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The Reversibility of Differential Rearing in Rats
… the potential reversibility of differential rearing. Rats raised in IC and later shifted to EC did not perform as well at Test 2 as rats initially raised in EC and later shifted to IC. Discussion centers on possible reasons for these results.</p>
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Insect rearing: agri-food, welfare and feed sustainability - BEFWelSust
… the gap between food and feed sectors. The BSF rearing industry is expanding rapidly, which requires further knowledge of the key factors that characterise insect rearing, such as diet and welfare. The aim of the thesis project is to introduce and develop a sustainable insect-to-feed chain based …
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Indoor Versus Outdoor Calf Rearing at Three Weaning Ages
… Dakota State University showed some advantage of rearing calves in individual portable outside pens rather than in the conventional enclosed calf barn used by most dairymen in the state. This study was initiated to determine some of the advantage an outdoor rearing system held over the …
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Development of a diet for rearing juvenile freshwater mussels
… a study was undertaken to develop a diet for rearing juvenile mussels, with the goal of long-term propagation of rare species. Three trials were conducted to test various tri-algal and commercial diets and to determine the influence of silt in survival and growth of the rainbow mussel (Villosa …
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Validation of a Parental Tolerance Measure: The Child Rearing Inventory
… the validity of one of these measures, the Child Rearing Inventory (CRI). In the present study, parental tolerance as measured by the CRI was compared to other standardized measures of parent and child behaviors and observational data obtained from mother and child interactions. Scores on the CRI …
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Movements and Habitat Use By Hen Pheasants During Brood Rearing
… on movements and cover preferences for brood rearing. Most studies of the type of cover utilized by pheasant broods have been based on roadside and random field observations. Kozicky and Hendrickson (1951) carried out studies of the type of cover used by broods in Iowa. Hammer (1965) in …
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An Ecological Approach to Feed Management in Fish Rearing Ponds
… I conducted an experiment in age-0 catfish rearing ponds using three different rates of feed addition (no feeding, 1%, or 3% body-weight/day, BW/d). Ponds in the 3% BW/d treatment had low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations and their surface became covered by filamentous green algae. …
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A communicative approach to understanding intergenerational conflict over child rearing
… intergenerational conflict over child rearing from a communicative perspective. The theoretical lens of relational dialectics was used to study opposing forces that exist between grandparents and parents. Through 12 semi-structured interviews with parents of children under the age of …
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The Influence of Permissive Child Rearing Practices on Personality Development
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College course enrollment and its relationship to child-rearing attitudes
… of this research was to study whether child-rearing attitudes would differ over time in three different classes in the Department of Management, Housing and Family Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. These classes were Creative Expression of Young Children (Class …
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Maximizing profits for a commercial salmon rearing facility using linear programming
A linear programming model of a commercial salmon rearing facility is formulated. A scheme is provided for facility expansion at an optimum rate, maximizing profit to the grower. The variables are the number of fish started in each year and the number of fresh water ponds and salt water pens to …
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Zebrafish Retinal Development and the Effects of Abnormal Light Rearing Conditions
… In addition, after exposure to abnormal light rearing conditions, larvae zebrafish showed deficits in visual behavior, even though there appears to be no effect on the gross morphology of the young zebrafish retina. The purpose of the present study was to use a physiological approach to assess …
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Development of an Algal Diet for Rearing Juvenile Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae)
… algal diets, S. quadricauda and N. oculata, for rearing captive juveniles of V. iris in 145-L recirculating culture systems was compared. Juveniles were fed their assigned diet at a density rate of approximately 30,000 cells/ml for 42 days, and sampled weekly for percent survival and shell …
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Acute and Chronic Effects of Artificial Rearing on Rat Genioglossus Muscle
… the GG following an early period of artificial rearing, which reduced nutritive suckling. Beginning at three days of age Sprague-Dawley rats were fed via implanted gastric cannula until postnatal day 14 (P14). At P14, artificially reared (AR) rat pups were either placed with a lactating dam …
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A Study of Child Rearing Attitudes of Mothers of Gifted Children
… exist between the attitudes toward child rearing and family life of mothers of gifted children and the attitudes toward child rearing and family life of mothers of non-gifted children of the same age, living in the same community, and attending the same schools.
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