We recorded a total of 92 dead grey wolves (Canis lupus) in Croatia during the period19862001: 60 (65.2%) were shot, 18 (19.6%) died as a result of traffic accidents, while the cause of death of 6 (6.5%) wolves remained unknown, 5 (5.4%) suffered from rabies, and one each was killed by axe, by hay-fork, and by other wolves. Among dead wolves the share of females was 56%, mean age was 1.9 years,...

Margaret McMahon: I have worked as a family therapist and always believed the patient gets better faster if the family is involved. It’s been disappointing to me that, in the outpatient addiction program where I work now, families just don’t participate. They are offered the opportunity to come to a family counseling session once a week free of charge, but very rarely do we have family members ...

Signed networks appear naturally in contexts where conflict or animosity is apparent. In this book chapter we review some of the literature on signed networks, especially in the context of partitioning. Most of the work is founded in what is known as structural balance theory. We cover the basic mathematical principles of structural balance theory. The theory yields a natural formulation for pa...

Video game addiction in children and teenagers in Taiwan is associated with levels of animosity, social skills, and academic achievement. This study suggests that video game addiction can be statistically predicted on measures of hostility, and a group with high video game addiction has more hostility than others. Both gender and video game addiction are negatively associated with academic achi...