T study examines whether the framing mode (narrow versus broad) influences the stock investment decisions of individual investors. Motivated by the experimental evidence, which suggests that separate decisions are more likely to be narrowly framed than simultaneous decisions, we propose trade clustering as a proxy for narrow framing. Using this framing proxy, we show that investors who execute ...

Integration, interdiscplinarity, and a systems approach mark the emerging ethos in IGBP as the Programme evolves rapidly into its second decade of international global change research. In late February in Cuernavaca, Mexico, the Scientific Committee of the IGBP held a landmark meeting in which it was decided that the strength and maturity of the Programme would allow an increased emphasis on th...

conclusions this study showed that hiv-infected patients with jobs enjoy a great deal of acceptance from the people around them and a higher quality of life in general. it also led to suggestions for further study with the purpose of finding more effective solutions for hiv prevention and better strategies for dealing with psychological disorders. such research could also help in providing an e...

Neoconservative social scientists have claimed that fathers are essential to positive child development, and that responsible fathering is most likely to occur within the context of heterosexual marriage. This perspective is generating a range of governmental initiatives designed to provide social support preferences to fathers over mothers; and to heterosexual married couples, rather than to a...

max 150 words) Sustainable water management strategies are able to cope with uncertainties in our natural and social environment. Uncertainties in our social environment reflect changing societal perceptions on how water should be used and which objectives should be preferred. Change of these perceptions may lead to a loss of public support for strategies, forcing policy makers to take measures...

background: availability of antiretroviral therapies has transformed aids into a manageable chronic condition and im­proved well-being among people living with hiv/aids (pha) in developed countries. in developing countries however, such transformations are yet to occur due to socio-economic, systemic and environmental constraint. this study examined the impact of social, economic, psychological...