As with humans, these behaviors often can and should be first treated by adjusting the animal's environment and behavior.

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The dividend cuts have come amid a worsening economic environment in Europe and changing consumer behavior.

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And long-term brain studies have demonstrated that the structure of the brain can change based on behavior and environment.

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The central theme of the seminar revolved around school health, school safety and overall behavior change for safe and healthy school environment in schools.

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Genetics and environment may work together to encourage violent behavior.

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For example, the same interface could be made adaptable to both an office environment and a moving vehicle, with the system dynamically making the necessary changes to user interface behavior as the environment changes.

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The same goes for a widening gap between our newly-formed habits and brand behavior given how quickly the media environment has evolved.

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Chinese are very pragmatic, and you have to sit down and hammer out what ethics mean in the Chinese context, and how to connect codes of behavior to a Chinese environment.

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This "environmental determinism, " as housing historian Alexander von Hoffman calls it, led reformers to try to improve the behavior and prospects of the poor by replacing the slum environment altogether.

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For decades Me First thinking and behavior has dominated how we have conducted business, treated the environment, and how consumers and brands have interacted.

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