1122 to raise the attractiveness of Europe to draw scientists from other parts of the world; and to raise the overall level of research investment in Europe. An ERC that is just a funding mechanism might not be able to achieve this. It was Iain Mattaj, present Scientific Director and the designated Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, who ...

Sociometer theory proposes that self-esteem is an adaptation which evolved to monitor and regulate interpersonal relationships. It is therefore sensitive to self-assessments in domains relevant to relational desirability. Positive relationships between self-perceived physical attractiveness and self-esteem found in previous studies may reflect the functioning of a mating sociometer, designed to...

Disparate cultural practices suggest that small foot size may contribute to female attractiveness. Two hypotheses potentially explain such a pattern. Sexual dimorphism in foot size may lead observers to view small feet as feminine and large feet as masculine. Alternately, because small female feet index both youth and nulliparity, evolution may have favored a male preference for this attribute ...

The implementation of innovative processes at the modern level and dynamic development national economy on this basis today are impossible without intensive attraction foreign investment. volume investment is one indicators characterizing degree integration country into world community depends attractiveness object. following article devoted to ways attracting in economy.

This article describes the results of applying a rigorous computational model to the problem of the optimal defensive resource allocation among potential terrorist targets. In particular, our study explores how the optimal budget allocation depends on the cost effectiveness of security investments, the defender's valuations of the various targets, and the extent of the defender's uncertainty ab...