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Can theoretical intervention improve hand hygiene behavior among nurses? [PDF]

Psychol Res Behav Manag, 2016
Rahim Baghaei,1 Elham Sharifian,1 Aziz Kamran2 1Inpatient Safety Research Center, Nursing and Midwifery School, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, 2Public Health Department, Khalkhal Faculty of Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical ...
Baghaei R, Sharifian E, Kamran A.
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Behavioral and molecular studies of quantitative differences in hygienic behavior in honeybees [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2016
Hygienic behavior (HB) enables honeybees to tolerate parasites, including infection with the parasitic mite Varroa destructor, and it is a well-known example of a quantitative genetic trait. The understanding of the molecular processes underpinning the quantitative differences in this behavior remains limited.We performed gene expression studies in ...
Gempe, Tanja, Stach, Silke, Bienefeld, Kaspar, Otte, Marianne, Beye, Martin   +4 more
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Pecking Behavior in Conventional Layer Hybrids and Dual-Purpose Hens Throughout the Laying Period

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
To avoid the killing of surplus male layer chickens, dual-purpose hybrids are suggested as an alternative approach. These strains may offer additional advantages compared to conventional laying hens, for instance, a lower tendency to develop injurious ...
Lorena Rieke, Birgit Spindler, Isabel Zylka, Nicole Kemper, Mona Franziska Giersberg   +4 more
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Behaviour change for better health: nutrition, hygiene and sustainability. [PDF]

, 2013
As the global population grows there is a clear challenge to address the needs of consumers, without depleting natural resources and whilst helping to improve nutrition and hygiene to reduce the growth of noncommunicable diseases.
Elmadfa, Ibrahim, Robert J Crawford, Gert W Meijer, Cheryl Hicks, Lowe, C Fergus, Lowe, C. Fergus, Reddy, K Srinath, Myriam Sidibe, Curtis, Valerie, BV Pradeep, Pradeep, BV, Meijer, Gert W., Ibrahim Elmadfa, Marti van Liere, Sidibe, Myriam, Hicks, Cheryl, Lion, Rene, Newson, Rachel S., C Lowe, Crawford, Robert J, van Liere, Marti, Gerda IJ Feunekes, Ricardo Uauy, Meijer, Gert W, Pradeep, B. V., Rene Lion, Uauy, Ricardo, Valerie Curtis, Feunekes, Gerda IJ, K Reddy, Newson, Rachel S, Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo, Rachel S Newson, Liere, Marti van, Reddy, K. Srinath, Crawford, Robert J., Feunekes, Gerda   +36 more
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Analysis of Hair Cortisol as an Indicator of Chronic Stress in Pigs in Two Different Farrowing Systems

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Confinement to farrowing crates is known to prevent sows from performing natural behavior, impairing animal welfare and possibly causing chronic stress. Hair cortisol analyses are increasingly used to detect chronic stress in animals.
Dierck-Hinrich Wiechers, Susanne Brunner, Swetlana Herbrandt, Nicole Kemper, Michaela Fels   +4 more
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How is the behavioral immune system related to hygiene behaviors?

Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 2022
Infectious diseases present serious threats to our fitness. The biological immune system provides several mechanisms for dealing with these threats. So too does another system: the behavioral immune system. This second system is proposed to consist of a set of evolved cognitive, affective, and behavioral strategies for reducing the likelihood of ...
Alexandra S. Wormley, Michael E. W. Varnum   +1 more
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Risk assessment of glyphosate and malathion pollution and their potential impact on Oreochromis niloticus: role of organic selenium supplementation

Scientific Reports, 2022
A field survey was conducted on five fish farms to trace glyphosate and malathion pollution with some physicochemical parameters. A precise half-life time, LC50-96h, of these agrochemicals on Oreochromis niloticus, as well as chronic exposure with ...
Marwa A. Hassan, Samaa T. Hozien, Mona M. Abdel Wahab, Ahmed M. Hassan   +3 more
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Behaviors and hygiene habits of complete denture wearers [PDF]

Brazilian Dental Journal, 2010
In this study, a questionnaire was applied to patients from Ribeirão Preto Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil, to evaluate the hygiene methods and habits concerning the use of complete dentures, the age of dentures, and whether patients have been instructed on how to clean their dentures.
Peracini, Amanda, Andrade, Ingrid Machado de, Paranhos, Helena de Freitas Oliveira, Silva, Cláudia Helena Lovato da, Souza, Raphael Freitas de   +4 more
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Too clean, or not too clean: the hygiene hypothesis and home hygiene. [PDF]

, 2006
The 'hygiene hypothesis' as originally formulated by Strachan, proposes that a cause of the recent rapid rise in atopic disorders could be a lower incidence of infection in early childhood, transmitted by unhygienic contact with older siblings.
S. F. Bloomfield, Crevel, RWR, J. Pickup, R. W. R. Crevel, Pickup, J, Stanwell-Smith, R, R. Stanwell-Smith, Bloomfield, SF   +7 more
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Learn to Train: Improving Training Data for a Neural Network to Detect Pecking Injuries in Turkeys

Animals, 2021
This study aimed to develop a camera-based system using artificial intelligence for automated detection of pecking injuries in turkeys. Videos were recorded and split into individual images for further processing.
Nina Volkmann, Johannes Brünger, Jenny Stracke, Claudius Zelenka, Reinhard Koch, Nicole Kemper, Birgit Spindler   +6 more
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