Professor Bart Hoebel and his team in the Department of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute have been studying signs of sugar addiction in rats for years. Until now‚ the rats under study have met two of the three elements of addiction. They have demonstrated a behavioral pattern of increased intake and then showed signs of withdrawal. His current experiments captured craving and relapse to complete the picture. "If bingeing on sugar is really a form of addiction‚ there should be
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The provision and availability of proper sanitation facilities is equally important to mitigate health threats and control carriers of communicable diseases e.g. rats (UNHCR‚ 2013). The quality of drinking water is an influential determinant of health and the guarantee of clean and safe drinking water is a foundation for the prevention and control of water borne diseases (WHO‚ 2013). Lack of water and facilities to take away waste water in the refugee camps lead to hygiene problems and water borne
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Banksy is known around the world for his artwork creating conversations that people are too afraid to start. Although graffiti is seen as a vandalous crime‚ Banksy’s work is use to point out the crime that is really harming our environment and society. Politics‚ economics‚ homophobia‚ hypocrisy‚ and war are all themes used in his work to project his beliefs on the recent issues around the world. As there are many fans of this anonymous artist‚ there are also many people who disagree with him. Banksy’s
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subtropical countries as a live fencing‚ fodder‚ coffee shade‚ firewood‚ green manure and rat poison. In the Philippines‚ the extract obtained from its leaves is used to remove external parasites .Gliricidia sepium (kakawate) is also used for its medicinal and insect repellent properties. It is also a fast growing ruderal species that takes advantage of slash and burn practices in its native range. Rats are some of the hated pest in the Philippines because they feed on their properties like clothes
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2.4. Animals One hundred twelve adult male Wistar rats (Pasteur Institute‚ Tehran‚ Iran) weighing 220-250 g were housed in groups of four per cage in a controlled environment (temperature 23±1°C‚ 12h light/dark cycle) with free access to food. Rats were habituated to the new environment for seven days before the test. All experiments were performed in accordance with the guide for the care and use of laboratory animals (IR.SBMU.nrc.REC.1390.20) approved by the Research and Ethics Committee of the
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A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health Bs Biology 1-1 Dr. Arsenio Abstract We present for the first time a comparative analysis of blood and organ system data from trials with rats fed three main commercialized genetically modified (GM) maize (NK 603‚ MON 810‚ MON 863)‚ which are present in food and feed in the world. NK 603 has been modified to be tolerant to the broad spectrum herbicide Roundup and thus contains residues of this formulation. MON 810 and
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(CUR NP) against the neurotoxicity induced by cisplatin (CP) in rat. Material and methods: Rats were divided into control group that received saline solution; CP-treated rats that received a single i.p. injection of CP (12 mg/kg) and CP-treated rats that received a single i.p injection of CP (12 mg /kg) followed by a daily oral administration of CUR NP (50 mg/kg) for 14 days. At the end of the experiment‚ the motor activity of rats was evaluated by open field test. The neurochemical and histopathological
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http://genetics.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/behavior/learning/behaviorism.html Operant Conditioning and Behaviorism - an historical outline Around the turn of the century‚ Edward Thorndike attempted to develop an objective experimental method for the mechanical problem solving ability of cats and dogs. Thorndike devised a number of wooden crates which required various combinations of latches‚ levers‚ strings and treadles to open them. A dog or a cat would be put in one of these ’puzzle-boxes’
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20th century‚ many people believed that animals AND PEOPLE learned through a process of conditioning. For example‚ there were laboratory studies where rats were trained to push a button when a light came on. Each time the rat did this‚ it was given a piece of food. After a while‚ the rat would push the button every time the light came on. The rat had learned to associate pushing the button with getting food. This theory became known as behaviorism.
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thinking and writing of this young man‚ and he would shortly become the mouthpiece for the movement that came to be called behaviorism” (Goodwin‚ 2008). Watson popularized the use of the white rat in experimentation. His dissertation in 1903 voiced his study of animal learning through experimentation on these white rats. In 1915‚ he began experimentation on humans. “Watson advocated extension of the objective methods used in investigating animal behavior to research with human subjects and‚ himself‚ began
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