m p c t a i p A s neuroeconomics enters its second decade, it is fair to ask whether it represents a useful confluence of two disciplines or simply a compound word with aspirations to be much ore. Neuroeconomics rests on two important assumptions: the rst is the ideal rational agent model, which guides the definition of ptimal decision making and the valuations that should underlie it. he secon...

In the chronically injured and cholestatic liver, the various hepatic cell types are exposed to a vicious cocktail of toxic and potentially lethal ingredients, such as cytokines, reactive oxygen species (ROS), bile acids, endotoxin and Fas-Ligand expressed on immune cells. Some liver cells thrive in this hostile environment, e.g. stellate cells, which start to proliferate and produce excessive ...

Previous studies aimed at detecting costs of sexually selected traits have yielded mixed results partly because of variable methods. We present a novel approach: a repeated-measures design to examine individual variation in locomotor performance of male Xiphophorus hellerii as the sexually selected sword develops ontogenetically and to determine whether the growth of a sexually selected trait a...

The species composition, abundance, diversity, evenness and similarity of the indigenous fish population inhabiting upstream, midstream downstream parts Talabaan River system in Naawan, Misamis Oriental was determined. Specimens were collected using hand-held siene cast nets. Total number individuals all captured 150, with 46 (30.66%), 57 (38.00%) 47 (31.33%), respectively, recorded midstream, ...