Legacy is defined as something handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor. The legacy of a great scientist includes not only their seminal work, but also the people they have mentored and inspired. Immunologist William Erwin Paul, who died on September 18 of this year, left just such a legacy. Bill Paul, as everyone knew him, was an extraordinary scientist, administrator, and...

We introduce the concept of Cavity Enhanced Self-Absorption Spectroscopy (CESAS), a new sensitive diagnostic tool for analyzing light-emitting samples. The technique works without an additional light source and its implementation is straight forward. In CESAS, a sample (plasma, flame, or combustion source) is located in an optically stable cavity consisting of two high reflectivity mirrors, and...

The article reviews the ethics of evolutionary humanism, as expressed in works modern German philosopher and critic religion Michael Schmidt-Salomon. Drawing on results biological sciences, he provides his own interpretation sociobiological meaning altruism egoism foundations human ethics. Appealing to philosophical tradition, finds support views Epicurus who considered being connected within n...

Nowadays' realities dictate new manifestations of the use components concept verbalization. The publicistic texts serve effectively for objective reflection, as newspaper articles optimally record all shades changes in social and, a result, language processes. Taking into account characteristics, we understand unit generalized linguistic and mental resource with ethno-national or culturally det...

For men, ambition is considered a necessary and desirable part of life. Most women, however, associate ambition with egotism, self-aggrandizement, or manipulation. Getting to the bottom of why this is so required study of what ambition consists of--for both sexes. In childhood, the research uncovered, girls are clear about their ambitions. Their goals are grand, and they make no apologies for t...

We present preliminary results from the Southern Galactic Plane Survey (SGPS) Test Region and Parkes data. As part of the pilot project for the Southern Galactic Plane Survey, observations of a Test Region (325. 5 ≤ l ≤ 333. 5; −0. 5 ≤ b ≤ 3. 5) were completed in December 1998. Single dish observations of the full survey region (253 ≤ l ≤ 358; |b| ≤ 1) with the Parkes Radio Telescope were compl...

The main objective of this research was to test central assumptions from the Self-centeredness/Selflessness Happiness Model. According to this model, while self-centered psychological functioning induces fluctuating happiness, authentic-durable happiness results from selflessness. Distinct mediating processes are supposed to account for these relationships: afflictive affects (e.g., anger, fear...

Material inheritance constitutes a challenge for families in later life. Yet inheritance decisions, the underlying reasons and motivations and patterns of family interaction have barely been studied. Research suggests that motivations fluctuate on a continuum between unconditional donation (altruism, normative obligation) and conditional donation (strategic exchange, reciprocity). However, the ...