Parental Care in Guayaquila Compressa Walker (Homoptera: Membracidae)

Maternal Speech in Parental Care

Parental Care and Investment

Parental care is common throughout the animal kingdom and among caring species there is a bewildering variation in how parents care for offspring, as well as in the amount of resources parents invest in care. For instance, there is considerable variation in the relative parental investment by the sexes – in some species females invest more, in others males invest more, and in some investment is...

Description of Immature Stages and Life Cycle of the Treehopper, Guayaquila projecta

Immature stages of the membracid Guayaquila projecta (Funkhouser) (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracidae), collected in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina on Bougainvillea glabra Choisy (Caryophyllales: Nyctaginaceae), are described in detail based on specimens reared in the laboratory. Like other membracids, this species has five nymphal instars, not seven as previously reported. Morphological ch...

First Aid and Transportation in Combat Pre-Hospital Care: Concept Analysis with Walker and Avant Approach

Background and Aim: Pre-hospital care is a multidimensional concept with multiple definitions, but the first aid and transportation concept remains unclear. The aim of this study was to clarify the first aid and transportation concept in pre-hospital combat medical care. Methods: The Walker-Avant approach was used for the analysis of the concept of first aid and transportation. This approach is...

Effectiveness of Meaning Therapy on the Meaning of Life of Female Adolescents without Parental or Adequate Parental Care in the Alternative Care Center of Tehran

Introduction: Considering the important role which psychological interventions play in adolescents without parental  or adequate  parental care in the alternative care center, and since the acquisition of meaning is one of the most important components of adaptation to future crises in these groups, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of meaning therapy  on the meaning of l...