Family Diseases and Temperaments

Understanding Temperaments

When discussing temperaments, one cannot avoid being a bit technical. However, I have also tried to be practical by discussing temperaments that can be useful to modern keyboardists, and by stressing their important acoustical properties (i.e. how they sound) rather then getting into some complex theories. No special skills in mathematics are required of the reader (footnotes will be used to co...

When Temperaments Clash

The motif throughout is the author's axiom that our ability to perform to capacity depends upon our relations with other humans and not on sheer skill or dexterity. He urges that the effect of intimate human contacts upon the nervous system is becoming a serious problem now that civilisation has rendered the race so highly sensitive. He points out that just as social knowledge led the way to th...

Personal, Interpersonal, and Political Temperaments

Feedlot cattle with calm temperaments have higher average daily gains than cattle with excitable temperaments.

This study was conducted to assess the effect of temperament on the average daily gains of feedlot cattle. Cattle (292 steers and 144 heifers) were transported to Colorado feedlot facilities. Breeds studied included Braford (n = 177), Simmental x Red Angus (n = 92), Red Brangus (n = 70), Simbrah (n = 65), Angus (n = 18), and Tarentaise x Angus (n = 14). Cattle were temperament rated on a numeri...

Family planning, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.

Integration of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV/AIDS control efforts into family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa offers the potential to reach women of childbearing age when the risk of exposure to STDs and HIV is greatest. Such a strategy is especially important now that the AIDS epidemic has come to involve women from lower risk groups infected as a result of their partner'...