Mother-in-Law Daughter-in-Law Conflict: an Evolutionary Perspective and Report of Empirical Data from the USA

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica D. Ayers ◽  
Jaimie Arona Krems ◽  
Nicole Hess ◽  
Athena Aktipis
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
The Usa

scholarly journals Citizen ownership of the state: A measure using election promise implementation score

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abul Azad
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
The State ◽  
Representative Government ◽  
Power Of Attorney ◽  
The Usa

<p><i>This paper introduces a measure of citizen ownership of the state, which works with empirical data. The paper defines citizen ownership of the state as a condition where whatever the majority of citizens want is implemented. In the present-day large scale state, whatever the majority of citizens want is expressed in the election promises of the winning party, alliance or individuals. The paper argues that the level of implementation of election promises is a measurement of citizen ownership of the state. It models the authority of a representative government to a power of attorney. The citizen as principal awards a power of attorney to the winning party, alliance or individuals as an agent in their election. In the election, the set of election promises of the agent becomes the only written part of the power of attorney. The 2008-2012 tenure of US President Barack Obama is used to test how the methodological approach works with empirical data. The test finds the citizen ownership of the state in the USA at 70.7 percent and the party intrusion into the ownership at 29.3 percent during the tenure.</i>.</p>

scholarly journals An evolutionary perspective on zinc uptake by human fungal pathogens

Metallomics ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 979-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Pathogens ◽  
Soil Acidity ◽  
Zinc Uptake ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Endemic Mycoses

A link between environmental pH and fungal zinc uptake strategies? Soil acidity and endemic mycoses in the USA.

scholarly journals Citizen ownership of the state: A measure using election promise implementation score

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abul Azad
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
The State ◽  
Representative Government ◽  
Power Of Attorney ◽  
The Usa

<p><i>This paper introduces a measure of citizen ownership of the state, which works with empirical data. The paper defines citizen ownership of the state as a condition where whatever the majority of citizens want is implemented. In the present-day large scale state, whatever the majority of citizens want is expressed in the election promises of the winning party, alliance or individuals. The paper argues that the level of implementation of election promises is a measurement of citizen ownership of the state. It models the authority of a representative government to a power of attorney. The citizen as principal awards a power of attorney to the winning party, alliance or individuals as an agent in their election. In the election, the set of election promises of the agent becomes the only written part of the power of attorney. The 2008-2012 tenure of US President Barack Obama is used to test how the methodological approach works with empirical data. The test finds the citizen ownership of the state in the USA at 70.7 percent and the party intrusion into the ownership at 29.3 percent during the tenure.</i>.</p>

scholarly journals Return of cartoon to market e-cigarette-related products

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 555-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon-Patrick Allem ◽  
Tess Boley Cruz ◽  
Jennifer B Unger ◽  
Ruth Toruno ◽  
Josseline Herrera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Settlement Agreement ◽  
Actual Use ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Product Appeal

IntroductionThe tobacco industry’s use of cartoons to market products has been shown to be effective at increasing awareness and appeal of combustible cigarettes among youth. While the Master Settlement Agreement placed restrictions on the use of cartoons for major cigarette and smokeless (chew) tobacco brands in the USA, no such restrictions exist for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). Research has shown that e-cigarette manufacturers are using cartoons to market products, but limited data exist on the extent of these practices. This study examined the extent of the use of cartoons to market e-liquids on Instagram.MethodsInstagram posts with the hashtag #ejuice or #eliquid were collected from 3 November 2017 to 17 November 2017. Rules were established to identify Cartoon (the post contained a cartoon), Logo (the post was labelled a cartoon due to the logo) and Promo (the image of the post or accompanying text indicated it was a promotion) in the data (n=3481).ResultsAmong all posts, 723 (20.77%) contained a Cartoon, and 479 (13.76%) were coded as a cartoon because of the Logo. In other words, 479/723 or (66.25%) of Cartoon were coded as cartoons due to the vendor’s or manufacture’s logo. Among all posts, 2360 (67.80%) were Promo.ConclusionFindings indicate that e-cigarette companies are using cartoons to market their products and many of these companies’ logos are cartoons. Empirical data are needed to determine whether cartoon marketing strategies impact perceived risk and benefits, product appeal, the intention to use and actual use of e-cigarettes.

scholarly journals Development and application of Pandemic Projection Measures (PPM) for forecasting the COVID-19 outbreak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Ren Chang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Future Trend ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Equipment And Supplies ◽  
Error Band ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Estimate Method ◽  
Time Projection

AbstractThis study aims to provide an accessible and dynamic estimate method to project the Covid-19 trend and hopefully it will help inform policymakers to allocate the needed medical equipment and supplies for saving more lives. A set of newly developed Pandemic Projection Measures (PPM) had been successfully applied to project daily new cases across countries. During the development, numerous trial and error iterations had been performed and then improved with live data. The procedures and computations for the PPM including Uphill Index (UHI), Downhill Indices (DHI), and Error Band Projection (EBP) estimates were explained and discussed along with graphical projections. The PPM was computed with daily live data for the USA, four U.S. states (Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York), France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and China. The results indicated that with the PPM estimations, the daily projections for the future trend were robust to reflect the most plausibility, since the PPM can be updated frequently. With the most up-to-date predictions, governments should be able to monitor the values of UHI and DHI for making a better decision for “flattening the curve”. Based on the empirical data, policymakers should pay more attentions for the following two scenarios: a) When expecting an apex of the outbreak, the UHI is higher than 1.20; and b) After passing a peak day, the DHI is still larger than 0.925. The applications of the PPM estimates are not designed for a one-time projection rather than updated frequently to improve the prediction precisions. With the same concepts from the PPM computations, the peak day and the number of new deaths could be predictable if more data are collected. Like many country leaders saying, “We will win the battle of coronavirus pandemic”, the author hopes to use this easily applicable estimate method to save more lives and to win. The results, currently presented with the data on April 16 and 17, 2020, were only used to explain how to apply the PPM estimates for predictions. The outdated results should not be used to compared with today’s outbreak trend.

Mother-in-law daughter-in-law conflict: An evolutionary perspective, ethnographic review, and report of empirical data from the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Daphne Ayers ◽  
Jaimie Krems ◽  
Nicole Hess ◽  
Athena Aktipis
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Kinship Networks ◽  
Pair Bonds ◽  
Term Pair

Relationships with genetic relatives have been extensively studied in the evolutionary social sciences, but affinal relationships have received much less attention, and virtually no work has examined both cooperation and conflict among affines from an evolutionary perspective. Yet humans have extensive interactions with the kin of their mates, i.e., in-laws or affines, as humans form long-term pair bonds with mates, with both sexes investing heavily in resulting offspring, thus leading to many opportunities for interacting with extended kinship networks. To begin to address the gap in scholarship on affinal bonds, and particularly on affinal conflict, we conducted an ethnographic review and collected empirical data on (cooperation and) conflict among affines. Here we present (1) a sample 37 of ethnographies showing cross-cultural evidence of conflict in affinal relationships. We also report (2) empirical evidence of self-reported (cooperative and) conflictual aspects in affinal relationships in a Western sample. U.S. men and women both reported more conflict with mothers-in-law than with mothers, and mothers reported more conflict with their daughters-in-law than with their daughters. We discuss the implications of this work and directions for future research.

Darwin and the popularization of evolution

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Lightman
Keyword(s):  
Natural Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Intellectual Elite ◽  
The Usa

Evolution was popularized from 1860 to 1900 in the USA and Britain in a wide variety of media. Here I investigate traditional texts associated with the intellectual elite, including philosophical or scientific monographs, sermons, and published lectures. Evolution was rarely popularized in ways that reflected Darwin's major contribution to biology, his theory of natural selection. This meant that the reading audience more often encountered an alternative to Darwin's naturalistic, non-directional and non-progressive evolutionary perspective. There were at least four different versions of evolution circulating in the period from 1860 to 1900, and only one conformed to Darwin's vision.

“One among many”? Relational panopticism and negotiating non-monogamies

Sexualities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbey S Willis
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Sexual Relationship ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Resistance Strategies ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Depth Interviews

Drawing on qualitative in-depth interviews with people in the USA who have formed consensually non-monogamous relationships, this article introduces the term relational panopticism and uses empirical data to demonstrate the theoretical concept. Three primary themes in the data illustrate the origin, expression, and enforcement of relational panopticism: (1) encounters with institutions; (2) encounters with personal networks; and (3) coping and resistance strategies. Focusing on the daily reproduction of compulsory monogamy and the ways in which people in non-monogamous relationships negotiate and resist that reproduction, this study reveals how marginalized romantic and sexual relationship configurations are received and negotiated in interaction with family, peer groups, and institutions.

The end of democracy as we knew it

foresight ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Hamm
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
American Population ◽  
Ruling Class ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Deep State ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Definition Of

Purpose – This paper aims to summarize the major theoretical elements in the definition of a global ruling class. It then examines how neoconservatives in the USA took power and used regime change to install US-friendly governments in other regions. A strategy of tension is used to press the American population into conformity. But the real revolution is to what extent factual politics escape any attempt to democratic control. Design/methodology/approach – The research relies on case studies of material already published and provides a synthesis. Findings – Three case studies show how far the Deep State already goes. Democracy is on the brink of survival. Originality/value – This paper is an original hypothesis of the potential end of democracy as we know it, supported by empirical data.

The outcome of laparoscopic fundoplication for reflux disease in communlity practice in the USA

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A16-A16 ◽  
Author(s):  
N VAKIL ◽  
S TREML ◽  
M SHAW ◽  
R KIRBY
Keyword(s):  
Reflux Disease ◽  
Laparoscopic Fundoplication ◽  
The Usa
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