AVERSIVE CONDITIONING INCREASES SHORT-TERM WARINESS BUT DOES NOT CHANGE HABITAT USE IN BLACK BEARS ASSOCIATED WITH CONFLICT.

Aversive conditioning increases short-term wariness but does not change habitat use in black bears associated with conflict.

Conflict between humans and black bears (Ursus americanus) occurs throughout North America with increasing public demand to replace lethal management with non-lethal methods, such as aversive conditioning (AC).AC aims to teach animals to associate negative stimuli with humans or their infrastructure.We sought to test the efficacy of AC using radio-

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The effect of gestalt-based counseling on the level of self-esteem and intimate partner violence against pregnant women: A randomized control trial

Background: Violence against women is a health problem that poses an additional threat to the mother and fetus during pregnancy.Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of Gestalt counseling on self-esteem and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in pregnant women.Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was carried out on

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