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Showing 1 to 20 of 272 for “"nonhuman"”.
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The Moral Status of Nonhuman Animals
… I conclude that because there are many sentient nonhuman animals, there are many nonhuman animals that are worthy of moral consideration. Being morally considerable is not equivalent to having substantial moral status. Rachels' moral individualism allows us to make moral decisions based upon the …
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Pluripotency and patterning in nonhuman primate embryogenesis
… considerations limit human embryo research, thus nonhuman primates offer an opportunity to unravel primate-specific features of pluripotency. This thesis examines common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) development to explore the molecular cues that govern (1) naïve pluripotency in the …
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Behavioral Mechanisms of Δ9-THC in Nonhuman Primates
A comprehensive understanding of the reinforcing effects and cognitive consequences of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive constituent in marijuana, is critical for developing treatments in cannabis dependent patients. Despite the fact that marijuana is the most commonly abused …
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Segmentation of Subcortical Structures from Nonhuman Primate MRI
… analysis of subcortical structures within the nonhuman primate can potentially have a profound impact on studying the relationship between volumetric characteristics and alcohol dependencies. Image segmentations have been widely used in quantifying structural information. There are a variety of …
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Network theory analysis of ethanol self-administering nonhuman primates
… this methodology to animal models, particularly nonhuman primates (NHPs). NHPs are considered a powerful translational tool that bridge basic science and clinical studies. They are also useful because the morphology of their cerebral cortex is similar to humans. In this work, a network processing …
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Socioenvironmental and demographic modifiers of aging in nonhuman animals
Across many species, chronological age is the greatest predictor of mortality and the leading risk factor for many non-communicable diseases. However, not all individuals within a species exhibit the same age-related declines in health. For example, some individuals develop early-onset of …
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Interrelating with animals: nonhuman selves in the literary imagination
Children’s literature is full of animal characters widely understood to be symbolic humans. They are believed to provide the reader with a combination of delight and the neutrality and emotional distance considered necessary for navigating various stages of maturation or complex and charged social …
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How bad, if at all, is death for nonhuman animals?
… majority of deaths that occur on Earth are nonhuman animal deaths. This dissertation addresses the underexplored question of whether death is bad for nonhuman animals, and if so, then how bad it is. I start by asking whether death can be bad for nonhuman animals given what we commonly think …
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Salivary Biomarkers of Acute Stress and Insulin Sensitivity in Nonhuman Primates
Saliva may be a superior matrix for physiologic measurement because it is noninvasive and allows short-term assessment. Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is a novel biomarker of stress in humans, has implications with diabetes, and could be a new tool for improving health and welfare in zoo animals. The …
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The Effects of Chronic Ethanol on GABA Receptors in the Nonhuman Primate Brain
… In a translational approach, we utilized a nonhuman primate model of chronic ethanol self-administration to investigate total GABAA, alpha1 and alpha 4/6 subunit-containing receptor binding density in a variety of cerebral cortical regions and the cerebellum. Ethanol induces region and layer …
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Clonotypic Analysis of CMV-Specific CD4+ T Cells in Human and Nonhuman Primates
Cytoameglovirus (CMV) is a complex pathogen with the ability to persist in a host via mechanisms of immune evasion. CD4+ T cells are known to play a role in maintaining life-long immunity against CMV; however, the cellular requirements for establishing and maintaining protection against CMV disease …
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Comparative Studies of Numerical Cognition in Nonhuman Primates: From Numerical Comparison to Arithmetic
<p>There is a long-standing claim that humans and nonhuman primates share an evolutionarily ancient system of nonverbal number representation. By and large, the focus in the field has been on providing existence proofs of numerical competence in wide-ranging taxa or using individual species as …
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Origins of numerical concepts : a comparative study of human infants and nonhuman primates
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 1997.
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NONHUMAN PRIMATES AS A TRANSLATIONAL MODEL OF ENDOMETRIOSIS AND ITS EFFECTS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH
… processes. The project objectives were to use a nonhuman primate (NHP) model of endometriosis to address gaps in knowledge surrounding tissue macrophage function, endometriosis and eutopic endometrium metabolism, and systemic iron metabolism. The overall hypothesis for this research was that …
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Neurological Effects of Low-Level, Chronic Domoic Acid Exposure in a Nonhuman Primate Model
… chronic DA exposure during pregnancy in a nonhuman primate model (Macaca fascicularis). Early results from this study demonstrated that daily, oral exposure to 0.075 to 0.15 mg DA/kg/day for up to two years, induced symptoms in adults that were manifested as intention tremors (Burbacher et …
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Encountering the nonhuman: body and ecological thinking in contemporary Chinese literature and vsual culture
… bodily interactions between humans and their nonhuman counterparts. Through the lens of the body, this study scrutinizes ecological imaginaries portrayed in Chinese literature, film, and art of the twenty-first century. I contend that comprehending the interconnectedness between human and …
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Discontinuities in immanent worlds: the human/nonhuman animal split in Spinoza and the Zhuāngzi
… humanity with alternative formulations of human/nonhuman relations, a geographically richer variety of sources is used by the deep ecology movement, who made use of not only Western philosophical figures, such as Spinoza or certain representatives of immanentist eschatology in the Western …
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Addressing Fragmented Relationships and Dislocation in Environmental Thinking: Ubuntu Insights on Human and Nonhuman Wellbeing
… I propose that, in rejecting (human and nonhuman) capacities-based approaches to what counts morally, ubuntu provides an alternative vision, one that decolonises ideas and practices that suppress or deny the flourishing of individuals or groups. This dissertation proposes an original, …
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