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The complexity class PCP c(n), s(n) [r(n), q(n)] is the class of all decision problems having probabilistically checkable proof systems over binary alphabet of completeness c(n) and soundness s(n), where the verifier is nonadaptive, runs in polynomial time, and it has randomness complexity r(n) and query complexity q(n).
[1] [2] [3] A dog and handler team must take a short behavioral evaluation of less than half an hour; dogs who pass the evaluation earn the Canine Good Citizen certificate, which many people represent after the dog's name, abbreviating it as CGC; for example, "Fido, CGC". [4] The evaluation consists of ten objectives. [5]
An animal control officer (then known as a dog-catcher) restraining a stray cat in a net.. An animal control service or animal control agency is an entity charged with responding to requests for help with animals, including wild animals, dangerous animals, and animals in distress.
The PCP reflects changes in prices in major terminal grain markets (of which there are 18 in the United States), corrected for the cost of transporting grain from the county to the terminal. It is utilized under the marketing loan repayment provisions and loan deficiency payment (LDP) provisions of the commodity programs. Rice and cotton use an ...
Following public outcry over abuses of dogs reported in the media, the Animal Welfare Act was passed in 1966. [4] The animal welfare and rights movements grew in the 1970s with the publication of philosopher Peter Singer's influential Animal Liberation, [15] and Henry Spira's successful and highly publicized campaigns against animal testing.
TSA explosives detection canine "Maggie" picking up on an explosives odor coming from the traveler’s backpack (Washington Dulles International Airport.The National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program [1] [2] [3] is a program administered by the Transportation Security Administration which uses law enforcement and TSA-run explosives detection dog teams to detect explosives in ...
Domestic dogs arrive in North America with Siberian colonizers. [1] Native Americans use dogs as draught animals, and breed them for wool and food. [2] c.200 BCE: Native Americans in the present-day southwestern US domesticate turkeys, initially using them for feathers and later for food. [3] 1493 onward
Dual purpose dog – Also known as a patrol dog, these dogs are trained and skilled in tracking, handler protection, off-leash obedience, criminal apprehension, and article, area and building search. Search and rescue dogs (SAR) – This dog is used to locate suspects or find missing people or objects.