Behavioral responses to a novel predator and competitor of invasive mosquitofish and their non-invasive relatives (Gambusia sp.)

2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sch�pf Rehage ◽  
Beverly K. Barnett ◽  
Andrew Sih
Author(s):  
Senya Polikovsky ◽  
Maria Alejandra Quiros-Ramirez ◽  
Takehisa Onisawa ◽  
Yoshinari Kameda ◽  
Yuichi Ohta

2017 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Bauer ◽  
Mary Jordan ◽  
Monica Colon ◽  
Traci Shreyer ◽  
Candace C. Croney

Field assessments of the health and welfare of kenneled dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) must be both accurate and rapid. In order to facilitate such evaluations, especially by individuals with limited training in canine behavior and welfare, a non-invasive tool was developed and pilot-tested utilizing dogs housed in commercial breeding facilities. Behavioral responses to approach were organized into three categories: red, indicating a fearful response to approach, green, indicating an affiliative or neutral response to approach, and yellow, indicating an ambivalent response to approach. The inter-rater reliability (IRR) of the tool when used by both behavioral experts and novice raters was evaluated with and without the presence of the dog’s familiar caretaker. Utilizing Cohen’s kappa, the experts had almost perfect levels of agreement (kappa=0.87). The novice raters had substantial levels of agreement (kappa=0.74). Overall, the dogs assessed by the novice raters had high proportions of green responses to approach and there was no statistically significant effect of caretaker presence on the proportion of green responses to approach. The assessment tool evaluated herein appears to have a high degree of IRR whether used by experts in canine behavior or by novice raters and may be a useful screening tool to determine the need for more in-depth welfare assessments.         


2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.


Author(s):  
H.W. Deckman ◽  
B.F. Flannery ◽  
J.H. Dunsmuir ◽  
K.D' Amico

We have developed a new X-ray microscope which produces complete three dimensional images of samples. The microscope operates by performing X-ray tomography with unprecedented resolution. Tomography is a non-invasive imaging technique that creates maps of the internal structure of samples from measurement of the attenuation of penetrating radiation. As conventionally practiced in medical Computed Tomography (CT), radiologists produce maps of bone and tissue structure in several planar sections that reveal features with 1mm resolution and 1% contrast. Microtomography extends the capability of CT in several ways. First, the resolution which approaches one micron, is one thousand times higher than that of the medical CT. Second, our approach acquires and analyses the data in a panoramic imaging format that directly produces three-dimensional maps in a series of contiguous stacked planes. Typical maps available today consist of three hundred planar sections each containing 512x512 pixels. Finally, and perhaps of most import scientifically, microtomography using a synchrotron X-ray source, allows us to generate maps of individual element.


1981 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald L. McCanna ◽  
Giacinto DeLapa

This report reviews 27 cases of children exhibiting functional hearing loss. The study reveals that most students were in the upper elementary grades and were predominantly females. These subjects were functioning below their ability level in school and were usually in conflict with school, home, or peers. Tests used were selected on the basis of their helping to provide early identification. The subjects' oral and behavioral responses are presented, as well as ways of resolving the hearing problem. Some helpful counseling techniques are also presented.


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A266-A266
Author(s):  
R BUTLER ◽  
B ZACHARAKIS ◽  
D MOORE ◽  
K CRAWFORD ◽  
G DAVIDSON ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A491-A491 ◽  
Author(s):  
A LEODOLTER ◽  
D VAIRA ◽  
F BAZZOLL ◽  
A HIRSCHL ◽  
F MEGRAUD ◽  
...  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 158 (6) ◽  
pp. S-1249
Author(s):  
Yuri Hanada ◽  
Juan Reyes Genere ◽  
Bryan Linn ◽  
Tiffany Mangels-Dick ◽  
Kenneth K. Wang

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 430-430
Author(s):  
Ram Ganapathi ◽  
Troy R. Gianduzzo ◽  
Arul Mahadevan ◽  
Monish Aron ◽  
Lee E. Ponsky ◽  
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