Social network theory: new insights and issues for behavioral ecologists

nongenetic inheritance for behavioral ecologists

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A new multi-objective mathematical model for hazardous waste management considering social and environmental issues

Hazardous waste management incorporates collection, separation, treatment, recycling and disposal of hazardous wastes. In this paper, a new multi-objective mixed integer model is presented for hazardous waste collection problem. The model aims to minimize transportation and construction costs, and environmental and population risks in hazardous waste management systems. This model is applied in...

Behavioral and Social Science Theory

A theory is a set of interrelated concepts, constructs, and propositions that present a systematic view of a domain of study for the purpose of explaining and predicting phenomena.A model, on the other hand, is a heuristic device for organizing components of a domain of phenomena to show relationships between the parts and the outcome of interest. Scholars from different disciplines distinguish...

New Insights into Behavioral Finance

Psychological, social, and behavioral issues for young adults with cancer.

Theories of human development suggest that, although all cancer patients experience a common set of life disruptions, they experience them differently, focus on different issues, and attach different levels of importance to different aspects of the experience depending on the time in life at which they were diagnosed. During the critical developmental transition from childhood to adulthood, old...