Ben Beck
Biographic Data
| ID | 4416666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Beck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Beck |
| SIGNATURE | BEN BECK |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chicago Zoological Society |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3262-5956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Approaches and reporting of alcohol and other drug testing for injured patients in hospital‐based studies
Prevalence of Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Patients Presenting to Hospital for Violence-Related Injuries
Substance use is a risk factor for being both a perpetrator and a victim of violence. The aim of this systematic review was to report the prevalence of acute pre-injury substance use in patients with violence-related injuries. Systematic searches were used to identify observational studies that included patients aged ≥15 years presenting to hospital after violence-related injuries and used objective toxicology measures to report prevalence of acu…
Understanding variations in the built environment over time to inform longitudinal studies of young children's physical activity behaviour - The Beaches project
We know relatively little about the role the neighbourhood built environment plays in promoting young children's physical activity, particularly its longitudinal effect either through repeated exposure to the same environment or through change in exposure by moving from one neighbourhood to another. This study characterised the neighbourhood environment of young children in the PLAYCE cohort study over three timepoints from 2015 to 2023. There we…
Implementing without evaluating
Developing urban biking typologies
Extensive research has been conducted exploring associations between built environment characteristics and biking. However, these approaches have often lacked the ability to understand the interactions of the built environment, population and bicycle ridership. To overcome these limitations, this study aimed to develop novel urban biking typologies using unsupervised machine learning methods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of travel survey…
Serious Injury in Metropolitan and Regional Victoria
This study aimed to describe regional variations in service use and distance travelled to post-discharge health services in the first three years following hospital discharge for people with transport-related orthopaedic, brain, and spinal cord injuries. Using linked data from the Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR) and Transport Accident Commission (TAC), we identified 1597 people who had sustained transport-related orthopaedic, brain, or spi…
Die Umwandlung des Befreiungsanspruchs
Obwohl die Umwandlung des Befreiungs- in den Zahlungsanspruch seit Jahrzehnten Gegenstand der Rechtsprechung des BGH ist, stellt sie Wissenschaft und Praxis noch immer vor zahlreiche ungelöste Probleme. Dies ist auf den oftmals fehlenden Gesetzesbezug der Umwandlungs-Thesen, eine mangelnde Sensibilität für das jeweils zugrundeliegende Rechtsverhältnis sowie eine einseitige Fokussierung auf die Interessen des Befreiungsgläubigers zurückzuführen. B…
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Outcomes Following Injury in Childhood and Adolescence Using EuroQol (EQ-5D) Responses with Pooled Longitudinal Data
HRQoL outcomes over time for children and adolescents post-injury differed across key demographic and injury related attributes. HRQoL did not reach levels consistent with full health by 24 months with recovery plateauing from 6 to 24 months. Tailored interventions are required to respond to the varying post-injury recovery trajectories in this population
Access to Healthcare Following Serious Injury
Barriers to accessing healthcare exist following serious injury. These issues are not well understood and may have dire consequences for healthcare utilisation and patients' long-term recovery. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore factors perceived by allied health professionals to affect access to healthcare beyond hospital discharge for people with serious injuries in urban and regional Victoria, Australia. Twenty-five semi-structur…
Health status after penetrating major trauma in Victoria, Australia
Identifying Homogeneous Patterns of Injury in Paediatric Trauma Patients to Improve Risk-Adjusted Models of Mortality and Functional Outcomes
Injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the paediatric population and exhibits complex injury patterns. This study aimed to identify homogeneous groups of paediatric major trauma patients based on their profile of injury for use in mortality and functional outcomes risk-adjusted models. Data were extracted from the population-based Victorian State Trauma Registry for patients aged 0-15 years, injured 2006-2016. Four Latent Class A…
Bitcoin
In jüngster Zeit hat das Phänomen alternativen, auf Kryptographie basierenden Geldes, dessen bekanntester Vertreter »Bitcoins« sind, vermehrte Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Juristisch sind noch viele Fragen ungeklärt. Der folgende Beitrag konzentriert sich auf die zivilrechtliche, insbesondere vertragstypologische Einordnung
Predicting Capacity Demand on Sanctuaries for African Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Changes in locomotor and foraging skills in captive‐born, reintroduced golden lion tamarins ( Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia )
The behavior of reintroduced, captive‐born animals is understudied, limiting the scientific understanding and utility of reintroduction as a conservation tool. This work describes changes in locomotor and foraging behaviors in captive‐born golden lion tamarins over the first 18 months after their release into the wild. The subjects included 73 individuals living in and around the Poco das Antas Biological Reserve in Brazil between 1984 and 1996. …
Spontaneous tool use in captive, free-ranging golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia)
Food transfers in wild and reintroduced golden lion tamarins,Leontopithecus rosalia
We collected data from wild and reintroduced golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia) to describe the behavior of donor and recipient during food transfers, evaluate the effect of supplemental feeding on food transfer behavior, and examine various hypotheses concerning the function of food transfers in primates. Behavioral observations were conducted on 12 groups of tamarins with young (N = 30) between the ages of 1 week and 1 year old. Resu…
The Biology and Evolution of Language
This book synthesizes much of the exciting recent research in the biology of language. Drawing on data from anatomy, neurophysiology, physiology, and behavioral biology, Lieberman develops a new approach to the puzzle of language, arguing that it is the result of many evolutionary compromises. Within his discussion, Lieberman skillfully addresses matters as various as the theory of neoteny (which he refutes), the mating calls of bullfrogs, ape la…
The birth of a lowland gorilla in captivity
Fertility in North American male lowland gorillas
There are relatively few gorilla births in North America each year, and the birthrate shows considerable fluctuation. A questionnaire returned by 48 of 52 North American zoos and biomedical institutions known to keep gorillas revealed that only 21% of the adult males sired offspring in 1978 and 1979. The viability and genetic diversity of the captive North American population is therefore threatened. Many males are organically sterile, and there …
Chimpocentrism
Tool use by captive pigtailed macaques
Baboons, chimpanzees, and tools
Observation learning of tool use by captive Guinea baboons ( Papio papio )
A subadult male from a captive group of Guinea baboons learned, by trial‐and‐error, to use a tool to rake in food. He then used the tool 104 times over 26 days, thereby providing the group with most of its food. No other group member used the tool during this period. The tool user was removed, and the remainder of the group was given access to the display. None imitated his tool use. It took longer for another finally to learn to use the tool tha…
Tool use in captive hamadryas baboons
Baboons, chimpanzees, and tools
Chimpocentrism
Observation learning of tool use by captive Guinea baboons ( Papio papio )
A subadult male from a captive group of Guinea baboons learned, by trial‐and‐error, to use a tool to rake in food. He then used the tool 104 times over 26 days, thereby providing the group with most of its food. No other group member used the tool during this period. The tool user was removed, and the remainder of the group was given access to the display. None imitated his tool use. It took longer for another finally to learn to use the tool tha…
Predicting Capacity Demand on Sanctuaries for African Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Tool use in captive hamadryas baboons
Observation learning of tool use by captive Guinea baboons ( Papio papio )
A subadult male from a captive group of Guinea baboons learned, by trial‐and‐error, to use a tool to rake in food. He then used the tool 104 times over 26 days, thereby providing the group with most of its food. No other group member used the tool during this period. The tool user was removed, and the remainder of the group was given access to the display. None imitated his tool use. It took longer for another finally to learn to use the tool tha…
Baboons, chimpanzees, and tools
Tool use by captive pigtailed macaques
Fertility in North American male lowland gorillas
There are relatively few gorilla births in North America each year, and the birthrate shows considerable fluctuation. A questionnaire returned by 48 of 52 North American zoos and biomedical institutions known to keep gorillas revealed that only 21% of the adult males sired offspring in 1978 and 1979. The viability and genetic diversity of the captive North American population is therefore threatened. Many males are organically sterile, and there …
Chimpocentrism
The birth of a lowland gorilla in captivity
The Biology and Evolution of Language
This book synthesizes much of the exciting recent research in the biology of language. Drawing on data from anatomy, neurophysiology, physiology, and behavioral biology, Lieberman develops a new approach to the puzzle of language, arguing that it is the result of many evolutionary compromises. Within his discussion, Lieberman skillfully addresses matters as various as the theory of neoteny (which he refutes), the mating calls of bullfrogs, ape la…
Food transfers in wild and reintroduced golden lion tamarins,Leontopithecus rosalia
We collected data from wild and reintroduced golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia) to describe the behavior of donor and recipient during food transfers, evaluate the effect of supplemental feeding on food transfer behavior, and examine various hypotheses concerning the function of food transfers in primates. Behavioral observations were conducted on 12 groups of tamarins with young (N = 30) between the ages of 1 week and 1 year old. Resu…
Spontaneous tool use in captive, free-ranging golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia)
Changes in locomotor and foraging skills in captive‐born, reintroduced golden lion tamarins ( Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia )
The behavior of reintroduced, captive‐born animals is understudied, limiting the scientific understanding and utility of reintroduction as a conservation tool. This work describes changes in locomotor and foraging behaviors in captive‐born golden lion tamarins over the first 18 months after their release into the wild. The subjects included 73 individuals living in and around the Poco das Antas Biological Reserve in Brazil between 1984 and 1996. …
Predicting Capacity Demand on Sanctuaries for African Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Bitcoin
In jüngster Zeit hat das Phänomen alternativen, auf Kryptographie basierenden Geldes, dessen bekanntester Vertreter »Bitcoins« sind, vermehrte Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Juristisch sind noch viele Fragen ungeklärt. Der folgende Beitrag konzentriert sich auf die zivilrechtliche, insbesondere vertragstypologische Einordnung
Identifying Homogeneous Patterns of Injury in Paediatric Trauma Patients to Improve Risk-Adjusted Models of Mortality and Functional Outcomes
Injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the paediatric population and exhibits complex injury patterns. This study aimed to identify homogeneous groups of paediatric major trauma patients based on their profile of injury for use in mortality and functional outcomes risk-adjusted models. Data were extracted from the population-based Victorian State Trauma Registry for patients aged 0-15 years, injured 2006-2016. Four Latent Class A…
Die Umwandlung des Befreiungsanspruchs
Obwohl die Umwandlung des Befreiungs- in den Zahlungsanspruch seit Jahrzehnten Gegenstand der Rechtsprechung des BGH ist, stellt sie Wissenschaft und Praxis noch immer vor zahlreiche ungelöste Probleme. Dies ist auf den oftmals fehlenden Gesetzesbezug der Umwandlungs-Thesen, eine mangelnde Sensibilität für das jeweils zugrundeliegende Rechtsverhältnis sowie eine einseitige Fokussierung auf die Interessen des Befreiungsgläubigers zurückzuführen. B…
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Outcomes Following Injury in Childhood and Adolescence Using EuroQol (EQ-5D) Responses with Pooled Longitudinal Data
HRQoL outcomes over time for children and adolescents post-injury differed across key demographic and injury related attributes. HRQoL did not reach levels consistent with full health by 24 months with recovery plateauing from 6 to 24 months. Tailored interventions are required to respond to the varying post-injury recovery trajectories in this population
Access to Healthcare Following Serious Injury
Barriers to accessing healthcare exist following serious injury. These issues are not well understood and may have dire consequences for healthcare utilisation and patients' long-term recovery. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore factors perceived by allied health professionals to affect access to healthcare beyond hospital discharge for people with serious injuries in urban and regional Victoria, Australia. Twenty-five semi-structur…
Health status after penetrating major trauma in Victoria, Australia
Serious Injury in Metropolitan and Regional Victoria
This study aimed to describe regional variations in service use and distance travelled to post-discharge health services in the first three years following hospital discharge for people with transport-related orthopaedic, brain, and spinal cord injuries. Using linked data from the Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR) and Transport Accident Commission (TAC), we identified 1597 people who had sustained transport-related orthopaedic, brain, or spi…
Developing urban biking typologies
Extensive research has been conducted exploring associations between built environment characteristics and biking. However, these approaches have often lacked the ability to understand the interactions of the built environment, population and bicycle ridership. To overcome these limitations, this study aimed to develop novel urban biking typologies using unsupervised machine learning methods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of travel survey…
Approaches and reporting of alcohol and other drug testing for injured patients in hospital‐based studies
Prevalence of Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Patients Presenting to Hospital for Violence-Related Injuries
Substance use is a risk factor for being both a perpetrator and a victim of violence. The aim of this systematic review was to report the prevalence of acute pre-injury substance use in patients with violence-related injuries. Systematic searches were used to identify observational studies that included patients aged ≥15 years presenting to hospital after violence-related injuries and used objective toxicology measures to report prevalence of acu…
Understanding variations in the built environment over time to inform longitudinal studies of young children's physical activity behaviour - The Beaches project
We know relatively little about the role the neighbourhood built environment plays in promoting young children's physical activity, particularly its longitudinal effect either through repeated exposure to the same environment or through change in exposure by moving from one neighbourhood to another. This study characterised the neighbourhood environment of young children in the PLAYCE cohort study over three timepoints from 2015 to 2023. There we…
Implementing without evaluating
Biology (11 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (11 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Animal ecology (5 works) · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works)