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A Comparison of Social Learning in Domestic Canines
<p>Domestic canines (Canis familiaris) provide a unique insight into the processes by which species can grow to cooperate efficiently with humans. Few studies have compared whether their behavior is more affected by humans or other canines. This study uses a two-action feeder (an apparatus that can …
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Do Canines Experience the Effects of Heart Rate Turbulence?
… is present following a PVC in otherwise healthy canines.</p> <p><b>Methods</p></b> <p>For multiple months, five non-medicated, healthy canines were chronically monitored from between 1 and 8 sessions each. At each session, the canines were ventricularly paced to induce PVCs. Electrical signals, …
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Presumptive identification of smooth Brucella strain antibodies in canines
… to identify smooth Brucella strain antibodies in canines. We hypothesize that the Brucella abortus Fluorescence Polarization Assay would be successful in identifying antibodies to smooth Brucella strain in canines. Ninety-five dogs, including forty-five hog hunting dogs were screened for …
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Evaluation of the Odor Compounds Sensed by Explosive-Detecting Canines
Trained canines are commonly used as biological detectors for explosives; however, there are some areas of uncertainty that have led to difficulties in canine training and testing. Even though a standardized container for determining the accuracy of explosives-detecting canines has already been …
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The Detection and Identification of Explosives by Canines and Chemical Instrumentation
… explosives by both chemical instrumentation and canines. The first article, Quantitative Analysis of Smokeless Powder Particles in Post-Blast Debris via Gas Chromatography/Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (GC/VUV), utilizes gas chromatography/vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy (GC/VUV) to determine …
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Exploring the relationship between canines, sex and age: A CBCT analysis
… of 521 left maxillary and 681 left mandibular canines were collected. Planmeca Romexis® software was used to trace the outline of the pulp cavity and tooth and to calculate respective volumes. Subsequently, Microsoft® Office Excel 2016 was used to calculate the ratios.<br/><br/>Regression …
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The Rewilding of New York's North Country: Beavers, Moose, Canines and the Adirondacks
… moose (Alces alces americana), and wild canines (Canis spp.) within the Adirondack Highlands of northern New York. Devastated by the depredations of nineteenth century woodsmen, the populations of these large mammals rebounded during the twentieth century. Numbering fewer than ten in …
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The Rewilding of New York's North Country: Beavers, Moose, Canines and the Adirondacks
… moose (Alces alces americana), and wild canines (Canis spp.) within the Adirondack Highlands of northern New York. Devastated by the depredations of nineteenth century woodsmen, the populations of these large mammals rebounded during the twentieth century. Numbering fewer than ten in …
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An exploration into the study of the corresponding materia medica regarding trauma of neglect in canines
Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree on Masters of Technology in Homoeopathy Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2022.
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The use of permanent maxillary and mandibular canines in sex and age determination in a South African sample
… characteristics exist in the size of permanent canines of South Africans, and whether these differences are of sufficient magnitude to make them usable as a method to determine sex from unknown remains. For this purpose the mesiodistal and buccolingual crown diameters and the …
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A Biomechanical Assessment Of Canine Body Armor
… with a primary focus on civilian law enforcement canines. The specific aims included: 1) the compilation of canine casualty data to determine commonly reported causes of death/euthanasia while in service for civilian law enforcement canines, 2) the evaluation of the biomechanical response of the …
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The role of canines in the lived experience of women with breast cancer: a case-based narrative analysis of the relationship between dogs and their guardians
… the role and perceived benefits of companion canines in the lived experience of women specifically with breast cancer.<br/>Employing a pragmatic, sequential, mixed methods approach, and incorporating an initial quantitative online questionnaire-based survey, phase one is founded upon two …
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An iconographic investigation of the attributes and functions of Ancient Egyptian canine deities and their relation to death.
… the Ancient Egyptians with animals, specifically canines, in association with death and the afterlife. The focus is on the similarities between canines and the main canine deities: Anubis, Wepwawet, and Duamutef, listing the connections between the funerary, canine gods and the animals the …
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Consequences of Contact: An Evaluation of Childhood Health Patterns Using Enamel Hypoplasias Among the Colonial Maya of Tipu
… showed a mean of 1.89 hypoplasias per tooth with canines averaging 0.36 more episodes than maxillary central incisors. 79.3% of central incisors were affected and 87.3% of canines displayed lesions. Individuals dying as younger adults had significantly more episodes than older adults. Only a …
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Studies into the effects of gonadectomy on the canine urinary bladder with reference to acquired urinary incontinence in the bitch
… from male and female, intact and gonadectomised canines. The potential role of non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic mediated contraction of the detrusor muscle was also examined and this system does not appear to be significantly altered by gonadectomy. Maximal contractile responses were, however, …
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Speed of Human Orthodontic Tooth Movement and Reported Pain When Applied Loads are Changed
… posterior anchorage appliances were placed, and canines distalized using custom vertical loops activated by nickel titanium springs calibrated to deliver 4 or 52 kPa. Subjects were seen for 11 visits over 84 days. The study period was split into 4 phases: Day -35 to Day 0, Day 1 to Day 3, Day 7 …
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First Premolar Extraction Decisions and Effects
… to measure changes in the positions of the canines and second premolars relative to the palatal rugae. These data were used to assess how the extraction space was used in resolving the malocclusion. Data were also collected on the severity of the malocclusion—namely, pretreatment overjet, …
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Adult age-at-death estimation using the pulp/tooth area ratio (PAR) method: a South African validation study using periapical radiography and stereomicroscopy
… (PAR) ageing method when applied to maxillary canines from a South African cadaveric sample. I explored the utility of under-researched methodological approaches for the method: mesiodistal radiographs, stereomicroscopic tooth section images and PARs excluding the enamel area. To maximise …
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ΜΟΡΦΟΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΘΟΛΟΓΟΑΝΑΤΟΜΙΚΕΣ ΑΛΛΟΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΛΑΡΥΓΓΑ ΜΕΤΑ ΕΚΤΟΜΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΩΛΑΡΥΓΓΙΚΟΥ ΝΕΥΡΟΥ
… LARYNGEAL NERVE WAS DISSECTED IN EIGHTEEN FEMALE CANINES AND EVERY MONTH WAS SACRIFISED THREE OF THEM. SPECIMENTS WERE TAKEN FROM MUCONS MEMBRANE OF LARYNX AND FROM POSTERIOR AND LATERAL CRICOARYTENOID MUSCLE, TRANSVERSE ARYTENOID, THYROARYTENOID AND VOCALIS MUSCLE. ALL SPECIMENS WERE EXAMINED …
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Effects of Low and High Sodium Chloride Diets and Furosemide Administration on Cardiac Function, Plasma Electrolyte Concentrations, and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
… renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, in healthy canines. Twenty mixed-breed canines were allotted to one of four groups, Group I - Dogs fed low sodium diet (0.08% sodium), Group II - Dogs fed high sodium diet (1.0% sodium), Group III - Dogs fed low sodium (0.08%) and treated with furosemide (2 …
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