic landscapes untouched by globalization. Creatures of Fashion upends this, revealing how the exploitation of animals - terrestrial and marine, domesticated and wild, living and dead - was central to the region's...

During the last 15 years wool fibre analyses have been made of Danish archaeological textiles dated from the Bronze to the Viking Ages (c.1800 BC - AD 1050). Because of the extraordinary preservation of these textiles the material is ideal for making qualified interpretations regarding wool...

The aim of the research was to find some of the most often occurred risk events in sheep farms in Bulgaria. 22 sheep farms in Bulgaria were surveyed and questionnaire information was collected from them in 2020.As a result of the study, it was found that the number of farms in which a risk event...

The paper aims to identify the number of sheep and goats existing in Romania, spread over Macroregions, Development Regions and counties and to present its evolution in the period 2014-2019. At the same time, a comparison will be made with the situation registered in 1990. The favorable...

The paper highlights coordinates and aspects of the sheep breeding sector, which can lead to the creation of the framework of efficiency or inefficiency of production activities. The sheep sector is very diverse in terms of farm size, breeds and scale of production. Low average incomes, which...

The paper presents dimensional structure of sheep and goats farms at national level, as well as a comparative analysis of it, conducted at the level of development regions. As of April 30, 2019, there were 338,371 sheep farms, of which 65% were in the category "below 10 heads", belonging to...

This paper proposes the analysis of forms of ownership (total, private sector, individual farms), for the eight development regions for sheep and goat milk. This paper is based on the analysis of statistical data from a quantitative and qualitative point of view, highlighting the contribution of...

The aim of the study is to explore cash flow categories (incoming, outgoing and net cash flow per ewe), generated by dairy sheep breeding farms in Bulgaria. The study was carried out with 3 conventional dairy sheep farms (511 ewes totally, all from the breed – Synthetic Population Bulgarian...

The incredible growth of China’s cattle, sheep and dairy production is a visible phenomenon of the past twenty years, but its foundations were laid decades earlier. Seeking to industrialize its hinterland, and exploit its vast wealth of grazing livestock, China created slaughtering and...

This paper presents a first empirical examination of all available German mini-bond offerings between 2010 and 2015. We compare the default probability according to a mini-bond's initial rating with that implied by credit risk models, and show that rating agencies can create ratings inflation by...

This paper presents a first empirical examination of all available German mini-bond offerings between 2010 and 2015. We compare the default probability according to a mini-bond's initial rating with that implied by credit risk models, and show that rating agencies can create rating inflation by...

Stroombergen and Reisinger's (2012) modelling suggests global pricing of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including agricultural emissions, would be beneficial for the New Zealand economy, with higher GHG prices leading to greater economic benefit. Though this inference may seem...

This article critically discusses corporate claims to human rights. A scheme of universal human rights founded on respect for inherent human dignity and reciprocity of empathy is firstly outlined. As a prelude to an examination of corporate claims to human rights, it is explained why animals and...

In August 2016, Singapore introduced the first driverless taxis in the world. Such autonomous vehicles offer the prospect of safer and cheaper transportation of people and goods, but technology is racing ahead of our laws — and our morals. This short article discusses some of the regulatory...

In the period 2003-2014, Romania became an important source for the export of live animals (bovines and sheep), both for the intra-Community trade and for third countries. Although in the same period the imports consisted mainly of breeding animals, the balance of trade was constantly positive....

Exports of dairy and sheep/beef products account for over 40% of New Zealand's aggregate merchandise exports. As a consequence, the performance of farms in these industries has a significant impact on the New Zealand economy. In this study, we link financial and agricultural data from the New...

This Essay examines the problem of patent holdup caused by inefficient injunctions and proposes temporarily inalienable injunctions as a solution. It discusses the leading suggestions for remedying patent holdup in light of the essential patent policies of enabling market valuation of patents...

This paper presents the state of integration of small scale dairy farms in value chains in Bulgaria and a case study on organic farming as a new prospective approach for market inclusion. It outlines the evolution of dairy sheep farming and organic production; analyzes the pace, factors and...

This study explored and described the farmers’ attitudes towards sheep farming in three districts of Tamil Nadu state in India, namely, Coimbatore, Dindigul and Tiruchirappalli. It examined the farmers’ personal characteristics, determined their overall attitude towards sheep farming and how...

This article takes as its starting point the characterization of T. O. Elias as a representative of a ‘weak' form of anti-colonial scholarship. Elias had sought to show that the ancient African kingdoms had participated in international legality with European states on an equal footing. The...

A tricky question emerges from the Supreme Court's decision in Campbell: If a parodic work, to use Justice Souter's words, shades into satire, is it no longer classifiable (and therefore no longer defensible) as a parody? Should it be regarded as having crossed a critical boundary for fair use...

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East and the Aegean; Chapter 1: Bronze and Iron Age Wools in Europe; Chapter 2: The Expansion of Sheep Herding and the Development of Wool Productionin the Ancient Near East: An...

Sardinia (Italy) is one of the most important European regions for sheep dairy and sheep milk cheese production. However the Sardinian sheep dairy industry is currently going through a dramatic crisis, and verifying whether it can recover part of its profitability is now a priority. Attention is...

In this study, we estimated the influence of different meat prices, socio-demographic and geographic variables on sheep and goat meat demand using the Swiss household expenditure survey from 2000 to 2005, a micro data set on 20,940 households resident in Switzerland. This study is motivated by...