The steroid hormone testosterone has been associated with behavior intended to obtain or maintain high social status. Although such behavior is typically characterized as aggressive and competitive, it is clear that high social status is achieved and maintained not only through antisocial behavior but also through prosocial behavior. In the present experiment, we investigated the impact of test...

In order to ensure the reliability and credibility of the data in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), this paper proposes a trust evaluation model and data fusion mechanism based on trust. First of all, it gives the model structure. Then, the calculation rules of trust are given. In the trust evaluation model, comprehensive trust consists of three parts: behavior trust, data trust, and historical ...

Abstract: The finite-sample breakdown points and finite-sample tail behavior are studied for a class of equivariant estimators in the linear regression model under a fixed design. The same is considered for the one-step and k-step versions of the estimators, starting with an initial estimator. It is shown that the tail-behavior of the oneand k-step versions of an estimator is determined mainly ...

This study related two cognitive personality characteristics—locus of control and interpersonal trust—to assertive behavior in a sample of recently married couples. Assertive behavior was measured by the Inventory of Marital Conflicts, an observational procedure in which couples resolve disagreements about hypothetical marital problems. Hypotheses were formulated in terms of individual locus of...

Abstract This paper combines several large-scale surveys and empirical strategies to shed new light on the determinants of cooperative behavior. We provide evidence indicating that level trust maximizing subjective well-being tends be above income level. Higher is also linked more pro-social behaviors, including private provision global public goods such as climate change mitigation. Consistent...

Estimating entropy and mutual information consistently is important for many machine learning applications. The Kozachenko-Leonenko (KL) estimator (Kozachenko & Leonenko, 1987) is a widely used nonparametric estimator for the entropy of multivariate continuous random variables, as well as the basis of the mutual information estimator of Kraskov et al. (2004), perhaps the most widely used estima...

purpose: this paper aims to determine the individual factors that influence on knowledge sharing behavior of library & information science(lis) faculties that in this context refers to trust, cooperations, communications and it capabilities. methodology: the methodology of this study is based on survey research. the instrument for collecting data was questionnaire and the research population co...

Trust in social learning environment is influenced greatly by rapid-changing social elements. Therefore it is necessary for us to improve the KeyNote trust model to adapt the dynamic user behavior in social learning. In this paper, we mainly devote ourselves to the work of building a dynamic trust model based on indirect trust relationship. We take advantage of KeyNote to build the dynamic trus...