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  2. The Anatomy of Melancholy - Wikipedia

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    Much of the book quotes [6] ancient and medieval medical authorities, beginning with Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Galen. Hence the Anatomy is filled with more or less pertinent references to the works of others. A competent Latinist, Burton included a great deal of Latin poetry in the Anatomy, much of it from ancient sources left untranslated ...

  3. Experimental analysis of behavior - Wikipedia

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    The experimental analysis of behavior is a science that studies the behavior of individuals across a variety of species. A key early scientist was B. F. Skinner who discovered operant behavior, reinforcers, secondary reinforcers, contingencies of reinforcement, stimulus control, shaping, intermittent schedules, discrimination, and generalization.

  4. Gesell Developmental Schedules - Wikipedia

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    The Gesell Development Schedule operates off what is known as an individual's developmental quotient, or otherwise known as DQ. The DQ is determined according to the scores of the test and is evaluated by ascertaining whether or not the infant or child is displaying the appropriate behavior for the age (The individual's developmental quotient ...

  5. Reinforcement - Wikipedia

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    It is like an interval schedule, except that premature responses reset the time required between behavior. Differential reinforcement of high rate (DRH) – Used to increase high rates of responding. It is like an interval schedule, except that a minimum number of responses are required in the interval in order to receive reinforcement.

  6. Delivery schedule adherence - Wikipedia

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    Some organizations experience problems in producing delivery schedule adherence information this can be caused by a failure of systems to record delivery forecast information, unreliable processes and poor communication between buyer and seller. [4] Ensuring that DSA can be correctly calculated and then improved often forms part of improvement. [5]

  7. Development of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The typical age of legal majority is 18 years in most contexts, although the definition of majority may vary by legal rights and country. Human adulthood encompasses psychological adult development. Definitions of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory; an adolescent may be biologically an adult and display adult behavior but still ...

  8. De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem - Wikipedia

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    De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (Latin, "On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books") is a set of books on human anatomy written by Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) and published in 1543. It was a major advance in the history of anatomy over the long-dominant work of Galen , and presented itself as such.

  9. Outline of medicine - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy – study of the physical structure of organisms. In contrast to macroscopic or gross anatomy, cytology and histology are concerned with microscopic structures. List of anatomical topics. List of bones of the human skeleton; List of homologues of the human reproductive system; List of human anatomical features