This study highlights Syrian communication practices using comparative tests with the United States communication as a baseline. Additionally, theoretical findings on individualism and collectivism theory are extended to include findings from Syria. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance was used to test culture's effect in demographically similar (in age, SES, and education) student convenience s...

Big mammals have big (or slow) cells C ells use two basic strategies to adapt to the size of the organism in which they reside, say Van Savage and colleagues. Depending on how often they divide, comparable cells in a mouse and an elephant differ in either metabolic rate or cell volume, but usually not both. The need for such adaptation stems from simple geometry. As body volume increases, surfa...

Beginning in the late 1960s, psychologists began to challenge the view the definitional theory of concepts. According to that theory a concept is a mental representation comprising representations of properties (or “features”) that are individually necessary and jointly sufficient for membership in a category. In place of the definitional view, psychologists initially put forward the prototype ...

The objective of our paper is to analyze the possibility to provide a forecast for the sign of the financial asset returns using the empirical prices of stocks listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Previous research provided by Christoffersen and Diebold (2004) among others show that even if both the sign and the absolute value of returns are deterministic, their composure (the returns themse...

The main field of application of Alpha-Active is in helping individuals to consistently achieve their personal best in challenging situations. These include in sporting events, appearing in front of the public (e.g. in performing arts, speeches, business meetings, etc.,), and in other stressful situations where clear focus and composure are required. In the sports field, this is often known as ...