How Universal Is the General Factor of Personality?

In various personality models, such as the Big Five, a consistent higher order general factor of personality (GFP) can be identified. One view in the literature is that the GFP reflects general social effectiveness. Most GFP studies, however, have been conducted in Western, educated, industrialized, and rich democracies (WEIRD). Therefore, to address the question of the universality of the GFP, we test whether the GFP can also be identified in a preliterate indigenous sample of Tsimane by using self-reports, spouse reports, and interviewer ratings. In the Tsimane, a viable GFP could be identified and the intercorrelations between personality traits were significantly stronger than in samples from industrial countries. The GFP correlated with the ratings of social engagement. In addition, self and spouse ratings of the GFP overlapped. Overall, the findings are in line with the notion that the GFP is a human universal and a substantive personality factor reflecting social effectiveness

Variação de matéria seca e de nutrientes nas folhas e nos frutos, produção de ácido ascórbico e suco, em seis cultivares de citros, durante um ciclo

De uma plantação de citros, com os cultivares T. Cravo (Citrus reticulata Blanco), L.Hamlin (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck), T. Murcott (Citrus reticulata Blanco x Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck), L. Natal (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck, L. Valencia (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) e L. Pera (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck), situada na "Fazenda Sete Lagoas", no município de Mogi-Guaçu (22° 22% 46° 56'W.Gr.), em Latossolo Vermelho amarelo, fase arenosa, foram coletados frutos 30 dias após florescimento, até a idade da coleta comercial. No material coletado, foram determinadas a variação da matéria seca, a concentração dos macro e micronutrientes nas folhas adjacentes ao fruto, a extração de macro e micronutríentes pelos frutos, a produção de suco (ml) por fruto e a concentração de ácido ascórbico (mg/100 ml de suco). Concluiu-se que: 1. O aumento da matéria seca, intensifica-se a partir do segundo mês apos o florescimento; 2. Com exceção da T. Cravo, ocorre uma diminuição na produção de matéria seca no final do ciclo; 3. A concentração dos macro e micronutrientes nas folhas apresenta oscilações durante o desenvolvimento do fruto; 4. A ordem decrescente de extração de nutrientes é: K, N, Ca, Mg, P = S, Fe, B, Zn, Mn, Cu; 5. A capacidade de exportação de nutrientes pelos cultivares é, em ordem decrescente: L. Pera, L. Hamlin = T. Cravo, T. Murcott, L. Valencia, L. Natal; 6. A quantidade de suco produzido por fruto, oscila entre 43 a 95 ml; 7. A concentração de ácido ascórbico (mg/100 ml de suco), varia entre 30 a 95

Long-range Angular Correlations On The Near And Away Side In P-pb Collisions At √snn=5.02 Tev

7191/Mar294

Application of an eradication protocol to Bovine Viral Diarrea(BVD) in large dairy cattle herds [Applicazione di un protocollo di eradicazione della Diarrea Virale Bovina (BVD) in allevamenti da latte di grandi dimensioni]

The study provided for application of a program for the eradication of BVDV in 28 large dairy herds with a number of animals ranging from 380 to 1,252. The protocol is composed of steps in sequence: collection of blood samples from all animals >6 months; collection of blood samples of newborn animals >6 months every four months; after 3 tests negative for PI animals, serological screening for BVDV NS2-3 antibodies on newborn animals, 6-12 months of age. Detection of PI animals has been performed by PCR for detection of BVDV types 1 and 2 on blood sample pools followed by ELISA BVDV antigen on single blood samples belonging to positive pools. In addition, all the herds applied a protocol of immunization by using BVDV inactivated vaccine. Over three subsequent screenings, corresponding to 12 months, all the PI animals were detected and culled. In a herd, no PI animal has been detected despite the persistence of seropositivity to BVDV NS2-3, considered an indirect demonstration of active viral circulation. Data show the efficacy of the mentioned protocol at eradicating BVDV in large dairy herds. The occasional presence of herds showing serological evidence of viral circulation in absence of PI animals detection must be taken into account when an eradication program to BVDV is applied