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Human security and the rise of the social [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
As the concept of human security has become part of the mainstream discourse of international politics it should be no surprise that both realist and critical approaches to international theory have found the agenda wanting.
Aisenberg   +94 more
core   +1 more source

Oxidative Stress Is a Potential Cost of Synchronous Nesting in Olive Ridley Sea Turtles

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2022
Olive ridley sea turtles, Lepidochelys olivacea, exhibit a polymorphic reproductive behavior, nesting solitarily or in mass aggregations termed “arribadas”, where thousands of individuals nest synchronously.
B. Gabriela Arango   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of population growth and regulation in human life history evolution. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Explaining the evolution of human life history traits remains an important challenge for evolutionary anthropologists. Progress is hindered by a poor appreciation of how demographic factors affect the action of natural selection.
Ryan Baldini
doaj   +1 more source

Negative phenotypic and genetic associations between copulation duration and longevity in male seed beetles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Reproduction can be costly and is predicted to trade-off against other characters. However, while these trade-offs are well documented for females, there has been less focus on aspects of male reproduction.
AA Hoffmann   +69 more
core   +1 more source

How might life history theory contribute to life course theory? [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Life Course Research, 2019
In this commentary, we consider how evolutionary biology’s life history theory (LHT) can be integrated with life course theorizing, to the benefit of both endeavors. We highlight areas where it can add value to existing work in life course theory (LCT), focusing on: how it can add an extra level of explanation, which may be helpful in understanding why
Stulp, Gert, Sear, Rebecca
openaire   +2 more sources

Low Maternal Capital Predicts Life History Trade-Offs in Daughters: Why Adverse Outcomes Cluster in Individuals

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2019
Background: Some individuals appear prone to multiple adverse outcomes, including poor health, school dropout, risky behavior and early reproduction. This clustering remains poorly understood.
Jonathan C. K. Wells   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

An improved procedure for generating standardised load-time histories for marine structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The load sequence effect has been proved from laboratory tests to be an influencing factor that cannot be neglected in the fatigue analysis of marine structures.
Cui, W, Li, S, Paik, JK
core   +1 more source

Early-Life Stressors, Personality Development, and Fast Life Strategies: An Evolutionary Perspective on Malevolent Personality Features

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Life history theory posits that behavioral adaptation to various environmental (ecological and/or social) conditions encountered during childhood is regulated by a wide variety of different traits resulting in various behavioral strategies. Unpredictable
Árpád Csathó, Béla Birkás
doaj   +1 more source

Progress in relationship between chronotype and technology addiction and its mechanism

open access: yesShanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao. Yixue ban, 2023
In the era of digitalization, the Internet has changed people's lifestyle and circadian rhythm, and has also brought the global problem of technology addiction.
WU Yujing   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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