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This dissertation was concerned about the role of social environment, that is actual and perceived social support and social influence, in structuring behavior, in this instance, breastfeeding behavior in Istanbul, Turkey. Primarily, it analyzed the effects of social environment…

Surveys were conducted to identify the Tydeidae on citrus orchards in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and selected countries, i.e., Bahamas, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and Spain. The citrus habitats sampled were inner and outer leaves, immature and mature fr…

Since 2000, there has been a marked decline in the number of harbour seals in some regions around Britain; one possible contributing cause is competition for prey with sympatric grey seals. To explore one important aspect of this interaction, in this thesis the diet of harbour s…

The calpain system is a critical protease system in protein accretion and animal muscle growth. The calpain cDNA's from pigs and cattle were cloned to study the roles of calpain in muscle growth in domestic animals. By using reverse transcriptase and polymerase chain reaction, p…