A Christian Case for Farmed Animal Welfare

It is now common to blame Christianity for broader society’s general inattention to the needs and comfort of animals in general, and farmed animals in particular. This critique of Christianity claims that certain biblical themes and biblical passages form the foundation for an anti- animal position that Christianity has imposed on Christians and on wider Western society. This article concedes that Christianity has often been used to justify exploitation of animals, but argues that it is a mistake to consider Christianity inevitably opposed to concern for animals. After reviewing the views of critics such as Lynn White Jr., Peter Singer, and Tom Regan, the article demonstrates the complexity of interpreting biblical passages and the possibility of readings that affirm the importance of treating animals well. It shows that Christians have indeed been advocates animals, notably in relation to the first legislation against animal cruelty in the early nineteenth century and the formation of the RSPCA. Finally, it proposes a constructive framework for a Christian ethics of farmed animal welfare that could provide the basis for Christian action to reduce consumption of animals and shift to higher welfare sources.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/12/1116/pd

Structure and magnetic properties of thin permalloy films

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The blacks of Moreton Bay and the Porpoises

Volume: 19Start Page: 497End Page: 49

An initial test of the multidimensional model of emotion regulation

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you.INTRODUCTION: A number of factors have been identified in the research literature that affect the outcome of emotion regulation (ER) efforts including: (a) the strategy employed (ER Strategy), (b) the goal or outcome of ER efforts (ER Goal), and (c) individual differences in basic emotion experience, such as the peak intensity and decay time of emotions, called Affective Chronometry (AC). It is not yet known how these factors might function collectively to moderate emotion regulation. The multidimensional model of ER posits that we must evaluate ER along each of these dimensions in order to assess the efficacy of ER efforts and make comparisons within or across individuals. This study utilized an experimental paradigm to begin to uncover the interrelationships of the components of the multidimensional model of ER. METHOD: Forty patiicipants underwent a mood induction procedure where they watched a film clip selected to produce negative emotion, during which baseline estimates of AC factors (peak affect intensity and affect decay rate) were taken. Next, participants were randomized to a task that primed them to adopt either an approach or an avoid goal orientation. Then participants completed an acoustic startle probe paradigm where they viewed positive, neutral, and negative pictures and were instructed to utilize one of three different ER strategies (reappraise, suppress or attend) to modulate emotional responses to these pictures. Acoustic eye blink startle magnitude, heart rate, and subjective emotion intensity served as the dependent variables during the experimental iask. RESULTS: Compared to the avoid goal condition, the approach condition evidenced increased acoustic eye blink startle magnitude and heart rate when viewing both pleasant and unpleasant pictures using the attend strategy. AC factors did not moderate ER efforts. DISCUSSION: An avoid ER goal appears to alter the impact of specific ER strategies on affective responding, although this finding was not uniformly found across outcomes and ER strategies. Implications of the findings for the psychological treatment of emotional disorders are discussed in the context of the limitations of the current study and failure to replicate affect modulation of startle response

Observations on the Pteropus of Australia

Volume: 19Start Page: 346End Page: 34

Driving in the herd, Australia [picture] /

Pl. no. 1 in: Fifteen views in Australia in 1845 by G.K.E.F.; Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK5068/1.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an7467886; U5935

STRESS-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION

Les courbes d'aimantation de forme complexe sont obtenues en appliquant des contraintes à des ferromagnétiques soumis à de faibles champs de pulsation. Un ensemble conséquent de données est décrit en termes de paramètres empiriques et de courbes caractéristiques rendant compte des rotations des mouvements irréversibles de parois et de transformations complètes des domaines. L'observation des domaines et des cycles de contraintes permettent les interprétations.M-σ curves of complex form are obtained on applying stresses to ferromagnetics in small bias fields. A large amount of data is described in terms of empirical parameters and characteristic curves, the explanations of which involve rotations, irreversible wall motion and complete transformations of the domains. Domain observations and stress cycling aid the interpretations