Despite popular misconceptions, natural selection does operate in modern human populations. New studies even show that changes associated with modernization are deeply reshaping selection pressures and, perhaps, bits of our biological nature.

Data Link systems can be deployed to various platforms (ship, air, and land) in four different architectures: 1. Multilink Processor is embedded into Combat Management System (CMS)/ Avionic Mission Computer over native interface for full functionality 2. Multilink Processor integrated to legacy CMS with an adaptation module and adding Link Console for enhanced modernization in case CMS has limi...

According to a specialized research area within environmental sociology – ecological modernization theory – the shift towards seeking to protect the environment constitutes a broadly emergent sociological phenomenon: the radicalization of modernity. The understanding of the fundamentals of such phenomenon is, therefore, crucial for both the practice and theorization of organization and environm...

This paper analyzes the contribution of the German banking system to the modernization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in industry. The simultaneous greater relative importance of and relatively high wages in German SMEs appear to be paradoxical in terms of dual labor market theory, which claims that lower wages and greater flexibility in the use of labor are important for helping ...

In today’s information society, many organizations are looking for new approaches to improve the production, organization, handling and retrieval of information processes, using new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The dematerialization emerges as one of the solutions, promoting clear, structured and transparent processes, especially when the problems are associated with the e...

To control expenditures and use medications appropriately, the Medicare drug coverage program has established pharmacy utilization management (PUM) measures. This article assesses the effects of these strategies on the care of seniors. The literature suggests that although caps on drug benefits lower pharmaceutical costs, they may also increase the use of other health care services and hurt hea...

From 1876 to 1879 and from 1896 to 1902 due to absence of monsoons related to El Nino events, India experienced the two worst famines of all times. Karl Polanyi explained the millions of fatalities as a consequence of the introduction of market prices by British colonial institutions, in areas where traditional agricultural societies had kept significant stocks in rainy seasons in order to comp...

The article sets out on presenting the macroergonomic modernization of a manufacturing system employed at an automotive company specializing in repairing and refurbishing Peugeot vehicles. The paper outlines features of auto mechanics’ workstations, which constitute the weakest part of the system. Based on observations, interviews with mechanics, the company’s performance statistics and the act...