The most unexpected and intriguing result from functional brain imaging studies of cognitive aging is evidence for age-related overactivation: greater activation in older adults than in younger adults, even when performance is age-equivalent. Here we examine the hypothesis that age-related overactivation is compensatory and discuss the compensation-related utilization of neural circuits hypothe...

Healthy aging is associated with cognitive declines typically accompanied by increased task-related brain activity in comparison to younger counterparts. The Scaffolding Theory of Aging and Cognition (STAC) (Park and Reuter-Lorenz, 2009; Reuter-Lorenz and Park, 2014) posits that compensatory brain processes are responsible for maintaining normal cognitive performance in older adults, despite ac...

Standard transaction management ensures the ACID properties for transactions (atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability; Härder & Reuter 1983, Gray & Reuter 1993). Of primary interest here is the isolation property, which corresponds to the correctness criterion serializability. It is generally acknowledged in the database research community that serializability is unsuitable for severa...

A 2-year commercial-scale study was conducted to qualitatively evaluate the effect of different insecticide treatment regimes on the predator complex attacking Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in cotton. In 1996 three insecticide regimes were compared: a rotation of conventional broadspectrum insecticides or one of two different regimes based on the initial use of the insect growth regulators (IGRs),...

Bali is a fascinating island. Within one cultural sphere major contrasts exist side by side and form as such an ideal laboratory for anthropological research. Only a few hours drive from the centre of globalized tourism at Kuta beach, which was in October 2002 hit by a terrorist attack, one can find in the mountain area of inland Bali ancient temple systems and ritual networks which date back t...

In the ongoing debate over drug policy, the strategy of harm reduction, or harm minimization, has often been surrounded by ideological argumentation. This strategy, essentially a health and social services policy, has been portrayed as camouflaged legalization by those who prefer the policy of drug control through repression, or considered unacceptable because it permits a social group engaged ...

The climate protection movement of young people, Fridays for Future, on the streets is also finding its way into school and raises questions about tasks functions formal education. But how can activism education go hand in hand? What potential does this open up? space offer? And where are limits? Based experiences reflections from implementation Schools Earth project, article shows potentials, ...