Costs and Benefits of Intrasexual Aggression in Females: an Experimental Approach by Kimberly A. Rosvall Department of Biology Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Stephen Nowicki, Supervisor ___________________________ Susan Alberts ___________________________ Sonke Johnsen ___________________________ Will Wilson ___________________________ Greg Wr...

The current study examined relations between relational aggression, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation in a child clinical population. Participants included 276 children (M(age) = 9.55 years; 69% Male) who were admitted to a child psychiatric inpatient facility. Findings suggested that relational aggression was associated with depressive symptoms, which in turn was associated with suici...

This study examined the interactive effects of injunctive norm exposure and hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes on men's sexually aggressive responses during a behavioral analogue paradigm in which they interacted online with a bogus female partner. Heterosexual adult men (n = 201), recruited from an online sample, read fictional information regarding other men's approval of misogynistic, p...

The use of medicinal plants as an alternative phytotherapeutic remedy against mild illnesses and dysfunctions is increasingly embraced by people. Among these dysfunctions, episodes nervousness anxiety due to lack sleep insomnia are becoming more frequent among the population. To problems, several with sedative activity recommended. In particular, valerian root (Valeriana officinalis L.) most re...

Research has identified appetitive aggression, i.e., the perception of committed, violent acts as appealing, exciting and fascinating, as a common phenomenon within populations living in precarious and violent circumstances. Investigating demobilized soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demonstrated that violent offending is associated with appetitive aggression and not necessaril...

The paper discusses how to reduce statecharts model by slicing. We start with the discussion of control dependencies and data dependencies in statecharts. The andor statechart dependence graph is introduced to represent control and data dependecies for statecharts. We show how to slice statecharts by using this dependence graph. Our slicing approach helps systems analysts and systems designers ...

10.1128/AEM.00941-06. 2006, 72(10):6554. DOI: Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Gábor Ambrus Jeanplong, Éva Ilkoy, Attila Kónya, István Kurucz and Attila Andor, Antónia Jekkel, David A. Hopwood, Ferenc 155 2 mc smegmatis Mycobacterium -Hydroxylase in α Terminal Oxygenase of the 3-Ketosteroid 9 Characterization, and Expression of the Fast-Growing Mycobacteria and Cloning, Sterol Degradation Pathway Muta...

Dentally anxious patients with long-term avoidance behavior may experience treatment complications and induce stress in the dentist. Since dental anxiety scales are seldom used clinically, it is valuable to investigate the strength of behavior-associated items in the current patient chart in predicting canceled or missed appointments. Charts from a sample of patients (N=357) who visited the UCL...

background: aggression is a kind of behavior that causes damage or harm to others. the prevalence of aggression is 8–20% in 3–6 years old children. the present study aimed to assess the effect of training kindergarten teachers regarding reinforcement behavior therapy on preschoolers’ aggression. methods: in this cluster randomized control trial, 14 out of 35 kindergarten and preschool centers o...