Social play experience in juvenile rats is indispensable for appropriate socio-sexual behavior in adulthood in males but not females by Ashley E. Marquardt, Jonathan W. VanRyzin, Rebeca W. Fuquen, Margaret M. McCarthy, Margaret M. McCarthy

“…While its exact function is debated, various rodent studies on the effects of juvenile social isolation suggest that participating in play is essential to appropriate behavior and reproductive success in adulthood. …”
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The Effect of a Self-Efficacy-Based Education Program on Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Hypertension by Reza Rouzbahani, Parastoo Golshiri, Zahra Eskandari

“…Conclusion: Self-efficacy seems to be effective in controlling patients’ blood pressure, and be regarded as a pre-requisite for appropriate behavior. To put concisely, self-efficacy enhancement strategies can be employed to control blood pressure in patients with hypertension.…”
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Neural substrates underlying reconcentration for the preparation of an appropriate cognitive state to prevent future mistakes: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study by Naoki eMiura, Takayuki eNozawa, Makoto eTakahashi, Ryoichi eYokoyama, Ryoichi eYokoyama, Yukako eSasaki, Kohei eSakaki, Ryuta eKawashima, Ryuta eKawashima

“…The ability to reconcentrate on the present situation by recognizing one’s own recent errors is a cognitive mechanism that is crucial for safe and appropriate behavior in a particular situation. However, an individual may not be able to adequately perform a subsequent task even if he/she recognize his/her own error; thus, it is hypothesized that the neural mechanisms underlying the reconcentration process are different from the neural substrates supporting error recognition. …”
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Behavioral, social and school functioning in children with Pompe disease by Aditi Korlimarla, Gail A. Spiridigliozzi, Mihaela Stefanescu, Stephanie L. Austin, Priya S. Kishnani

“…The majority of children with Pompe exhibited age-appropriate behavior and emotional functioning on these standardized checklists. …”
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Analysis of surface contamination of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in a health-care setting in the context of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic by Amrish Kohli, Kamna Singh, Yangchen Dolma

“…Strict adherence to COVID appropriate behavior, increased frequency of disinfection in high-risk areas, and sensitization of the staff are mandatory to minimize the infection risk.…”
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Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study. by Beatriz Galatas, Hoticha Nhantumbo, Rodolfo Soares, Helder Djive, Ilda Murato, Wilson Simone, Eusebio Macete, N Regina Rabinovich, Pedro Alonso, Baltazar Candrinho, Francisco Saúte, Pedro Aide, Khátia Munguambe

“…Acceptability was also fostered by the community's general will to cooperate in any government-led activity that would reduce malaria burden, the appropriate behavior and knowledge of field workers, or the fact that the intervention was available free of charge to all. …”
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FEMTOSECOND TECHNOLOGY OF MYOPIA CORRECTION by A. G. Shchuko, O. V. Pisarevskaya, V. V. Bukina, T. N. Iureva

“…The advantages of this ReLEх operation are a safety, painlessness, stable results, and high level of obtained visual quality, as well as opportunity to continue operation in vacuum lost, myopia correction in thin cornea. no unpleasant smells and sounds intra-operatively, which is important for appropriate behavior of the patient. Clinical results and analysis of obtained intra-operative complications indicate that femtosecond lenticule extraction is highly efficient, although technically more difficult in the period of technology mastering.…”
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Dissociable functions of reward inference in the lateral prefrontal cortex and the striatum by Shingo eTanaka, Xiaochuan ePan, Xiaochuan ePan, Mineki eOguchi, Jessica E eTaylor, Masamichi eSakagami, Masamichi eSakagami

“…In a complex and uncertain world, how do we select appropriate behavior? One possibility is that we choose actions that are highly reinforced by their probabilistic consequences (model-free processing). …”
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The Benefits of Increased Space and Habitat Complexity for the Welfare of Zoo-Housed King Penguins (<i>Aptenodytes patagonicus</i>) by Grace Fuller, Megan Jones, Kylen N. Gartland, Sara Zalewski, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

“…Modern habitats are designed to provide animals with choices and agency over their environment, and to encourage species-appropriate behavior and space use. In 2016, the Detroit Zoological Society opened the Polk Penguin Conservation Center, a 3065.80 m² facility that features a naturalistic design. …”
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COVID vaccine hesitancy among the tribal population and its determinants: A community-based study at berhampore block of Murshidabad District, West Bengal by Arnab Sarkar, Anirban Dalui, Paramita Sarkar, Manisha Das, Rivu Basu, Jadab Chandra Sardar

“…Vaccine hesitancy was associated with decreased family income in the last 1 year (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 8.23), knowledge regarding vaccine (AOR = 0.41), adherence to COVID-appropriate behavior (AOR = 0.45), and trust on the local health-care worker (AOR = 0.32). …”
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Editorial - RPER v4n2 by Maria Isabel Barbosa Ribeiro

“…Are we actually having an appropriate behavior and even in small gestures is this concern present? …”
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COVID-appropriate facemask use: A study among patients attending outpatient Departments of a Public Health Institute in West Bengal by Arpita Das, Biswadip Chattopadhyay, Bobby Paul, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Madhumita Bhattacharyya

“…Therefore, COVID-appropriate behavior regarding facemask use is imperative for controlling the pandemic. …”
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The effect of online support and e-content on communication skills of nurses with patients by Ima Darbandi, Shahla Mohamadzadeh Zarankesh, Mohammadreza Kordbagheri, Mitra Zolfaghari

“…In the intervention group, in addition to receiving educational content, online support was provided through social media for four weeks with the presence of a psychologist, so that by asking real questions and problems or simulated scenarios, appropriate behavior in that situation was discussed. Before and eight weeks after the intervention, communication skills in the both groups were assessed by the Burton Jaychr('39')s Communication Skills questionnaire, and data was compared using independent t-test and analysis of covariance. …”
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The decision-making process of childbearing: a qualitative study by Marzieh kaboudi, Ali Ramezankhani, Houman Manouchehri, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Marjan Haghi

“…If the person perceived that he/she could control the above conditions, “childbearing intention” was developed and if he/she considered the degree of control to be inappropriate, he/she would employ the strategy of childbearing avoidance and display the appropriate behavior according to this decision-making process. …”
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Neural mechanisms underlying stop-and-restart difficulties: involvement of the motor and perceptual systems. by Kentaro Yamanaka, Daichi Nozaki

“…The ability to suddenly stop a planned movement or a movement being performed and restart it after a short interval is an important mechanism that allows appropriate behavior in response to contextual or environmental changes. …”
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The effects of farming systems (organic vs. conventional) on dairy cow welfare, based on the Welfare Quality® protocol by K. Wagner, J. Brinkmann, A. Bergschmidt, C. Renziehausen, S. March

“…Organic farms scored higher in all four Welfare Quality® principles: “Good Feeding”, “Good Housing”, “Good Health” and “Appropriate Behavior” compared to conventional farms. In particular, organic farms obtained higher scores with respect to Welfare Quality® measures of resting comfort, which contributes to a lower percentage of lameness; organic farms also implemented less painful methods for disbudding, or indeed carried out no disbudding, and provided access to pasture and outdoor exercise. …”
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Diverse processing of pharmacological and natural rewards by the central amygdala by Łukasz Bijoch, Joanna Klos, Martyna Pękała, Kristina Fiołna, Leszek Kaczmarek, Anna Beroun

“…CeL nucleus gives a strong inhibitory input to the CeM, and this local circuitry assigns values (positive or negative) to incoming stimuli, guiding appropriate behavior (approach or avoid). However, the particular involvement of CeA in processing such emotionally relevant information and adaptations of the CeA circuitry are not yet well understood. …”
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A study on the health seeking behavior among caregivers of under-five children in an urban slum of Bhubaneswar, Odisha by Krishna Mishra, Ipsa Mohapatra, Amit Kumar

“…Treatment-seeking behavior was good among the respondents with majority having appropriate behavior. Measures can be taken to help promote awareness among those who did not have appropriate treatment seeking behavior.…”
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Sexual and Reproductive Health: How Can Situational Judgment Tests Help Assess the Norm and Identify Target Groups? A Field Study in Sierra Leone by Lisa Selma Moussaoui, Erin Law, Nancy Claxton, Sofia Itämäki, Ahmada Siogope, Hannele Virtanen, Olivier Desrichard, Consortium Sierra Leone Red Cross Society

“…Age differences emerged and suggest priority groups to be targeted (e.g., on the topic of female genital mutilation, younger female respondents, and older male respondents gave the lowest coded responses which reflected to less appropriate behavior in our coding). In terms of validity of the measurement methods, situational judgment test answers correlated positively with other items in the survey, but the magnitude of the association is often small, and sometimes not significant. …”
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Assessment of Breastfeeding Education by Face to Face and Small-Group Education Methods in Mothers’ Self-Efficacy in Kazeroun Health Centers in 2015 by Mahboobeh Khorshidifard, Mitra Amini, Mohammad Reza Dehghani, Najaf Zaree, Narjes Pishva, Nahid Zarifsanaiey

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Education is a process beginning with informing, followed by attitude-making and finally leading to appropriate behavior and performance in trainees. Breastfeeding self-efficacy, as a term, is originated from the social cognitive theory structures of Bandura. …”
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