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  2. Dip (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    Similar to a bar dip, the exerciser hand's grasps the rings, supporting their entire body weight. The unsteady nature of the rings adds additional challenge, although there are variations to make the exercise easier. [4] In the absence of equipment, a lighter variation of the dip can be performed called the "Bench Dip".

  3. Instinctive drift - Wikipedia

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    The term instinctive drift was coined by married couple Keller and Marian Breland Bailey, former psychology graduate students of B.F. Skinner at the University of Minnesota. Keller and Marian were recruited to work with B.F. Skinner on a project to train pigeons to pilot bombs towards targets to aid with World War II efforts. [ 3 ]

  4. Reverse electron flow - Wikipedia

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    Reverse electron flow (also known as reverse electron transport) is a mechanism in microbial metabolism. Chemolithotrophs using an electron donor with a higher redox potential than NAD(P) + /NAD(P)H , such as nitrite or sulfur compounds, must use energy to reduce NAD(P) + .

  5. Reversal theory - Wikipedia

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    Reversal theory is a structural, phenomenological theory of personality, motivation, and emotion in the field of psychology. [1] It focuses on the dynamic qualities of normal human experience to describe how a person regularly reverses between psychological states, reflecting their motivational style, the meaning they attach to a situation at a given time, and the emotions they experience.

  6. Reciprocal altruism - Wikipedia

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    The concept of "reciprocal altruism", as introduced by Trivers, suggests that altruism, defined as an act of helping another individual while incurring some cost for this act, could have evolved since it might be beneficial to incur this cost if there is a chance of being in a reverse situation where the individual who was helped before may perform an altruistic act towards the individual who ...

  7. Retrograde signaling - Wikipedia

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    Retrograde signaling in biology is the process where a signal travels backwards from a target source to its original source. For example, the nucleus of a cell is the original source for creating signaling proteins.

  8. Exercise physiology - Wikipedia

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    Cyclists may be trained and assessed by exercise physiologists to optimize performance. [1] Exercise physiology is the physiology of physical exercise. It is one of the allied health professions, and involves the study of the acute responses and chronic adaptations to exercise. Exercise physiologists are the highest qualified exercise ...

  9. Outline of evolution - Wikipedia

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    Evolution – Monthly journal in the science of evolutionary biology; Evolutionary Anthropology – Bimonthly review journal; Evolutionary Bioinformatics – Peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on computational biology in the study of evolution; Evolutionary Psychology – Peer-reviewed open access academic journal