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Showing 1 to 20 of 116 for “"behavioural responses"”.
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The behavioural responses of stoats (Mustela erminea) to trapping tunnels
… the influence of tunnel design on stoats' behavioural responses to them, or the effect on capture rate (Dilks et al.,1996; Maxwell et al., 1997; Short and Reynolds, 2000). This thesis describes pen and field research, which examines the influence of several tunnel design variables on stoat …
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Physiological and behavioural responses to temperature and humidity in fossorial amphibians
… of research investigating physiological and behavioural responses to temperature and humidity for over two centuries. However, fossorial (i.e., underground-dwelling) amphibians remain comparatively understudied despite the unique environmental pressures that they experience. The overarching …
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Impact of human disturbance on coastal birds: population consequences derived from behavioural responses
… experiments and observations showed that bird responses to disturbance are highly variable and related to factors including body mass, environmental conditions, site quality, and disturbance type. The energetic and lost-feeding-opportunity costs of responding to individual disturbance events …
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The role of psychological contract breach in determining Chinese civil servants' behavioural responses to organizational change
… the role such breaches play in determining the behavioural responses of Chinese civil servants to organizational change. The conceptual framework is formed by strategic, structural, process-oriented and people-oriented change, in relation to the psychological contracted breaches associated with …
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A statistical investigation of the behavioural responses of a deep diving predator to mesoscale oceanographic features
Marion Island lies directly in the path of the ACC and to the south-west of the island is an extensive region of high sea level anomaly variability (eddy field). Previous research has shown how southern elephant seals from Kerguelen Island and Peninsula Valdés have targeted eddies for foraging. …
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Behavioural responses of cocoa mirids, Sahlbergella singularis Hagl and Distantiella theobroma Dist. (Heteroptera: Miridae), to sex pheromones.
… method of managing the mirids. Based on the behavioural responses of the mirids to pheromones in traps, parameters were standardised for efficient performance of the traps. A range of five blends of the synthetic pheromone, the diester, hexyl (R)-3- ((E)-2-butenoyl)-butyrate and the …
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An investigation of mothers attributions and affective and behavioural responses to pre-school childrens problem behaviour: a group comparative study
… investigate mothers' attributions and affective-behavioural responses in relation to their pre-school child's problem behaviour. Mothers' beliefs about the age at which children develop aspects of social understanding and skills was also investigated. One group involved mothers whose pre-school …
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The development of an integrated model of the relationship among strategic decision-making process, organisational change and employees’ EVLN behavioural responses
… of organisational changes, and employees’ responses towards these changes are typical challenges in organisational life. In this content, the recent financial crisis of 2007-2008 had a profound impact on the Greek economy, as the Greek banking sector had undergone a series of profound …
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A study of an animal model of Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder using in vivo chronoamperometry and behavioural responses to methylphenidate and guanfacine
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a childhood disorder that is behaviorally characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. Among several hypotheses of ADHD etiology the prevailing hypothesis implicates a hypodopaminergic system …
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The effects of human disturbance on the seabirds and seals at sub-Antarctic Marion Island
… disturbance and research disturbance. The responses of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) and king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) were investigated through standardised pedestrian approaches. Intensity of behavioural responses and levels of prolactin (females only) indicated that …
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Fetal responsiveness to auditory and tactile stimulation
The aim of this thesis was to examine fetal behavioural responses to auditory and tactile stimulation. Responses were examined for the second- and third-trimester fetuses (second-trimester ≤ 27 gestational weeks (wGA), third- trimester >27 wGA), in both experiments, …
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The effects of oxygen deficiency, hydrogen sulphide and turbidity on the rock lobster, Jasus lalandii : implications for diamond dredge-mining in Namibia
… impacts on oxygen and turbidity, and (b) the behavioural responses of the rock lobster Jasus lalandii, to decreased oxygen, elevated hydrogen sulphide and turbidity. For the latter objective, laboratory-based experiments were designed in which juvenile lobsters were exposed to various levels …
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Behavioural Ecology of Large Tuna
… for stressor impacts. However, understanding behavioural responses requires monitoring at temporal resolutions matching the biological processes of interest, from sub-second events to seasonal strategies. Accelerometers uniquely capture behaviour across this breadth: high-frequency sampling …
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Coping behaviour of low-income country researchers in global health collaborations with high-income country researchers
… these conditions determine specific individual behavioural responses. Structural inequalities in research collaborations between researchers based in high-income countries and those based in low-income countries have historically been shown to disadvantage low-income country researchers. Little …
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Educational staff's responses to challenging behaviour of children with learning disabilities: the impact of diagnosis and clinical research portfolio
Background Current behavioural models of challenging behaviour suggest that the way in which difficult behaviour is managed by staff can serve to either reduce or maintain the behaviour in the long term (Hastings & Remington, 1994; Hastings & Brown, 2000; Hastings et al, 2003). Therefore, it is …
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A multicomponential examination of tennis players’ emotional responses to music
… of competitive tennis players’ emotional responses to pre-performance music. To this end, four objectives were defined: First, to develop a grounded theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) of players’ use of music to manipulate emotional state; second, to examine the impact of altering music tempo …
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Exploring the bidirectional interface between stress and innate immunity: a focus on glucocorticoid and TLR4-MyD88 signalling
… TLR4-MyD88 signalling on the neuroendocrine and behavioural responses to acute stress. Through examining stress responses in mice lacking Tlr4 or Myd88, this study found an intrinsic influence of TLR4-MyD88 signalling on both neuroendocrine and behavioural responses. Aadaptations to the …
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Evaluating Adaptive Capacity to Climatic Extremes in Rural Zambia
… and the choice of adaptive strategy influence behavioural responses of drought-exposed households differently vis-à-vis the counterfactual group. The results offer critical insights into the potential effectiveness of agricultural policy components in shaping rural smallholder farmers’ …
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Effective implementation of energy efficiency in the South African residential sector
… the need for new generation capacity, but human behavioural responses often tend to offset the beneficial effects of such initiatives. Such behavioural changes are called the rebound effects. Energy modelling using LEAP was carried out for the South African residential electricity sector. The …
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