EDITORIAL article Front. Physiol., 04 July 2023Sec. Invertebrate Physiology Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1244589

Contemporary race relations are marked by an apparent paradox: Overt prejudice is strongly condemned, yet acts of blatant racism still frequently occur. We propose that one reason for this inconsistency is that people misunderstand how they would feel and behave after witnessing racism. The present research demonstrates that although people predicted that they would be very upset by a racist ac...

background: a qualitative study was carried out on 200 pregnant women attending obstetric offices and imam ali women's clinic in zahedan, iran during january 2010 to august 2011. twenty-nine focus group discussions (fgds) with 5-8 participants in each group were formed. the study included women in the third trimester of pregnancy with the intention or decision to undergo elective cesarean secti...

Approach and avoidance are two major types of behavioral responses when consumers encounter interferences caused by online advertising. This paper argues that approach-avoidance is not the only dimension from which researchers can examine behavioral responses toward online advertising. The inclusion of the active-passive behaviors dimension enriches the understanding of consumers’ coping strate...

Many people living in areas of the tropical and subtropical world are at serious risk of infection from a wide variety of vector-borne diseases, most notably malaria and dengue. Globally, approximately 50-100 million people are estimated to be at risk of infection with dengue viruses (the cause of dengue fever/dengue haemorrhagic fever) and between 100300 million live in malaria endemic areas (...