... Title : COMPARISON OF MATING AND BITING BEHAVIOR IN TWO LABORATORY STRAINS OF ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS SAY. ...

The Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island, SC, is surrounded by tidal salt marshes, which are breeding habitats for many pestiferous biting flies. Knowledge of biting fly behavior patterns is needed to develop effective pest management strategies in urban areas adjacent to salt marshes. We measured biting ...

Discusses the problem of toddler biting behavior in child care settings. Describes reasons for biting by toddlers, recommends caregiver responses to toddler biting, presents tips for observing children to identify the biter's patterns, and outlines ways to prevent biting in child care settings. ...

Reviews research on biting among children in child care settings. Reports a study examining procedures established to handle biting by child care facilities in a southeastern state, which found that 60% of respondents (n=326) handled biting incidents, but only one third reported a policy on biting. Fewer than 3% ...

Anthropophilic Culicoides were investigated in a rural community endemic for Mansonella perstans in Ijebu North area of western Nigeria between December 2003 and October 2004. Three hundred and fifty-nine adults of Culicoides fulvithorax collected by human bait in the morning were dissected for Mansonella perstans larvae, and 1.95% of infection rate was found. Seasonal ...

... R. Fernandes, and D. F. B. Ramos. 2004. Bite marks on a crocodylomorph from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil: Evidence of social behavior? Journal of Vertebrate Paleonotology 24: ... ...

Teachers of young children are concerned about biting. While it is unusual for a preschooler to bite, biting is still within the range of normal behaviors a 3- or 4-year-old may exhibit. Children at this young age have neither sophisticated language nor refined social skills, so they tend to express their wants ...

This article discusses explanations for aggressive biting among young children and describes an intervention for family or early childhood settings. Strategies include avoiding labeling the child, teaching the child to view biting as unsafe, teaching appropriate play behaviors with peers, acknowledging appropriate ...

The 892 human bites reported to the New York City Department of Health in 1977 were analyzed by time, place, and the victim's characteristics. The bites appeared to have a seasonality, increasing in March and exceeding the mean monthly average through August. The bite rate for the entire city, 10.7 per 100,000 population, was exceeded ...

... tested: pseudotemporalis superficialis (PST), adductor mandibulae externus superficialis (AMES) and pterygoideus (PTY). Force transducer tests determined that mean peak bite force in males ( ... ...

Studies of the mosquito Aedes aegytpi, which is presumed to be the vector of dengue virus in Indonesia, were undertaken. Studies included collection of mosquitoes biting man during daylight hours. The study showed that an apparent shift of biting behavior...

Bar biting is regarded as a stereotypic behavior in which the animal carries out repetitive mouthing and biting of the metal bars in its environmental enclosure. It is commonly seen in sows housed in close confinement, in barren environments, and with restricted access to food. However, it has also ...

Spotted locoweed (Astragalus lentiginosus var. diphysus) is a toxic, perennial plant that may, if sufficient precipitation occurs, dominate the herbaceous vegetation of pinyon-juniper woodlands on the Colorado Plateau. Six cow/calf pairs and four horses grazed a 20-ha pasture with dense patches of locoweed in eastern Arizona during spring 1998. Locoweed density was 0.7 plants/m2 in the pasture. ...

As directors of early learning programs, one deals with a myriad of issues on a daily basis. One of the more frustrating things that come up from time to time is biting. Biting is particularly problematic because it tends to elicit such a strong response from caregivers, parents, and other children. In this article, the author talks about ...

. Effect of host availability and humidity on oviposition 2. Effect of host availability on biting frequency 3. Effect of diet on host biting frequency* 4. Effect of host behavior on biting frequency of host availability on biting frequency Feeding intervals 6 h 12 h 24 h Host ...

BackgroundThe emergence and massive spread of bluetongue in Western Europe during 2006-2008 had disastrous consequences for sheep and cattle production and confirmed the ability of Palaearctic Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to transmit the virus. Some aspects of Culicoides ecology, especially host-seeking and feeding behaviors, remain insufficiently described due to the ...

Describes infant and toddler biting behavior as related to developmental differences in exploring the environment, learning cause-effect relationships, and using power to elicit a response. Discusses ways to deal with biting at each level, how to support parents dealing with the behavior at home, and the importance ...

Recurrent cheek biting, a form of self-injurious behavior is a rare entity which presents mostly to dentists and dermatologists. We report a case of recurrent severe cheek biting in an adult male leading to mucosal ulceration. The stereotypic pattern of cheek biting and associated behavior ...

Reservation-wide dog-bite statistics indicate a bite rate on the Navajo Reservation that is comparable to that of a large city. Detailed analysis of 772 bite reports was made to determine the characteristics of biters and their victims. This included an assessment of the behavioral antecedents leading up to the ...

Loss of control (LOC) over eating is a common and psychopathologically relevant experience in childhood. The current study aimed at evaluating bite size and bite velocity as behavioral indicators of LOC eating in an experimental test meal study with a variation of mood. Children with or without LOC eating (N=120, 8-13 years) consumed a ...

... the following behaviors: approaching within 2 m, rub-rolling, scent-marking, digging, biting, and striking the cone ... proportions of solitary and paired coyotes exhibited rub-rolling and bite-pull behav...

... Additional studies on biting behavior, mosquito population densities, and vertebrate reservoir hosts of subtype IIIC virus are needed to determine ...

... cannot explain why they bathe: perhaps they can rid themselves of attached biting ants or termites. Maybe ... ...

The multidisciplinary evaluation of fatal dog bites in the context of a case is discussed. This approach emphasizes detailed examination of the animals including matching of bite marks, autopsy, and canine behavioral analysis. It further provides details such as contributory medical conditions, past animal behavior ...

Abstract � Recent years are seeing a renewed interest in general multi-robot architectures, capable of automating coordination. However, few architectures explore integration of multiple coordination mechanisms. Thus the question of how to best integrate coordination mechanisms is left open. This paper focuses on the micro-kernel integration approach used in BITE (Bar Ilan ...

... ear-flicking, head-shaking, stamping, tail-switching, and muscle-twitching, are exhibited by many ungulates to repel or dislodge biting insects and thus reduce the pain and blood loss from bites (Hart, 199...

... 2004)024[0971:BMOACF]2.0.CO;2 BITE MARKS ON A CROCODYLOMORPH FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF ... Tanke and Currie, 1998; Frey et a...

This publication presents the results of a study that investigated the influence of military training on abundance and behavior of raptors at a National ... ...

The border area between Suriname and French Guiana is considered the most affected malaria area in South America. A one-year cooperative malaria vector study was performed by the two countries, between March 2004 and February 2005, in four villages. Anopheles darlingi proved to be the most abundant anopheline species. Human biting rates differed between ...

Buruli ulcer is a necrotizing skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and associated with exposure to aquatic habitats. To assess possible transmission of M. ulcerans by aquatic biting insects, we conducted a field examination of biting water bugs (Hemiptera: Naucoridae, Belostomatidae, Nepidae) in 15 disease-endemic and 12 non�disease-endemic ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the burden of snake bite in Ecuador and to identify the difficulties of snake bite management in Ecuadorian health facilities. A survey based on national health statistics was carried out in Ecuador to estimate the overall incidence and mortality due to snake bites. During the period 1998-2007, the ...

Bite mass is a fundamental element of ruminant ingestive behavior and is highly influenced by sward structure. We compared the sward structure of four grasses and related structure to the bite mass of cattle grazing the grasses. Reed canarygrass (RCG; Phalaris arundinacea L), quackgrass (QG; Elytri...

Understanding how sward structure affects grazing behavior of ruminants requires knowledge of sward-animal interactions at the bite level. Therefore, the effect of sward structure of four grass species on bite mass of grazing dairy cows was evaluated. Holstein cows were offered micro-swards (79 cm x...

, hitting, biting, and nipple rejections. Inf-Follow Before/during Infant follows its locomoting mother. Mth infant's gecker includes looking, touching, shifting position, threatening, pushing, hitting, or biting, hitting, biting, as well as Affil or Aggr toward an infant that is not in contact . No-Rsp Response

A mosquito survey was carried out between October 1991 and November 1992 on the flood plains of Bangladesh, as part of a baseline study designed to help predict the effects on vector-borne diseases of embanking rivers under the Bangladesh Government's Flood Action Plan. Overall, 15 species of larval and 15 species of adult anophelines were collected, along with 13 larval and 21 adult culicines. ...

OBJECTIVES OF THE EXPEDITION: To study the behavior of sharks in their natural environment, especially with reference to feeding patterns; To measure the biting force exerted by the jaws of representative species of sharks with a new instrument known as t...

... bones (Lehman, 1982). We have not identified any bite or scratch marks on the ... et al., 2001). Evidence for trampling is equivocal since bones from the ... ...

devices for patients with heart failure. When the heart muscle is unable to pump blood effectively, doctors can surgically ...

... Descriptors : *Culicoides, *Pheromones, Insect control, Males, Females, Response(Biology), Behavior, Reproduction(Physiology), Stimulation ...

Mar 30, 2007 ... "I specialize in behavior modification and rehabilitation. I have a talent for turning aggressive, biting, destructive or just plain ...

... threat behaviors such as Head Up, Body Up, Nudging, and Biting (Jaeger and Schwarz, 1991). These distinct ... ...

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