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When population growth intensifies intergroup competition, female colobus monkeys free-ride less

Author(s): Arseneau-Robar TJ; Teichroeb JA; Macintosh AJJ; Saj TL; Glotfelty E; Lucci S; Sicotte P; Wikberg EC; ...

Intergroup aggression often results in the production of public goods, such as a safe and stable social environment and a home range containing the resources required to survive and reproduce. We i ...

Article GUID: 38906888


Nourishing the Nexus: A Feminist Analysis of Gender, Nutrition and Agri-food Development Policies and Practices

Author(s): Vercillo S; Rao S; Ragetlie R; Vansteenkiste J;

This article applies feminist critiques to investigate how agri-food and nutritional development policy and interventions address gender inequality. Based on the analysis presented of global policies and examples of project experiences from Haiti, Benin, Gh ...

Article GUID: 37361474


Navigating the nexus: climate dynamics and microplastics pollution in coastal ecosystems

Author(s): Ahmed Dar A; Chen Z; Sardar MF; An C;

Microplastics (MPs) pollution is an emerging environmental health concern, impacting soil, plants, animals, and humans through their entry into the food chain via bioaccumulation. Human activities such as improper solid waste dumping are significant sources ...

Article GUID: 38642636


Modulation of cue value and the augmentation of heroin seeking in chronically food-restricted male rats under withdrawal

Author(s): Firas Sedki

Food restriction augments drug seeking in abstinent rats. The underlying motivational mechanisms, however, remain unclear. We hypothesized that caloric restriction enhances the incentive value attributed to drug-associated cues and, in turn, augments drug s ...

Article GUID: 37714221


A Qualitative Evaluation of a Plate-Method Dietary Self-Monitoring Tool in a Sample of Adults Over 50

Author(s): Bouchaud CC; Chriqui JR; Slim M; Gouin JP; Plourde H; Cohen TR;

Background: Self-monitoring is an important behavioral change technique to help users initiate and maintain dietary changes. Diet self-monitoring tools often involve the itemization of foods and recording of serving sizes. However, this traditional method o ...

Article GUID: 37600934


Methods to assess ambivalence towards food and diet: a scoping review

Author(s): Hayashi D; Carvalho SDL; Ribeiro PAB; Rodrigues RCM; São-João TM; Lavoie K; Bacon S; Cornélio ME; ...

Background: Ambivalence towards food and diet, which favours behavioural inertia, might be a barrier to adopting healthier eating behaviours. Measuring it can help researchers to better understand ...

Article GUID: 37226601


Gold Nanoparticles-Based Colorimetric Assays for Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety Evaluation

Author(s): Sadiq Z; Safiabadi Tali SH; Hajimiri H; Al-Kassawneh M; Jahanshahi-Anbuhi S;

Recent years have witnessed an exponential increase in the research on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)-based colorimetric sensors to revolutionize point-of-use sensing devices. Hence, this review is compiled focused on current progress in the design and performa ...

Article GUID: 36629748


Who's cooking tonight? A time-use study of coupled adults in Toronto, Canada

Author(s): Liu B; Widener MJ; Smith LG; Farber S; Gesink D; Minaker LM; Patterson Z; Larsen K; Gilliland J; ...

Understanding how coupled adults arrange food-related labor in relation to their daily time allocation is of great importance because different arrangements may have implications for diet-related h ...

Article GUID: 36339032


Microfluidics in smart packaging of foods

Author(s): Pou KRJ; Raghavan V; Packirisamy M;

The increasing trend in ensuring safe and quality foods necessitates the monitoring of food products throughout the food supply chain. Food packaging is an indispensable process as it provides various functions such as containment, protection, convenience, ...

Article GUID: 36192908


Food Addiction and Binge Eating Disorder in Relation to Dietary Patterns and Anthropometric Measurements: A Descriptive-Analytic Cross-Sectional Study in Iranian Adults with Obesity

Author(s): Yousefi R; Panahi Moghaddam SA; Salahi H; Woods R; Abolhasani M; Eini-Zinab H; Saidpour A; ...

Obesity is associated with maladaptive eating behaviors, including food addiction (FA) and binge eating disorder (BED). However, the key factors influencing the development of maladaptive eating be ...

Article GUID: 35975474


Acute food deprivation-induced relapse to heroin seeking after short and long punishment-imposed abstinence in male rats

Author(s): Borges C; Inigo F; Quteishat N; Charles J; Ah-Yen E; U S;

Rational: Stress is a major trigger for drug relapse in humans and animal models, even after prolonged abstinence. However, animal models for stress-induced relapse were criticized for the lack of predictive and face validity.
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Article GUID: 35951079


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