A study by Rowe et al. reported a winning bias for judo athletes wearing a blue outfit relative to those wearing a white one during the 2004 Olympics. It was suggested that blue is associated with a higher likelihood of winning through differential effects of colour on opponent visibility and/or an intimidating effect on the opponent. However, we argue that there is no colour effect on winning ...

Sexual selection favors strategies that enhance the fertilization chances of sperm donors, and sexual conflict can ensue when these adaptations negatively affect sperm recipients (Arnqvist and Rowe 2005). Such conflict often causes counteradaptive coevolution that can result in bizarre mating behaviors in separate-sex (Arnqvist and Rowe 2005) and hermaphroditic species (Michiels and Newman 1998...

I am grateful to the authors of foregoing reviews of my The Antisocial Personalities for their generous, interesting, and provocative comments~omments that suggest that at least the last of these adjectives applies also to the book. The reviews also suggest that there are several issues on which the book was not as clear as I had hoped. One of these is the vexed question of traits versus types,...

A. B. Smith ([email protected]), M. S. Koo, J. L. Patton, S. R. Beissinger and C. Moritz, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3060, USA. Present address of ABS: Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, Saint Louis, MO 63166, USA. SRB also at: Dept of Environmental Science, ...

Objective To evaluate the results of arthroscopic surgery in patients with traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation. Methods This retrospective study analyzed 76 patients with a mean age of 28 and mean postoperative follow-up period of 62 months. Evaluation consisted of physical examination, and X-rays; results were classified according to the UCLA and Rowe scales. Results Patients showed de...

1. Rambam Medical Center and Technion, Israel institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 2. CTSU, Oxford, UK 3. University of Wales, Cardiff , UK 4. Christie NHS Trust Hospital, Manchester, UK 5. Our Lady of Mercy Cancer Center, New York Medical College, Bronx, New York, USA 6. Ireland Cancer Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, USA 7. Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK 8. Mayo C...

In a 2000 editorial in The Journal, Rowe and Baranoski introduced the concept of citizenship as a theoretical framework for developing programatic and policy initiatives aimed at the community integration of persons with mental illness and criminal justice histories. Rowe and colleagues defined citizenship as a strong connection to the rights, responsibilities, roles, resources, and relationshi...