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Phenotypic Characteristics Associated with Shelter Dog Adoption in the United States

Animals, 2020
The objective of this study was to identify phenotypic characteristics of dogs predictive of adoption after being received into a shelter. Individual dog records for 2017 were requested from shelters in five states that received municipal funding and ...
Cassie J. Cain, Kimberly A. Woodruff, David R. Smith   +2 more
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Civilising pedagogies: An ethnography of instructional and regulative discourses in government schools in Delhi, India

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
wiley   +1 more source

Prey aggregation is an effective olfactory predator avoidance strategy [PDF]

, 2014
Predator–prey interactions have a major effect on species abundance and diversity, and aggregation is a well-known anti-predator behaviour. For immobile prey, the effectiveness of aggregation depends on two conditions: (a) the inability of the predator ...
Dunn, Alison M., Johannesen, Asa, Morrell, Lesley J.   +2 more
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Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts richness in an era of curriculum reform

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As England embarks on its first comprehensive curriculum review in fifteen years, this paper offers critical insights from schools that sustained arts‐rich provision despite a policy landscape hostile to creative subjects. Drawing on data from the Researching Arts‐rich Primary Schools (RAPS) project—a mixed‐methods study of 76 arts‐rich ...
Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability and welfare of Podolian cattle [PDF]

, 2005
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the sustainability and welfare of extensively farmed Podolian cattle. A trained interviewer visited 50 farms and filled in a checklist which included four cards corresponding to the following animal categories:
BRAGHIERI A., DE ROSA, GIUSEPPE, GIROLAMI A., NAPOLITANO F., PACELLI C.   +4 more
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The Effect of Shelter on Oxidative Stress and Aggressive Behavior in Crested Newt Larvae (Triturus spp.)

Animals, 2020
Shelters are important for animal survival. Provision of adequate hiding places allow animals to express their natural sheltering behavior and it can have different positive effects on cortisol levels, physiological processes and mental performance ...
Tamara G. Petrović, Tijana Z. Vučić, Sonja Z. Nikolić, Jelena P. Gavrić, Svetlana G. Despotović, Branka R. Gavrilović, Tijana B. Radovanović, Caterina Faggio, Marko D. Prokić   +8 more
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Physical and Behavioral Measures that Predict Cats' Socialization in an Animal Shelter Environment during a Three-Day Period [PDF]

, 2013
Information from surveys completed by the cats' caregivers provided a score for the level of socialization of cats. We examined the effectiveness of structured assessments and measures in their ability to distinguish More and Less Socialized cats in a ...
Katherine Miller, Laurie Garrison, Margaret Slater   +2 more
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Behavioral thermoregulation in the American lobster Homarus americanus [PDF]

, 1995
It is generally accepted that water temperature has a strong influence on the behavior of the American lobster Homarus americanus. However, there is surprisingly little behavioral evidence to support this view. To haracterize
Al-Ayoub, Saud Abdulazziz, Crossin, Glenn T., Jury, Steven H., Watson, Winsor H., III   +3 more
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Vacancy defect‐induced electron homing breaks phosphodiester bonds for RNA depletion‐driven cancer therapy

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Illustration of 5% S‐vacancy Bi2S3 mediated phosphodiester bonds cleavage in RNA of hepatocellular carcinoma cells, which suppressing ERI3 expression, inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Abstract Genome‐wide hypertranscription is a hallmark of malignant progression.
Chuncheng Yang, Zehao Shen, Guangming Xiang, Zhe Liu, Huaxin Liu, Jiabei Li, Ao Wang, Yelin Wu, Peiran Zhao, Xingwu Jiang, Jinghan Wang, Xiaoqing Jiang, Wenbo Bu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A further study of the Quaternary antelopes of Shelter Cave, New Mexico [PDF]

, 1932
Since the preliminary description of Tetrameryx? conklingi from Quaternary deposits in Shelter Cave, New Mexico, additional materials of this interesting antilocaprid species have been obtained in the course of further excavations in the cavern by Mr. R.
Stock, Chester
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