In analysing whether there is an editorial bias in favour of positive studies, researchers have made implicit assumptions that are implausible. In particular, to justify the conclusion that there is no bias because observed editorial acceptance rates do not favour positive studies, the assumption that the decision to submit an article is based solely on quality would be required. If, on the oth...

The present study tested how social information about the proposer biases responders' choices of accepting or rejecting real monetary offers in a classic ultimatum game (UG) and whether this impact is heightened by the uncertainty of the context. Participants in our study conducted a one-shot UG in which their responses had direct consequences on how much money they earned. We used trait-valenc...

Abstract In recent years, the rapid ageing of population, a longer life expectancy and elderly people’s desire to live independently are social changes that put pressure on healthcare systems. This context is boosting demand for companion entertainment robots market and, consequently, producers distributors interested in knowing how these accepted by consumers. Based technology acceptance model...

the main objective of this paper is to study the boundedness character, the periodicity character, the convergenceand the global stability of the positive solutions of the nonlinear rational difference equation/ , n 0,1,2,....0 01      kii n ikin i n i x  x b  xwhere the coefficients i i b , ,  together with the initial conditions ,.... , , 1 0 x x x k  are arbitrary...