Today, sustainable management of the environment and its resources is an issue of vital importance in our contemporary societies and especially in developed societies. The scarcity of resources may well account for this fact. The importance of this problem underlies the necessity for adapting measures aiming at its solution. Many research papers and scientific conferences have been devoted to t...

Maternal placentophagy, the consumption of the placenta or "afterbirth" by the mother following parturition, is an ubiquitous behavior among eutherian mammals, including non-human primates. Here we report on a cross-cultural survey of 179 human societies regarding the consumption, treatment, and disposal of human placenta, in addition to accompanying cultural beliefs and perceptions about the o...

The extended family is a system that promotes cohesion, togetherness, cooperation and support amongst its members. It has been cherished tradition in most African societies from pre-colonial era to present period. The existence of this accounts for the longevity ancestral traditions heritage which bedrock sustenance societies. However, with adoption western culture, effects global econom...

Crime is ubiquitous and has been around for millennia. Crime is analogous to a pathogenic infection and police response to it is similar to an immune response. The biological immune system is also engaged in an arms race with pathogens. We propose an immune system inspired theory of crime and violence in human societies, especially in large agglomerations like cities. In this work we suggest th...

Six flotation samples from the cut face of the tell were extracted and examined for this report. The goal of this exploratory analysis is to determine whether there are any observable differences between the Tell Jouweif (SS 8) assemblage and those of nearby Early Bronze Age Tell es-Sweyhat or the other roughly contemporary sites farther downstream (Selenkahiye [T 507, EBA] and Tell Hadidi [T 5...

Guanxi, roughly translated as " social connection " , is a term commonly used in the Chinese language. In this research, we employed a linguistic approach to explore popular discourses on Guanxi. Although sharing the same Confucian roots, Chinese communities inside and outside Mainland China have undergone different historical trajectories. Hence, we took a comparative approach to examine guanx...