Social Behavior of Captive Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Mammalia, Rodentia) with Changing Numbers of Observers. Eltorai A. E. M., Sussman R. W. – Black-tailed prairie dogs Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord, 1815) are diurnal rodents that live in intricate cities. Their social complexity rivals that of some primates, and, in some respects, resembles the behavior of humans. Due to the rich variety of readi...

for their help in preparing software and materials and collecting and coding data for the experiments. ABSTRACT Research suggests that close relationships with animals encourage psychological explanations of their behavior. We report three experiments in which we manipulated participants' ownership of an imagined dog (experiment 1), an animated object (experiment 2), and a real pet fish (experi...

The aim of this study was to report a new cause of cataract, namely snake bite induced cataract in a dog. A 3-year-old male mongrel dog was referred to our clinic for the assessment of cataract in both eyes. The dog was bitten by a snake nearly 4 months ago. A 40 dioptre acrylic lens with 13 mm haptics was implanted into the lens capsule. In the left eye, posterior synechia was detected in the ...

Abstract Human-introduced predators, primarily the domestic dog ( Canis lupus familiaris ), and human-modified landscapes conjointly threaten wildlife across Costa Rica. For arboreal species, including two-fingered sloth Choloepus hoffmani impact of dogs is amplified in areas habitat fragmentation. In efforts to navigate discontinuous canopies associated with urban development human encroachmen...

Oral Malignant Melanoma (OMM) are the most frequent neoplasmsin dogs older than 10 years, and represent up to 7% of all malignant tumors in dog. Small breeds, with especially heavily pigmented oral mucosa greater risk get disease. The outcome OMM is related clinical stage at presentation e.g. tumor size, presence local or distant spread metastases, absence ulceration anatomic site. treatment co...

The creation of the domestic dog and its many breeds has been an ongoing experiment in the rapid evolution of form and function. Now, advances in genomics have made Canis familiaris genetically tractable and poised to offer insights into evolution, development, and behavior.

Object-oriented systems are typically structured as complex networks of interacting mutable objects. To reason about such systems, simple and eecient techniques for coping with aliasing are needed. This paper identiies several key criteria for evaluating techniques for reasoning about aliasing, then proposes a technique which satisses these criteria. The proposed technique is a simple extension...

Objectives: Widespread organizational change is indispensable for significantly improved patient safety. This paper discusses critical issues in effective change management, drawing attention to the unintended consequences of pursuing patient safety without effective change management. It includes pointers from organizational change literature on critical issues in managing change, such as how ...