novel environment

collocation in English

meaningsofnovelandenvironment

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novel
adjective
uk
/ˈnɒv.əl/
us
/ˈnɑː.vəl/
new and original, not like anything ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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Toxicity could also be a byproduct of proteins occuring in anovelenvironmentand recognition of host targets, a chance event.
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The tendency to explore the aversive area of thenovelenvironmentwas greatest in mice with low infection on initial exposure.
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The experiments show that the agents evolved a wall-following control strategy and were able to transfer it tonovelenvironment.
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Perhaps the population inhabits anovelenvironmentand has not had time to adapt.
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Alternatively, the laboratory is a strange and potentially stressful situation at this age, particularly initially, when the infant is confronted with anovelenvironmentand numerous strangers.
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Following exposure to anovelenvironment, control mice showed a classic exploratory behavior consisting of a reduced tendency to examine the environment and trying to avoid the bright open area.
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Tolerance to opiates may be context specific, and loss of tolerance and the experience of an overdose may occur when opiate use occurs in anovelenvironment.
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In an experiment called the open-field test, an infant was placed in anovelenvironmentwith novel objects.
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Grid patterns appear on the first entrance of an animal into anovelenvironment, and usually remain stable thereafter.
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This is very useful for species which disperse widely and can therefore find themselves growing in anovelenvironmentwith no conspecifics present.
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Growing plants in the control environment of the greenhouse may also affect their response as it is still anovelenvironmentto the plants.
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Subordinate individuals are also more likely to enternovelenvironmentthan their dominant counterparts.
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The offspring of several different mammals are attracted to the odor of amniotic fluid, which helps to calm and adapt the infant to thenovelenvironmentoutside of the womb.
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Specifically, in adulthood, rats handled in the first 3 weeks of life show decreased fearfulness in novel environments.
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In this paper, the potential of entomopathogenic nematodes in novel environments is addressed using a general linear model.
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These adverse early care experiences have been shown to impact behavior, increasing fearfulness, reducing exploration of novel environments, and decreasing social status.
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Nonetheless, they have diversified into specialized prey ecological niches, thereby illustrating the radiating sympatric speciation associated with colonization of anovelenvironmentwith multiple available niches.
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Biologists have long questioned how northern mockingbirds adapt to anovelenvironmentin cities, and whether they fall into the typical ecological traps that are common for urban-dwelling birds.
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Perhaps pretense is not so unconstrained after all and exploration of novel environments, events or stimuli occurs in predictable ways.
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In contrast, in novel environments, it may be possible to evaluate each factor independently.
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