Marine mammal depredation of fisheries is a concern from a scientific, management, and conservation perspective. This conflict has prompted the development of non-lethal deterrents, a management technique that uses aversive stimuli to elicit avoidance. Animals are expected to be sensitive to cues of danger to avoid sources of mortality. Deterrents capitalize on behavioral mechanisms such as thr...

This paper explores the effectiveness of usage control deterrents. Usage control enables finer-grained control over the usage of objects than do traditional access control models. Deterrent controls are intended to discourage individuals from intentionally violating information security policies or procedures. In this context, an adaptation of usage control is assessed as a proactive means of d...

The theory of emotional intensity (Brehm, 1999) suggests that the intensity of affective states depends on the magnitude of their current deterrents. Our study investigated the role that fluency--the subjective experience of ease of information processing--plays in the emotional intensity modulations as reactions to deterrents. Following an induction phase of good mood, we manipulated both the ...

AIM This study critically explores the experience of one clinician who developed the practitioner-researcher role in a remote hospital. PARTICIPANT One occupational therapist working in rehabilitation who had never previously done or been trained for research but who completed and published a randomized controlled trial. SETTING Government hospital rehabilitation ward in remote northern Aus...

Abstract Human–wildlife conflicts are a growing problem in Northern Hemisphere where wild ungulates one of the taxonomic groups most frequently involved. To mitigate these conflicts, it is essential to develop preventive actions able avoid encounters between wildlife and human (activities). We here employed photo-trapping evaluate behaviour red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) when confronted with dissu...