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This book focuses on the connection between vigilance and the plague in France throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. For more than three centuries, between the middle of the 14th century up until circa 1670, the prevalence of the plague in France was said to be endemic, before it then vanished from French territory. The Great Plague of Marseille (1720-1722, which also impacted the rest of Provence, the County of Venaissin and Languedoc) proved to be an exception. During that period, the fight against the plague was deemed a top-priority along the French coast, and health institutions, called bureaux de la santé, were developed. Contributions to this book primarily focus on health vigilance from the standpoint of how to prevent an epidemic and how to respond to a declared epidemic. Among the salient themes addressed are: communications between health and different state actors, prevailing religious and political norms, and the popular participation in the fight against the plague. The use of the concept of vigilance enables the mobilisation of often rather distant branches of history, namely institutional. social, religious history, the history of communication and the history of public health.
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This paper provides an explanation for why many information campaigns fail to affect decision-making. The authors experimentally show that a large information intervention about a profitable and climate-friendly household investment had limited effects if it only provided generic data. In contrast, it caused households to make new investments when it followed a campaign strategy designed to minimize information processing costs. This finding is consistent with a model of selective attention, where individuals prioritize information believed to be valuable after accounting for the costs of attending to the data that arise due to limited mental energy and time. The paper studies a range of possible mechanisms and finds corroborative evidence of selective attention as an inhibitor to learning.
Broadcast and Media --- Decision-Makers --- Information and Communication Technologies --- Information Campaign --- Information Technology --- Investment --- Marketing --- Private Sector Development --- Psychology --- Renewable Energy --- Selective Attention --- Selective Attentiveness --- Social Development
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The idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice, developing a theory of sacrifice as an offering and examining the relationship between sacrifice, ritual, violence, and love. On Sacrifice also looks at the place of self-sacrifice within ethical life and at the complex role of sacrifice as both a noble and destructive political ideal. In the religious domain, Halbertal argues, sacrifice is an offering, a gift given in the context of a hierarchical relationship. As such it is vulnerable to rejection, a trauma at the root of both ritual and violence. An offering is also an ambiguous gesture torn between a genuine expression of gratitude and love and an instrument of exchange, a tension that haunts the practice of sacrifice. In the moral and political domains, sacrifice is tied to the idea of self-transcendence, in which an individual sacrifices his or her self-interest for the sake of higher values and commitments. While self-sacrifice has great potential moral value, it can also be used to justify the most brutal acts. Halbertal attempts to unravel the relationship between self-sacrifice and violence, arguing that misguided self-sacrifice is far more problematic than exaggerated self-love. In his exploration of the positive and negative dimensions of self-sacrifice, Halbertal also addresses the role of past sacrifice in obligating future generations and in creating a bond for political associations, and considers the function of the modern state as a sacrificial community.
Self-sacrifice. --- Sacrifice. --- Altruism --- Sacrifice --- Burnt offering --- Worship --- Christianity. --- God. --- Jewish life. --- Judaism. --- Paul Kahn. --- Western religious life. --- agent-relative actions. --- attentiveness. --- categorical imperative. --- charity. --- civilians. --- competition. --- cooperation. --- dependency. --- ethical life. --- ethics. --- evolutionary biology. --- exchange. --- general will. --- golden rule. --- heroic sacrifices. --- humans. --- individuals. --- instrumental relationship. --- laws of war. --- love. --- loyalty. --- martyr. --- modern state. --- moral sphere. --- original position. --- other. --- past sacrifice. --- political bond. --- political life. --- political order. --- political violence. --- politics. --- prayer. --- psychoanalysis. --- religion. --- religious life. --- reliigous communities. --- retroactive desecration. --- ritual. --- sacrifice. --- sacrificial community. --- sacrificial system. --- sacrificing for. --- self-interest. --- self-sacrifice. --- self-transcendence. --- self. --- social contract. --- soldiers. --- sovereign. --- state. --- suffering. --- temple worship. --- utilitarianism. --- violence. --- war.
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The relationship between domestic dogs and humans represents a unique example of an interspecific relationship. For this and other reasons, there has been a substantial increase in research on dogs. This Special Issue entitled “Dog Behaviour, Physiology and Welfare” collects important information ranging from basic to applied ethology, dealing with canine endocrinology (prolactin, vasopressin, thyroid hormones), physiology (visual perception), welfare (in shelters and zoos), as well as the context of working dogs (service dogs, co-therapist dogs, herding dogs) and the dog–wolf comparison. All the papers are open access and can be read at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/special_issues/Dog_Behavior
Medicine --- dog --- canine welfare --- canine cruelty --- neglect --- RSPCA --- age --- zoo --- wolf behaviour --- animal welfare --- visitor --- conservation --- education --- breed --- blood --- dogs --- prolactin --- saliva --- stress --- herding --- livestock --- working dog --- survey --- traits --- boldness --- behavioral test --- impulsivity --- sex differences --- learning --- validation --- children --- Autism Spectrum Disorders --- cognition --- reading-to-dog programme --- guide dog --- dietary protein/fat ratio --- training --- thyroid hormones --- lipid panel --- biological motion --- point-light display --- visual perception --- experience --- dog ownership --- dog walking --- physical activity --- accelerometry --- psychosocial well-being --- prospective trial --- animal-assisted intervention --- dog rescue --- foster dog --- shelter dog --- behaviour --- cortisol --- male --- shelter --- Spanish Greyhound --- animal cruelty --- socioeconomic --- problems --- assessment --- canines --- shelters --- predict --- social tolerance --- social attentiveness --- reconciliation --- consolation --- appeasement --- play fighting --- leverage --- behavioural plasticity --- Canis lupus lupus --- behavior --- alloparental care --- puppies --- breeders --- separation distress disorder --- vasopressin --- oxytocin --- anxiety --- n/a --- disaster --- preparedness --- puppy raiser --- service dogs --- working dogs
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The relationship between domestic dogs and humans represents a unique example of an interspecific relationship. For this and other reasons, there has been a substantial increase in research on dogs. This Special Issue entitled “Dog Behaviour, Physiology and Welfare” collects important information ranging from basic to applied ethology, dealing with canine endocrinology (prolactin, vasopressin, thyroid hormones), physiology (visual perception), welfare (in shelters and zoos), as well as the context of working dogs (service dogs, co-therapist dogs, herding dogs) and the dog–wolf comparison. All the papers are open access and can be read at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/special_issues/Dog_Behavior
dog --- canine welfare --- canine cruelty --- neglect --- RSPCA --- age --- zoo --- wolf behaviour --- animal welfare --- visitor --- conservation --- education --- breed --- blood --- dogs --- prolactin --- saliva --- stress --- herding --- livestock --- working dog --- survey --- traits --- boldness --- behavioral test --- impulsivity --- sex differences --- learning --- validation --- children --- Autism Spectrum Disorders --- cognition --- reading-to-dog programme --- guide dog --- dietary protein/fat ratio --- training --- thyroid hormones --- lipid panel --- biological motion --- point-light display --- visual perception --- experience --- dog ownership --- dog walking --- physical activity --- accelerometry --- psychosocial well-being --- prospective trial --- animal-assisted intervention --- dog rescue --- foster dog --- shelter dog --- behaviour --- cortisol --- male --- shelter --- Spanish Greyhound --- animal cruelty --- socioeconomic --- problems --- assessment --- canines --- shelters --- predict --- social tolerance --- social attentiveness --- reconciliation --- consolation --- appeasement --- play fighting --- leverage --- behavioural plasticity --- Canis lupus lupus --- behavior --- alloparental care --- puppies --- breeders --- separation distress disorder --- vasopressin --- oxytocin --- anxiety --- n/a --- disaster --- preparedness --- puppy raiser --- service dogs --- working dogs
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The relationship between domestic dogs and humans represents a unique example of an interspecific relationship. For this and other reasons, there has been a substantial increase in research on dogs. This Special Issue entitled “Dog Behaviour, Physiology and Welfare” collects important information ranging from basic to applied ethology, dealing with canine endocrinology (prolactin, vasopressin, thyroid hormones), physiology (visual perception), welfare (in shelters and zoos), as well as the context of working dogs (service dogs, co-therapist dogs, herding dogs) and the dog–wolf comparison. All the papers are open access and can be read at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/special_issues/Dog_Behavior
Medicine --- dog --- canine welfare --- canine cruelty --- neglect --- RSPCA --- age --- zoo --- wolf behaviour --- animal welfare --- visitor --- conservation --- education --- breed --- blood --- dogs --- prolactin --- saliva --- stress --- herding --- livestock --- working dog --- survey --- traits --- boldness --- behavioral test --- impulsivity --- sex differences --- learning --- validation --- children --- Autism Spectrum Disorders --- cognition --- reading-to-dog programme --- guide dog --- dietary protein/fat ratio --- training --- thyroid hormones --- lipid panel --- biological motion --- point-light display --- visual perception --- experience --- dog ownership --- dog walking --- physical activity --- accelerometry --- psychosocial well-being --- prospective trial --- animal-assisted intervention --- dog rescue --- foster dog --- shelter dog --- behaviour --- cortisol --- male --- shelter --- Spanish Greyhound --- animal cruelty --- socioeconomic --- problems --- assessment --- canines --- shelters --- predict --- social tolerance --- social attentiveness --- reconciliation --- consolation --- appeasement --- play fighting --- leverage --- behavioural plasticity --- Canis lupus lupus --- behavior --- alloparental care --- puppies --- breeders --- separation distress disorder --- vasopressin --- oxytocin --- anxiety --- disaster --- preparedness --- puppy raiser --- service dogs --- working dogs --- dog --- canine welfare --- canine cruelty --- neglect --- RSPCA --- age --- zoo --- wolf behaviour --- animal welfare --- visitor --- conservation --- education --- breed --- blood --- dogs --- prolactin --- saliva --- stress --- herding --- livestock --- working dog --- survey --- traits --- boldness --- behavioral test --- impulsivity --- sex differences --- learning --- validation --- children --- Autism Spectrum Disorders --- cognition --- reading-to-dog programme --- guide dog --- dietary protein/fat ratio --- training --- thyroid hormones --- lipid panel --- biological motion --- point-light display --- visual perception --- experience --- dog ownership --- dog walking --- physical activity --- accelerometry --- psychosocial well-being --- prospective trial --- animal-assisted intervention --- dog rescue --- foster dog --- shelter dog --- behaviour --- cortisol --- male --- shelter --- Spanish Greyhound --- animal cruelty --- socioeconomic --- problems --- assessment --- canines --- shelters --- predict --- social tolerance --- social attentiveness --- reconciliation --- consolation --- appeasement --- play fighting --- leverage --- behavioural plasticity --- Canis lupus lupus --- behavior --- alloparental care --- puppies --- breeders --- separation distress disorder --- vasopressin --- oxytocin --- anxiety --- disaster --- preparedness --- puppy raiser --- service dogs --- working dogs
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