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Human activity recognition of children with wearable devices using LightGBM machine learning

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Human activity recognition (HAR) using machine learning (ML) methods has been a continuously developed method for collecting and analyzing large amounts of human behavioral data using special wearable sensors in the past decade. Our main goal was to find
Gábor Csizmadia   +4 more
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Word learning dogs (Canis familiaris) provide an animal model for studying exceptional performance

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Exceptional performance is present in various human activities but its origins are debated and challenging to study. We report evidence of exceptional performance and qualitative variation in learning object-names in dogs.
Claudia Fugazza   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The trace fossil gyrochorte: ethology and paleoecology

open access: yesSpanish Journal of Palaeontology, 2021
Specimens of the trace fossil Gyrochorle from the Ordovician, Jurassic and Cretaceous of Utah, and the Pliocene of Spain are described. These occurrences expand the stratigraphic range of the ichnogenus, and allow for a re­ examination of this ...
J. Gibert, Jacob S. Benner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investigating responses to object-labels in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Since the dawn of comparative cognitive research, dogs were suspected to possess some capacity for responding to human spoken language. Neuroimaging studies have supported the existence of relevant mechanisms, but convincing behavioral performance is ...
Hanna Kőszegi   +5 more
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Two valid and reliable tests for monitoring age-related memory performance and neophobia differences in dogs

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
The prolonged lifespan of companion dogs has resulted in increased behavioural and physical challenges linked to old age. The development of behavioural tests to identify and monitor age-related differences has begun.
Patrizia Piotti   +4 more
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Multivariate methods and small sample size: combining with small effect size [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This manuscript is the author's response to: "Dochtermann, N.A. & Jenkins, S.H. Multivariate methods and small sample\ud sizes, Ethology, 117, 95-101." and accompanies this paper: "Budaev, S.
Budaev, Dr. Sergey V.
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Effect of wither application of an analogue of pig appeasing pheromone on encounters between unfamiliar mini-pigs

open access: yesPorcine Health Management, 2022
Background The practice of mixing unfamiliar pigs on farms is common but results in fighting, welfare problems and performance issues. Pigs have different ways of resolving social conflicts, including aggressive and affiliative behaviours.
Míriam Marcet-Rius   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethology and Overwintering of \u3ci\u3ePodalonia Luctuosa\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The nesting and overwintering behavior of Podalonia luctuosa (Smith) was studied in New York and Colorado. Females provisioned shallow (ca. 2 cm deep), unicellular nests with a single cutworm (Noctuidae) during April, May, and July.
Kurczewski, Frank E, O\u27Brien, Mark F
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The Role of Ethological Observation for Measuring Animal Reactions to Biotelemetry Devices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper presents a methodological approach used to assess the wearability of biotelemetry devices in animals. A detailed protocol to gather quantitative and qualitative ethological observations was adapted and tested in an experimental study of 13 cat
Mancini, Clara   +2 more
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Importance of ethology in the education of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnique at Universidad de La Salle “pedagogic reflection and bibliographic contributions”

open access: yesRevista de Medicina Veterinaria, 2007
The following document arises from the study, reflection of the educational and professional practice of its authors, in order to socialize arguments, concepts and methodologies offered by the sciences of the behavior animal (among them the ethology), to
María Teresa Uribe Mallarino   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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