The present paper studies the evolution of a set of USA firms during the years 1993–2002. The firms that faced a difficult economic and financial situation in 1993 were considered to be in a distress situation. The aim of this study is to explore if the evolution of this situation depends on the initial features of the distress or if it concerns certain firms’ characteristics. If the evolution ...

If tenant farmers would try the process once, they would be sure to repeat i t ; and I shall be fully rewarded if the reading of this paper will have the effect of inducing a few of those who hear me to turn their attention to the subject, and to induce those who have the means and the opportunity, to try a practice which has been so lucrative elsewhere, and which we have so long and so foolish...

Back in September 2006 the ALPSP held a one-day meeting on ‘publication ethics’. During the day I learnt much about how journal editors and publishers had worked with other parties to improve the reporting of research involving human subjects. I was left wondering if there were similar initiatives for the reporting of research involving animals given that both areas of research can be controver...

Results: The study revealed that sisters have relationships with siblings that are based on warmth, and achieve higher average results in empathic care and personal distress and lower average results in self-defeating humor style than brothers. Relational variables with predictive value for empathy and humor styles were identified in both groups. In brothers, they explained a higher percentage ...

This study investigates variation in fundamental frequency and vowel quality from speech produced in distress and non-distress conditions by victims of genuine attacks in emergency service forensic recordings and by trained actors. Recordings from two criminal cases involving violent attack were compared with recordings from four actors reenacting the forensic scenarios. Non-distress speech was...

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The current paper sought to advance the literature on computer-mediated emotional support by outlining a candidate theory of online comforting communication. We present a model that explicates the discursive, cognitive, and affective processes that function to reduce emotional distress and help improve one s psychosocial well-being. We identify unique attributes of online social interaction, as...