Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) commonly show difficulty in communication and daily functional skills. The use of scripts may help establish these repertoires. Scripts may be visual (e.g., pictures depicting actions), textual (e.g., prin...
Multilingual students’ repertoires are often framed either as resources for participation or as possible sources of difficulty, yet their situated use in special education remains underexamined. This study investigated how students in German sp...
To discover new molecules or review the biological activity and toxicity of therapeutic substances, drug development, and research relies on robust biological systems to obtain reliable results. Phenotype-based screenings can transpose the organism&r...
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are well known for their complex acoustic communication, which plays a critical role in social interactions and reproduction. Understanding the variability in humpback whale songs is crucial to deciphering the...
The aim of this research was to evaluate the possible usefulness of mirrors in improving rabbit behavior in a free-range breeding system. Three groups (each consisting of nine replicates of three animals) were compared: isolated, isolated with mirror...
Ticks are important vectors of pathogens that endanger humans and animals. Study of their behavior under laboratory conditions is important for both predicting their behavior in natural conditions and understanding their involvement in transmission c...
In the context of the platform economy, this study preliminarily examines how smart device possession affects the sustainability of app usage behavior. This research analyzes app usage as a core component of value creation within a sustainable digita...
The functional communication response (FCR) shares fundamental properties with the mand, with both responses linking the relevant motivating operation and the reinforcer maintaining a response. The FCR differs from the mand in that the communication...
The immune system is a dynamic feature of each individual and a footprint of our unique internal and external exposures. Indeed, the type and level of exposure to physical and biological agents shape the development and behavior of this complex and d...
Understanding how the behavior of captive American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) congregations compares to wild congregations is essential to assessing the welfare of alligators in captivity. Wild alligator congregations perform complex soci...
The present investigation aims to explore the efficacy of Global Intensive Feeding Therapy (GIFT) on feeding and swallowing abilities in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). GIFT was developed as an intensive rehabilitation approach, divided...
The investigation of the perception of others’ actions and underlying neural mechanisms has been hampered by the lack of a comprehensive stimulus set covering the human behavioral repertoire. To fill this void, we present a video set showing 10...
The objective was to determine broiler chicken behavioral differences in response to novel flooring treatments. Broilers (n = 182) were housed in 14 pens (a random subset from a larger-scale study including 42 pens), with 13 birds/pen. One of seven f...
Zebrafish larvae show a clear and distinct pattern of swimming in response to light and dark conditions, following the development of a swim bladder at 4 days post fertilization. This swimming behavior is increasingly employed in the screening of neu...
It is common to observe play in dogs, cats, and birds, but have we been ignoring play in one of the most common house pets of all… fish? Aquarium fish are often used as meditative decoration in family households, but it could be that fish have...
Neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) of the head and neck (HN) account for <1% of HN cancers (HNCs), with a 5-year overall survival (OS) <20%. This is a retrospective study of HN NECs diagnosed at our institution between 2005 and 2022. Immunohistoc...
Background: Chemoreception plays a central role in how insects perceive environmental chemical cues and regulate essential behaviors. Mayflies (Ephemeroptera), among the earliest-diverging lineages of winged insects, are important bioindicators of fr...
Smartwatches generate continuous personal health data, yet their value for self-care depends on users’ ability to engage with these data meaningfully. Using a cross-sectional survey of 838 adult smartwatch users in Taiwan, this study examined d...
Behavior is a readout of neural function. Therefore, any difference in behavior among different species is, in theory, an outcome of interspecies diversification in the structure and/or function of the nervous system. However, the neural diversity un...
Behavior-analytic treatments successfully reduce individuals’ destructive behavior (e.g., self-injurious behavior, aggression, property destruction, disruption); however, there is limited research evaluating these treatments’ effects on i...
Several types of enrichment can be used to improve animal welfare. This review summarizes the literature on the use of mechanical brushes, tactile udder stimulation, music, and visual stimuli as enrichment methods for dairy cows. Mechanical brushes a...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by deficits in social interaction, impaired communication, and repetitive behaviors. ASD presents a 3:1 ratio of diagnosed boys and girls, raising the question regarding s...
A highly intelligent system often draws lessons from the unique abilities of humans. Current humanlike models, however, mainly focus on biological behavior, and the brain functions of humans are often overlooked. By drawing inspiration from brain sci...
The proliferation of rearing systems providing opportunities for birds to engage in natural behaviors can trigger behavioral repertoires that when not manageable compromise animal welfare and the economic viability of the flock. Smothering in laying...
This study aimed to investigate the common social and communicative behaviors of the Fonni’s Dog under different outdoor conditions. For this study, 70 adult dogs (3–7 years; 32 intact males, 38 intact females) belonging to the Fonni&rsqu...
The objective of this study was to characterize the sexual behavior and reproductive performance of Colombian Creole bulls from the Romosinuano (ROM) and Costeño con Cuernos (CCC) breeds, to support their strategic use in tropical production s...
We analyze the population dynamics of a microbial cross-protection model and derive the exact conditions under which a Fold–Hopf bifurcation emerges. By applying center-manifold reduction and normal-form theory, we reduce the infinite-dimension...
In China, Phortica okadai is the only established vector for Thelazia callipaeda and transmits infective larvae to various animals feeding on ocular secretions. Insect opsins are key components of the visual system and play essential roles in host lo...
The Hole-Board is an ethologically based tool for investigating the anxiety-related behavior of rats following manipulation of the central anxiety level. The present paper aims to assess behavioral patterning following pharmacological manipulation of...
The presence of contaminants in the environment has increased in recent years, and studies have demonstrated that these contaminants have the ability to penetrate the blood–retinal barrier and directly affect the visual systems of organisms. Ze...
Animal material culture is most often discussed in relation to tool use and foraging, while non-foraging object use remains poorly documented in many taxa. This study reports opportunistic observations of a novel object-directed behavior in the criti...
Foodborne illnesses caused by Salmonella Typhimurium remain a major public health concern worldwide. Although ST19 has historically been a dominant lineage within this serotype, ST213 has become increasingly prevalent in Mexico. The biological factor...
The brain is a complex organ; its diverse functions and plasticity correspond with an intricate structure. Integrating sensory inputs with internal physiological states, the brain orchestrates balance, posture, movement, speech, emotions, the creatio...
Positional behaviors have been broadly quantified across the Order Primates, and in several other mammalian lineages, to contextualize adaptations to, and evolution within, an arboreal environment. Outside of Mammalia, however, such data are yet to b...
Selecting palatable plants matters for insect herbivores’ survival, especially for food-restricted oligophagous and monophagous species. However, the definite selection strategy to distinguish host plants from nonhost plants, as well as the und...
High-grade B-cell lymphoma, with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements (double/triple-hit high grade B-cell lymphoma, HGBL-DH/TH) constitutes a provisional entity among B-cell malignancies with an aggressive behavior and dire prognosis. While evide...
The molecular machines of life, proteins, are made up of twenty kinds of amino acids, each with distinctive side chains. We present a geometrical analysis of the protrusion statistics of side chains in more than 4000 high-resolution protein structure...
Background: Childhood trauma may increase the risk of antisocial behavior in young adulthood. Our study examined the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the specific antisocial behavior of malevolent creativity (MC), the app...
Studies of positional (=locomotor and postural) behavior are central to understanding how animals interact with the challenges imposed by their environment and are crucial for conservation management. The present study investigates, for the first tim...
The vocal repertoire of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) was examined in this study under conventional housing conditions. Therefore, direct behavior-associated vocalizations of fattening pigs were recorded and assigned to behavioral categori...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by deficits in communication, socialization, and restricted behavioral patterns. Valproic acid (VPA) is a teratogen that, through epigenetic mechanisms, induces ASD-like phenotypes in animal models. The...
Western societies increasingly treat dogs as sentient family members, but does this reshape cultural production, and can cultural production, in turn, reshape the relationship? We traced this circuit through Good Boy (2025), a horror film with a real...
The United States is predicted to experience an annual decline in milk production due to heat stress of 1.4 and 1.9 kg/day by the 2050s and 2080s, with economic losses of USD 1.7 billion and USD 2.2 billion, respectively, despite current cooling effo...
Cognitive Science of Religion and evolutionary approaches in the study of religion have opened the rapidly developing field of naturalistic explanation of religion. Since its inception, this empirically driven project has undergone a slow evolution,...
Purpose: This study examined the influence of simulation on flexible and reflective thinking in student teachers (STs), and appraised how they evaluate its potential contribution to teacher education programs. Method: Twenty-three Israeli physical ed...
To monitor adrenocortical activity in zoo-housed species, we propose using physiological and behavioral indicators that are non-invasive and practical to implement. We explore this model in the southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus; arm...
Calliptamus barbarus (Costa, 1836) is a dominant grasshopper species in Xinjiang, characterized by high fecundity, polyphagy, and strong dispersal abilities. To investigate the molecular basis of its environmental sensing, we identified its chemosens...
The large-scale release of natural enemies remains a major challenge in biological control. This study evaluated the viability of using biodegradable capsules produced from pineapple (Ananas comosus) leaf fibers for the release of the predator Eubore...
The neural processes of bird song and song development have become a model for research relevant to human acquisition of language, but in fact, very few avian species have been tested for lateralization of the way in which their audio-vocal system is...
Background/Objectives: Guidelines for the diagnosis of children with disorder of consciousness (DoC) in pediatric age have not been defined yet. Assessment tools designed for adults have generally not been standardized for pediatrics, which could lea...
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