In most of their forms, extramarital activities by Vietnamese men are not perceived as indelity or adultery. Extramarital relationships often facilitate male bonding and are important signiers of Vietnamese masculinity and male privilege. However, Vietnamese men face signicant role strain as their wives become better educated, more independent, and contribute greater amounts to the family in...

Day-ahead energy market clearing relies on a deterministic equivalent model with a limited time horizon, which may lead to inefficient scheduling of generating units from the point of view of generators. For this reason, generators may wish to forgo the profit hedging offered by day-ahead electricity markets and assume the risk of self-committing their units with the hope of securing greater pr...

The suicide rate in the United States rises consistently with age. Silent suicide is defined as the intention, often masked, to kill oneself by nonviolent means through self-stanration or noncompliance with essential medical treatment. Silent suicide frequently goes unrecognized because of undiagnosed depression and the interjection of the personal belief systems of health-care providers and fa...

Eighty-three incarcerated offenders indicated, on a forced choice questionnaire, the emotions they had experienced whilst committing a specific crime they remembered well. Smallest Space Analysis of these emotions showed they reflected the circumplex structure of emotions postulated by Russell (1997) for non-criminal experiences. However, they showed a stronger distinction between pleasure and ...