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D B Miller

Publications and source records attributed to D B Miller.

At least 127 records · Page 7Linked to original sources
PubMed1978

Species-specific auditory discrimination in bobtail quail neonates.

Incubator-hatched bobwhite quail neonates were tested individually in a variety of single call and simultaneous auditory choice tests involving 6 adult quail vocalizations and a chicken exodus call. The quail showed a high degree of responsiveness (100%) to 3 adult quail vocalizations and significantly less responsiveness (40-50%) to 3 other quail calls and to the chicken exodus call in single call tests. In simultaneous choice tests, the quail were selectively responsive to a call of their own species over the chicken call, and they also showed certain intraspecific preferences. Because of their high degree of responsiveness, coupled with selectivity of their approach responses, bobwhite quail neonates are ideal for the laboratory investigation of the development of auditory perception.

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PubMed1978

Species-typical and individually distinctive acoustic features of crow calls of red jungle fowl.

Crow calls of red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) were analyzed for the purposes of (a) determining the extent of commonality and variability of acoustic features within and between individual roosters, and (b) characterizing the modal crow call of this species. Comparisons were made between crow calls of jungle fowl and those of domestic fowl to assess the extent to which domestication has affected these motor patterns.

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PubMed1978

Reflections concerning an activity consultant by a nursing home administrator.

The problems a therapist can expect as a part-time consultant in a nursing home are explored. These problems include understanding the nature of patient population, incomplete information on specific characteristics of the nursing home, and the relationships among the various constituencies found in the facility. Activities can be helpful in counteracting physical problems and especially depression and withdrawal. The consultant must be independent, objective, informed, able to stimulated creative approaches, make value judgments and appropriate decisions, and above all, must be involved.

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PubMed1976

Physician's attitudes toward the ill aged and nursing homes.

A survey of physicians in private practice (exclusive of pediatricians) was conducted in a medium sized suburban city in the New York metropolitan area, to determine whether physicians' attitudes toward the ill aged and nursing homes were predictors of the quality of medical care available to area nursing home patients. Questionnaires were circulated to 302 practitioners. Of the 28 percent who responded, 32 percent were psychiatrists, 15 percent primary care physicians and 8 percent orthopedists. Physicians felt competent to manage the ill aged, although 50 percent had had no significant degree of exposure to geriatric medicine in their medical education, and 70 percent of the primary care group had had none. Primary care and older physicians were more likely to treat patients in nursing homes. Almost 40 percent viewed the nursing home as a place to die. Although 85 percent studied that physicians should be involved in the nursing home displacement process, only 21 percent believed that they continued to be in charge of their patients after placement. The findings demonstrate generalized medical disinterest in the care of ill aged patients in institutions. The persons responsible for awarding government grants and those involved in planning medical school curricula should pay more attention to the needs of the chronically ill aged.

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PubMed1975

On the correlation of brain size and problem-solving behavior of ring doves and pigeons.

The behavior of 12 adult ring doves [a small-brained species of Columbidae] was compared with that of 12 adult pigeons [a large-brained species of Columbidae] in a detour problem to see if Rensch's hypothesis of increased brain size being correlated with increased capability can be extended to a perceptual problem-solving task. Three detour dependent variables were intercorrelated with seven gross brain indices obtained from each bird. There were no species differences in terms of detour behavior, and no correlational trends of brain-behavior relationships were discernible. It was concluded that Rensch's hypothesis may not be generalizable to all types of behavior capabilities.

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PubMed1975

Sexual practices and administrative policies in long term care institutions.

Long an activist in the long term care field, Dulcy Miller again provides us with well grounded advice: "Sexual behavior of the intact aged," Miller states, "presents significant administrative problems. Sexual behavior of the impaired and the resulting sequelae present moral dilemmas worthy of microscopic analysis."

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