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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Behavioural differences"”.
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Behavioural differences between populations of Nassarius pauperatus (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) / by S.C. McKillup
132 leaves : ill., graphs, tables, maps ; 29 cm.
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Electrosensory-based Search Strategies In Weakly Electric Fish
… setting. Our results suggest that there are behavioural differences between species in their exploratory strategies. Apteronotus albifrons spent more time in the open, travelled at a slower speed when out in the open, and had a higher total feeding time. Interestingly, Apteronotus …
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The language of business interviewing:a study in cross-cultural communication
… in relation to the business interview, analysing differences in language use between English, French and West German native speakers. The approach is multi- and inter-disciplinary combining linguistic and business research methodologies. An analytical model based on pragmatic and speech act theory …
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Neural Encoding of Continuous Attended Speech in Monolingual and Bilingual Listeners
… and inhibition of unwanted information. Although behavioural differences between monolinguals and bilinguals on tasks of selective attention remain controversial, the experience of learning and using a second language undoubtedly represents a major environmental demand that can impact the way the …
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Mood and sociability in Cornelia de Lange syndrome
Background: Recent literature on the behavioural phenotype of Cornelia de Lange syndrome suggests that the trajectory of a number of behaviours may be atypical in the syndrome, including mood and sociability however there is a lack of quantitative research to support these findings. Methods: Three …
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The Neural Correlates of Allocentric Spatial Memory in Schizotypy
… parahippocampal gyrus compared to controls. No behavioural differences were observed on the cognitive measures in this thesis. Investigation of brain function revealed decreased volume of the right hippocampus and bilateral medial frontal gyrus and increased volume of the posterior cingulate, …
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Innovation in teams : a qualitative and quantitative study of team behaviours
… experimental study was undertaken to examine the behavioural differences between three groups of sixteen teams undertaking innovative an task to produce an anti-drugs poster. They were randomly assigned to one of three innovation category conditions suggested by King and Anderson (1990), emergent, …
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Judges’ Gender and Judging in China
… and Guangzhou. The results revealed negligible differences between the sorts of decisions made by male and female district court judges. Nevertheless, the similarities in the decision to incarcerate can be explained by a harmonious ‘Iron Triangle’ relationship among the police, the …
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Individual risk and reward in the wild. A study on blue tits
Behavioural biologists seek to understand why individuals of the same species differ in their behaviour. The "pace-of-life syndrome" (POLS) hypothesis offers a framework to explain such individual behavioural variation. It puts forth that individuals differ broadly in how they take risks in their …
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Linear generators for direct drive marine renewable energy converters
… are verified experimentally, reveal significant behavioural differences between the two topologies. The designer is thus provided with an interesting choice when considering a direct drive power take off strategy. In short, a variable reluctance machine is shown to develop a high shear force in …
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Understanding Employee Attrition Factors in the Information Technology Sector: A Text Analytics Perspective
… that these two groups have some behavioral differences which can help IT companies to unravel the reasons of their recent high attrition rate. Some behavioural differences were also detected among different IT sections. Further analysis showed that there is a statistically significant …
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Coyote (Canis latrans) Family Activity in a Landscape of Fear
… to better understand how fear might manifest behavioural differences and what effect this might have on fitness-related behaviours. Urban coyotes displayed significantly higher levels of fear-related behaviours like vigilance and den guarding but lower levels of exploration. The trade-off …
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A multidisciplinary investigation of underlying pathways in ADHD: A study of ADHD genes, endophenotypes and phenotypes
… of contrast effects (exaggeration of behavioural differences) in parental ADHD ratings. Gender moderated contrast effects, but only in opposite-sex pairs. Family size also contributed to contrast effects, which was further modified by gender. The reliance on rating scales and contrast …
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The localisation and regulation of phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-Kinase gamma splice variants and the discovery of a new mammalian splice variant, PIP5KIγ_v6
… important questions. (1) Several remarkable differences have been discovered between the neuronal splice variant PIP5KIr_i3 and its close variant, Ir_i2, whose peptide lacks a 26-AA insert near its C-terminus. This study attempts to map these behavioural differences onto motifs within the …
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Coyote (Canis latrans) Behavioural Adaptations Amid Seasonal Weather Changes
… temperatures (NASA MODIS data). I tested for behavioural differences between sites and examined whether urban pups played more at cooler periods, like nighttime, compared to peri-urban and rural pups, when the day temperature was high. Urban coyotes spent significantly less time in active …
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Behaviour and Language Development in Infants at Risk for ASD: The Role of Early Attention Preferences and Early Language Development
… children (SIBS-TD), and to what extent early differences may be predictive of language skills and risk group membership. In this study, we found that both infant groups preferred ID to adult-directed (AD) speech and preferred faces to checkerboards; however, the magnitude of the preference was …
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Tempering the Ambition of Social Science Genomics: Causation, Explanation, and Evidence for Policy
… integrative field of study which brings together behavioural genetics and the social sciences. Sociogenomic integration consists in the use of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and related tools (particularly the so-called polygenic scores) within psychology, sociology, economics, and …
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Consumer Search Behaviour and Adoption of Online Booking of Travel Services in Saudi Arabia
… as a single highly integrated process, however behavioural elements within the process varied across individuals, according to their search strategy and level of prior experience. In phase three, the key relationships in the conceptual model were examined, notably the relationship between search …
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The effect of early adversity on adult spatial cognition : a functional magnetic resonance imaging study
… childhood events can lead to a range of behavioural, psychological, and physiological consequences. Previous studies have shown that neurobiological changes in reaction to severe stress may cause lasting damage to particular neural regions, including the hippocampus and the prefrontal …
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The effects of white shark presence on the behaviour of Cape fur seals at Geyser Rock, Gansbaai, South Africa
… presence is seasonal, and seals exhibit marked behavioural differences between seasons. What is lacking from these studies, however, is how subsurface habitat around the islands, specifically refugia, may influence the behaviour of seals and their interactions with white sharks. I address this …
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