• Core to the research of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute is the application of engineering expertise to the complex structures and systems in human and animal biology and physiology. (auckland.ac.nz)
  • A key theme in biology is "structure determines function. (singularityhub.com)
  • 2. In the field of Biology, animal models are studied for the sake of animal models. (all-creatures.org)
  • Biology courses feature the subject of Comparative Anatomy which helps students understand animal structure, but of course this requires the dissection of animals. (all-creatures.org)
  • Do you think that if we stop animal dissection, we would halt the advance of Biology thus halting medical advancements? (all-creatures.org)
  • During the first year you will study fundamentals of biology such as biodiversity, plant and animal physiology, chemistry and biochemistry, as well as cell biology. (ulster.ac.uk)
  • The structure and content of the first year of the Biology course is designed in such a way as to allow our students to transfer between certain undergraduate courses offered in the School of Biomedical Sciences up to the end of Semester I of year 2 (subject to available places). (ulster.ac.uk)
  • Learning and teaching in Biology is normally through a combination of face-to-face lectures, hands-on practical classes, tutorials, seminars, problem-based learning and computer-assisted learning. (ulster.ac.uk)
  • Regeneration Biology - Animal cell v/s Plant cells All living beings are made up of cells. (lestwinsonline.com)
  • Students also choose modules available in the School of Life Sciences, which include animal biodiversity, animal behaviour, zoology practical skills, comparative animal physiology and conservation biology. (liverpool.ac.uk)
  • They explore the biology of how movement is produced, examining the structure of a muscle down to its microscopic force-generating motors. (mit.edu)
  • He studies the mathematics of collective animal behaviour, social dynamics and mathematical biology. (lu.se)
  • Today our knowledge of animal anatomy and physiology has very much increased thanks to the practice of dissection. (all-creatures.org)
  • The 2023 Animal Food Manufacturing Market Research Report is one of the most comprehensive and in-depth assessments of the industry in the United States with over 100 data sets covering 2014-2027. (marketresearch.com)
  • Purchase the 63-page 2023 U.S. Market Research Report on Animal Food Manufacturing now to unlock the insight from one of the most trusted research firms. (marketresearch.com)
  • In the setup the animals are trained to solve behavioral and cognitive tasks, usually by operating levers, sensors, or touch-screens, while their behavior, for example eye and hand movements, is monitored and, once the training has been completed, their brain activity can be recorded. (springer.com)
  • However, such a procedure limits the scope of research questions in terms of social and motor behavior, limits self-paced engagement of the animal in the behavioral task, and may give rise to animal welfare concerns due to movement constraints during the sessions in the setup. (springer.com)
  • Throughout NEIT's vet tech program, our graduates will learn topics such as human-animal bonds, small animal internal medicine, animal behavior, emergency medicine and critical care, clinical animal nutrition, advanced anesthesia and pain management, advanced dentistry, emergency care, and advanced animal medicine. (neit.edu)
  • The contention about individual differences between men with different cognitive ability related with differences in cerebral structures has prompted the design of a number of experiments (Rosenzweig, 1979) and whether animals exposed to enriched environments differ with respect to their behaviour, neuroanatomy and neurochemistry from those brought up in an impoverished environment (Bennet et al. (psicothema.com)
  • But behaviour, unlike morphology, do not have a long lasting tradition of debates among researchers concerning the definitions and the delimitation of the observed structures, so that researchers not always agree on what precisely are the limits of the behavioural categories they employ. (bvsalud.org)
  • David is the author of S occermatics and Outnumbered, which have been translated into ten languages, and Collective Animal Behaviour , the leading text in the academic field he helped create. (lu.se)
  • Animals are not sufficiently predictive of humans with regards to toxicity and to safety. (acdlabs.com)
  • Compared to other animals, primates-including humans-have a massively expanded cortex. (singularityhub.com)
  • From the wild animal kingdom directly into humans? (thenakedscientists.com)
  • You might have noticed that animals in games are often anthropomorphised - speaking and thinking in ways that resemble humans. (animalsaustralia.org)
  • We love a game where humans can see the world (albeit a robot-led one) through the eyes of a non-human animal, and if Stray is the beginning of a trend that helps us better understand an animal's point of view, we're here for it. (animalsaustralia.org)
  • This paradigm shift has been suggested following evidence in humans that has been reproduced in animal models. (nature.com)
  • The programme is delivered by researchers and teachers from both the Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education (within the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies) and the Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) with a series of guest lecturers from around the world. (ed.ac.uk)
  • In addition, knowledge of protein structure may prompt potential partners for protein interaction and thus encourage researchers to develop or improve new enzymes or antibodies, or, for example, to explain the phenotype of the mutations performed or to help determine the location of the mutations in order to change specific phenotypes. (custom-essay.org)
  • Using those fossils as a guide, the researchers developed a 3D computer reconstruction of a rangeomorph's body. (livescience.com)
  • Researchers use a range of imaging techniques to gain insight into how these structures and systems work and as shown in this story their work can blend science and art. (auckland.ac.nz)
  • The book is suitable for use as a textbook by students and researchers studying human and animal movement. (mit.edu)
  • Nearer Earth, University of Wyoming researchers have used NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation ( GEDI ) mission to gather information about forest animals in the Yellowstone ecosystem, indicating that an orbital lidar approach could be valuable for other regions too. (optics.org)
  • Researchers paired the GEDI lidar data with ground-based observations to create forest height and structure maps, which were used to run computer models evaluating animal-environment relationships. (optics.org)
  • On the other hand, many strains of bacteria are pathogenic and can significantly harm human and animal health. (custom-essay.org)
  • Sean Brady and his team used computers to trawl through the genetic codes of 10,000 different bacteria from the environment, looking for genes bearing the hallmarks of being the recipe for an antibiotic. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • The programme contains bespoke modules in Bioveterinary Science, in topics such as animal husbandry and welfare, veterinary form and function, veterinary diseases, epidemiology, pathology and public health. (liverpool.ac.uk)
  • It also describes innovations in computer simulation, mobile motion monitoring, wearable robotics, and other technologies that build on these fundamentals. (mit.edu)
  • The overall objective of this online distance learning programme is to provide knowledge and an understanding of animal welfare science, with a focus on the international issues arising from animal use in all its forms. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The degree programme is structured to allow sequential progression from individual courses to Certificate, Diploma and MSc phases. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Here we describe the results of a programme that aimed to rapidly discover lead compounds for clinical use, by combining structure-assisted drug design, virtual drug screening and high-throughput screening. (nature.com)
  • This three-year programme will provide you with a wide knowledge of biological and veterinary animal sciences, practical techniques and transferable skills for careers allied to veterinary science, scientific research, conservation, animal welfare and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. (liverpool.ac.uk)
  • You will take two compulsory courses - International Animal Welfare Science and Animal Ethics, Policy and Law - plus an optional course. (ed.ac.uk)
  • You complete a dissertation of between 10,000-15,000 words which can be a research project or an extended systematic review of the literature in a topic of Animal Welfare Science, Ethics or Law. (ed.ac.uk)
  • We will talk to experts in the science of animal testing, and the use of QSAR in product safety. (acdlabs.com)
  • First, we're going to be talking to Dr. Jarrod Bailey, director of science at Animal Free Research UK. (acdlabs.com)
  • He is the director of science for Animal Free Research UK, and he did his Ph.D. in genetics at Newcastle University. (acdlabs.com)
  • Dr. Shobha Rani N. currently serves as Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Mysuru. (amrita.edu)
  • According to Nicolelis, their detailed studies of brain activity -- including a previous study reported in the June 25, 2004, issue of Science, reveal that the brain is not the passive, unchanging computer postulated by most current theory. (news-medical.net)
  • A few of many examples are studies in, and research on, environment and climate change on different timescales and associated changes in plant and animal distributions and the world's oceans, lakes and wetlands. (lu.se)
  • One of the most critical tasks of modern bioinformatics is to predict and foretell the structure and, consequently, the functions of bacterial proteins. (custom-essay.org)
  • Do you think it is possible for us to find cures for animal diseases without animal testing? (all-creatures.org)
  • After pursuing their degree, students will know the principles, diagnosis, and treatment of common diseases and conditions involving small animals. (neit.edu)
  • Whereas control structures organize algorithms , data structures organize information. (britannica.com)
  • Compound data structures are formed by combining one or more data types. (britannica.com)
  • The most important compound data structures are the array, a homogeneous collection of data, and the record , a heterogeneous collection. (britannica.com)
  • We identified a mechanism-based inhibitor (N3) by computer-aided drug design, and then determined the crystal structure of M pro of SARS-CoV-2 in complex with this compound. (nature.com)
  • In addition to biological tissues, these systems have potential applications for the assessment of bioengineered tissues, biomaterials with fine structures, or some engineering materials. (who.int)
  • The top animal ethicists and animal welfare scientists were there for us to talk to online and it was just so inspiring. (ed.ac.uk)
  • FLH] If we really want to find non-animal experiment ways of doing our research, we can, and we believe the answers will be even more accurate, because they will be used on actual cases and not on highly stressed animals in laboratory conditions. (all-creatures.org)
  • The Structure & Motion Laboratory at the Royal Veterinary College's Hertfordshire campus, about 25 minutes north of London by train and bus, fills a cavernous rectangular space nearly half the size of a soccer field. (audubon.org)
  • when it does infect another animal, the last thing it wants to do is to kill that animal off, it speaks to its own demise as well. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • In neurophysiological studies with awake non-human primates (NHP), it is typically necessary to train the animals over a prolonged period of time on a behavioral paradigm before the actual data collection takes place. (springer.com)
  • The XBI allows computer-controlled training of the monkeys with a large variety of behavioral tasks and reward protocols typically used in systems and cognitive neuroscience research. (springer.com)
  • By filtering and analyzing them, we can actually measure the global dynamic activity that tells us what behavioral states the animals are going through. (news-medical.net)
  • We have come so far with technology that we actually have computer programs that can help us determine a chemical's toxicity just by knowing its structure. (cdc.gov)
  • Part of my work is determining how well that process, called Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSARs), works and if it can be used to supply toxicity data when animal or human data is not available for a chemical," said Jona. (cdc.gov)
  • Modern technology is based on communication protocols that allow printers to communicate with computers, web browsers to communicate with web servers, GPS systems to communicate with satellites, etc. (dolphincommunicationproject.org)
  • Each of these systems relies on a structured communication protocol that allows these computer devices to receive and understand instructions. (dolphincommunicationproject.org)
  • Animals too rely on structured communication systems to help transmit information. (dolphincommunicationproject.org)
  • The genetic information facilitated modeling of some of the common monogenic Parkinson's mutations using genetic approaches in cellular and animal systems. (nature.com)
  • In contrast to artificial systems, animals must forage for food. (lu.se)
  • Many artificial systems, including robots and laptop computers, have circuitry in place to measure energy consumption. (lu.se)
  • inproceedings{c213b5f9-0ac9-40a2-a6f2-9e133b20c740, abstract = {{In contrast to artificial systems, animals must forage for food. (lu.se)
  • This talk will discuss the emerging topic of Animal Computer Interaction by the example of Musical Interaction Design for animals, which is targeted at improving the life quality of animals held in captivity. (uni-weimar.de)
  • Upon completing this degree, a student can kickstart a promising career in veterinary technology and work in animal hospitals, the pet care industry, animal care, wildlife facilities, and laboratories. (neit.edu)
  • Veterinary technician professionals offer professional health care for animals under the supervision of a veterinarian. (neit.edu)
  • These topics will help aspiring technicians learn the laws, rules, and regulations governing veterinary medicine, animal care, and pharmaceuticals. (neit.edu)
  • Rhesus monkeys ( Macaca mulatta ) are the most widely used primate animal models in system neuroscience. (springer.com)
  • Modelling by template has a vast practical potential because if the structure of at least one protein from which functional family is known, then it is possible to try to build models for almost every protein in this family. (custom-essay.org)
  • One such case would be your argument on animal models and human models. (all-creatures.org)
  • FLH] Actually, dissection isn't 'necessary', because there are great computer models available today. (all-creatures.org)
  • Post-doctoral researcher Dr. Rita Acúrcio started with thousands of molecular structures, and by using computer-aided drug design (CADD) models and databases, we narrowed down the list of candidates until we reached the best structure,' says Prof. Satchi-Fainaro. (eurekalert.org)
  • Well char- acterized methods are available for skin sensitization testing, and although to date no tests for respiratory sensitization have been formally validated, progress has been made in defining suitable animal models. (cdc.gov)
  • animals can work with only minimal physical restraints, yet the ergonomic design successfully encourages stereotypical postures with a consistent positioning of the head relative to the screen. (springer.com)
  • By first seeing a video of a procedure and the animals anatomy, and them to work on a living animal is probably the best way to really learn. (all-creatures.org)
  • Why not get computers to do more of the hard work? (slideserve.com)
  • Always ensure that your companion animals have a collar and tag with your phone and address details, and that they're microchipped with up-to-date information on the microchip registry. (animalsaustralia.org)
  • Cats are playful animals and in Stray, you can knock items off ledges and rooftops - something those of us with companion cats have seen many times! (animalsaustralia.org)
  • The reconstruction revealed that the fractal, or self-similar pattern, of the creatures, was apparent from the very smallest scale of the animal to the largest, according to the study, which was published today (Aug. 11) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (livescience.com)
  • Also animal resources (meat, hide, chitin, and bone) And If one started in higher level got exotic critters at start (Beast Lords/Nonads are proof. (bay12forums.com)
  • The new G3 Character Templates include, Human, Animal, Bones and Elastic or Custom sprite and free bone character creations. (cgw.com)
  • Rigging 2D Characters from images incorporates the new 2D Bone Editor that offers all the tools to structure sophisticated bone rigs. (cgw.com)
  • Setup intricate 2D character rigs using custom bone structures, with pins to define static regions. (cgw.com)
  • In particular, data structures specify types of data, and thus which operations can be performed on them, while eliminating the need for a programmer to keep track of memory addresses. (britannica.com)
  • Simple data structures include integers, real numbers, Booleans (true/false), and characters or character strings. (britannica.com)
  • These data structures have components, each containing data and references to further components (in machine terms, their addresses). (britannica.com)
  • They package data structures and operations on them, hiding internal details. (britannica.com)
  • Pairing of GEDI data with other sensors resulted in a substantial improvement in characterizing vertical and horizontal forest structure, according to the team. (optics.org)
  • There is an untapped opportunity to enhance animal ecology and conservation planning with continued integration of GEDI information with freely available satellite data, to characterize attributes of forest structure across expansive areas," commented the project. (optics.org)
  • Data were entered and processed in Al Khobar using the King Fahd Hospital's IBM 4331 mainframe computer running under the disk generating system/virtual storage extended (DGS/VSE) software control program, using the statistical analysis system (SAS) from the SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, through the Interactive Computing and Control Facility (ICCF). (who.int)
  • Computer tomography reveals delicate lungs scarred by pulmonary fibrosis. (auckland.ac.nz)
  • I personally believe that animal testing and experimentation and research was necessary before (especially at that time) and perhaps is necessary now, as we can only understand the physiological constructs of the animals up close. (all-creatures.org)
  • In our study, two groups of rats were used: one was comprised of isolated animals from the end of the lactation period during 30 days and a control group of animals housed in groups of three during the same period. (psicothema.com)
  • In their study on rats, they demonstrated that they could distinguish in unprecedented detail the patterns of brain activity -- including fleeting changes in communication among brain structures -- in awake animals, as they fall sleep and as they transition among different sleep stages. (news-medical.net)
  • They then recorded and analyzed the electrical signals from the rats as the animals went through several days of sleep-wake cycling. (news-medical.net)
  • Prediction of protein structure and functions is a complex task for two reasons. (custom-essay.org)
  • Episode 2 of the Analytical Wavelength explores the role of chemical prediction technology in reducing the need for animal testing. (acdlabs.com)
  • Such self-referential structures have recursive definitions. (britannica.com)
  • To reveal amino acid followers, -helix and -sheet location, as a rule, computer programming methods are used. (custom-essay.org)
  • On the other hand, if it is not possible to find a template for modelling protein structure, then physical and chemical methods are used. (custom-essay.org)
  • In the 21st century, we may be able to advance past animal testing with the help of computer modeling and advanced cell-based methods. (acdlabs.com)
  • The lab is one of the world's true state-of-the-art facilities, a place where scientists studying biomechanics and motion come to advance their studies of all sorts of animals, from dogs to squirrels. (audubon.org)
  • An engaging introduction to human and animal movement seen through the lens of mechanics. (mit.edu)
  • This engaging and generously illustrated book answers these questions by examining human and animal movement through the lens of mechanics. (mit.edu)
  • All of the approaches summarized above have a respiratory allergens is extremely problematic and, other requirement for animals, and it is legitimate to consider than suggestions that computer-assisted considerations whether there are emerging opportunities to develop of structure-activity relationships may be useful (Karol et alternative strategies for predictive testing that are al. (cdc.gov)
  • As described in Forest Ecology and Management , GEDI collects high-resolution observations of the three-dimensional structure of Earth's forest including precise measurements of forest canopy height, canopy cover and vertical structure. (optics.org)
  • Like building a computer from scratch, each component and its placement and wiring can alter performance. (singularityhub.com)
  • You can scratch rugs, walk on a computer keyboard, have a cat nap, climb up all kinds of structures, and even meow whenever you want. (animalsaustralia.org)
  • Through a combination of structure-based virtual and high-throughput screening, we assayed more than 10,000 compounds-including approved drugs, drug candidates in clinical trials and other pharmacologically active compounds-as inhibitors of M pro . (nature.com)
  • To facilitate the rapid discovery of antiviral compounds with clinical potential, we developed a strategy that combines structure-assisted drug design, virtual drug screening and high-throughput screening to repurpose existing drugs to target SARS-CoV-2 M pro . (nature.com)
  • Given that actual hands-on experiences of animal structures (uhm, approximating the internal structure of animals from pictures is somewhat difficult and theoretical, it's hard to perform animal surgery without seeing the real deal) is an advantage for students who wish to study animal structure, is it still possible to do away with the practice of dissection? (all-creatures.org)
  • FLH] This brings us back to your first question, where students could learn by working in actual clinics to help sick and injured animals. (all-creatures.org)
  • The oceans during the Ediacaran Period were more like a weak soup - full of nutrients such as organic carbon, whereas today suspended food particles are swiftly harvested by a myriad of animals," study co-author Simon Conway Morris, a paleontologist at the University of Cambridge, said in a statement . (livescience.com)
  • She is using the latest video and computer modeling technology to study how baby birds develop the ability to fly, looking for clues as to how dinosaurs evolved into birds-one of the most dramatic and successful evolutionary transformations in the history of life on earth. (audubon.org)
  • This classic procedure has been widely used for decades to bring animals to the expertise level required for a given experiment in cognitive neuroscience. (springer.com)
  • Animals are therefore moved, by means of a primate chair, into a dedicated room or area (here referred to as a setup ) equipped with the apparatuses needed to run the experiment. (springer.com)
  • Around the world, well-preserved fossils have revealed hints of rangeomorphs' 3D structure. (livescience.com)
  • Draw animal and plant cells, and describe the functions of their organelles. (lestwinsonline.com)
  • In the second stage, we confirmed that the small molecule controls tumor growth as effectively as the antibodies - it inhibits PD-L1 in animals engineered to have human T cells. (eurekalert.org)
  • High-quality images of small animals and excised tissue can be obtained. (lu.se)
  • Unfortunately, this has required the use of animal testing, which has been a controversial subject for decades. (acdlabs.com)
  • Unfortunately, much of that testing was done on animals, which has been a controversial topic for decades. (acdlabs.com)
  • It is true that the transition from animal model to book back to animal or human model is quite inaccurate at times. (all-creatures.org)
  • An animal-centered design approach intends to stimulate their intrinsic musical engagement instead of training these animals for mere human entertainment. (uni-weimar.de)
  • It comprises a variety of tools ranging from high-resolution anatomical structure visualization to functional studies and even molecular-level description of metabolic events in the cell. (lu.se)
  • Using a complex system of mechanized doors, keepers hope to herd the animals toward the cages at night. (indianapolismonthly.com)
  • Elasticity imaging at these frequencies can provide strain maps with a resolution in the order of millimeters, but this is not sufficient for applications to skin, articular cartilage, or other fine structures. (who.int)
  • The two men were convicted of intentionally or recklessly disturbing a wild animal, and each were fined 350 pounds and sentenced to 120 hours of community service. (dolphincommunicationproject.org)
  • Tame: Like farm but animal food And decides to tame wild animals and bring them to fold. (bay12forums.com)
  • Using hairlike microelectrodes and computer analysis, neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center have demonstrated that they can see the detailed instant-to-instant electrical "brainscape" of neural activity across a living brain. (news-medical.net)
  • Collages of spliced images dissolve time and create new visual structures. (lexingtonartleague.org)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive medical imaging technique that uses a magnetic field and computer-generated radio waves to create detailed images. (lu.se)