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Synthesizing beaver coexistence messaging with the capability, opportunity, and motivation behavior model

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the western United States, conservation practitioners are increasingly working with private landowners to restore habitat for North American beavers (Castor canadensis) and to use nonlethal mitigation techniques when beavers damage crops and infrastructure.
Brian D. Erickson, Megan S. Jones
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Drivers of bat researchers’ intent to adopt field hygiene practices

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Infectious disease is a growing threat to wildlife, with zoonotic transmission most likely at the human–wildlife interface. One underappreciated activity at this interface is fieldwork with wild animals, but associated risks can be mitigated through field hygiene (FH) practices, such as using personal protective equipment and other appropriate
Joanna L. Coleman, Ewan A. Macdonald, Abigail L. Rutrough, Tanja M. Straka, Todd D. Little, Zachary Stickley, Tigga Kingston   +6 more
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Increased threat learning after social isolation in human adolescents

Royal Society Open Science
In animal models, social isolation impacts threat responding and threat learning, especially during development. This study examined the effects of acute social isolation on threat learning in human adolescents using an experimental, within-participant ...
E. Towner, K. Thomas, L. Tomova, S-J. Blakemore   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stewardship and Risk: An Empirically Grounded Theory of Organic Fish Farming in Scotland [PDF]

It has long been assumed ownership gives farmers incentives to act as stewards for the land. On this basis, quasi-property rights are granted to fish farmers to encourage them to manage risks to the aquatic environment.
Ciancanelli, Penelope, Coulson, Andrea, Georgakopoulos, Georgios, Kaldis, Panayiotis   +3 more
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Superintelligence as a Cause or Cure for Risks of Astronomical Suffering [PDF]

, 2017
Discussions about the possible consequences of creating superintelligence have included the possibility of existential risk, often understood mainly as the risk of human extinction. We argue that suffering risks (s-risks) , where an adverse outcome would
Gloor, Lukas, Sotala, Kaj
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The Effect of Social Anxiety on Threat Acquisition and Extinction: A Systematic Review Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Post-doc/Scientist

Although exposure-based therapy has been found to be effective at alleviating symptoms of social anxiety disorder, it often does not lead to full remission, and relapse after treatment is common. Exposure therapy is based on theoretical principles of extinction of conditioned fear responses.
Shannon Jade Wake, Carien van Reekum, Helen Dodd   +2 more
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The Effect of Social Anxiety on the Acquisition and Extinction of Low-Cost Avoidance Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Post-doc/Scientist

Excessive avoidance and safety behaviours are a hallmark feature of social anxiety disorder. However, the conditioning and extinction of avoidance behaviour in social anxiety is understudied. Here, we examined the effect of individual differences in social anxiety on low-cost operant avoidance conditioning and extinction in 80 female participants.
Shannon Jade Wake, Carien van Reekum, Helen Dodd   +2 more
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The effect of trait anxiety on attentional mechanisms in combined context and cue conditioning and extinction learning Professor of Clinical and Biological Psychology

Sensory processing and attention allocation are shaped by threat. In anxiety disorders these mechanisms are assumed to be aberrant, especially if threat is unpredictable. In the present study, we measured steady-state visual evoked potentials (ssVEPs) as an index of sensory processing of predictable and unpredictable threat cues in 29 low (LA) and 29 ...
Yannik Stegmann , Matthias J Wieser
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Cold‐blooded commerce: Characterizing and predicting trade in Australian squamates

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Despite a national ban on native wildlife exports, Australian reptile species continue to appear in international trade. Using boosted regression trees, we found that large body sizes and taxonomic family, rather than color or patterning, best predicted trade presence. We identified 59 species likely to be targeted in the future, providing key insights
Sebastian Chekunov, Rodolfo O. Anderson, Thomas A. A. Prowse, John Measey, Adam Toomes, Phillip Cassey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Generational Basis of Anti-Systemic Resistance

Journal of World-Systems Research
Scientific research, empirical evidence, and the clearly visible environmental devastation due to climate change/global warming are largely the consequences of the quest for profits of “fossil capital” that portends the greatest danger to human life.
Lauren Langman
doaj   +1 more source