Research indicates that the inclination to be physically active or sedentary has a biological foundation. Twin and family studies confi rm that physical activityrelated traits are characterized by familial aggregation and infl uenced by genetic factors. Results from animal model studies indicate that single genes can markedly infl uence physical activity-related behavior. The fi rst molecular g...

vulgar stories, beliefs and information about ferdowsi and shahname, in contrast with those compiled and put into written form, are of a different folkloric nature. some of these narratives have been recently compiled in the first volume of ferdowsi name. their general content deals with the details and indefinites of ferdowsi's biography and some religious, ethical, mental and artistic pa...

This paper looks at different rules in dissolving a common value partnership when one partner holds proprietary information. In winner’s bid auction (WBA) and loser’s bid auction (LBA), there exists unique mixed strategy equilibrium. “Payoff equivalence” is established in the sense that partners’ expected payoffs are the same under the two auction formats. The informed partner benefits from an ...

Alarmist narratives about the flow of misinformation and its negative consequences have gained traction in recent years. If these fears are to some extent warranted, scientific literature suggests that many them exaggerated. Why people so worried misinformation? In two pre-registered surveys conducted United Kingdom ( N study_1 = 300, study_2 300) replicated States 302, 299), we investigated ps...

This paper estimates the markup for the Mexican manufacturing sector to detect the impact of trade liberalization on market power. Using Hall’s proposal that states that a procyclical Solow residual is an indication of market power, this research estimates the markup for different periods to detect the change in market power after trade liberalization was implemented. We account for the potenti...