Sentences with phrase «research on behaviour»

Researchers students research on behaviour and activities of cats.

The SILABE platform (Simian Laboratory Europe) was created in January 2011, on the location of the Center de Primatology (University of Strasbourg) supporting academic research on behaviour and cognition of non-human primates (NHP).

Not exact matches

The focus of the conference on food loss and waste issues and how wasted food can be better managed, was particularly relevant to my PhD research, which is on domestic food waste behaviours and policies in the CQ region.

Bringing together leading researchers from across Europe, The Center for Food and Hospitality Research at the Institut Paul Bocuse, held a symposium on the subject of Social and Cross-cultural Factors of Culinary and Eating Behaviours.

The Committee recommends that the Minister for Health and Ageing commission research into the effect of the advertising of food products with limited nutritional value on the eating behaviour of children and other vulnerable groups.

The Original Play ® programme is the result of thirty years of research on children's, adults» and wild animals» play behaviour.

We produced a new research summary on Anti-Social Behaviour and Fathers, to help inform ongoing and future policy work around fathers / fatherhood and crime; we also provided background research material for other policy work.

We produced research briefings on young fathers (to read this briefing click here) and on fathers and anti-social behaviour (click here), and our chief executive attended the Prime Minister's roundtable on youth crime strategy.

The effects of contingent music and differential reinforcement on infantile colic, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 119 - 125 Gooding, L. (2010).

Birthing practices that isolate women from their innate capacity to birth can interfere with these behaviours because women then focus on breastfeeding as a left brained activity when actually research has shown us it is more of a right brained activity (Smilie 2008).

The various speakers were academics speaking about research they have done for their respective institution's rather than HIPP organic and I did not necessarily feel they were giving formula the hard sell; however, the topics were obliquely related to formula feeding the most recent being «Food, mood and children's behaviour» led by Dr Alex Richardson of Oxford University this focussed on the benefits of Omega 3.

Research on home visitation programs has not been able to show that these programs have a strong and consistent effect on participating children and families, but modest effects have been repeatedly reported for children's early development and behaviour and parenting behaviours and discipline practices.

In addition, his research has involved the remarkable effects of continuous emotional and social support for the mother by a skilled labor support woman (the doula) on decreasing the complications of labor, changing the psychology of the mother and improving her behaviour with her infant.

Also, research on temperament suggests the importance of education to help child - care workers, teachers and parents realize that children's behaviour and emotions are not solely the result of social learning.

Mothers reported more symptoms of psychological distress24, 25 and low self - efficacy.26, 27 And, although mothers report more depressive symptoms at the time their infants are experiencing colic, 28,29 research on maternal depression 3 months after the remittance of infant colic is mixed.30, 31 The distress mothers of colic infants report may arise out of their difficulties in soothing their infants as well as within their everyday dyadic interactions.32 The few studies to date that have examined the long - term consequences of having a colicky child, however, indicate that there are no negative outcomes for parent behaviour and, importantly, for the parent - child relationship.

For Jané the introduction of the new i - Size standard offers an opportunity to carry on incorporating advances in safety, to carry on researching with greater precision (the new Q series dummies give more detailed information and offer greater biofidelity) and it also, very significantly, means we can carry on raising awareness and encouraging a change in behaviour with regards the installation and use of safety seats».

As a doctoral student in Politics (DPhil), Raphael's current research examines the impact of electoral rules on legislative behaviour as well as determinants of MP - level party loyalty in European legislatures.

At first glance, research suggests that the ERS is correct in their argument: central party control over candidate selection and position on party lists tends to increase party unity in legislative behaviour.

Chris» current research focuses on political behaviour and elections in Britain.

NH: The book offers a diverse set of viewpoints on important social, political and economic change underway in China as well as the interconnectedness that drives its international behaviour — but are there any areas that future research in this area should cover, perhaps the role of the Chinese media?

An editorial in The Lancet suggested the ACMD did not have sufficient evidence to judge the harms caused by this drug class and warned: «Making the drug illegal will also deter crucial research on this drug and other drug - related behaviour, and it will be far more difficult for people with problems to get help.»

Max's research interests focus on various questions in European politics; recent projects have examined new parties in British politics, dissolution of legislatures in OECD countries, and the careers and social behaviour of MPs.

The report called for more government action to take account of litter and littering behaviour in the design of Britain's public spaces, based on research that an intelligent approach to designing public spaces can reduce littering at no extra cost to taxpayers.

Diabetes UK is working for a future without diabetes and we call on the government to work with us in prioritising diabetes research that will lead to the prevention of Type 2 diabetes and long term behaviour change and join us in supporting the long term vision of identifying cures for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Professor Robert West, Cancer Research UK's director of tobacco studies at the Health Behaviour Research Centre at UCL, said: «The smoke - free law has been a huge boost to smokers trying to quit, but radical action is now needed to build on this success.»

While it said there was «unclear» evidence that free school lunches raised attainment, it pointed to its own research on free school breakfasts in disadvantaged schools delivering similar academic benefits to free school lunches, but «significantly improved» behaviour and concentration, and reduced absences.

In The Anatomy of Violence, Adrian Raine makes a strong case — often based on his own research — that distinct biological traits shape criminal behaviour

Ultimately, says Nader Perroud of the University of Geneva in Switzerland, if suicidal behaviour is considered as a disease in its own right, it will become possible to conduct more focused, evidence - based research on it and medications that treat it effectively.

Research in behavioural science has demonstrated how even very minimal cues or «nudges» can sometimes have a powerful influence on human behaviour and decision - making.

Prof. Peters with his research team are now developing a model that calculates the properties and behaviour of snow masses under high and low strain rates based on the structure of microscopic snow particles.

«The general aim of our research on New Caledonian crows is to determine how a «bird brain» can produce such complex tools and tool behaviour.

The research adds to a growing body of evidence underscoring how specific experiences are necessary to shape the developing brain, and how the absence of specific inputs can have long - lasting effects on perception, neural processing, and behaviour.

A new research study in the International Journal of Business Environment suggests that content providers must take a pragmatic view based on social consensus to persuade illicit downloaders that their behaviour is economically and ethically unacceptable behaviour among their peer group or other social group to which they belong.

Researchers at the Health Behaviour Research Centre at UCL analysed data from the Smoking Toolkit study — which provides the latest information on smoking and smoking cessation in England — and data on the percentage of the smokers who set a quit date with Stop Smoking Services.

Instead, they have commissioned new research projects on the prevalence of HIV and risky behaviours in prisons.

«The police cooperate, nobody is hostile,» says Gerry Stimson, director of the London - based Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour.

Limited previous research provides evidence that simulated behaviours do reflect those observed on road.

Dr Neha Issar - Brown, Programme Leader for the Population and Systems Medicine Board at the Medical Research Council, said: «Sexual behaviour, or rather risky sexual behaviour, can have a negative impact on several other areas of a young adult's life, including their general well - being and health.

Building on existing research (Kirschner and Tomasello in 20102) which found that making music significantly improves pro-social behaviour in young children) the current study investigated not only the potential effects of music making (singing or playing an instrument) on pro-sociability but also its effects on problem - solving and whether there was a difference between boys and girls.

A new theory that has sprung from research on prairie voles says that at least some of those disparities evolved not to create differences in behaviour or ability, but to prevent them.

In a follow - on project to be conducted in collaboration with MedUni Vienna's Institute of Pharmacology and Center for Addiction Research and Science (AddRess) and, in particular, with drug and dopamine expert Harald Sitte, amongst others, the objective is now to find out whether, and, if so, how, activation of DeltaFosB can be prevented and how this highly promising starting point can be used to treat the onset of addictive behaviour.

Ongoing research in the Morris lab is investigating the impact of lifestyle measures such as exercise on gut microbiota and behaviour, and testing novel interventions.

The research participants answered questionnaires on eating behaviour, weight, health and psychological wellbeing at age 24 and again, ten years later at age 34.

The research shows that the modelling effect is stronger in older children than in younger children, which also suggests that relying on external rather than internal cues for how much to eat is a learnt behaviour.

Our research showed it resulted in a marked effect on their shopping behaviour.»

Researchers from OIST's Brain Mechanism for Behaviour Unit, Neurobiology Research Unit, and Physics and Biology Unit collaborated on this study.

New research from University of Liverpool scientists has cast doubt on the theory that neurological behaviour is a product of culture in people of Chinese origin.

«However, given the observational design, the relative magnitude of effect of physical activity and sedentary behaviour on health needs further examination through experimental or intervention level research.»

Yet Raine's only links to crime, he swears, are through his research on the biological and genetic links to criminal and violent behaviour.

In the first study, Andrea Smith (Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, and Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge) and colleagues examined the results of 23 cohort studies on the relationship between physical activity (PA) and incidence of T2D.