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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Wen-Ju Liao, Yu-En Lin, Xin-Zhe Li, Hsiang-Hsuan Chih
Summary: This study analyzes the influence of behavioral foundation factors and corporate strategic behavior on the formulation of corporate dividend policy. The results show that firms with high ambiguity or high risk infrequently pay dividends but firms with loss-averse behavior tend to pay dividends. This paper also provides evidence that aggressive firms inhibit the payout of dividends. Moreover, the results remain unchanged in those firms with high corporate governance or high growth opportunities.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Dylan G. Stewart, William D. Gulsby, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Bret A. Collier
Summary: Resource selection in sexually dimorphic ungulates is influenced by sex-specific resource requirements and risk aversion strategies. Female white-tailed deer may be forced to utilize high risk areas during high risk periods due to their smaller body size and increased nutritional demands, while larger males are better able to forgo foraging opportunities during risky periods to mitigate risk.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Alessandro Devigili, Erika Fernlund Isaksson, Nalini Puniamoorthy, John L. Fitzpatrick
Summary: Variation in biotic and abiotic factors among populations can affect socio-sexual and locomotor behaviors in the pygmy halfbeak fish, with differences observed in sexual interactions and locomotion across environments. Male fish exhibit more aggressive behaviors and less time stationary compared to females, while environmental factors such as canopy cover and water flow also play a role in shaping behaviors.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Azam Sheikh Miri, Mina Iravani, Hatam Boostani, Mahmoud Latifi
Summary: This study aimed to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on sexual function in women with hypothyroidism. The results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy can significantly improve the sexual function of women with hypothyroidism. However, more detailed studies are needed to prove the effectiveness of this intervention as an adjuvant treatment to standard pharmacotherapy before recommending it to women with hypothyroidism.
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Environmental Sciences
Laura Estela de Melo, Driele Ventura de Paulo, Cassiana C. Montagner, Paulo S. M. Carvalho
Summary: The study revealed that contamination of the Capibaribe River Estuarine System by estrogenic pollutants led to various adverse effects on the adult male Poecilia vivipara, including behavioral changes and reproductive impairments. Furthermore, it was found that male Poecilia vivipara affected by estrogenic pollutants had negative impacts on the fecundity of control females they were paired with.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Douglas W. W. Morris
Summary: Foraging involves a trade-off between food and safety, which is often associated with predation. However, danger and risk can arise from various causes and cannot be solely assessed based on predators. To provide a more comprehensive assessment of risk management, this study manipulated and measured risks by adding shelter and time-varying supplemental food to a population of meadow voles. The results showed that voles foraged more actively under safety, recognized least risk with access to both food and shelter, and exhibited sex-dependent habitat selection. This study highlights the need for ecologists to consider other dangers and processes that can alter foraging behavior and habitat selection, rather than attributing risk solely to predation.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Virginia Zamponi, Anna La Salvia, Maria Grazia Tarsitano, Nevena Mikovic, Maria Rinzivillo, Francesco Panzuto, Elisa Giannetta, Antongiulio Faggiano, Rossella Mazzilli
Summary: The impact of neuroendocrine neoplasms treatment on the reproductive system and sexual function is still not well-defined, and there is limited research data available.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Nicolas Gutierrez-Castellanos, Basma F. A. Husain, Ines C. Dias, Susana Q. Lima
Summary: Sex is crucial for species evolution and survival, but it can also be risky. Sex hormones regulate the brain regions associated with sexual behavior, but how they alter the computations of neural circuits to produce timely behavioral switches is mostly unknown.
TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Emma E. Hart, Julian Fennessy, Emma Wells, Simone Ciuti
Summary: A study on Angolan giraffe in the hyper-arid northern Namib Desert found that more calves were born during the wet season, with higher survival rates, suggesting an adaptive advantage to timing births during this period. The research also showed a decrease in sexual segregation during the hot-dry season, indicating a possible conception pulse. The strongest correlation between birth patterns and decreased sexual segregation was found to be lagged by 15 months, corresponding to the gestation period in giraffe, suggesting a seasonal reduction in sexual segregation explains the birth pulse.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Daniel A. Crawford, L. Mike Conner, Gail Morris, Michael J. Cherry
Summary: Predation risk affects intraspecific temporal partitioning in white-tailed deer, where different activity patterns were observed in safe and risky areas. Predators increase heterogeneity in prey behavior and may be important drivers of behavioral processes that minimize antagonistic intraspecific interactions.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Zoology
L. K. D. Katsis, D. M. Linton, D. W. Macdonald
Summary: Research on vespertilionid bats revealed that males and non-breeding females are often segregated from large maternity groups, while breeding females are separated from non-breeding females and males during the lactation period. Factors such as group size, female reproductive condition, and time period were found to be key factors associated with sexual segregation within bat roosts. This study contributes valuable insights into inter- and intra-sexual segregation in vespertilionid bats and suggests that sexual size dimorphism is not a prerequisite for sexual segregation.
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guocheng Wang, Qi Su, Long Wang, Joshua B. Plotkin
Summary: This passage mainly discusses the concept of fitness in evolution, which quantifies the expected number of offspring an individual will produce. The actual number of offspring is also influenced by stochasticity associated with birth and death processes. In nature, individuals with higher fecundity tend to have greater variance in their offspring number. The authors develop a model for the evolution of two types competing in a population of nonconstant size and show that large offspring variance can reverse the direction of evolution and favor cooperation.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Business
Mehrdokht Pournader, Arunachalam Narayanan, Matthew F. Keblis, Dmitry Ivanov
Summary: In this article, the authors investigate the factors that affect ordering decisions in multiechelon supply chains, specifically focusing on risk aversion, risk seeking, loss aversion, and prospect theory. Through analytical models and laboratory experiments, they find that decision-makers in profit-maximization settings exhibit risk-averse and loss-averse preferences, while decision-makers in loss-minimization settings exhibit loss-averse preferences. The study also highlights the impact of risk comprehension on ordering behavior and the association between profit margins and the likelihood of a bullwhip effect.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xin Wang, Yuanqing Jin, Mengqin Tian, Qinzi Zhuo, Chien-Liang Lin, Pengfei Hu, Ting Wang
Summary: This study examined the factors influencing the sexual behavioral intentions of Chinese college students based on the theory of planned behavior. A model was developed and analyzed using relevant literature. The findings suggest that subjective norms and behavior control are key variables in predicting safe sexual behavior, and attitudes and safe-sex behavioral intentions play a significant role in groups with extensive sexual knowledge. Additionally, behavioral control and subjective norms contribute to the differences in sexual knowledge among students.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Courtney J. Marneweck, O. Louis van Schalkwyk, David G. Marneweck, Grant Beverley, Harriet T. Davies-Mostert, Daniel M. Parker
Summary: The study found that the risk tolerance of mesopredators may be influenced by their reproductive state, leading to changes in space use patterns to reduce risk. Denning packs tended to avoid areas with both high risk and high reward as lion and impala density increased, while non-denning packs tended to avoid areas with low reward, especially if the risk was high. Ultimately, the study suggests that risk tolerance for mesopredators is dependent on reproductive state and should be considered as a potential mechanism for other mesopredators as well.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Samuel A. Merker, Richard B. Chandler
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2020)
Article
Agronomy
Jeffrey D. Ritterson, David I. King, Raul Raudales, Richard Trubey, Richard B. Chandler
Summary: This study provides guidance on the application of a land sparing production system to conserve forest-dependent wildlife in coffee growing areas where land sharing cultivation is not feasible. The Integrated Open Canopy (IOC) coffee system allows farmers to control leaf rust and increase yields by removing shade trees, while conserving adjacent forest patches of equal or greater area. Conservation of forest patches is facilitated through compensation for opportunity costs and ecosystem services provided by forests, supporting biodiversity in regions where land sharing cultivation is impractical.
AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Samuel A. Merker, Richard B. Chandler
Summary: Through field observations and experiments, this research found no evidence to support the limitation of Canada warbler's distribution at the trailing-edge by socially mediated Allee effects. Instead, factors such as temperature, precipitation and negative density dependence were found to strongly influence population growth rates.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ornithology
Jeffrey D. Ritterson, David I. King, Richard B. Chandler
Summary: Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds face threats at various stages of their annual cycle, leading to severe population declines. Despite relatively well-studied habitat associations of the golden-winged warbler, lack of basic demographic rates hinders conservation efforts, particularly during the winter period where survival rates play a crucial role. Our study in Costa Rica contributes to understanding the impacts of winter events on migratory bird populations and informs potential conservation strategies.
JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jose Jimenez, Ben C. Augustine, Daniel W. Linden, Richard B. Chandler, J. Andrew Royle
Summary: The study introduces a novel random thinning SCR model that incorporates both known and unknown identity samples, improving parameter estimates in noninvasive sampling studies for low-density populations with low rates of individual identification.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Paige E. Howell, Nathan G. Wilhite, Rachel Gardner, Jessica L. Mohlman, Richard B. Chandler, Ira B. Parnell, James A. Martin
Summary: The northern bobwhite is an ecologically and economically valuable species in the United States, with researchers using spatial capture-recapture methods to estimate population size and study spatial density variation. The study found that landscape structure significantly influenced density variations in bobwhite populations.
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
John M. Yeiser, John J. Morgan, Danna L. Baxley, Richard B. Chandler, James A. Martin
Summary: Recovery of grassland birds in agricultural landscapes is crucial on a global scale, with consideration of species-specific landscape responses necessary. A spatially explicit approach can help optimize conservation strategies, aiding in the recovery of grassland bird species.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Brett T. McClintock, Briana Abrahms, Richard B. Chandler, Paul B. Conn, Sarah J. Converse, Robert L. Emmet, Beth Gardner, Nathan J. Hostetter, Devin S. Johnson
Summary: Ecologists and conservation biologists increasingly rely on spatial capture-recapture (SCR) and movement modeling to study animal populations. Historically, SCR has focused on population-level processes, while animal movement modeling has focused on individual behavior. Integrating SCR and animal movement modeling has the potential to scale up from individuals to populations, advancing types of inferences and improving population-level parameter estimations critical for species conservation and management.
Article
Ecology
Tori D. Mezebish, Richard B. Chandler, Glenn H. Olsen, Michele Goodman, Frank C. Rohwer, Nicholas J. Meng, Mark D. McConnell
Summary: The study found that the selection of wetlands by ring-necked ducks during winter is influenced by local wetland characteristics, with wetland area and type playing significant roles in their selection. After the hunting season, the relative probability of selection for different wetland characteristics changed, possibly due to migratory preparation, resource depletion, and reproductive pairing.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
James T. Johnson, Richard B. Chandler, L. Mike Conner, Michael J. Cherry, Charlie H. Killmaster, Kristina L. Johannsen, Karl Miller
Summary: Bait is often used to attract wildlife for various purposes, but it can alter animal behavior and distribution. Short-term baiting was found to affect white-tailed deer's space use within home ranges, potentially enhancing disease transmission and changing harvest susceptibility. This study highlights the importance of understanding how baiting impacts wildlife behavior and distribution for effective management and research.
Article
Ecology
Lydia L. S. Margenau, Michael J. Cherry, Karl Miller, Elina P. Garrison, Richard B. Chandler
Summary: Long-term monitoring is essential for effective wildlife conservation, but current methods of density estimation are often expensive or challenging to implement on a large scale. The spatial mark-resight (SMR) models have recently gained popularity as a cost-effective solution that can estimate density using both marked and unmarked individuals. In this study, a generalized SMR model was developed to incorporate long-term camera data and auxiliary telemetry data, allowing for improved spatiotemporal inference in monitoring efforts. The model can be applied in two stages, reducing computational demands and making it more practical for large-scale, long-term monitoring initiatives.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Richard B. Chandler, Daniel A. Crawford, Elina P. Garrison, Karl Miller, Michael J. Cherry
Summary: Studies on animal abundance and distribution are often conducted separately from research on movement. However, a joint model incorporating camera trap and GPS telemetry data has been used to enhance understanding of deer population abundance and movement patterns.
Article
Ecology
H. N. Abernathy, R. B. Chandler, D. A. Crawford, E. P. Garrison, L. M. Conner, K. V. Miller, M. J. Cherry
Summary: Predation risk and ecological disturbance regimes can influence prey behavioral decisions. Studying the relationship between these factors can help in understanding how prey adapt to different predator and disturbance regimes.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Florent Bled, Michael J. Cherry, Elina P. Garrison, Karl Miller, L. Mike Conner, Heather N. Abernathy, W. Hunter Ellsworth, Lydia L. S. Margenau, Daniel A. Crawford, Kristin N. Engebretsen, Brian D. Kelly, David B. Shindle, Richard B. Chandler
Summary: Large carnivore restoration programs, like the Florida panther restoration program in South Florida, can have significant impacts on prey populations such as the white-tailed deer. Panther predation was found to be the primary cause of death for deer, with the predation rate being much higher after the restoration effort. Increasing water depth had a negative impact on female deer survival, but drowning was not a common cause of mortality. It will be challenging to balance the competing demands of predator restoration and sustainable deer harvest.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Summer Fink, Richard Chandler, Michael Chamberlain, Steven Castleberry, Shannon Glosenger-Thrasher
HUMAN-WILDLIFE INTERACTIONS
(2020)
