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Showing 1 to 20 of 191 for “"deterrent"”.
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Behavioral Responses of Rainbow Smelt to Sensory Deterrent Systems
… array (SPA) and (2) strobe lights as fish deterrents for avoidance and acclimation behavior of rainbow smelt; 3) to determine physical characteristics that affect light attenuation in Lake Oahe; and 4) to evaluate predator-prey interactions of rainbow smelt and zooplankton in close …
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Evaluating the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment on Crime
… or philosophers see capital punishment as a deterrent to crime. Several states in the United States apply the death penalty to try to reduce crime. Other states do not agree with the application of this repressive law arguing that a crime should not be solved with another crime. From a …
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Evaluation of Various Foliar Sprays for Use as a Canada Goose Grazing Deterrent
… geese (Branta canadensis). An effective crop deterrent to Canada geese would be important to game managers in eastern South Dakota. In 2011 and 2012, I evaluated the effectiveness of Rejex-It Migrate Turfguard®, Bird Shield®, Avian Control®, and Avipel® as Canada goose grazing deterrents. I …
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Bigmouth buffalo movement, dam passage, and residency around potential bigheaded carps deterrent locations
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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In-School Suspension: An Effective Deterrent of Student Misbehavior or Just Another Form of Discipline
<p>This qualitative study sought to better understand the lived experiences of students, teachers, and administrators with regards to the In-School Suspension program. This study was grounded in a theoretical framework which included basic concepts of behaviorism and social exchange theory. With …
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Children's Third-Party Punishment Behaviour: The Roles of Deterrent Motives, Affective States and Moral Domains
… age and framing manipulation received. Reported deterrent motives, and lack of 3PP enjoyment or preference for compensation, together suggest that children, differently from adults, are not motivated by the retributive desire to see wrongdoers suffer. Results have implications for theoretical …
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The Effectiveness of an Infant Simulator as a Deterrent to Teen Pregnancy Among Middle School Students
… of a computerized infant simulator as a deterrent to adolescent pregnancy. All of the female eighth-grade students (221) in 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 from a suburban North Texas middle school were part of this study. They were tracked from the eighth grade through high school graduation to …
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Evaluation of the Aerodynamic and Acoustic Performance of a Novel Passive Bat Deterrent for Wind Energy Applications
… energy production and active acoustic bat deterrents constrained by atmospheric attenuation, preventing full coverage of the rotor swept area. Passive ultrasonic deterrents integrated along the length of turbine blades offer a potential alternative, but their aerodynamic impact has not been …
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A biologically-active pest deterrent: what is the mode-of-action and how does this affect pest behaviour?
… component. The complete formulations exhibited a deterrent effect when applied to plants but not diet, indicating a plant-mediated effect in a two-choice setting. The ‘Old’ formulation appeared to alter oviposition behaviour significantly while the ‘New’ formulation did not. Furthermore, the …
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Red Bat Movement Response to an Ultrasonic Acoustic Deterrent in Flight Cage Trials: Implications for Reducing Bat Fatalities at Wind Facilities
… too expensive to implement. Ultrasonic acoustic deterrents (UADs) are designed to create a disorienting airspace around wind turbines by emitting sounds that jam bat echolocation calls; however, field tests of UADs have had variable success among species. Variability may be due to …
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Water quality as a deterrent to the movement of invasive fishes in the Illinois waterway: Implications for the upper Mississippi Basin
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Foreign direct investment & indigenization in zimbabwe's platinum sector: is the indigenization and economic empowerment act a deterrent to foreign investors?
Indigenization and the economic empowerment of historically disadvantaged communities is a delicate subject in many mining jurisdictions. This dissertation seeks to assess the effectiveness of Zimbabwe's indigenization laws in balancing the interests of foreign investors, host communities, the …
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An Assessment of Perceived Crop Damage in a Tanzanian Village Impacted by Human-Elephant Conflict and an Investigation of Deterrent Properties of African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Exudates Using Bioassays
… as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of deterrent methods against wildlife used by local farmers in a Tanzanian village. From May to November 2008, farmers from Miti Mirefu in northern Tanzania were interviewed about both their perception of crop damage and effectiveness of deterrents …
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Nuclear diffusion: A rethinking of why nation-states "go nuclear"
… why a state would pursue a nuclear weapons deterrent. For example, are there identifiable reasons or conditions that explain horizontal nuclear weapons proliferation? While numerous arguments have been made for why countries proliferate, this piece posits a simple assumption; A non-nuclear …
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Feeding determinants in aphids with special reference to the Rose Aphid Macrosiphum rosae (L.) / by Zhongkui Peng.
… in the discrimination of host plants and the deterrent effect of catechin and its oxidative condensation products.
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