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Central mechanisms mediating the hypophagic effects of oleoylethanolamide and N-acylphosphatidylethanolamines: different lipid signals? [PDF]

, 2015
The spread of "obesity epidemic" and the poor efficacy of many anti-obesity therapies in the long-term highlight the need to develop novel efficacious therapy. This necessity stimulates a large research effort to find novel mechanisms controlling feeding
Gaetani, Silvana, Passani, Maria B., Provensi, Gustavo, Romano, Adele, Tempesta, Bianca   +4 more
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Motor control of Drosophila feeding behavior

eLife, 2017
The precise coordination of body parts is essential for survival and behavior of higher organisms. While progress has been made towards the identification of central mechanisms coordinating limb movement, only limited knowledge exists regarding the generation and execution of sequential motor action patterns at the level of individual motoneurons. Here
Xinyu Liu, Xinyu Liu, Olivia Schwarz, Olivia Schwarz, Olivia Schwarz, Heinrich Reichert, K. VijayRaghavan, Ali Asgar Bohra, Jan Pielage, Jan Pielage, Jan Pielage   +10 more
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Stability in the feeding practices and styles of low-income mothers: questionnaire and observational analyses

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Background During the last two decades, researchers have devoted considerable attention to the role of maternal feeding behaviors, practices, and styles in the development of obesity in young children.
Karina Silva Garcia, Thomas G. Power, Ashley D. Beck, Jennifer Orlet Fisher, L. Suzanne Goodell, Susan L. Johnson, Teresia M. O’Connor, Sheryl O. Hughes   +7 more
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Examining Parent Mood, Feeding Context, and Feeding Goals as Predictors of Feeding Practices Used by Parents of Preschool Children With Avid Eating Behavior: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

JMIR Research Protocols
BackgroundAn avid eating behavior profile is characterized by a greater interest in food and a tendency to overeat in response to negative emotions. Parents use specific strategies to manage feeding interactions with children with
Katie Edwards, Helen Croker, Claire Farrow, Emma Haycraft, Moritz Herle, Clare Llewellyn, Abigail Pickard, Jacqueline Blissett   +7 more
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Concordance of poor child feeding and preventive behavior and its predictors in southwest rural Ethiopia

Food & Nutrition Research, 2016
Background: Inappropriate child feeding and caring practices are a major cause of malnutrition. To date, no studies have examined concordance and discordance of child feeding and preventive behavior and their predictors in developing countries.
Netsanet Fentahun, Carl Lachat, Tefera Belachew   +2 more
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Storage and feeding of coal [PDF]

, 1977
Reliable feeding of coal from storage bins to process requires the knowledge of the behavior of coal during flow. The study of the flow of bulk solids was undertaken in the 1950's and led to the development of flow ability testing equipment and of the ...
Carson, J. W., Jenike, A. W.
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Insulin signal transduction mediates ethanol-induced feeding dysfunction in a fly model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder [PDF]

, 2019
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is the leading cause of congenital intellectual disabilities in the Western World, with a worldwide prevalence of 2-11% of all births.
Matsubara, Manae
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The Feeding Behavior of the Seastar Evasterias troschelii Stimpson [PDF]

, 1957
Aage Møller Christensen
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Regulation of feeding dynamics by the circadian clock, light and sex in an adult nocturnal insect

Frontiers in Physiology
Animals invest crucial resources in foraging to support development, sustenance, and reproduction. Foraging and feeding behaviors are rhythmically expressed by most insects.
Evan Force, Evan Force, Michel B. C. Sokolowski, Caroline Suray, Stéphane Debernard, Abhishek Chatterjee, Matthieu Dacher, Matthieu Dacher   +7 more
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The Effects of Owl Decoys and Non-threatening Objects on Bird Feeding Behavior [PDF]

, 2012
As traditional agricultural practices change, the scarecrow has also been renovated and modernized to include mock natural predators, such as owls, hawks, and falcons instead of comical human representations.
Rensel, Leah J, Wilder, Jannell D.
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