OBJECTIVES To compare Cloninger's dimensions of temperament and character in patients with bipolar I disorder (BP-I) and healthy controls from the general population. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross sectional study included 96 BP-I patients (according to DSM-IV-TR criteria) that were admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Iran due to an acute episode of mania or depression, or a mixed episode...

The male of Oxyporus bautistae Márquez and Asiain, 2006 is described based on one specimen from San José del Pacífico, southern Oaxaca, Mexico. Oxyporus bautistae shares with O. mexicanus Fauvel, 1865 the bicolored color pattern in legs (black and orange). The male of O. bautistae has six black spots on tergites and the female has only two black spots; but we cannot explain whether the number o...

nity of an offspring. Let nothing of the kind be done. If T represents the dominant character Tall, d should represent the recessive character dwarf. For exactly the same reason if Y represents the dominant character Yellow, g should represent the recessive character green. There is no particular merit in being cryptic and using a code when plain language will do and in fact do better. Decoding...

Papilio swallowtail butterflies exhibit a remarkable diversity of Batesian mimicry, manifested in several sex-limited and polymorphic types. There is little understanding of how this diversity is distributed within Papilio, and how different mimicry types have evolved in relation to each other. To answer these questions, I present a graphical model that connects various mimicry types by hypothe...

The purpose of this study to understand Implementation the Kulliyatul Mu'allimat Al-Islamiyah (KMI) curriculum in fostering noble character for students. This used a qualitative research approach. Data collection through observation, interviews, and documentation. analysis techniques, triangulation. results show that implementation KMI curriculum, female students at Annajiyah Islamic Boarding S...

objectives: according to the gateway drug theory, tobacco use is a predisposing factor for future substance abuse. this study was conducted to compare nicotine and opiate dependents to identify the differences between their personality traits and psychopathology that makes them turn to other substances after cigarette smoking. methods: a causal-comparative study was conducted. three groups were...

We present a model of matching based on two character measures. There are two classes of individual. Each individual observes a sequence of potential partners from the opposite class. One measure describes the ”attractiveness” of an individual. Preferences are common according to this measure: i.e. each individual prefers highly attractive partners and all individuals of a given class agree as ...

For us, readers of Chaucer living in an age when appeal to religious passions and sentiments as a means for the realization of worldly objectives by some charlatans has grown significantly, reviewing the theme of religious hypocrisy treated in The Canterbury Tales can be useful in a way that it proves a helpful means for recognizing and dealing with the hypocrites. The Pardoner of the Tales is ...