With rapid advances in technological development, sensitive behaviors in relation to the ethical use of information systems have attracted more and more public attention. The widespread adoption of highspeed networking technologies has facilitated the timely dissemination of information, but it also opens up more opportunities for the unauthorized sharing of private information. One example is ...

On 18 December 1873, at Marlborough Street magistrates’ court in London, Messrs Roumanielle, Davidson, and Dennison pleaded guilty to offences under the Obscene Publications Act 1857, and the magistrate Mr Knox ordered that their property, which had been held by the court since February, be destroyed. The prosecuting solicitor, Mr Collette, asked for the ‘‘privilege’’ of beginning the destructi...

THE history of the practice of medicine in Persia has been widely studied. Everybody knows at least by name the great clinicians Avicenna, Rhazes, and Haly Abbas. Even a few who lived after the Mongol Invasion are not unknown. The story of surgery in these regions is also better known now than it was thanks to a magnificent reproduction with miniatures in colour of Sharaf-ul-Din's translation o...

Existing studies on comedies in Nigeria have focused mainly stand-up comedy, with little attention devoted to situation comedies. This study, therefore, investigates the pragmatic acts that are used reflect inherent societal issues revealed under guise of humour a Nigerian sitcom, Jenifa’s Diary. Drawing excerpts purposively sampled from first three seasons sitcom and subjecting them analytical...

Life history theory studies the evolution of traits related to reproductive fitness. Fertility and parental investment are key life history traits which, from an evolutionary standpoint, appear strongly interrelated. The aim of this work was to analyze the genetic and environmental structure and relationship of two behaviors associated with reproductive fitness: total number of offspring and me...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to evaluate the factor structure of the newly developed Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (AEBQ) (Hunot et al., Appetite 105:356-63, 2016) in an Australian sample, and examine associations between the four food approach and four food avoidance appetitive traits with body mass index (BMI). METHODS Participants (N = 998) recruited between May and Octobe...