Human modification of natural landscapes has influenced surface processes in many settings on Earth. Quantitative data comparing the distribution and behavior of geologic phenomena before and after human arrival are sparse but urgently required to evaluate possible anthropogenic influences on geologic hazards. We conduct field and imagery-based mapping, statistical analysis, and numerical model...

Roman women – priestesses, patrician women, mysterious guardians of the sacred flame goddess Vesta, admired and respected, sometimes blamed for misfortune Eternal City. Vestals identified with eternity Rome, priestesses having a specific, unavailable to other power. That power gained at moment ritual capture (captio) responsibilities privileges resulted from it are subject matter this paper. Th...

Dental reduction has been sufficiently widespread among human populations to render the phenomenon of reduced tooth size worthy of scientific explanation. One of the most controversial models invoked to explain structural reduction in organisms is referred to as the "probable mutation effect" (PME). According to this model, structures no longer functional owing to ecological or cultural changes...

Longitudinal survey data were used to examine the relationship between two types of childhood maltreatment, abuse/neglect and exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV), and two outcomes, substance use and dating violence, within the past year. Participants were youth (N = 158, aged 16-19 at Time 3) involved with child protective services (CPS). A parallel multiple mediator model was used to t...

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