Are You There?

P30: Are There Anxious Genes?

Anxiety comprises many clinical descriptions and phenotypes. A genetic predisposition to anxiety is undoubted; however, the nature and extent of that contribution is still unclear. Extensive genetic studies of the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) transporter (5-HTT) gene have revealed how variation in gene expression can be correlated with anxiety phenotypes. Complete genome-wide linkage s...

There are more strategy-proof procedures than you think

With as few as eight individuals and five alternatives, there are 561, 304, 372, 286, 875, 579, 077, 983 strategy-proof social choice rules. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. The Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem, now almost 30 years old, has become a staple of microeconomic theory, social choice theory, and mechanism design (Gibbard, 1973; Satterthwaite, 1975). Everyone understands that th...

Are You There: the relationship between film and screen

Scleroderma lung disease: "if you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there".

" If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. " It is one of my favorite sayings. It always reminds me that if you and I don't have a plan of some kind, then we will wander aimlessly toward whatever. And generally, if we have not thought out where we are going, or where we would like to go, then other people, or life circumstances, will create the way for us. I heard th...

You Are What You Eat ?

eat’, both in terms of portions and composition. When we think of this axiom, we conjure visions of ample food portions, rich in energy, high in fat, and associated with persons of equally ample body size proportions and body fat composition. However, these relationships are more complex than they may appear at first glance. The physical, physiological and behavioural manifestation of the compl...