Sentence examples for alteration in the behaviour from inspiring English sources

It had never been associated with Zika before the virus reached Brazil, which suggests that some time in the recent past either Zika changed biologically or there was some alteration in the behaviour of Aedes aegypti.

No significant mortality or alteration in the behaviour patterns of the treated rats was observed compared to their respective controls.

Vitexin (10 30 mg/kg) did not show significant alterations in the behaviour of mice tested in hole-board, plus-maze or activity cage tests.

IVD degeneration is a non-inflammatory arthropathy; as such, the detrimental tissue remodelling events that occur result from alterations in the behaviour of the native cell population.

Our results may reflect alterations in the behaviour and life history tactics of elderly males to maintain reproductive fitness in the face of competition from healthier, younger males.

Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), betaine and sarcosine are among the family of methylamines which are a class of osmolytes that may lead to the alteration in the transition behaviour of thermo-responsive polymers (TRPs).

Such an environment induces alterations in the maternal behaviour of the dam (i.e. shortened bout of nurturing behaviour and frequent shifts between behaviours) and recapitulates an important element of neglect in humans where the mother is present, yet the quality of care is impaired (Korosi and Baram, 2009; Baram et al., 2012).

To investigate the alteration in hydration behaviour of the PG-degraded dehydrated cartilage, this study employed enzymatic digestion, which is a well-known method to simulate OA-like cartilage in experimental study and has been widely utilized to selectively target one or more crucial components of cartilage, such as collagen and/or PG.

The application of oxykine or gliadin (10 mg kg−1 day−1 for 27 days) did not cause either any obvious side effect such as weight loss, or alteration in the appearance or behaviour of the tumour-bearing mice during the observation period.

Mayer et al. [ 8] and Ruis-Heutinck et al. [ 9] have all noted significant alterations in the lying behaviour of bulls housed on a concrete floor, such as a higher proportion of atypical lying down and standing up movements and fewer periods lying when compared with bulls kept in pens with a bedded lying area.

In both conditions where reduced levels of cyclin C are apparent, a lower proportion of Cdk8 is found in the high molecular weight complex, demonstrating an alteration in Cdk8 behaviour as cyclin C levels decrease.