CHASING BEHAVIOUR AND OPTOMOTOR FOLLOWING IN FREE-FLYING MALE BLOWFLIES: FLIGHT PERFORMANCE AND INTERACTIONS OF THE UNDERLYING CONTROL SYSTEMS

Chasing behaviour and optomotor following in free-flying male blowflies: flight performance and interactions of the underlying control systems

The chasing behaviour of male blowflies after small targets belongs to the most rapid and virtuosic visually guided behaviours found in nature.Since in a structured environment any turn towards a target inevitably leads to a displacement of the entire retinal image in the opposite direction, it might evoke optomotor following responses counteractin

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Empirically-derived dimensions of childhood adversity and cumulative risk: associations with measures of depression, anxiety, and psychosis-spectrum psychopathology

Background: Investigating different approaches to operationalizing childhood adversity and how they relate to transdiagnostic psychopathology is relevant to advance research on mechanistic processes and to inform intervention efforts.To our knowledge, previous studies have not used questionnaire and interview measures of childhood adversity to exam

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Impact of workplace violence on anxiety and sleep disturbances among Egyptian medical residents: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Workplace violence (WPV) against healthcare workers is a common occurrence worldwide, especially among young physicians and medical residents.This study aimed to explore the negative health impacts of WPV among medical residents in Egypt, and their perception regarding how safe it is to report violence.Purpose To investigate the

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