The affective-motivational state of job engagement has been shown to differ between jobs with different characteristics, but its possible links with workers’ personal attributes have less often been studied. Engagement was predicted to be a primary function of personality factors and sub-factors which match its affective and motivational elements, namely Emotional Stability and more energized f...

Regime shifts are massive changes among alternate ecosystem states. Predicting regime shifts is difficult, but statistical indicators such as increasing variance or autocorrelation may provide early warnings of their impending onset. We conducted a 4 yr lake manipulation to test for early warnings prior to a food-web transition by adding largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) to a lake dominat...

As we strive to advance our understanding and management of sinonasal disorders, the March issue of American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy continues to offer useful information to clinicians and researchers, with an eye towards the future. In general, most patients with sinonasal disorders do fairly well utilizing current practice paradigms. However, as practitioners, it is clear to us that ...

Nerve growth factor-induced B (NGFI-B) genes are orphan nuclear receptors, and NGFI-B (Nur77, TR3) is overexpressed in bladder tumors and bladder cancer cells compared with nontumorous bladder tissue. 1,1-Bis(3 -indolyl)-1-(p-methoxyphenyl)-methane (DIM-C-pPhOCH3) and 1,1-bis(3 -indolyl)-1(p-phenyl)methane have previously been identified as activators of Nur77, and both compounds inhibited grow...

The transition to a low-carbon environment is rapidly accelerating and with it the potential for severe environmental social degradation. extraction processing of key materials have already begun affect developing economies, policy changes are essential ensuring just transition. energy system has deliver multiple benefits society environment. These range from decreasing climate-related deaths i...

Cooperative banks primarily compete with one another because they target niche markets that large typically ignore. The current study shows in this competitive environment, the connection between financial intermediaries affects operational efficiency of small banks. findings indicate capitalization, diversification strategies, funding costs, liquidity, credit quality, and risk bank neighbors h...

The evidence for dinosaur evolution was reviewed, along with the various theories of dinosaur evolution and the evidence for their support. Dinosaurs are commonly believed to have evolved from a small, crocodile-like animal; however, a review of the known fossils provides no evidence for dinosaur evolution from non-dinosaurs, despite the excellent and abundant dinosaur fossil record. This fi nd...

An optical image is a very organized and specified collection of information governed by the laws of optics. The formation of an image, and its correct interpretation by sighted living creatures, is a unique example of the great complexity in the living world. While many other functional features of living organisms are extremely complex and point to the handiwork of a designing God, an optical...

As the prefrontal cortex expanded in human evolution, so too did the capacity for nesting basic biological goals within more complex systems of behavioral organization. This increased ability for abstraction brought with it the challenge of deciding how toion brought with it the challenge of deciding how to interpret the personal significance of any given experience. The human brain appears to ...

It is often claimed that the human retina is poorly designed because light must travel through the nerves and blood vessels to reach the photoreceptor cells, which are located behind the eye’s wiring. Many specifi c reasons exist for this so-called backward placement of the photoreceptors. A major one is that it allows close association between the rods and cones and the pigment epithelium requ...