Considering this intransigence (with the exception of total cholesterol), it is perhaps not surprising that behavioural risk factors have also changed little over the same period in Scotland.
This is somewhat surprising as behavioural surveillance shows that HIV testing rates among gay men in Auckland [ 10] are not higher than in those cities [ 14, 17, 20].
Thus, it may not be surprising that no behavioural differences were observed.
And they're finding success in surprising ways, such as behavioural science techniques.
Why does a barman get a tip, but not a fast-food worker or a doctor who saves lives?In America alone, tipping is now a $16 billion-a-year industry—all the more surprising since it is a behavioural oddity.
We cannot exclude the possibility that it resulted in behaviour change, although given the difficulties researchers face in showing impact from behavioural interventions 2 3 it would be surprising if the control intervention had a substantial impact.
This neglect is all the more surprising since normative notions of integration are themselves behavioural expectations that refer to the process dimension of integration, but are rarely stated explicitly as a characteristic of a policy regime.
Humans differ in many behavioural attributes, and it is hardly surprising that examiners also differ in their propensity to pass or fail candidates.
The lack of significance is perhaps not surprising because, as has been argued previously, the behavioural tests require active processing of language whereas mMMN responses reflect automatic processes (Breier et al. 2007).
The diphyly of the nectarivorous Lonchophyllinae and Glossophaginae is surprising, since they resemble each other in many morphological, behavioural, ecological, and physiological traits (e.g. skull elongation, reduction of dentition, hovering flight, forest foraging behaviour and ability to metabolize pollen).
