AIMC Topic: Pets

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Machine Learning for Predicting Zearalenone Contamination Levels in Pet Food.

Toxins
Zearalenone (ZEN) has been detected in both pet food ingredients and final products, causing acute toxicity and chronic health problems in pets. Therefore, the early detection of mycotoxin contamination in pet food is crucial for ensuring the safety ...

How Lazy Are Pet Cats Really? Using Machine Learning and Accelerometry to Get a Glimpse into the Behaviour of Privately Owned Cats in Different Households.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Surprisingly little is known about how the home environment influences the behaviour of pet cats. This study aimed to determine how factors in the home environment (e.g., with or without outdoor access, urban vs. rural, presence of a child) and the s...

Robot companion cats for people at home with dementia: A qualitative case study on companotics.

Dementia (London, England)
The use of robot companion pets for people in care homes has been extensively studied. The results are largely positive and suggest that they are valuable in enhancing wellbeing, communication and behavioural aspects. However, there has been little r...

How do "robopets" impact the health and well-being of residents in care homes? A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence.

International journal of older people nursing
BACKGROUND: Robopets are small animal-like robots which have the appearance and behavioural characteristics of pets.

Pet robot intervention for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Psychiatry research
This study aims to systematically evaluate the efficacy of Pet robot intervention (PRI) for people with dementia. Two waves of electronic searches of the PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane library, IEEE Digital Library and PsycINFO databases we...

Using a therapeutic companion robot for dementia symptoms in long-term care: reflections from a cluster-RCT.

Aging & mental health
OBJECTIVES: We undertook a cluster-randomised controlled trial exploring the effect of a therapeutic companion robot (PARO) compared to a look-alike plush toy and usual care on dementia symptoms of long-term care residents. Complementing the reported...

Living with the animals: animal or robotic companions for the elderly in smart homes?

Journal of medical ethics
Although the use of pet robots in senior living facilities and day-care centres, particularly for individuals suffering from dementia, has been intensively researched, the question of introducing pet robots into domestic settings has been relatively ...

Therapeutic effects of dog visits in nursing homes for the elderly.

Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that visiting dogs can have positive effects on elderly people in nursing homes. We wanted to study the effects of biweekly dog visits on sleep patterns and the psychiatric well-being of elderly people.