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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"pilfering"”.
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Perquisites And Pilfering In The London Docks, 1700-1795
… of the fine line, which divided perquisites and pilfering on the London Docks.
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Differences in cache placement and pilferage by desert rodents (Family: Heteromyidae)
… behavioral strategies. I examined caching and pilfering behaviors of heteromyid rodents in the field and laboratory. I first conducted a field experiment to determine which microhabitats species use for caching and pilfering for three coexisting heteromyid rodent species: Merriam's kangaroo rat …
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Identifying Vulnerabilities for Diversion of Controlled Substances to Inform The Safeguards Needed in Canadian Hospitals to Protect Patients and Healthcare Workers
… orders, tampering with medications, and pilfering stock. The impacts of diversion are serious, causing severe harm to patients, healthcare workers, hospitals, and the public. Selecting effective interventions for safeguarding against diversion cannot occur without first having a thorough …
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Death at birth: The political, economic and social impact of the decolonization and perpetual, neocolonial control of Congo.
… reign of Congolese exploitation as well as the pilfering of Congo’s abundant natural resources. The selfish, Western decolonization policies that Lumumba’s regime failed to prevent manifested in the form of Mobutu’s neocolonial dictatorship and still impair Congolese independence today.
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Security and safety perception of commuters of the bus rapid transit system in Lagos State, Nigeria
… males, had experienced crimes such as stealing, pilfering, theft, and armed robbery while in wait areas and on the bus, especially during morning rush hours and evenings. Temporal factors, physical environment, and socioeconomic factors also influence the safety and security perception. …
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Seed Dispersal of Wild Peony (Paeonia brownii): as seed in the pouch is worth two in the pod
… at the sagebrush scrub site. In 2010, the cache pilfering rates were much slower and the estimated mean number of days to cache detection for three cache types at two sites was 124.5, 61.5, and 56.29 for peony, Jeffrey pine, and peony-Jeffrey pine mixed caches, respectively. Jeffrey pine seeds …
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How a Central-Place Forager (Callospermophilus lateralis) Modifies its Movement Behavior to Navigate a Risky Landscape and Maximize Fitness
… winter torpor. Unlike their scatter-hoarding and pilfering competitors, C. lateralis larder-hoards seeds year-round in a central burrow. C. lateralis cannot always be at the burrow to defend the larder from pilferers, however, because they must leave to participate in other activities such as …