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Why is low waist-to-chest ratio attractive in males? The mediating roles of perceived dominance, fitness, and protection ability [PDF]
, 2014 Past research suggests that a lower waist-to-chest ratio (WCR) in men (i.e., narrower waist and broader chest) is viewed as attractive by women. However, little work has directly examined why low WCRs are preferred.
Anthony E. Coy +55 more
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Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2022 The determining factor of socio-cultural transformation is industrial and economic modernization, which changes the structure of the world economy as a whole.
Vladimir S. Shmakov
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PASSOS PARA UMA ABORDAGEM EVOLUCIONÁRIA DO DIREITO
Revista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR, 2015 The article puts forward some fundamental ideas for the development of an evolutionary approach to law based on the radical behaviorist concept of a social system as a web of interlocked behavioral patterns.
Julio Cesar de Aguiar
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Bringing forth mathematical concepts: signifying sensorimotor enactment in fields of promoted action [PDF]
, 2014 Inspired by Enactivist philosophy yet in dialog with it, we ask what theory of embodied cognition might best serve in articulating implications of Enactivism for mathematics education. We offer a blend of Dynamical Systems Theory and Sociocultural Theory
Abrahamson, D, Trninic, D
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A Comprehensive Primer on Transgender Health in India
National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Transgender health care deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of physical and mental health conditions along with sex reassignment surgeries and hormonal therapies pertaining to transgender population.
Kattamreddy Ananth Rupesh +7 more
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A Historical Database of Sociocultural Evolution [PDF]
Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution, 2012 The origin of human ultrasociality—the ability to cooperate in huge groups of genetically unrelated individuals—has long interested evolutionary and social theorists, but there has been little systematic empirical research on the topic. The Historical Database of Sociocultural Evolution, which we introduce in this article, brings the available ...
Turchin, Peter +4 more
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Beyond technology and finance: pay-as-you-go sustainable energy access and theories of social change [PDF]
, 2015 Two-thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, a precursor of poverty reduction and development. The international community has ambitious commitments in this regard, e.g. the UN's Sustainable Energy for All by 2030.
Alstone P +4 more
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On the human nature (following in the steps of Belyaev)
Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции, 2017 This article was inspired by some works of Belyaev in which he discussed the biosocial human nature, and is dedicated to the 100 year anniversary of Belyaev’ birth.
A. L. Markel
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"Involving Interface": An Extended Mind Theoretical Approach to Roboethics [PDF]
, 2010 In 2008 the authors held Involving Interface, a lively interdisciplinary event focusing on issues of biological, sociocultural, and technological interfacing (see Acknowledgments).
Anderson, Miranda +2 more
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Cultural Norm and Personal Security: The Bifurcation Point of the Sociocultural System
Культурно-историческая психологияThe work examines the current state of the sociocultural environment and raises the question of how to assess the direction of cultural changes.
E.N. Gilemkhanova
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