Kin altruism appears to influence an individual’s evaluation of the reproductive decisions of other people. Playing the role of an older woman advising a younger woman about reproduction influenced female participants’ self-reported beliefs about the decision. Women randomly assigned to the group with the task of advising a daughter were more inclined to believe that the choice consistent with ...

We present some recent trends in the field of digital cultural heritage management and applications including digital cultural data curation, interoperability, open linked data publishing, crowd sourcing, visualization, platforms for digital cultural heritage, and applications. We present some examples from research and development projects of MUSIC/TUC in those areas. Digital Cultural Data Cur...

bourdieu had the help of two concepts of “habitus” and “field” to explain his theory and to show social distinctions, he argues that the social world is made up of different fields. each field has its own certain habitus and they can change depending on the field`s change. he believes that modern world is based on distinction. this distinction is clear in structural concepts such as space, clas...

Group decision-making problem is a common and crucial human activity. By the characteristic of group decision making process, the model of multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) process based on evidence theory is proposed. The interacting process for MAGDM is analyzed, and the consensus analysis and the improving approach in group experts’ decision making based on similarity is given. B...

The ginseng industry has expanded rapidly in recent years. Asian and American ginseng are cultivated around the world. Ginseng products in various forms are increasingly popular, and its consumers are no longer limited to Asians. More knowledge is needed about the horticultural characteristics, cultural methods, disease control, drying and storage procedures, and technology for value-added prod...

People often cooperate with members of their own group, and discriminate against members of other groups. Previous research establishes that cultural groups can form endogenously, and that these groups demonstrate in-group favouritism. Given the presence of cultural groups, the previous literature argues that cultural evolution selects for groups that exhibit parochial altruism. The source of i...

Previous work on mathematical models of cultural evolution has mainly focused on the diffusion of simple cultural elements. However, a characteristic feature of human cultural evolution is the seemingly limitless appearance of new and increasingly complex cultural elements. Here, we develop a general modelling framework to study such cumulative processes, in which we assume that the appearance ...

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PROBLEM To improve error reporting so as to increase patient safety in a health care environment in which many barriers to reporting exist. SETTING Baylor Medical Center at Grapevine, a 104-bed hospital in Northeast Tarrant County that is part of the Baylor Health Care System. STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT Partnering with DoctorQuality to provide a consolidated, Web-based form for error report...