The impacts of climate change and anthropogenic disturbance are pervasive throughout ecosystems. Yet particularly in aquatic and marine systems, animal responses to the resulting environmental changes can be difficult to determine, which inhibits appropriate management strategie…
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Captive breeding and reintroduction are key to modern conservation, but high predation of released animals means reintroductions often fail. The captive environment can provide individuals with little opportunity to learn about predators or alarm calls. As a consequence, captive…
Understanding the diversity and evolution of mating systems in the primate order is a key question in biological anthropology. Mating systems evolve from selection on males and females to maximize reproductive success and are ultimately shaped by natural and sexual selection. Co…
Many African American males face challenges due to historical and current negative viewpoints of this population. However, urban communities also play a vital role in the obstacles encountered, which impacts this population’s well-being. The purpose of this project was to gain k…
Gündelik yaşam davranış ve düşünüşlerimizin anavatanıdır. Gündelik olanın anlaşılması, gündeliğin içerisine aldığı tüm yapıp etmelerin anlamlandırılması için temel bir referans noktasıdır. Zihinsel ve fiziksel adaptasyon sürecimizin, sosyalliğimizin, sınandığı, tekrar edildiği, …
Persistent rule governed behavior can be described as behavior that has come under the control of a particular rule, compromising contact with other contingencies in the environment. Researchers have looked at several factors that moderate insensitivity to programmed reinforceme…
This study was designed to examine the impact of witnesses? participation in the Cincinnati Citizens Respect Our Witnesses (CCROW) witness support program on decisions whether to cooperate in violent felony cases and the potentially moderating effects of approach and avoidance m…
Birds behave as if they quickly and accurately perceive an object-filled visual world. Besides pigeons, however, there is a large gap in our knowledge about the mechanisms of object recognition in avian visual systems. The pattern of shading reflected from object surfaces is one…
With more consumer product companies analysing the requirements for successful entry into African markets, the main factors they seek to determine are concerned with understanding the African consumer, so that these companies are enabled to provide products and services that rel…
Laughter is a physiological process and a fundamentally social phenomenon with physical, biological, psychological, philosophical and social dimensions. Laughter is ubiquitous among human populations but its evolutionary history has not been thoroughly examined. Although laugh-l…
The overall purpose of this study was to examine whether or not women leaders in the United States produce the Pygmalion effect or self-fulfilling prophecy. A secondary purpose was to examine Pygmalion leader attitudes toward marketing and business practices. Most Pygmalion rese…
If fission-fusion systems and dominance hierarchies are responses to limited resources, how might chimpanzees respond in a harsh environment? This study examined if and how low-ranking male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Fongoli, Senegal compensate for a diminished socia…
The problem of this study was to construct a valid and reliable scale to measure safety climate and to develop an explicative model of unsafe work behavior that included the following contributory factors to unsafe work behavior: (a) Perceived safety climate, (b) perceived hazar…
The long and short term effects of brief handling of laboratory rats between birth and weaning have so far been shown to be mainly physiological in nature. Recent evidence indicates, however, that investigatory behaviour in adult animals may also be affected. The area of explora…
Aim and Hypothesis: To determine the association between parenting style and child’s dental caries and behavior in the dental clinic. Materials and Methods: Parents presenting with their children to the pediatric dentistry department at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine…
Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) now account for nearly half of all new HIV cases in Malaysia. There has been little research, however, characterizing the HIV care continuum among MSM living with HIV in Malaysia. This study describes the HIV care continuum and examine…
Coastal ecosystems are critical natural resources that demand protection because they provide nesting and feeding habitat for a wide range of diverse organisms. Some wildlife species play an invaluable role as bioindicators for these ecosystems, while others function as importan…
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in Saudi Arabia, which affects 2 million people and an estimated 10-25% children. The Saudi Initiative for Asthma (SINA) and other guidelines recommend controller medications as the cornerstone of management for children with per…
Introduction Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death in the United States. Currently, the prevalence of tobacco use is 20.7% in adults (≥18 years old) and 31.2% among high school students. According to various studies, over 60% of Americans want to quit…