Doors opening; vehicles moving; crowds passing; humans walking, working, eating, dancing; wheels turning; gadgets shuttling: all these behaviours, living or not, are repetitive, and in their repetition they all become equal and one, a single driving incessant operation.
In view of the richness and complexity of behaviour of living organisms, one is interested in formulating basic principles that guide adaptive behaviour in organisms.
Moreover, in Sweden health inequalities were put into a broader focus including both behaviour and living conditions, while they in Denmark mainly were regarded as unhealthy behaviours among the poor, according to Vallgårda.
José Halloy of the Free University of Brussels used robotic cockroaches to subvert the behaviour of living cockroaches and control their decision-making process.
A less traditional guide is The Unfeathered Bird, by Katrina van Grouw (Princeton), a bizarre but irresistible examination of the anatomy of birds, which gives us genuinely new insights into the behaviour of living species.
There's often reticence and cynicism to overcome at this point, however the key is for leaders to become role models for the preferred behaviour, by living the values.
The technique is based on the dielectric behaviour of living cells and uses a Biomass Monitor Aber Instruments Ltdd). to measure biomass-dependent capacitance.
Finally, there are biosensors which monitor the behaviour of living organisms in the water to assess the toxicity of water samples.
My wife, Sigal Balshine, is a behavioural ecologist, which means that she tries to make sense of the observed behaviour of living organisms as a consequence of natural selection operating in real ecological environments.
