The mechanisms and temporal aspects of mate choice according to genetic constitution are still puzzling. Recent studies indicate that fitness is positively related to diversity in immune genes (MHC). Both sexes should therefore choose mates of high genetic quality and/or compatibility. However, studies addressing the role of MHC diversity in pre- and post-copulatory mate choice decisions in wil...

•republic •Articles of Confederation •Northwest Ordinance of 1787 •Shays’s Rebellion •James Madison •federalism •checks and balances •ratification •Federalists •Antifederalists •Bill of Rights American leaders created the Constitution as a blueprint of government for the United States. More than 200 years after its creation, the Constitution remains the nation’s guiding document for a working g...

BACKGROUND This study identified susceptible loci related to the Yu-Zhi (YZ) constitution, which indicates stasis-stagnation, found in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in patients with type 2 diabetes and possible regulated traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) using docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. METHODS Non-aboriginal Taiwanese with type 2 diabetes were recruited. Compon...

in april 2003 iraq with a complicated and problematic conditions, was occupied by forces of us and its allies. this country adopted a constitution in october 2005 through a cumbersome process. deferent elements and factors, with their own backgrounds, have had their impacts on the formulation of the constitution. this paper is an attempt to examine the impact of the local, regional, and interna...

Paid crowdsourcing platforms such as Upwork and Amazon Mechanical Turk must jointly serve workers, requesters, and platform owners. However, design and governance decisions tend to be made only by the owners, and in the business interests of the requesters, so the many stakeholders’ issues often remain unaddressed. In response to the resulting frustration and power imbalances, platform users cr...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to test whether human leukocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphism contributes to the physical constitutions classified in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). DESIGN Seven hundred six (706) individuals of the Han ethnic group inhabiting South China were classified into 7 TCM constitution groups, according to the criteria described in Theories of Physical Constitut...

The science of consciousness is a nascent and thriving field of research that is founded on identifying the minimally sufficient neural correlates of consciousness. However, I have argued that it is the neural constitution of consciousness that science seeks to understand and that there are no evident strategies for distinguishing the correlates and constitution of (phenomenal) consciousness. H...

W artykule autor analizuje „stosowanie i „przestrzeganie” konstytucji, na tle naruszeń Konstytucji RP, mających miejsce po 2015 r. toku tych zacierane są granice między oboma pojęciami albo jedno pojęcie „wchłania” drugie. Autor przywołuje przypadki, kiedy to organ państwa przypisuje sobie kompetencję do przestrzegania ale wtedy gdy nie służy mu norma kompetencyjna (spoczywa zaś nim obowiązek p...

Nigerian Government has successfully conducted the 2015 presidential elections despite the failure the country recorded in the use of card reader that was initially acquired by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that only the registered and accredited electorate voted in the elections. Nevertheless, it is very easy for anyone to blame the federal government for faili...

TIIE doctrine of the reflex constitution of the nervous system-the foundation of Hughlings Jackson's neurological teaching (II, 63, 399)*-has received ample recognition in the study of the more primitive activities of the organism, such as locomotion, but has, by contrast, received practically no recognitioni in the study of that most complex activity, mentation. Failure to regard the highest c...