Sentences with phrase «study general behavior»

The experiment, designed to study general behavior of reptiles in weightlessness, added to growing evidence that it's not just kittens and baby chimps that play, but also birds, reptiles, fish and even invertebrates, including spiders and wasps.

Not exact matches

Behavior experts David Whitebread and Sue Bingham of the University of Cambridge reviewed previous studies to determine how children learn in general, and how they learn about money in particular.

The research continued, and in May 1982 the National Institute of Mental Health released the findings of a ten - year follow - up to the surgeon general's 1972 study: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

In fact many studies show that the quality of life and behavior in general is often better in less religious cultures.

If they are not relevant, then mere behavior, as causally conditioned spatio - temporal changes and nothing more, is the only universal principle, and what we learn by studying animals adds nothing (beyond unusual complexity or subtlety) to our concept of reality in general.

But research continued, and in May of 1982, the National Institute for Mental Health released the findings of a 10 - year follow up on the Surgeon General «s 1972 Study entitled Television and Behavior: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the pBehavior: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the pbehavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

The study captured the opinions and behaviors of more than 5,000 moms and members of the general population as well as an ethnography study of 23 moms that included over 1,000 text logs, 200 video entries, and 32 hours of in - home interviews.

There have been many studies on the general populations» sun - protective behaviors, but until now there has been little research into how hyperpigmentation patients are shielding themselves from the sun.

Our studies suggest that direct activation of membrane chloride conductances is a general mechanism of action for biogenic amines in the modulation of C. elegans behavior.

A new study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, establishes expert consensus about treatment approaches that should be implemented when these behaviors arise.

The survey began with a group of some 3000 women who were pregnant in 1983 and followed the general health, nutrition, medical care, and survival of their children; it has since expanded into an intergenerational study of health, education, and sexual behavior as those children grew up and are now having children of their own.

We hope that these studies of the little larva will bring us a step closer to understanding the neural and genetic basis of behavior in general.

In the present study we evaluate the motor and cognitive behavior and general health of the new CAG 190 KI line at multiple time points to investigate the onset and progression of disease - related deficits.

But hundreds of studies show that human behavior, in general, is «catchable».

Although it's true that the Type - A personality profile in general can be more prone to cardiovascular disease and death (one study found that more than a third of all cardiovascular patients had the Type - A behavior pattern), it's also completely misleading.

But, «the type of treatment effects reported in this study, even though the investigators referred to increases in levels of «hyperactivity,» were not the disruptive excessive hyperactivity behaviors of ADHD but more likely the type of overactivity exhibited occasionally by the general population of preschool and school age children.»

The studies point to the programs» potential power to promote the general health, fitness, and wellness of young people by keeping them active, fostering the importance of healthy behaviors, and providing healthy snacks.

Behavior problems in 3 - year - olds, such as aggression and hyperactivity, may be related to mental health, substance abuse, and other difficulties their mothers experienced within a year of giving birth, according to a study in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.

Consumer behavior analysis is the study of individual, group, or organization and the process utilized by them to purchase, select, use and dispose of the products, services, ideas, experiences, etc. and effect of these choices on the society in general.

The consumer behavior analysis case study is the staple of students of marketing, general management, etc..

Anyone who thinks that the bounce means that the current bear market is over would do well to study the behavior of bear markets past (quite aside from simply looking at the plethora of data about the economy in general, the cyclical nature of long - run corporate earnings and price - earnings multiples over the same cycle).

A recent study adds to a growing body of literature that should put to rest, once and for all, the false notion that dogs in shelters are in shelters because there is something wrong with them: «Nothing in the prevalence estimates we reviewed suggest that overall, dogs who come to spend time in a shelter (and are not screened out based on history or behavior at intake or shortly thereafter) are dramatically more or less inclined toward problematic warning or biting behavior than are pet dogs in general.»

Moreover, there a many scientific studies with dogs on coconut oil showing how it positively affects their health, skin, behavior and other aspects of a dog's general well - being.

Not every program has the exact same curriculum, but in general you will study most of these courses: anatomy, physiology, terminology, pharmacology, diagnostic imaging, anesthesiology, parasitology, microbiology, chemistry, nutrition, behavior, practice management, communication, and large and small animal medicine.

October 8, 2005 Sunnyvale, CA An Advanced Course: Management of the Ferret for Veterinary Professionals SESSION I: Emergency Medicine & Critical Care — N. Antinoff SESSION II: Oncology General Oncology Overview and Tips for Treating Ferrets with Cancer - N. Antinoff Lymphoma: A retrospective review of disease, diagnostics, and treatment — N. Antinoff A new lymphoma chemotherapy protocol for ferrets — Preliminary observations - J. Mayer SESSION III: Gastrointestinal & Hepatic Diseases — M. Burgess SESSION IV: Studying Ferret Behavior — V. Staton SESSION V: Disseminated Idiopathic Myositis — An Emerging Disease — K. Ramsell CASE REPORTS — R. Gandolfi / A.

We are recruiting helpers for two periods; - late August to mid December: focus is elephant seal breeding, killer whale predation on weaned elephant seal pups, establishment of pairs and territories by skuas - mid December to late March: focus is elephant seal moulting, genaral killer whale activity and behavior, intensive study of skuas behaviour and communication, monitoring of breeding of marine birds and raptors, collection of general environmental data Only applicants who can stay for a whole period (about 3 months and a half) can be taken into consideration.

Howard et al37 studied preschool - aged children who received intensive behavior analytic treatment, intensive «eclectic» intervention, and general intervention in public early - intervention programs.

Parental mental illness Relatively little has been written about the effect of serious and persistent parental mental illness on child abuse, although many studies show that substantial proportions of mentally ill mothers are living away from their children.14 Much of the discussion about the effect of maternal mental illness on child abuse focuses on the poverty and homeless - ness of mothers who are mentally ill, as well as on the behavior problems of their children — all issues that are correlated with involvement with child welfare services.15 Jennifer Culhane and her colleagues followed a five - year birth cohort among women who had ever been homeless and found an elevated rate of involvement with child welfare services and a nearly seven - times - higher rate of having children placed into foster care.16 More direct evidence on the relationship between maternal mental illness and child abuse in the general population, however, is strikingly scarce, especially given the 23 percent rate of self - reported major depression in the previous twelve months among mothers involved with child welfare services, as shown in NSCAW.17

First, the few studies that have followed participants beyond the immediate intervention period (6 months or less) have noted a decay of intervention effect on behavior over time, 5,6 prompting members of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel: Intervention to Prevent HIV Risk Behavior to identify sustainability of program effectiveness as 1 of the most important questions that professionals who are concerned with risk prevention face.7 A challenge for behavioral change interventions in general, this issue is particularly vexing for interventions that target decreased involvement in sex and substance use with advancing age during adolescence.8, 9 Second, multiple behaviors (sex without a condom, sex with multiple partners, substance use before sex, etc) directly and indirectly place individuals at risk for acquisitionbehavior over time, 5,6 prompting members of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel: Intervention to Prevent HIV Risk Behavior to identify sustainability of program effectiveness as 1 of the most important questions that professionals who are concerned with risk prevention face.7 A challenge for behavioral change interventions in general, this issue is particularly vexing for interventions that target decreased involvement in sex and substance use with advancing age during adolescence.8, 9 Second, multiple behaviors (sex without a condom, sex with multiple partners, substance use before sex, etc) directly and indirectly place individuals at risk for acquisitionBehavior to identify sustainability of program effectiveness as 1 of the most important questions that professionals who are concerned with risk prevention face.7 A challenge for behavioral change interventions in general, this issue is particularly vexing for interventions that target decreased involvement in sex and substance use with advancing age during adolescence.8, 9 Second, multiple behaviors (sex without a condom, sex with multiple partners, substance use before sex, etc) directly and indirectly place individuals at risk for acquisition of HIV.

Using confirmation theory, this study investigated how romantic couples» (N = 100) accepting and challenging communication was associated with several weight management (WM) outcomes (i.e., partners» general effectiveness in motivating each other to enact healthy behaviors, productivity of WM conversations, and diet and exercise behaviors).

Evidence for General Aggression Model: Meta - Analysis Findings: Anderson et al. [2004] 35 studies examined Found that video game violence exposure is related to: increases in aggressive affect, cognition and behavior increases in physiological arousal; decreases in helping behavior.

Measures utilized include a demographics questionnaire, Locke - Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (LWMAT), the Center for Epidemiological Studies on Depression Scale (CES - D), the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI), and the General Life Satisfaction Questionnaire.

However, these studies investigated externalizing behavior in general (e.g., anger or stubbornness) rather than (severe) delinquency.

Although the model describes the development of antisocial behavior in terms of clinical diagnoses (e.g., CD and APD), in this study, we tested how well the model would describe the development of antisocial behaviors measured as continuous variables in the general population.

Although smoking, alcohol and illicit drug use might as behaviors have very different individual effects, they can be combined into a single category insofar as previous studies suggest that the use of these three substances is correlated or comorbid (e.g., Farrell et al. 1992; Lynskaey et al. 1998) and also, because they comprise a general type of deviant behavior often associated with externalizing behavior problems (e.g., Timmermans et al. 2008).

The current study highlights the importance of considering interpersonal behaviors and perceptions at the relationship - general and relationship - specific levels.

One major limitation of the current study was that although it was shown that support - seeking could be conceptualized at relationship - general and relationship - specific levels, the findings revolved around a «trait» approach to coping behaviors and captured only the typical ways in which people communicate stress across different relationships (general) and within each type of relationship (specific).

Thus, it is important for future research on social relationships to employ a technique similar to the current study in order to partition the correlation between interpersonal behavior and perception into relationship - general and relationship - specific levels.

Multi-disciplinary health and development studies have illustrated the factors most closely correlated with DV were associated with general criminal offending, a scope of mental health problems, academic failure, economic resource deficits, and early onset anti-social behavior.

For example, Gray and colleagues (Gray, Indurkhya, & McCormick, 2004) found LBW / PT children in the IHDP study to have twice the prevalence of behavior problems expected in the general child population.

Goals for therapy may be specific (changes in behavior, improved relations with friends or family, improved study habits and organizational skills), or more general (less anxiety, improved confidence and self - esteem).

In sum, there is evidence from several general population studies that different temperament traits are associated to both internalizing and externalizing problems and there is also evidence for specific temperament traits predicting specific problem behavior.

However, in contrast to studies in general population children, there are few studies on the relation between temperament traits and internalizing and externalizing problem behavior in young clinically referred children.

Therefore, this study investigated temperament traits and their associations with internalizing and externalizing problem behavior in young clinically referred children and compared the strenghts of these associations to an age and gender matched general population sample.

Thus, our study was designed to (a) examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of PANSI in a sample of adult clinical outpatients in Malaysia (b) examine the reliability and validity of PANSI with other measures of suicide behavior and general psychopathology.

(a, b, and c) Predicted prevalence (%) of adolescent weight status and weight - related behaviors by general family environment among female participants in the Growing Up Today Study 2

(a, b, and c) Predicted prevalence (%) of adolescent weight status and weight - related behaviors by general family environment among male participants in the Growing Up Today Study 2