Since 1 990, Monash University Accident Research Centre has conducted a series of studies to provide consumer advice on the crashworthiness of individual makes and models of Australian passenger cars. Crashworthiness has been defined as the relative safety of a vehicle in preventing severe injury to its driver when involved in a crash. A concept complementary to crashworth iness is vehicle aggr...

The role of aggressivity and cue exposure in induction of craving were investigated in a clinical setting. Thirty abstinent alcoholic patients were divided into a low and a high aggressive group based on scores on the physical aggression subscale of the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory and exposed to alcohol cues. Craving was measured by means of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire (ACQ) and Visua...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an adverse adoptive home environment on adoptee conduct disorder, adult antisocial behavior, and two measures of aggressivity, all of which are behaviors that contribute to adult antisocial personality disorder and that also are associated with increased vulnerability to drug abuse and/or dependence. METHODS The study used an...

The aggressivity of adult males and females was evaluated by measuring (1)the frequency of aggressive displays that individuals made toward a mirror image stimulus following varying periods of social isolation, (2) the display frequency in brief, unisexual and bisexual bouts with live opponents, and (3)the reinforcing effects of mirror image stimulation on performance of an approach response. I...

As a channel of non-verbal communication, faces can give information such as mate attraction, intelligence, and aggressivity. Aggressivity is character to dominate, protect position, fight over resources. Several aggressive behaviours in humans are, for example, anger, hostility, physical aggression, verbal aggression. Previous studies western society showed that aggressivity could be perceived...

We have previously reported that ADP ribosylation factor like 2 (Arl2), a small GTPase, content influences microtubule dynamics and cell cycle distribution in breast tumor cells, as well as the degree and distribution of phosphorylated P53. Here we show, in two different human breast adenocarcinoma models, that Arl2 content has a major impact on breast tumor cell aggressivity both in vitro and ...

We investigate the geographic pattern of adaptation of a fungal parasite, Colletotrichum lindemuthianum, on two host species, Phaseolus vulgaris and P. coccineus for two parasite fitness traits: infectivity (ability to attack a host individual) and aggressivity (degree of sporulation and leaf surface damage). Using a cross-inoculation experiment, we show specialization of the fungus on its host...

Protein synthesis is a fundamental cell process and ribosomes - particularly through the ribosomal RNA that display ribozyme activity--are the main effectors of this process. Ribosome biogenesis is a very complex process involving transcriptional aswell as many post-transcriptional steps to produce functional ribosomes. It is now well demonstrated that ribosome production is enhanced in cancer ...