T he recognition that birds are theropod dinosaurs has redefined the science of ornithology as extant dinosaur biology (1). The placement of birds in a detailed evolutionary context has led to exciting discoveries about the commonalities birds share with their dinosaur ancestors, including feathers (2) and possibly flight (3). Insights have been gained into both the origins of avian biology and...

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between leaders' communication styles and charismatic leadership, human-oriented leadership (leader's consideration), task-oriented leadership (leader's initiating structure), and leadership outcomes. METHODOLOGY: A survey was conducted among 279 employees of a governmental organization. The following six main communication sty...

Pathogens often have a limited host range, but some can opportunistically jump to new species. Anthropogenic activities that mix reservoir species with novel, hence susceptible, species can provide opportunities for pathogens to spread beyond their normal host range. Furthermore, rapid evolution can produce new pathogens by mechanisms such as genetic recombination. Zoos unintentionally provide ...

Charisma, the ability to attract and retain followers without benefit of formal authority, is more difficult to define than to identify. While we each seem able to identify charismatic individuals – and non-charismatic individuals – it is not clear what it is about an individual that influences our judgment. This paper describes the results of experiments designed to discover potential correlat...

This paper provides an overview of the interactive autonomous agents currently being developed for the Charismatic system. The paper discusses the conversational requirements for agents within the system and provides an overview of the styles of conversational interaction which may be supported in similar systems where a user can talk to autonomous agents and avatars. The paper presents guideli...

The first part of this article presents in detail the life of the Croatian Capuchin St Leopold Bogdan Mandić (Herceg Novi, 1866 - Padova, 1942). Follows a discussion about the relation between his disability and medicine, including paranormal phenomena recorded during his life on earth. The article concludes with a note that the Holy See has recognised an outstanding number of healing miracles ...

Received: 12 June 2006 Revised: 10 May 2007 Accepted: 22 July 2007 Abstract Although there is widespread agreement that leadership has important effects on information technology (IT) acceptance and use, relatively little empirical research to date has explored this phenomenon in detail. This paper integrates the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) with charismatic leader...

Charisma, the ability to command authority on the basis of personal qualities, is more difficult to define than to identify. How do charismatic leaders such as Fidel Castro or Pope John Paul II attract and retain their followers? We present results of an analysis of subjective ratings of charisma from a corpus of American political speech. We identify the associations between charisma ratings a...

Summary Wisteria is a legume genus composed of lianas with disjunct distribution, occurring in temperate zones eastern Asia and the United States, being also introduced numerous countries as an ornamental. The anatomy wood has been previously studied for W. sinensis only some characteristics phloem have reported this species. Here we describe overall bark four species identify diagnostic, infor...