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humanism
humanism philosophical and literary movement in which man and his capabilities are the central concern. The term was originally restricted to a point of view prevalent among thinkers in the Renaissance. The distinctive characteristics of Renaissance humanism were its emphasis on classical studies, ... Read more
human rights
human rights universal rights held to belong to individuals by virtue of their being human, encompassing civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights and freedoms, and based on the notion of personal human dignity and worth. Conceptually derived from the theory of natural law and origi... Read more
human evolution
human evolution theory of the origins of the human species, Homo sapiens. Modern understanding of human origins is derived largely from the findings of paleontology , anthropology , and genetics , and involves the process of natural selection (see Darwinism ). Although gaps in the fossil reco... Read more
human papillomavirus
human papillomavirus (HPV), any of a family of more than 60 viruses that cause various growths, including plantar warts and genital warts, a sexually transmitted disease . Detectable warts can be or removed, usually by chemicals, freezing, or laser, but often recur. Intralesional alpha interfero... Read more
Human Genome Project
Human Genome Project international scientific effort to map all of the genes on the 23 pairs of human chromosomes and, to sequence the 3.1 billion DNA base pairs that make up the chromosomes (see nucleic acid ). Begun in 1990 with the goal of enabling scientists to understand the basis of gene... Read more
United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services federal executive department charged with administering government health programs. Successor to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which had been created in 1953, it was redesignated in 1979 with the creation of the Department of... Read more
nix
nix or nixie, in Germanic mythology, water sprite. The nixes could assume various shapes, most frequently as half human and half fish. They could do favors for humans, particularly in teaching them bewitching music, but for the most part they were treacherous and malignant. ... Read more
anthropomorphism
anthropomorphism [Gr.,=having human form], in religion, conception of divinity as being in human form or having human characteristics. Anthropomorphism also applies to the ascription of human forms or characteristics to the divine spirits of things such as the winds and the rivers, events such as w... Read more
donkey
donkey Domesticated ass, used by humans since well before 3000 bc. Crossed with a horse it produces a mule.... Read more
anthropometry
anthropometry , technique of measuring the human body in terms of dimensions, proportions, and ratios such as those provided by the cephalic index . Once the standard approach to racial classification and comparing humans to other primates, the technique is now used for deciding the range of clothi... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "humane"

Animal Rights
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...animals from cruelty through requirements of humane treatment. Laws protecting animal rights...to promulgate standards to govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation...violated federal statutes providing for the humane treatment of such animals. In Animal...
Philippe Pinel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1745-1826) was the major figure in early efforts to provide humane care and treatment for the mentally ill. Philippe Pinel was...reaching reforms in the care and treatment of mental patients. Humane treatment under the watchful eye of trained and compassionate...
drowning
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...in late eighteenth-century Europe, with the advent of the Humane Movement, drowning for the first time enjoyed widespread attention...led medical men back to the body. The patronage of the Royal Humane Society of London (RHS), founded in 1774, ensured the publication...
Patterson, Louise Alone Thompson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...rights and other political causes. “She was a leader, an organizer, a humane person who felt deeply about these causes and never wavered in her humane outlook,” historian Faith Berry, who knew Patterson, told Elaine Woo...
Florence Rosenfeld Howe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...authored or edited 13 books and monographs. She received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from New England College in 1977 and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Skidmore College in 1979. During November and December 1977 Howe was...
Pinel, Philippe
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...conditions, or physiological injury. He strongly argued for the humane treatment of mental patients, including a friendly interaction...practice of interacting individually with his patients in a humane and understanding manner represented the first known attempt...
Repressive Tolerance
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...the most importunate moral and political problem, and that a humane society of genuinely free and equal individuals living “...their individual reason, and, in turn, to create a just and humane society. In a “ democracy with totalitarian organization...
prevention of cruelty
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...formed (1866) by Henry Bergh in New York City. The American Humane Association, for the protection of animals and children, was...receive public funds. Bibliography: See R. C. McCrea, The Humane Movement (1910, repr. 1969); L. G. Housden, The Prevention...
Astrological Signs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...states of endeavor (e.g., water bearer, archer) are called humane. A person born under a fiery, masculine, diurnal sign is...because usually represented as a centaur, is said to produce humane character if located in the first 15 degrees (first half...
Less-Lethal Weapons Technology
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...less-lethal weapons technology maintain that it constitutes a humane means of controlling disturbances, but detractors hold that...agencies and supporters present these materials and techniques as humane alternatives to more violent means of crowd control. On the...

Dictionary entries related to "humane"

humane
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...benevolence: regulations ensuring the humane treatment of animals. ∎  inflicting the minimum of pain: humane methods of killing. 2. formal (of a...the center emphasizes economics as a humane discipline. DERIVATIVES: hu·...
Animal Protective Societies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...about the consequences of violence. The humane society, a variant on the SPCA model...national umbrella organization, the American Humane Association, animal protection remained...legislative success until the passage of the Humane Slaughter Act (1958). The humane movement...
human
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...homō man; see -AN . The sp. humane persisted in gen. use till early XVIII...occurs in late XVII. The variant humane became restricted during XVIII for the...humaniste — It. umanista . humanity humane disposition or conduct XIV; human quality...
Justice in East Asian Thought
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...was to support an elitist system where humane forms of fairness provided flexible standards...based personhood offers a generalizable humane alternative to modern human-rights...Meng." Political justifications for humane government were explored at greater length...
Cook, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...killed while attempting to recover a stolen ship ’ s boat, an ironic end for a man so humane to the peoples he discovered. Cook was also humane as a commander — his conquest of scurvy at sea would alone have made him famous...
Prisoners of War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Americans fell into Mexican hands, but treatment was fair and humane. The U.S. Army paroled captured Mexicans in the field...most from wounds received in combat. Treatment was fair and humane. World War II POW issues were covered by the 1929 Geneva Convention...
Chemical and Biological Warfare
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...arguing that there was no reason to consider chemical weapons less humane than other weapons, and that since there were no stockpiles...prohibiting chemical weapons, again arguing that they were as humane as other weapons and that the United States needed to be prepared...
Gudden, Johann Bernhard Aloys von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...psychiatric schools at Siegburg and Illenau. Despite their humane conceptions these schools had continued the use of physical...earlier than Wilhelm Griesinger and Ludwig Meyer, a liberal and humane orientation in the treatment of the mentally ill. Going beyond...
Keill, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...first edition of Keill ’ s popular Anatomy of the Humane Body Abridged (1698) was largely copied from the contemporary...An Account of Animal Secretion, the Quantity of Blood in the Humane Body, and Muscular Motion (1708). In this work Keill examined...
Le Sang des Bêtes
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...slaughter. Then a white horse is led in through the gate. No one who has seen the film ever forgets the moment when a so-called humane killer is casually applied to its head and fired. From that moment on, the film spares us nothing of the details of slaughter...

Thesaurus entries related to "humane"

humane
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English humane • adjective  a humane ruler | humane to animals synonyms : kind, kindly, kindhearted, good, good-natured, compassionate, considerate, understanding, sympathetic, forgiving, merciful, lenient, forbearing...
human
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...synonyms : kind, kindly, considerate, understanding, sympathetic, compassionate, approachable, accessible, humane. See humane.   4. they're only human synonyms : mortal, flesh and blood, fallible, weak, frail, vulnerable...
humanitarian
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...x2022; adjective   1. humanitarian enemy soldiers synonyms : humane, kind, good, compassionate, sympathetic, merciful, lenient, gentle, magnanimous. See humane.   2. interested in humanitarian issues synonyms : philanthropic...
lenient
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...lenient • adjective   1. a lenient judge synonyms : merciful, clement, sparing, moderate, compassionate, humane, forbearing, tolerant, liberal, magnanimous, indulgent, kind, gentle, easygoing.   2. a lenient jail sentence...
gentle
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English gentle • adjective   1. a gentle person synonyms : kind, kindly, tender, benign, humane, lenient, merciful, clement, compassionate, tender-hearted, sweet-tempered, placid, serene, mild, soft, quiet...
forgiving
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English forgiving • adjective  a forgiving nature synonyms : lenient, merciful, compassionate, magnanimous, humane, clement, mild, softhearted, forbearing, tolerant, placable.
charitable
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...generous, liberal, open-handed, kind, magnanimous, beneficent, bountiful, bounteous, munificent, big-hearted, humane.   2. a charitable interpretation of the situation synonyms : generous, liberal, tolerant, broad-minded, understanding...
tender
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...sympathetic, warm, warmhearted, solicitous, fatherly, motherly, maternal, gentle, mild, benevolent, generous, giving, humane. antonyms: hard-hearted, callous.   2. a tender kiss synonyms : affectionate, fond, loving, emotional, warm...
merciful
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...adjective   1. God is merciful synonyms : forgiving, compassionate, clement, pitying, forbearing, lenient, humane, mild, kind, softhearted, tenderhearted, gracious, sympathetic, humanitarian, liberal, tolerant, indulgent, generous...
gracious
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...3. God's gracious intervention synonyms : merciful, compassionate, kind; forgiving, lenient, clement, forbearing, humane, tenderhearted, sympathetic; indulgent, generous, magnanimous, benign, benevolent. antonym: cruel.

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American Humane(R) Certified to Demo Humane Training Capability at International Poultry Expo in Atlanta.
PR Newswire; 1/22/2010; 700+ words ; ...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Humane Certified will demonstrate its new two-stage on-site and online humane handling training to attendees at the...media are invited to visit American Humane Certified's booth (# 5732) on Jan...
American Humane(R) Certified Responds to Inhumane Dairy Practices Shown on ABC's 'Nightline'
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 2/2/2010; 700+ words ; ...To: RETAILING EDITORS Contact: Heather Black of American Humane Certified, +1-720-873- 6771, heatherb@americanhumane.org Find Humane Dairy Products Through American Humane Certified DENVER, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire...
American Humane(R) Certified to Demo Humane Training Capability at International Poultry Expo in Atlanta
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 1/22/2010; 700+ words ; ...EDITORS Contact: Kelley Weir of American Humane Certified, +1-303-925- 9418...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Humane(R) Certified will demonstrate its new two-stage on-site and online humane handling training to attendees at the...
AMERICAN HUMANE[R] CERTIFIED TO DEMO HUMANE TRAINING CAPABILITY AT INTERNATIONAL POULTRY EXPO IN ATLANTA.
News Wire article from: States News Service; 1/22/2010; 700+ words ; ...CO -- The following information was released by the American Humane Association: American Humane[R] Certified will demonstrate its new two-stage on-site and online humane handling training to attendees at the International Poultry Expo...
American Humane Unmasks New Movies That Are Using Unauthorized 'NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED'(R) End Credits
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/31/2009; 700+ words ; ...EDITORS Contact: Randy Blauvelt of American Humane Association, +1-303- 925-9442, randyb@americanhumane.org American Humane Holds Trademark of the Disclaimer and...trusted, credible and historic American Humane Association. (Logo: http://www...
Humane Society of Missouri Welcomes Nearly 150 Animals Rescued From Hurricane Zone.
PR Newswire; 9/22/2005; 700+ words ; ...Nearly 150 animals rescued by the Humane Society of Missouri's Disaster Response...Spirit of St. Louis Airport today. The Humane Society of Missouri, in cooperation with...airport in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Humane Society of Missouri's Disaster Response...
American Humane Certified Conducts Inaugural Humane Farm Training for Animal Handlers in Maine.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 11/11/2009; 700+ words ; ...industry history today when they successfully completed the first on-site Humane Farm Training course created and conducted by American Humane[R] Certified. American Humane Certified, the farm animal program originated by the American Humane...
American Humane and GCB Foods Launch Innovative 'Industry First' With Live Video Monitoring of Cage-Free Egg Facility
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/29/2008; 700+ words ; ...Contact: Kelley Weir of the American Humane Association, +1-303- 925-9418, kelleyw@americanhumane.org American Humane Certified's Three-Tier Audit System...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --American Humane Certified(TM) announced today that...
American Humane Association Appoints Jane Greco Deming as Director of Humane Education
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 4/11/2007; 700+ words ; ...Contact: Kelley Weir of the American Humane Association, +1-303- 925-9418...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Humane Association announced that Jane Greco...joined the organization as director of humane education. Jane will work with the national...
American Humane Commissions Research of Aviary Housing To Identify Humane Solutions for Intensive Egg Production
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 10/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...Contact: Randy Blauvelt of the American Humane Association, +1- 303-925-9442...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Humane Association has commissioned an international...being undertaken on behalf of the American Humane Certified(TM) program, which is America...