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Signaling in a polluted world: oxidative stress as an overlooked mechanism linking contaminants to animal communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The capacity to communicate effectively with other individuals plays a critical role in the daily life of an individual and can have important fitness consequences.
Costantini, David, Marasco, Valeria
core   +1 more source

Interactive rhythms across species: The evolutionary biology of animal chorusing and turn-taking

open access: yes, 2019
The study of human language is progressively moving toward comparative and interactive frameworks, extending the concept of turn‐taking to animal communication.
Greenfield, M., Ravignani, A., Verga, L.
core   +1 more source

What is a robot companion - friend, assistant or butler? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The study presented in this paper explored people's perceptions and attitudes towards the idea of a future robot companion for the home. A human-centred approach was adopted using questionnaires and human-robot interaction trials to derive data from 28 ...
Dautenhahn, K.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Patient Activation in Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Current Insights and Implications for Survivorship Care—A Systematic Review From the e‐QuoL Project

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Patient activation—encompassing knowledge, confidence, and skills in managing individual's health—is a cornerstone of person‐centered care. However, its significance among childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors (CAYACS) remains unexplored. This article examines the application of the 13‐item Patient Activation Measure (
Charlotte Demoor‐Goldschmidt   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conjugating Time and Frequency: Hemispheric Specialization, Acoustic Uncertainty, and the Mustached Bat

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2015
A prominent hypothesis of hemispheric specialization for human speech and music, states that the left and right auditory cortices (ACs) are respectively specialized for precise calculation of two canonically-conjugate variables: time and frequency. This
Stuart Dante Washington   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robust rhythm reporting will advance ecological and evolutionary research

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Rhythmicity in the millisecond to second range is a fundamental building block of communication and coordinated movement. But how widespread are rhythmic capacities across species, and how did they evolve under different environmental pressures ...
Taylor A. Hersh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aping Language: Historical Perspectives on the Quest for Semantics, Syntax, and Other Rarefied Properties of Human Language in the Communication of Primates and Other Animals

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
In 1980, Robert Seyfarth, Dorothy Cheney and Peter Marler published a landmark paper in Science claiming language-like semantic communication in the alarm calls of vervet monkeys.
Drew Rendall
doaj   +1 more source

Communication in animal health and welfare planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The project ‘Minimising medicine use in organic dairy herds through animal health and welfare promotion’ is focused on animal welfare assessment and its role in the active use of animal health plans in order to improve animal health and welfare on ...
Smolders, Gidi   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Exploring Preferences for a Digital Single‐Session Intervention for Adolescent Siblings of Youth With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent siblings of children with cancer are at elevated risk for psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, various barriers such as limited family time and resources, conflicting schedules, and psychosocial staffing constraints at cancer centers hinder sibling access to support.
Christina M. Amaro   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Course and Impact of Breaks in Therapy for Children With Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pediatric relapsed or refractory (R/R) solid tumors carry a dismal prognosis, and postrelapse patient experiences are not well described. We present postrelapse outcomes, including number of R/R events and subsequent therapy regimens.
Matthew T. McEvoy   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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