Quantity, “love”, and life history

Love , Life and Happiness

Little is known about individual patterns of subjective well-being (SWB) over the life course. Therefore, we examine individual long-term patterns by making a distinction between the shape of the SWB pattern and its mean level. Further, in order to contribute to the discussion about the impact of personality and life events on SWB, we examine the effects of both factors on the mean level and th...

Natural history , life history , and

We report on basic natural history, life history, and diet of Priapella chamulae (Poeciliidae) from Arroyo Tres, a small creek in Tabasco, southern México. The tertiary (adult) sex ratio was heavily female-skewed, female P. chamulae produced medium-sized offspring (~2.3 mg), one clutch at a time (i.e., showed no superfetation), and relied predominantly on yolk for embryo provisioning (Matrotrop...

The inner logic of love (the Phenomenology of the life experience of love)

One of the most important issues in social life, that have been busy human minds in different ways is "romantic relationships." The purpose of this study was explored the life experience of love and discover of its inner logic. For this purpose, with a phenomenological approach, 14 students (Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Technology) who had experienced "love" were interviewed in ...

Carmine Melino and his love for the history of hygiene.

Stress and life history

In his book on behavioural endocrinology, Randy Nelson describes 'stress' as a 'notoriously ethereal concept'. Yet, despite this lack of clarity, studies of the consequences of stress across different time scales, life history stages, taxa and levels of biological enquiry form a large part of modern biology and biomedicine. Organisms need to recognise and respond to environmental challenges. Be...