How Grandparents Matter

How Grandparents Matter

Low birth rates in developed societies reflect women's difficulties in combining work and motherhood. While demographic research has focused on the role of formal childcare in easing this dilemma, evolutionary theory points to the importance of kin. The cooperative breeding hypothesis states that the wider kin group has facilitated women's reproduction during our evolutionary history. This mech...

Grandparents' Entitlements and Obligations

In this article, it is argued that grandparents' obligations originate from parental obligations (i.e from the relationship they have with their children, the parents of their grandchildren) and not from the role of grandparent per se, and any entitlements flow from the extent to which these obligations are met. The position defended is, therefore, that grandparents qua grandparents are not ent...

How and Why Potmarks Matter

How Much Does Transportation Matter?

Several methods have been developed for forecasting land use change, with varying degrees of sensitivity to the influence of transportation networks. The simplest types of models for forecasting land use change are Markovian models (1–3) such as Markov chain models, which tend to treat land use change as a stochastic process. Assuming that rates of change between land use types are more or less...

Monitoring asthma: no matter how?

The ultimate goal of asthma care is to obtain and maintain control, and optimise prognosis for patients [1]. Monitoring and treatment adjustments tailored to patients’ needs and wishes are essential to achieve controlled asthma and are therefore a fundamental part of comprehensive asthma management. However, the best strategy for asthma monitoring and its frequency are still unknown [2]. In dai...