This apparently
minor difference in behavior can have catastrophic consequences for commercial fruit - growers, and has made the species into a crop pest.
For now the focus of the experiment is sheep, but the dogs could also guard cattle,
although differences in behavior between sheep and cattle could make it difficult.
Those who know what a healthy pet acts, feels, and smells like can
spot differences in behavior and bodies and determine whether a trip to the veterinarian is necessary.
Some very elegant behavioral studies have shown that dogs spayed after having a litter, versus those spayed before reaching puberty, have no
significant differences in their behavior and loving temperament.
9) Behavioral differences among breeds of dogs - current status of science - This blog entry analyzes a peer - reviewed research paper that highlights the current status of what is known about breed
differences in behavior based on science (not bloggers, or hysteria).
Bailey and Zucker examined sex - typed behavior — that long, now scientifically canonical list of innate
sex differences in the behaviors of young males versus young females.
«These are nice results,» he says, «and they show there's a methylation system present and that genetic methylation is associated
with differences in behavior and development.»
Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease, for example, show
differences in their behavior from controls, trying to avoid stress rather than dealing with it, for example10.
Schools will be reluctant to take these cases to court for they always face the risk that ED and DOJ will claim that the
observed differences in behavior were themselves caused by racially insensitive or inappropriate district policies.»
But just as much of the racial achievement gap can be explained by out - of - school factors, so too, I suspect, can much of the racial suspensions gap be explained
by differences in behavior that are driven in large part by those same background factors.
The app has an Away Mode for providing behavioral information when you're out of the house, a Guest Mode for tracking
differences in behavior when your dog is with a sitter or at a kennel, and a Challenge Mode that has mini-games meant to encourage you to spend quality time with your pet.
To examine
cross-cultural differences in behavior upon witnessing peer victimization and the reasons behind the behavior, this study evaluated the responses of early adolescents from both the United States and Taiwan.
Abstract: To examine cross-cultural
differences in behavior upon witnessing peer victimization and the reasons behind the behavior, this study evaluated the responses of early adolescents from both the United States and Taiwan.
DUNE scientists will also look
for differences in behavior between neutrinos and their antimatter counterparts, antineutrinos, which could provide clues to why matter exists at all and why matter and antimatter didn't annihilate each other after the Big Bang.
«Generally, men have a greater involvement in violence than women, and so it is not surprising that drinking alcohol exposes some of this
underlying difference in behaviors.»
Written by an internationally recognized family expert and New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Kevin Leman shows you simple things you can begin doing to make a HUGE
positive difference in the behavior and life of your teenager in a week's time.
In the meantime, parents shouldn't be too worried: The
average difference in behavior issues between kids with various types of fillings was so small that «they would not be noticeable for most children.»
The study of gender differences in the brain and the
resulting differences in behavior dates back to the mid-1800s, with the classic experiment of German physician Arnold Berthold, who showed that testicular secretions were essential for the normal expression of male actions.
That notion got a boost last year when a team at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center observed a small but
distinct difference in the behavior of certain matter and antimatter particles.
In addition to previous work on arctic ground squirrel hibernation and
seasonal differences in behavior, the finding is helping his team figure out why males tend to be more susceptible to being eaten.
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Most differences in behavior develop through experience,» says neuroscientist Lise Eliot of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago.