Publications by authors named "R SALMI"
Infanticide, the killing of conspecific infants, has been observed in many species, including rodents, carnivores, and notably, primates. Although several adaptive and non-adaptive hypotheses have been proposed to explain this phenomenon, most cases to date appear consistent with the sexual selection hypothesis, particularly in primates. According to this hypothesis, males increase their reproductive success by eliminating unrelated unweaned infants, causing females to resume cycling earlier and allowing infanticidal males to mate and sire offspring sooner during their tenure.
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- Students often face various sleep disorders that can negatively affect their well-being and academic performance.
- This study examined the prevalence of these disorders, specifically among nursing students in the UAE, finding that 30.6% had sleep issues, with insomnia being the most common.
- The results highlight the need for nursing schools to address sleep problems and suggest further research to develop prevention strategies.
Handedness is a fundamental human trait, although recent research, especially on nonhuman primates, has shown that it is displayed by other animals as well (e.g., chimpanzees, gorillas).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Long-term home range stability presumably emerges because familiarity with an area improves fitness through increased foraging efficiency, reduced predation risk, or reduced costs of intergroup aggression. While the use of spatial memory by primates has been widely demonstrated, few studies have examined whether long-term space use creates opportunities for interannual reuse of spatial knowledge. Here we examine the ranging behavior of western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) to assess the degree of long-term site fidelity and the foraging consequences of reuse of space.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim was to compare oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) between home-dwelling older people with and without domiciliary care when adjusted for gender, education, use of dental services and removable dental prostheses.
Background: OHRQoL of home-dwelling older people with and without domiciliary care is a neglected area of research, with few studies having been conducted.
Materials And Methods: A secondary analysis was conducted on the Finnish Health 2011 interview data.