Abstract We report the results of a vignette study with an online sample German adult population in which we analyze interplay between need, equity, and accountability third-party distribution decisions. asked participants to divide firewood two hypothetical persons who either differ their need for heat or productivity terms ability chop wood. The systematically varies persons’ neediness as wel...

introduction: water is an essential nutrient for life. it comprises 75% of total body weight in infants,60% in adult males and 50% in adult females. decrease in body water is commonly known as dehydration. acute or chronic dehydration is a common condition in some population groups, especialy the elderly and those who participate in physical activity in warm enviroments. potential consequences ...

Robin Dembroff’s “Escaping the natural attitude about gender” replies to my “Are women adult human females?”. This paper responds many criticisms of arguments, as well charge that women...?” “fundamentally is an unscholarly attempt vindicate a political slogan currently being used undermine civic rights and respect for trans persons”. I argue fail without exception, explain why claims motives a...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to examine whether body height is associated with intergenerational social mobility, and to determine the importance of intergenerational mobility for adult health. DESIGN Information from a survey conducted by Statistics Sweden on a randomly selected sample was supplemented with mortality data during a six year follow up. PARTICIPANTS The sample was identified i...

  Background: Both genetic and environmental factors are important in pathogenesis of diabetes. Non HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) genes such as INS-VNTR and CTLA-4 in addition of HLA genes have influence on genetic susceptibility for diabetes mellitus. In this study the association of +49 A/G CTLA-4 and -23 A/T INS-VNTR polymorphisms with diabetes and their association with islet auto...