http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.04.027 0003-3472/ 2014 The Authors. Published on behalf license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Cultural variation can be conceptualized in two main ways: as culture-specific qualitative differences in behavioural form, and also as quantitative variation in performance of constellations of universal behaviours (cultural style). Despite obse...

background: due to increasing life expectancy and declining fertility rates, the population over the age of 60 in developed and developing countries is increasing. this matter draws attention toward the improvement of the health of the elderly and consideration of the health and treatment needs of this important group of human society. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of integ...

I am greatly honored to write about Dr. Herman Lent, a well-known researcher, professor of entomology, helminthology and above all a “Professor of Life”. A man who spread his knowledge and thoughts throughout his work, attitudes and way of life. His life, both personal and scientific, had two bases: honesty and strength. His expectations were always very high with regard to others but especiall...

Menopause is a universal experience for women that occur, in around 50 years old. In this periods women encounter with many changes in their life. Retirement and children leaving home can cause the loneliness and depression, however this time is an opportunity for women to changing their life. The women perception of menopause depends on their social, cultural, economical status and life style ...

Research on international joint ventures (IJV) reveals difficulties in managing cross-cultural teams. Our research aims to understand how cultural differences between Japanese and American firms in IJV projects effect team performance through computational experimentation. We focus on and characterize culturallydriven normative systems as a central role of cultural differences, composed of two ...

The present qualitative research, for the first time, aimed at comparing and contrasting the extent cultural components and subcomponents are represented in the elementary levels of A Course in General Persian and Top Notch Series as foreign language teaching textbooks. The adapted checklist of Lee's Big ‘C' and little ‘c' cultural components (2009) was used for the current study.  After conten...