Transnational Behavior in Comparative Perspective

Marital Sexual Behavior and Aging in Vietnam in Comparative Perspective

Combined data from two parallel regional surveys of married persons provide the first quantitative assessment of marital sex in Vietnam. Measures include the percent having intercourse during the prior month, monthly coital frequency among those who had sex, and the percent who have been inactive during the past year. Analysis focuses on the relation of sexual activity and age with particular a...

Transnational Education through Engagement: Students’ Perspective

A Computer Science degree is offered by Victoria University both locally in Australia and transnationally in Hong Kong. The degree includes a compulsory final year project subject. The project, a team effort, involves the design and implementation of a reallife computer application for an external client. The project model in Hong Kong was modified to accommodate a variety of time, distance, an...

Comparative Civil Procedure and Transnational “harmonization”: a Law-and-economics Perspective

Stress, neuropeptides, and feeding behavior: a comparative perspective.

Stress inhibits feeding behavior in all vertebrates. Data from mammals suggest an important role for hypothalamic neuropeptides, in particular the melanocortins and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)-like peptides, in mediating stress-induced inhibition of feeding. The effects of CRH on food intake are evolutionarily ancient, as this peptide inhibits feeding in fishes, birds, and mammals. Th...

Passives in Comparative Perspective