In this article we explore the theoretical limits of the inference of cultural transmission modes based on sparse population-level data. We approach this problem by investigating whether different transmission modes produce different temporal dynamics of cultural change. In particular, we explore whether different transmission modes result in sufficiently different distributions of the average ...

AIM This exploratory study set out to investigate the perceptions and practices of junior healthcare managers with regard to stress at work. BACKGROUND It has been suggested that cultural change is needed to accommodate a shift towards recognition of organizational responsibility for stress (Schulz et al. 1985). Logically, it can be argued that junior healthcare managers, as potential future ...

Since its creation, New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has used child and family development research to bridge the chasm between child welfare and juvenile justice policy and practice. OCFS's major challenges have been to help the staff and stakeholders of the merged child welfare and juvenile justice agencies develop a common culture and design new financial and prog...

ARIATION in cultural characteristics, viability, and motility of bacV teria has been recognized almost from the beginning of their study in pure culture. Because of the influence of the Koch school, which emphasized cultural purity, early bacteriologists were prone to attribute changes in cultures to contamination. Thus, many of the earlier observations of bacterial variation probably were disc...

Fusion frames are valuable generalizations of discrete frames. Most concepts of fusion frames are shared by discrete frames. However, the dual setting is so complicated. In particular, unlike discrete frames, two fusion frames are not dual of each other in general. In this paper, we investigate the structure of the duals of fusion frames and discuss the relation between the duals of fusion fram...

The study of the c$k$-fusions frames shows that the emphasis on the measure spaces introduces a new idea, although some similar properties with the discrete case are raised. Moreover, due to the nature of measure spaces, we have to use new techniques for new results. Especially, the topic of the dual of frames  which is important for frame applications, have been specified  completely for the c...

Nucelolar morphology was studied by electron microscopy in control and actinomycin D-treated populations of Tetrahymena pyriformis (W) during the cultural growth cycle. Nucleoli exhibit an "aging" cycle concomitant with the cultural growth cycle, but independent of the individual cell cycle. Four different stages in the course of this aging process have been defined. Stage 1 occurs upon inocula...

Kin altruism appears to influence an individual’s evaluation of the reproductive decisions of other people. Playing the role of an older woman advising a younger woman about reproduction influenced female participants’ self-reported beliefs about the decision. Women randomly assigned to the group with the task of advising a daughter were more inclined to believe that the choice consistent with ...

This commentary offers several directions for the development of Chinese management research based on the penetrating analyses provided by Barney and Zhang (2009) and Whetten (2009). First and foremost, Chinese management researchers can develop novel, seminal ideas and theories that are not necessarily tied to the Chinese cultural context but are applicable in diverse cultural contexts. The su...