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Sexual activities of animals.

A form of discrimination in the workplace which violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Offensive sexual conduct may include unwelcome advances, comme…

The sexual functions, activities, attitudes, and orientations of an individual. Sexuality, male or female, becomes evident at PUBERTY under the influ…

An emotional attitude excited by realization of a shortcoming or impropriety.

Primarily a patient-reported sensation, complaint or symptom rather than a disease entity.

Discomfort and partial inhibition of the usual forms of behavior when in the presence of others.

Interactions and relationships between sisters and/or brothers. The concept also applies to animal studies.

Persons or animals having at least one parent in common. (American College Dictionary, 3d ed)

Set of expectations that exempt persons from responsibility for their illness and exempt them from usual responsibilities.

A system of hand gestures used for communication by those with HEARING LOSS or by people speaking different languages.

Psychophysical technique that permits the estimation of the bias of the observer as well as detectability of the signal (i.e., stimulus) in any senso…

A natural, adoptive, or substitute parent of a dependent child, who lives with only one parent. The single parent may live with or visit the child. T…

The unmarried man or woman.

A household that includes children and is headed by one adult parent.

The sensory interpretation of the dimensions of objects.

A readily reversible suspension of sensorimotor interaction with the environment, usually associated with recumbency and immobility.

The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as med…

Habits and practices conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep, and include responding to environmental factors that may influence …

A progressive advance or delay of bedtime until the desired bedtime is achieved.

Satisfaction with the sleep experience, integrating aspects of sleep initiation, sleep maintenance, sleep quantity, and refreshment upon awakening.

Periods of sleep manifested by changes in EEG activity and certain behavioral correlates; they formerly included Stage 1: sleep onset, drowsy sleep; …

A stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eye and low voltage fast pattern EEG. It is usually associated with dreaming.

A stage of sleep characterized by synchronized wave activity as observed in the ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; the waves exhibit a frequency of 0.5 to 2 Hz, a…

The ability to detect scents or odors, such as the function of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS.

A facial expression which may denote feelings of pleasure, affection, amusement, etc.

Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand.

Discontinuing the habit of SMOKING.

A decrease in the incidence and frequency of SMOKING. Smoking reduction differs from SMOKING CESSATION in that the smoker continues to smoke albeit a…

SMOKING of non-TOBACCO (or NICOTINE-containing) substances.

Adaptation of the person to the social environment. Adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the environment or by changing the environment.…