d J. Entomol. Sci. 38(3): 468-476 (July 2003) Abs t rac t Lindgren multiple-funnel traps were used to evaluate the response of the pine engraver, Ips phi (Say), to the pheromones lanierone and ipsdienol, in Wisconsin and in southern Appalachia (western North Carolina and northern Georgia). As in Wisconsin, the attraction of 1. pini to ipsdienol-baited traps in southern Appalachia was strongly s...

Navigation strategy is an important component of spatial navigation. In the present study, we developed an assessment of human navigation strategy using a virtual analog of an assessment of animal navigation strategy. We examined the relationship between age, sex, and navigation strategy preference on subsequent performance of the virtual Morris Water Task (vMWT). On our novel assessment of nav...

There is a significant degree of regulatory fragmentation in telecommunications to the extent that at least a telecommunications or industry-specific agency (ISA) and the antitrust agency (AA) coincide in enforcing rules in this business. In this paper, I analyze the determinants of the institutional arrangements observed between the institutions involved in telecommunications regulation corres...

The purpose of this research is to seek the best (highest performing) risk profiles of agents who successively choose among risky prospects. An agent’s risk profile is his attitude to perceived risk, which can vary from risk preferring to risk neutral (an expected-value decision maker) to risk averse, or even a dual-risk attitude. We use the Genetic Algorithm to search in the complex stochastic...

Alcoholism is a complex disease exhibiting a multifactorial mode of transmission. To simplify the genetic and phenotypic complexity of the alcoholic phenotype, alcohol-preferring (P) and -non-preferring (NP) rats were developed on the basis of alcohol preference and consumption as an animal model of alcoholism. Total gene expression analysis (TOGA) and quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis wer...

In a setting where heterogeneous agents interact to accomplish a given set of goals, cooperation is of utmost importance, especially when agents cannot achieve their individual goals by exclusive use of their own efforts [1]. Even when we consider friendly environments and benevolent agents, cooperation involves several issues: with whom to cooperate, reciprocation, how to address credit assign...

The Warsaw High Preferring (WHP) and Warsaw Low Preferring (WLP) lines were bred from Wistar foundation stock to obtain lines of rats that differ in their preference for ethanol (EtOH) solutions. The WHP line has met major criteria for an animal model of alcoholism. The WHP rats voluntarily drink excessive amounts of alcohol while the WLP rats consume negligible amounts of alcohol. These patter...

In the light of the fact that the Qur’ān is connected to the divine knowledge, this article examines the exegetic opinions and the definitive religious realities, and compares and analyzes them in order to decode the mysterious references made by the Qur’ān to the unmatched victoriousness of Dhul-Qarnayn in designing and founding the infrastructure of a magnificent civilization with a highly de...

It is known that during early childhood the traumatic living conditions and experiences of children who stay in prison with their mothers have lasting effects on development children. A psychosocial intervention program was implemented seven womens’ prisons Turkey by a non-governmental organization order to support mothers’ relationships between ages 0-6 whom stayed them prison. The qualitative...