it might be insufficient as a stand-alone intervention in reducing the sharp increase in diarrhea rates that was observed among KiBS infants during the weaning period. Early and rapid weaning does not appear to be a healthy practice in such environments. Although Ms Peletz and Dr Filteau are correct that “[WHO]...did not fully endorse abrupt weaning,” the WHO reference that they cited did note ...

In this paper, we introduce the theory of trait Emotional Intelligence (‘trait EI’) as a personality theory that could assist in exemplifying the gamers’ profile and contribute to the design of player-center game experiences. Data from two studies (a game-specific and a game-general one) led to a number of playercentered playability principles that could inform the design of adaptable games and...

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If the social network structure among the voters in an election is known, how should this be taken into account by the voting rule? In this brief article, I argue, via the maximum likelihood approach to voting, that it is optimal to ignore the social network structure altogether—one person, one vote.

Research background: The issue of population aging, recently discussed across the entire society, has greatly affected all generations society. aging is a long-term and natural process that governments should be ready to accommodate if they want keep demographic situation stable despite increasing fertility decreasing mortality inhabitants. Purpose article: resultant changes in can attributed p...