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From Cosmos to Intelligent Life: The Four Ages of Astrobiology

, 2012
The history of life on Earth and in other potential life-bearing planetary platforms is deeply linked to the history of the universe. Since life as we know it relies on chemical elements forged in dying heavy stars, the universe needs to be old enough ...
Abel, Arrhenius, Bonner, Fenchel, Fitz, Gleiser, Kaltenegger, Lunine, Marcelo Gleiser, Oparin, Prigogine, Salama, Smoot, Susskind, Susskind, Ward, Webb, Weinberg   +17 more
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Queen control of a key life-history event in a eusocial insect [PDF]

, 2013
In eusocial insects, inclusive fitness theory predicts potential queen–worker conflict over the timing of events in colony life history. Whether queens or workers control the timing of these events is poorly understood.
Andrew F. G. Bourke, Aron S, Florian S. Guidat, Jacob G. Holland, Maynard Smith J, Oster GF   +5 more
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Relation of Adverse Childhood Experiences to Clinical and Patient‐Reported Outcomes for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: A Registry Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events prior to age 18 that are known to have a lasting impact on individuals’ health and well‐being. There is a gap in understanding the relationship between ACEs and Other Life Stressors and health status for adults with sickle cell disease (SCD).
Marsha Treadwell, Jessica Liang, Liliana Preiss, Angela Rivers, Jane S. Hankins, Allison King, Justin Williams, Michael B. Potter, Danielle Hessler   +8 more
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A Battery of Measures for Psychometric Assessment of Life History Strategy

RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics
In recent years, life history theory has significantly strengthened its position in the social sciences, offering explanations for persistent variations in behavior and values, as well as physiological, cognitive, psychological, and social traits of ...
Elizaveta Shamilevna Komyaginskaya, Albina Alikovna Gallyamova, Alisa Alekseevna Godovanets, Dmitry Sergeevich Grigoryev   +3 more
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From organism to population: the role of life-history theory [PDF]

, 1994
The role of life-history theory in population and evolutionary analyses is outlined. In both cases general life histories can be analysed, but simpler life histories need fewer parameters for their description.
Sibly, R.M.
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Anthropogenic Harvesting Pressure and Changes in Life History: Insights from a Rocky Intertidal Limpet

, 2012
The importance of large breeding individuals for maintaining the health of marine fish and invertebrate populations has long been recognized. Unfortunately, decades of human harvesting that preferentially remove larger individuals have led to drastic ...
Fenberg, Phillip B., Roy, Kaustuv
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DELP Treatment on Vision and Retinal Microcirculation in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Report of Five Cases and Literature Review

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The delipid extracorporeal lipoprotein filter from plasma (DELP) treatment can effectively reduce blood lipid, increase blood flow, and improve neurological deficits in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, its effect on vision and retinal microcirculation in stroke patients has never been reported.
Ning Li, Ronghua Hong, Hua You, Feiping Xu, Qingjun Zhang, Yiwen Lin, Yuting Su, Danmei Lan, Lingjing Jin, Junhui She   +9 more
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Life History Orientation Predicts COVID-19 Precautions and Projected Behaviors

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
The ongoing Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a devastating impact worldwide. It is unclear as to what one expects during the “post-peak” and “post-pandemic” periods in terms of: (1) continued adherence to precautionary measures (e.g ...
Randy Corpuz, Sophia D’Alessandro, Janet Adeyemo, Nicole Jankowski, Karen Kandalaft   +4 more
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Hybrid Behavior-Genetic Models of the Confounding Gene-Environment Correlations in the Development of Life History Strategy: Two Convergent Approaches

Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences, 2021
Traditional theories of development and evolutionary developmental psychology propose that early environmental experiences shape an individual’s developmental trajectory.
Aurelio José Figueredo, Tomás Cabeza de Baca, George B Richardson   +2 more
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Democracy and social utopias : a study about Albrecht Wellmer and Axel Honneth [PDF]

, 2012
This work intends to analysis the philosophy of history and to discuss the consequences of this death to the Critical Theory. The concept of reason and the devices of democracy and human rights are discussed in a revision of the historical debate about ...
Bittar, Eduardo C. B.
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