Temporal communities result from a consistent partitioning of nodes across multiple snapshots of an evolving complex network that can help uncover how dense clusters in a network emerge, combine, split and decay with time. Current methods for finding communities in a single snapshot are not straightforwardly generalizable to finding temporal communities since the quality functions used for find...

Abstract The life-course perspective’s emphasis on “linked lives” highlights the importance of positive parent-child relationships for adults’ well-being in mid-life and beyond. However, one ten Americans experiences estrangement, defined as ending all contact communication a period time. Despite prevalence, reasons underlying family estrangements are poorly understood. In this study, we conduc...

This article uses a sibling metaphor to outline the relationship between science and spirituality. This metaphor forms the backdrop for exploring several directions in spiritual care research. It argues that science and functional spirituality were born as siblings and need to dance now without either estrangement or incest, intent on measuring the material effects of excellent pastoral care.

Previous studies of uxoricide (wife murder) have tended to focus on the ratio of uxoricide to femicide (killing of women), prior histories of physical abuse, use of excessive force (“overkill”), and the role of estrangement as risk factors. However, little attention has been directed toward personality disorder in perpetrators of uxoricide and whether personality disorder relates to the modus o...