The US Northeast Shelf (USNES) provides habitat for many economically and ecologically important fish species and is one of the most rapidly warming regions in the world. A common response from several fishes to warming has been poleward distribution shifts, potentially includin…
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This paper examines the effects of background, environmental, and experiential variables on accumulated reproductive knowledge of married adolescent females in Bangladesh. Multiple studies have examined knowledge of HIV/AIDS but general reproductive health knowledge has largely …
Reproduction is an energetically expensive process that can be postponed under adverse metabolic conditions in an attempt to conserve energy for processes more vital to the immediate survival of the individual. The sensory receptors and afferent signaling methods involved, have …
Patterns of reproductive investment and the costs associated with reproduction have a profound influence on individual fitness as well as population and community dynamics. However the important links between quantifiable reproductive investment, variation in investment and the …
The stage of 'matching', commonly described as 'donor selection', is an integral stage in the egg donation process and refers to the selection of a particular donor for a particular recipient for the purpose of reproduction. Despite the model of clinic-mediated matching being an…
This research compares and contrasts the life histories of eleven Bahraini Muslim women, aged between twenty five and fifty, who are educationally ‘successful’, defined as having one or more university degree. It analyzes their educational experiences to see if theories of socia…
This thesis explores why gender hierarchy remains resilient and entrenched in contemporary political life, despite efforts to challenge and transform it. I approach this question by focussing on the reproduction of gendered subjects, which I argue is integral to the reproduction…
Aquaculture is an essential developing sector for world food production however one of the major bottlenecks for the sustainability of the aquaculture industry is the ability to control fish reproduction in captivity and to produce high quality seeds. European sea bass is a one …
Population structure and vital rates of Gulf of Maine (GOM) humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, were studied by a combination of longitudinal data, region-wide surveys and modern mark-recapture statistical methods. Demography and rates of exchange were examined among six GO…
According to the World Health Organization, infertility affects more than 80 million people around the world, whereby one in ten couples experience primary or secondary infertility. Most of those who suffer from infertility, moreover, live in developing countries where infertili…
In this research project, I explored how the present processes of globalization affected the class structure in Bangladeshi urban societies. By specific references to Bourdieu's idea of cultural capital, I tried to explore how cultural capital was changing in urban Bangladesh an…
Balochistan, the largest Province in Pakistan, where more than ninety percent of births are attended by traditional midwives—outside of hospitals—functions as a site whose geography and population are racialized across multiple scales in colonial and postcolonial Pakistani state…
The experiments herein examine the behavioral and physiological responses involved in the metabolic control of reproduction using Syrian hamsters ( Mesocricetus auratus) and sheep (Ovis aries) as animal models. The hamster reproductive cycle is sensitive to energy availability, …
Semen quantity (volume) and quality (concentration, total number of sperm, percent of live sperm, total number of live sperm, and/or motility) were analyzed in male turkeys from 10 weeks of age to over one year of age in three experiments. The key variable in each of the three s…
The eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris ) was once abundant along prairie-woodland edges in central Illinois. Turkeys were eliminated prior to the agricultural revolution but have been restored to a central Illinois landscape now dominated by intensive production…
Globally, more than 350 000 women die annually from complications during pregnancy and childbirth (UNFPA, 2011). Nearly 99% of these, according to World Health Organization (WHO) trends (2010) occur in the developing world outside of a hospital setting with limited resources inc…
In most animal species, reproductive success depends critically on precopulatory or solicitational behaviors that occur prior to mating. The specific sensory systems and behavioral strategies employed in precopulatory behaviors vary across species; in all cases, however, animals…
In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) acts as the master circadian pacemaker of the body. The SCN coordinate the thousands of individual oscillators throughout the body to maintain optimal health and homeostatic functioning. The importance of maintaining circadian rhythm…
In ancient Egypt, sexuality, fertility, and the conception of children was of central importance not just to personal identity, but also to family and social structure. Because of the significance of birth in both the physical world and in the spiritual realm, references to repr…