Transfers within a Three Generations Family: When the Rotten Kids Turn into Altruistic Parents We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism. The middleaged choose informal care provided to their parents and education expenditures for their children. The young enjoy their education, while the old may leave a bequest to their children. Within each period the...

The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of maternal stress during pregnancy on the emotional reactivity, the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, and the sympatho-adrenomedullary (SAM) system of goat offspring according to their gender, and to investigate the role of maternal cortisol in prenatal stress effects. Goats were exposed to ten transports in isolation or ten...

Fifty newborn Saanen kids were used to study the effects of inulin supplementation on faecal score, faecal pH, selected faecal bacterial population, BW, body temperature, haematological traits, selected health parameters and the incidence of diarrhoea. Kids were sorted by parity of their dams and multiple birth (twin or triplet) and assigned to one of the two groups (control: CG, and experiment...

a study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding different levels of protein to black baladi breed kids. weanling baladi kids (n=18; 75 to 90 days old) were selected and individually housed at our experimental farm. kids were divided randomly to one of the three treatments for 12 weeks. the three dietary treatments were: t1: control ration, formulated according to nrc to cover the protei...

Hypospadias, a more extreme form of congenital urethral defect, is seen in young phenotypically male goats. In hypospadias, the urethra remains open on the ventral surface of the penis and is visible externally on the preputial midline. Problem statement: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the surgical treatment outcome in hypopadiac kids. Approach: Thirty six male goat kids with sings o...

Parasites were collected from 160 Angora goats and kids on the Jansenville Experimental Farm, Eastern Cape Province. Six nematodes were identified to species level and three to generic level. Nematodirus spathiger was the most numerous of the economically important nematodes recovered. It was always present, and fourth stage larvae were collected from untreated goats from August to March, while...

Most people think Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is just for kids. They think of the boy who can’t sit still. But this is only part of the picture—most kids with ADHD become adults with ADHD. Unfortunately, most adults with ADHD receive no treatment or are misdiagnosed and receive inappropriate and ineffective treatment. Fortunately, most of what works so well for kids with ADH...

This paper describes the development of a prototype of a sonic toy for pre-scholar kids. The device, which is a modified version of a football ratchet, is based on the spinning gesture and it allows to experience four different types of auditory feedback. These algorithms let a kid play with music rhythm, generate a continuous sound feedback and control the pitch of a piece of music. An evaluat...