Grandmother elephants

Nearby grandmother enhances calf survival and reproduction in Asian elephants

Usually animals reproduce into old age, but a few species such as humans and killer whales can live decades after their last reproduction. The grandmother hypothesis proposes that such life-history evolved through older females switching to invest in their existing (grand)offspring, thereby increasing their inclusive fitness and selection for post-reproductive lifespan. However, positive grandm...

Laboratory characteristics of poxviruses isolated from captive elephants in Germany

Three Stochastic Models On Discrete Structures

To My Parents and My Sisters Acknowledgements First and above all, I praise God, the most merciful, for providing me the opportunity to step in one of the most beautiful areas in the world of science, Probability and Statistics. To be able to step strong in this way, I have also been supported by many people to whom I would like to express my sincerest gratitude. This thesis in its current form...

An extension of the localist representation theory: grandmother cells are also widely used in the brain

ON GRANDMOTHER CELLS Based on considerable neurophysiological evidence, Roy (2012) proposed the theory that localist representation is widely used in the brain, starting from the lowest levels of processing. Grandmother cells are a special case of localist representation. In this article, I present the theory that grandmother cells are also widely used in the brain. To support the proposed theo...

The effect of Empowerment of Grandmother on Depression and Maternal Role Realization in Primiparae with Hospitalized Infant: A Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial

Background:Hospitalization of the newborn infant can cause depression crisis and severely undermine the attainment and realization of maternal role in a primipara. The neonate’s maternal grandmother can provide the support needed to help the primipara avoid or overcome the ensuing problems. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of empowerment of grandmothers on depression and maternal...