Glossary Anthropogeographer An individual who works at the intersection of the disciplines of anthropology and geography, using physical racial categorizations to explore the relationships between race and space. Anthropometric Mapping Mapping of individual racial traits, such as cephalic index, pigmentation, or stature. Ethnic Mapping Mapping of aspects of ethnicity, including religion, langua...

Religious people tend to live slightly longer lives (M. E. McCullough, W. T. Hoyt, D. B. Larson, H. G. Koenig, & C. E. Thoresen, 2000). On the basis of the principle of social investment (J. Lodi-Smith & B. W. Roberts, 2007), the authors sought to clarify this phenomenon with a study of religion and longevity that (a) incorporated measures of psychological religious commitment; (b) considered r...

Somaclonal variation for morphological traits was studied in both control and mutagen (chemical and physical) treated progenies of two varieties of Solanum viarum. The SC1, SC1M1 (first generation following tissue culture) and SC2, SC2M2 (second generation) of both 2n and 4n varieties on field evaluation showed bidirectional variation for plant height, plant spread, number of flowers and fruits...

We empirically analyze the labor supply choices of married men and women according to their body size (BMI), using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics on anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, and unmarried men and women as comparison group. Heavier husbands are found to work significantly more hours and earn more labor income, controlling for both spouses’ demographic and soc...

The evolutionary function of noncoding 'junk' DNA remains one of the most challenging mysteries of genetics. Here a new model of DNA is proposed to explain this function. The hypothesis asserts the DNA molecule contains not one, but two separate modes of inheritance. In addition to exons that code for proteins and physical traits, it is argued noncoding repetitive elements code for the inherita...

Twenty-seven voices of characters in Japanese animation were analyzed auditorily using a modified version of Laver’s framework for voice quality description. It was found that long-term pharyngeal states (i.e., constricted or expanded pharynx) play an important role in differentiating the voices of heroes and villains. F0 and vowel formant frequencies were measured for the same samples. In an e...

Past research on personality and the occupational stressor–strain relationship has examined traits independently (nomothetic approach) rather than interactively (idiographic approach). The current research examined the combined/interactive effect of the Big Five traits in predicting stress, coping, and strain among 211 managers. Low Neuroticism with high Extraversion and high Conscientiousness ...

Abstract Aims: Shooting is one of the most important skills for military accommodation, and mastery in this sport or military skill is valuable. People are very different, both in terms of physicality and physicality. The main issue of the present study is to predict the accuracy of soldiers' shooting based on physical factors and behavioral brain personality traits. Method: The present study...

The relationship between sport participation, personality development, self-concept and self-esteem has been discussed repeatedly. In this research, a standardized written survey together with tests on motor performance were carried out with 1399 students (707 male; 692 female) in school years 7 (12.9 ± 0.6 years) and 10 (15.8 ± 0.6 years) to measure the extent of a relationship between physica...

Background: In the present study, we explored the associations between hypomania, symptoms of depression, sleep complaints, physical activity and mental toughness. The latter construct has gained interest for its association with a broad variety of favorable behavior in both clinical and non-clinical samples. Subjects and Methods: The non-clinical sample consisted of 206 young adults (M = 21.3 ...