Sentences with phrase «of animal responses»

A citizen science experiment will gather the biggest dataset to date of animal responses to a total eclipse.

That's why two members of our Animal Response Team were at the Alaska SeaLife Center, in Seward, recently, contributing to around - the - clock care for a rescued — and adorable — sea otter pup

That's why two members of our Animal Response Team were at the Alaska SeaLife Center, in Seward, recently, contributing to 24 - hour care for a rescued sea otter pup.

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Also see Re: Bitcoin Core and «Animal Farm» for a response to a popular criticism of this essay and further elaboration on the points.

In Texas and in Florida, with the support of donors and partners such as the Houston Humane Society, Animal Investigations and Response, the Alachua County Humane Society, San Antonio Animal Care Services, Wings of Rescue, Greater Good and country star Miranda Lambert's Mutt Nation, The HSUS transported out hundreds of animals who'd already been awaiting adoption before the storm, helping local organizations make room for evacuees» pets and storm strays.

According to the «Austrian school», one of the most basic flaws in the QTM and in many other economic theories is the treatment of the economy as an amorphous blob that shifts one way or the other in response to stimuli provided by the government, the central bank, or a vague and unpredictable force called «animal spirits».

In March, United began a comprehensive review of its transportation of animals,» United said in a statement to PEOPLE in response to news of Kokito's necropsy.

«The ASPCA is pleased to be in a position where we can assist animal shelters in Florida by helping move homeless cats and dogs out of impacted communities to free up much - needed space for owned pets displaced by the storm,» said Dick Green, senior director of Disaster Response for ASPCA Field Investigations and Response.

But I think in the context of this piece about love and how connections shape lives, the tone of your response devalues humans AND animals.

Humans are animals who have lost our instincts (our fixed, inborn patterns of response) and have developed reason, self - awareness, and autonomy to replace them.

This could include another piece of stimuli that acted as a subst itute, or that you absently nudged the animal in the right direction, or other pavlovian responses that you did not account for.

The linkage of man with an animal heritage on grounds of variation dictated simply by his response to environmental changes introduced a dominance of physical influences which could in no way be squared with the Christian doctrine of man.

Starling became celebrated for his discovery «that a strong social or «cultural» atmosphere... could in time overwhelm the genetically determined responses of perfectly normal, healthy animals.»

In discussing his results, Herman states that they demonstrate the ability of dolphins to respond correctly to semantically reversible sentences, offering «the first substantial evidence of syntactic processing of a string of lexical items by animals» (CSBD 199) 12 Evidence for such syntactic processing is found in the dolphins» correct responses to sentences having modifiers to direct and / or indirect objects: reversal errors were extremely rare.

However, at least in the higher animals, such responses can be overcome by association of other entities with the signal.

Of these two modes of psychic activity, the intelligent interpretation and response to signals was prior, since it was in continuity with animal existencOf these two modes of psychic activity, the intelligent interpretation and response to signals was prior, since it was in continuity with animal existencof psychic activity, the intelligent interpretation and response to signals was prior, since it was in continuity with animal existence.

However, I wonder how far that was inevitable given Edwards» underlying intention to provide a theology in response to the fate of the animals in evolutionary history.

We have learned so much about the intelligence, cognitive and social, of so many animals — humpback whales, orcas, bottlenose dolphins, elephants, gray parrots, dogs, and so on — all of it quite fascinating, thought - provoking, and in many cases delightful, and it seems a cruel impoverishment of our speculative and moral imaginations to dismiss it all as a process of biomechanical stimulus and response, only accidentally resembling the workings of human consciousness.

The man's response is one of joyful recognition, after too many days in the dull company of animals: «This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh!»

Batcha said that 99 percent of the 47,000 responses submitted to the FDA during the most recent comment period earlier this year found that consumers believe the organic seal indicates better animal welfare practices and advocated for the rule to become effective without further delays by Nov. 14.

The response from major retailers has been encouraging, with Coles and Woolworths responding to public concern about the treatment of animals raised for food by committing to stock fewer factory farmed products.

In response to these pressures, the number of wild animal species is dropping, but the Fish and Wildlife Service's annual budget for killing and poisoning rises inversely in magnificent adherence to Parkinson's Law.

In terms of the goal of controlling behavior, he viewed humans, and their conditioned responses, in much the same way as he viewed the animals upon which he conducted his experiments.

Over the past year, staff from Shedd Aquarium's Animal Response Team have come to the aid of animals across the globe.

The reason for this seems to be insulin - like growth factor (IGF), a protein that is released by the liver of all animals (humans included) in response to growth hormone.

The physiological responses that kept our ancestors safe do not help us in modern situations when we are not required to jump out of the way of a charging animal.

Since October, members of Shedd Aquarium's Animal Response Team have done rotating two - week shifts at the Alaska Sea Life Center to help with the around - the - clock care of a rescued beluga whale calf.

We will also monitor plants, birds, and other animals to gauge the response of the forest.

For instance, long - term monitoring of plants and selected animals by Mass Audubon scientists on our wildlife sanctuaries and across the state will allow us to track their response to climate change.

The aquarium's Animal Response Team received a call from its partner the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC), the only permitted stranded marine mammal response facility in the state, to assist in the rehabilitation of a three - month - old Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kResponse Team received a call from its partner the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC), the only permitted stranded marine mammal response facility in the state, to assist in the rehabilitation of a three - month - old Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kresponse facility in the state, to assist in the rehabilitation of a three - month - old Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni).

Last January, Shedd's Animal Response Team welcomed the seven - week - old orphaned pup and provided around - the - clock care with a team of dedicated animal trainers and veterinarians to assist her in reaching critical milesAnimal Response Team welcomed the seven - week - old orphaned pup and provided around - the - clock care with a team of dedicated animal trainers and veterinarians to assist her in reaching critical milesanimal trainers and veterinarians to assist her in reaching critical milestones.

For more than 50 years, forerunners of Shedd's current Animal Response Team have assisted partner organizations whose core missions focus on the rescue and rehabilitation of animals in need of urgent care.

One of the newest partners to join in supporting Shedd's rescue and rehabilitation programs is Dawn Dish Soap, which has committed to supporting the Animal Response Team in 2016 - 2017.

«We're privileged to work with threatened penguins every day at Shedd, and as a result, we've become experts in their biology and nature, which allows us to appropriately assess and deliver skilled care to each individual chick,» said Kurt Heizmann, Assistant Supervisor of Marine Mammals at Shedd Aquarium and Animal Response Team member on - site in South Africa.

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

Shedd Aquarium's new Animal Response Team is comprised of expert staff dedicated to responding and providing critical support for animals in times of crisis while focusing on four core areas - rescue, rehabilitation, release and rehome for the past five decades.

Taylor writes of the reception of Animal Farm that «Orwell was nervous of the wider political response, fearing - correctly, as it turned out - that a left - wing critique of Stalinism might be misrepresented as an attack on socialism per se.

This has been largely a response to disturbing reports about the cruel treatment of animals in «factory farming» - one of the most controversial and emotive issues - where the maximum number of animals are crammed into the minimum amount of space, unable to move freely, denied any kind of normal life and reduced to nothing more than products on a factory production line.

This is not to say that force is not required in the policy response to the poaching of critically endangered wild animals, but that the long history of the «War on Drugs» and organised crime teaches us that going after low level operators that can be easily replaced will do little to deter the king - pins at the top of the trade.

Wildlife / Animal Welfare had the best fundraising email response rate of any sector (0.09 %, compared to the overall average of 0.06 %).

The concern that our farmers will lose out means that the policy response has traditionally been to trim our ambitions and stifle our consciences because the theory of unfettered free trade has been considered beyond challenge and seen as a principle that trumps concerns such as animal welfare.

Whilst the severity of the outbreak must be recognised, we also need a proportionate response, and a knee - jerk ban on enabling members of the public to interact with farm animals would be just that.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the bill's sponsor, Jessica Lappin, said the legislation was a response to an animal «emergency» in New York, and released statements in support of the new law from the ASPCA and PETA, among other animal - advocacy groups.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — The Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») and Department of Emergency Services is pleased to announce that the Division of Emergency Medical Services & Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response will host a free microchip clinic for companion animals (dogs and cats).

«Researchers and managers should consider comprehensively the divergent needs and behavioral responses of those protected animals to livestock and other human activities.

The University of California, Los Angeles — led group reported in this week's Science that they may have created the «Goldilocks» of flu vaccines — one that manages to trigger a very strong immune response without making infected animals sick.

In addition to the damage that can be caused to an individual animal, «the presence of lead indirectly impacts upon the Griffon vulture population due to changes to bird behaviour, reduced reproductive success and lower immunological response,» the researcher concludes.

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«Identifying which of these candidate genes actually causes variation in responses to cold snaps will give us the potential to understand whether evolution to climate change can occur in both wild and domesticated animals, allowing us to better predict which species or breeds will be «winners» and «losers» and to better mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change on a wide range of organisms from beneficial pollinators to invasive pests,» said Theodore Morgan an associate professor of evolutionary genetics in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and senior author of the study.

These deep - diving marine mammals have similar physiological responses to those of an animal frozen in fear: Their heart rate, breathing and metabolism slow, mimicking a «deer in the headlights» reaction.