Essays about: "Imprinting"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the word Imprinting.
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1. Long-Term Behavioral Effects of Exposure to Imprinting Stimuli in Chicks(Gallus gallus domesticus)
University essay from Linköpings universitet/BiologiAbstract : Filial imprinting is a type of early developmental learning in which certain species buildstrong and mostly irreversible connections to objects or individuals. These connections couldbe shaped by the contribution of several stimuli including the fragments of auditory and visual components. READ MORE
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2. Short- and Long-Term Effects of Filial Imprinting on a Model Hen on the Emotional State of White Leghorn Chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : In layer hen commercial production systems, chicks are not raised by hens and do therefore not receive any maternal care. In the wild, after hatching, chicks undergo filial imprinting where they create a social bond with a stimulus in their surrounding environment, usually the mother hen. READ MORE
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3. Training dogs to indicate synthetic pheromones from Plagionotus detritus, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae to detect living beetles
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : Using dogs to detect insects’ emitted volatiles is a non-invasive procedure, and a trained detection dog is potentially a fast and accurate method to search for saproxylic insects. The longhorn beetle Plagionotus detritus is categorized as Endangered in the Swedish Red List of Threatened Species. READ MORE
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4. Tamper Protection for Cryptographic Hardware : A survey and analysis of state-of-the-art tamper protection for communication devices handling cryptographic keys
University essay from Linköpings universitet/InformationskodningAbstract : This master's thesis was conducted at Sectra Communications AB, where the aim of the thesis was to investigate the state of the art of physical hardware tampering attacks and corresponding protections and mitigations, and finally combining this to a protection model that conforms to the FIPS 140-2 standard. The methods used to investigate and evaluate the different attacks were literature searching, looking for articles presenting different attacks that have been used against real targets, and attacks that there are no records of being attempted on a real target, but are theoretically possible. READ MORE
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5. Development of Tactile Actuators : Actuators for arm mounted hearing device
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : This report is a thesis work for a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Karlstad University. More than 8.5 million people in the world are deaf but unable to get cochlear implants. It has been shown that by the use of actuators that stimulate the skin nerves in different patterns, people can learn to feel the sound on their skin. READ MORE
