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Showing 1 to 20 of 270 for “"Behavioral responses"”.
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Behavioral responses to public insurance programs: Three essays
<p>Evaluating the effectiveness of public programs requires an understanding of how these programs affect the choices of individuals and households. For example, the program design of Social Security and Medicare may affect how much people work. While these effects are not intended goals of the …
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Behavioral responses of invertebrate larvae to water column cues
… chemical, and biological cues, and their behavioral responses to these cues may directly impact transport, survival, settlement, and successful recruitment. In this thesis, I investigated the effects of turbulence, light, and conspecific adult exudates on larval swimming behavior. I …
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Behavioral Responses of Rainbow Smelt to Sensory Deterrent Systems
Since the late 1970s, rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax have been the primary prey fish for top-level predators in Lake Oahe. Historically, water level management and entrainment losses of rainbow smelt at the Lake Oahe dam have likely contributed to the reduced growth rate of walleye Sander vitreus, …
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C.E.R.E.B.R.O : Central EPIC Requisition of Emotional & Behavioral Responses Organizer
… themes from these articles included: an embedded behavioral health provider/team, utilizing the EHR, taking a proactive approach, past psychiatric/substance-use history, past trauma history, and psychotropic prescriptions (future, present or past). Reviewing with the team, the embedded team …
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Behavioral responses of invertebrate larvae to water column cues
… chemical, and biological cues, and their behavioral responses to these cues may directly impact transport, survival, settlement, and successful recruitment. In this thesis, I investigated the effects of turbulence, light, and conspecific adult exudates on larval swimming behavior. I …
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Cattle behavioral responses following castration and dehorning measured by accelerometers.
… The objective of this research was to evaluate behavioral responses to these painful procedures. Two studies were conducted using three dimensional accelerometers to measure behavioral differences in cattle following dehorning and castration. The first study evaluated the potential of different …
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Behavioral responses and policy evaluation: Revisiting water and fuel policies
… by modeling and quantifying the behavioral responses of farmers and households.</p> <p>My first essay focuses on decreasing groundwater depletion through increasing irrigation efficiency in Mexico. I quantify the impacts of different sources of inefficiency on groundwater …
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Behavioral Responses to Methylphenidate: Correlations With Neuronal Activity In The Caudate Nucleus
… activity of animals exhibiting different chronic responses to the same dose of MPH. Behavioral and caudate nucleus (CN) neuronal activity following acute and chronic doses of MPH was assessed by simultaneously recording the behavioral and neuronal activity. The experimental protocol lasted for 10 …
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Sensory Processing Difficulties and Their Impact on Social Skills and Behavioral Responses
… mild disruptions in self-regulation to severe behavioral problems, all of which may persist across the lifespan. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to identify potential relationships between sensory processing challenges and various social and behavioral outcomes in …
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Behavioral Responses By Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon Piscivorus) To Chemical And Visual Predator Cues
… survival consequences for animals. However, responses to predatory threats can vary with different stimuli. Chemical cues are important for predator recognition but visual cues may elicit defensive responses. Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) exhibit an array of antipredatory behaviors …
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Sexual Dimorphism and Behavioral Responses to Conspecific Chemical Cues in Pagurus samuelis
Anatomical differences were observed between sexes of P. samuelis. We measured the major cheliped and carapace lengths of hermit crabs caught off the coast of Southern California and found that male chelipeds were significantly larger relative to their carapace length than female chelipeds. Average …
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Behavioral responses to public pension cuts : evidence from the Greek financial crisis
The austerity measures that were adopted in the 2010-2015 period in response to the Greek αnancial crisis included cutbacks in the public sector on a scale that has rarely been seen in other nations. Pensions for those receiving beneαts were cut by up to 50.1% and monthly salaries for public sector …
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Behavioral Responses of Diabroticite Beetles to Selected Olfactory and Visual Cues (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
The experiments described in this dissertation were designed to identify selected visual and chemical cues used by adult beetles in the section Diabroticite (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Luperini, Diabroticina) (Smith and Lawrence, 1967) for identifying host plants, and to identify …
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Attributional Styles and Behavioral Responses of Aggressive, Withdrawn, Prosocial, and Low-Accepted Children
… differences in linkages between attributions and behavioral response choices.
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