Behaviors are adaptations to the physical, biotic, and social environments. Great diversity exists among vertebrates in reproductive behaviors and the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying these behaviors. Study of this diversity illuminates species, population, and sex differences in hormone-brain-behavior relations. It also can provide insights into how and why certain neuroendocrine mechanism...

It has been suggested that biological markers are associated with human happiness. We contribute to the empirical literature by examining the independent association between various aspects of biometric wellbeing measured in childhood and happiness in adulthood. Using Young Finns Study data (n = 1905) and nationally representative linked data we examine whether eight biomarkers measured in chil...

Although supply chain management and supply chain integration have become topics found within today‟s organization as well as topics for researchers from various disciplines, little research has been completed concerning the linkage between business strategy, supply chain strategy, and the resulting decision which an organization makes to enter into an integration initiative. This paper discuss...

This article examines the effects of competitive crowding on social action. Our contributions are twofold. First, we clarify a structural determinant of conduct in a sharply defined hierarchy. Although empirical studies in different areas of sociology have demonstrated the multifaceted consequences of crowding around social positions, much of the existing work has addressed lateral rather than ...

The causes of infantile cerebral palsies, and especially of diplegia, have been much argued. Collier's (1924) able discussion of diplegia shows the incontlusiveness of many of the arguments. Before studying particular features, it seemed reasonable to survey the histories antecedent to the development of palsy obtained in a series of cases. The term ' infantile cerebral palsy ' includes several...

Vasodepressor (vasovagal) syncope, the most common cause of acute loss of consciousness, can occur in otherwise vigorously healthy people during exposure to stimuli decreasing cardiac filling. Antecedent physiological or neuroendocrine conditions for this dramatic syndrome are poorly understood. This study compared neurocirculatory responses to non-hypotensive lower body negative pressure (LBNP...

With the proliferation and ubiquity of information and communication technologies (ICTs), it is becoming imperative for individuals to constantly engage with these technologies in order to get work accomplished. Academic literature, popular press, and anecdotal evidence suggest that ICTs are responsible for increased stress levels in individuals (known as technostress). However, despite the inf...

This article identifies defining attributes, antecedents, and consequences of the concept of death anxiety using Rodgers (2000) evolutionary method of concept analysis. The literature on death anxiety was systematically reviewed for the years 1980-2007. Articles were summarized and coded. Inductive data analyses resulted in defining attributes (emotion, cognitive, experiential, developmental, s...

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This paper proposes a method to resolve intrasentential references of Japanese zero pronouns suitable for application in widely applicable and practical machine translation systems. It is highly effective because the volume of knowledge that must be prepared beforehand is not so large and its accuracy is good. This method focuses on semantic and pragmatic constraints such as conjunctions, verba...