Rising Competition between Physics Research Groups in Turkey

: metadiscourse in introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics research articles: exploring variation in frequency and type

abstract in written mode of language, metadiscourse markers are used commonly to help writers in general and academic writers in particular to produce coherent and professional texts. the purpose of the present study was to compare introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics articles regarding their use of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers based on the model pro...

Membrane Research in a Global Context Requires Collaboration, not Competition!

Oxytocin modulates cooperation within and competition between groups: an integrative review and research agenda.

The author reviews evidence that hypothalamic release (or infusion) of the neuropeptide oxytocin modulates the regulation of cooperation and conflict among humans because of three reasons. First, oxytocin enables social categorization of others into in-group versus out-group. Second, oxytocin dampens amygdala activity and enables the development of trust. Third, and finally, oxytocin up-regulat...

Cooperation in humans: competition between groups and proximate emotions

Understanding the ultimate and proximate mechanisms that favour cooperation remains one of the greatest challenges in the biological and social sciences. A number of theoretical studies have suggested that competition between groups may have played a key role in the evolution of cooperation within human societies, and similar ideas have been discussed for other organisms, especially cooperative...

Competition between Exchanges: A Research Agenda

The financial exchange industry has undergone profound changes in the past 20 years. On the technological front, advances in telecommunications and computer power have changed the economics of the business entirely by offering new ways to make markets, greater speed of dissemination of financial information, greater access to exchanges from anywhere in the world, new interfaces allowing traders...