Castration of males usually has a pacifying effect on aggressive behavior in males.

Castration of bulls is recommended to occur before entering the feed lot as a precaution against infections and the calves are small enough to be handled easily with minimal stress towards the animal.

* Neurotica: No. 9 The Castration Complex ( ed., with Alvin Lustig ) ( 1952 )

Castration ( also referred to as gelding, spaying, neutering, fixing, orchiectomy, oophorectomy ) is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles or a female loses the functions of the ovaries.

Castration prevents male pattern baldness if it is done before hair is lost.

* Castration or orchidectomy-the male equivalent

* Adult male after late castration ; see Castration # In veterinary practice

Castration ensured that all sins caused by lepost could not be committed.

Castration of the undescended teste ( s ) should be considered for cryptorchid dogs due to the high rate of testicular cancer, especially sertoli cell tumors.

* The grindcore band Discordance Axis references Absalom at the end of the track entitled Castration Rite.

Castration before puberty ( or in its early stages ) prevents a boy's larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty.

Castration of various species in the non-breeding season has no effect on territorial aggression.

There is an urban legend that a CBC announcer once referred to the network on the air as the " Canadian Broadcorping Castration ", which also sometimes remains in use as a satirical nickname.

Castration was typically carried out on the soon-to-be eunuch without his consent in order that he might perform a specific social function ; this was common in many societies.

Castration as part of religious practice, and eunuchs occupying religious roles have been established prior to classical antiquity.

* Long-Term Consequences of Castration in Men: Lessons from the Skoptzy and the Eunuchs of the Chinese and Ottoman Courts, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism December 1, 1999 vol.

The Castration of Uranus ( mythology ) | Uranus: fresco by Vasari & Cristofano Gherardi ( c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence ).

Castration was frequently used for religious or social reasons in certain cultures in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, and East Asia.

Castration also figured in a number of religious castration cults.

Castration in humans has been proposed, and sometimes used, as a method of birth control in certain poorer regions.

Castration has been used in modern conflicts, such as the Janjaweed militiamen currently () attacking citizens of the Darfur region in Sudan, often castrating villagers and leaving them to bleed to death.

Castration ( as a metaphor ) also plays an important role in psychoanalytically-influenced literary theory, for example Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence.

Castration is commonly performed on domestic animals not intended for breeding.

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* Theresa McCuaig, " Understanding Castration.

* Castration in males.

The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Vasari & Cristofano Gherardi ( c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence ).

Castration anxiety is the fear of emasculation in both the literal and metaphorical sense.

But, if change is measured by the elimination of the English nobility or the loss of Old English as a literary language, then the change was radical and driven by the invasion.

With the way the points system and elimination brackets had been structured, Bigfoot ( driven by Rich Hooser ) and USA-1 met in the semifinal round with USA-1 clinching the points championship if it beat Bigfoot.

He hit his first home run in a World Series game in the first inning and in the ninth, with St. Louis down to their final strike before elimination, Berkman was driven home followed by Albert Pujols after a game-tying 2-run triple by David Freese.

Their interference with the synthesis, secretion, transport, binding, action, or elimination of natural hormones in the body can change the homeostasis, reproduction, development, and / or behavior, just as endogenously produced hormones do.

If elimination or substitution measures cannot be achieved, engineering controls and administrative controls, which seek to design safer mechanisms and coach safer human behavior, are implemented.

In terms of behavior in dogs, separation anxiety, aggression, escape behavior and inappropriate elimination are reduced while noise phobia and sexual behavior was increased.

Endocrine disruptors are substances that " interfere with the synthesis, secretion, transport, binding, action, or elimination of natural hormones in the body that are responsible for development, behavior, fertility, and maintenance of homeostasis ( normal cell metabolism ).

Recent research has shown, however, that elimination of synaptophysin in mice creates behavioral changes such as increased exploratory behavior, impaired object novelty recognition, and reduced spatial learning.

A side effect worth mentioning regarding tricyclic antidepressants and SSRIs is the risk of development of REM behavior disorder ( RBD ) due to elimination of the normal REM sleep atonia.

This process is often associated with an elimination, so that after the reaction the carbonyl group is present again.

") The Congressional Budget Office and related government agencies scored the cost of a universal health care system several times since 1991, and have uniformly predicted cost savings, probably because of the 40 % cost savings associated with universal preventative care and elimination of insurance company overhead costs.

Gadolinium can be administered intravenously as a contrast to highlight active plaques and, by elimination, demonstrate the existence of historical lesions not associated with symptoms at the moment of the evaluation.

There is also an elimination of the associated problems of long-term spring fatigue and a faster " lock time " ( the time between pulling the trigger and the pellet being discharged ).

Closely related to this was the publication's advocacy of the elimination of protective tariffs in favor of lower prices of consumer goods associated with a free trade system.

Reactor primary coolant pumps are one of the primary sources of noise from submarines, and the elimination of coolant pumps and associated equipment would also reduce mechanical complexity and the space required by propulsion equipment.

This space includes Xiao Chang ( small intestine ), Da Chang ( large intestine ), Shen ( Kidneys ), Pang Guang ( Bladder ) and is associated with elimination.

The authors concluded that, " The California experience suggests elimination of pharmaceutical lindane produced environmental benefits, was associated with a reduction in reported unintentional exposures and did not adversely affect head lice and scabies treatment.

The lifestyle associated with the diet promotes exercise, proper cleansing, adequate rest, spiritual well-being, sufficient amounts of sunshine, and the elimination of stress.

** Reduced signal phases due to the elimination of the associated left-turn phase ( s ).

EU direct taxation covers, regarding companies, the following policies: common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base, common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States ( to avoid withholding tax when the dividend qualifies for application of the EC Parent-Subsidiary Directive, Financial transaction tax, interest and royalty payments made between associated companies and elimination of double taxation if the payment qualifies for application of the EC Interest and Royalties Directive ..

Her election in 2002, in a predominantly rural midland constituency for a party often associated with the urban middle classes was one of the major surprises of that election, and came after a series of near misses from elimination during the progress of the election count.