The Monogamy Gene Could Also Act in Humans

Research has revealed that genetic variations in the human gene AVPR1A affect the disposition and aptitude of individuals to live in a relationship. Thus the activity of this gene could influence the quality of marital relationships and very likely our emotional inclinations

Political Motive and Bail: The Effect of Prosecutorial Strategies on Pretrial Decisions in Federal Terrorism Trials

The purpose of this study is to understand how prosecutorial strategies affect pretrial decisions in U.S. terrorism trials and how pretrial decisions in turn affect the disposition of those trials. This research builds off of the work of Smith and Damphousse (1996) which compared terrorism indictees to traditional federal offenders. They found that the use of explicit politicality as a prosecution strategy was a significant predictor of both disposition and the sentence length in terrorism trials. This study focuses on the question of whether the use of an explicitly political prosecution strategy impacts pretrial decisions in terrorism cases and whether the pretrial decisions impact the guilty plea rates in those cases. This study addresses this issue through a structural-contextual theoretical framework by looking at the prosecutorial strategy of explicit politicality. The reason for this research is to see whether defendants in more heavily politicized cases are less likely to receive pretrial release and if the pretrial detention of the defendants affects the disposition of the trial. Using available data from the American Terrorism Study database, this study looks at data collected for 480 individuals indicted from the years 1980-2006 to investigate whether the prosecutorial strategy used had an effect on pretrial detention decisions. Rather than comparing terrorism indictees with traditional criminals, this study looks at indictees who have been indicted in federal terrorism trials, but were either prosecuted as traditional offenders or had their cases politicized by the prosecution. The study uses bivariate and multivariate analyses to measure the strength of the relationships between prosecution strategy, pretrial decisions, and trial disposition for both traditional and politicized terrorism trials. In regards to pretrial release, this analysis has shown that defendants with less than high school education are less likely to receive pretrial release and that crime severity and community ties have significant roles in pretrial bail decisions. Surprisingly, race was also significant with white defendants being less likely to be released on bail. However, failure to secure pretrial release was not found to have any significant relationship with case dispositions

Job Satisfaction as a Reflection of Disposition: A Multiple Source Casual Analysis

Dispositional sources of job satisfaction have been the subject of recent research in the organizational sciences. Problems in much of this research, which limit the conclusions one can draw from the results, are discussed. This study makes a distinction between affective disposition, defined as the tendency to respond generally to the environment in an affect-based manner, and subjective well-being, the level of overall happiness and satisfaction an individual has with his or her life. Affective disposition was hypothesized to lead to subjective well-being, and subjective well-being and job satisfaction were hypothesized to be mutually causative. A causal model was tested employing two different sources of data: self-reports and significant other evaluations. This biangulation of sources of data and estimation of nonrecursive relationships removes some problems often assumed to plague results based on single source data. Results indicated support for the overall hypothesized causal model and supported a dispositional influence on job attitudes. The influences are more complex than past research has suggested

The Monogamy Gene Could Also Act in Humans

Research has revealed that genetic variations in the human gene AVPR1A affect the disposition and aptitude of individuals to live in a relationship. Thus the activity of this gene could influence the quality of marital relationships and very likely our emotional inclinations

Compilation of the data on the land withdrawals in Alaska

Major decisions an the use and disposition of land in Alaska are being made by the State and Federal governments. These decisions will affect the utilization of all our land resources including minerals. Since minerals are an essential component of our existance, the availability and access to minerals is an important issue. There are approximately 2600 land orders and acts classifying land in Alaska that restrict the utilization of our minerals resources. As of April 1977, approximately twenty-six percent of Alaska, or 100,875,391 acres was open to mineral entry and location under the Federal Mining Laws and the State Mining and Mineral leasing Laws

Mindfulness Disposition and Neural Correlates of Emotional Perception

Mindfulness disposition, defined as the ability to focus on present moment experiences, has been associated with enhanced attentional and emotional control. In this study, we examined if higher levels of mindfulness disposition in older adults were associated with the cortico-subcortico circuitry involved in emotional processing. Forty-four participants (25 older adults, 19 younger adults) performed an emotional perception task inside the scanner, and filled out questionnaires related to overall health and mindfulness disposition. Consistent with previous research, we found older adults to show increased recruitment of the prefrontal cortices, specifically the medial prefrontal cortices (mPFC) while processing negative, relative to neutral information. Mindfulness disposition was found to be associated with the neural regions supporting emotional perception. Higher levels of mindfulness disposition in older adults were associated with diminished reactivity of the orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala during the affect block, thus suggesting one pathway through which mindfulness training may enhance emotional regulation. Overall, our results indicate that mindfulness disposition may optimize the neural circuitry associated with emotion perception in older adults.No embarg

The Establishment of the GENEQOL Consortium to Investigate the Genetic Disposition of Patient-Reported Quality-of-Life Outcomes

To our knowledge, no comprehensive, interdisciplinary initiatives have been taken to examine the role of genetic variants on patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes. The overall objective of this paper is to describe the establishment of an international and interdisciplinary consortium, the GENEQOL Consortium, which intends to investigate the genetic disposition of patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes. We have identified five primary patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes as initial targets: negative psychological affect, positive psychological affect, self-rated physical health, pain, and fatigue. The first tangible objective of the GENEQOL Consortium is to develop a list of potential biological pathways, genes and genetic variants involved in these quality-of-life outcomes, by reviewing current genetic knowledge. The second objective is to design a research agenda to investigate and validate those genes and genetic variants of patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes, by creating large datasets. During its first meeting, the Consortium has discussed draft summary documents addressing these questions for each patient-reported quality-of-life outcome. A summary of the primary pathways and robust findings of the genetic variants involved is presented here. The research agenda outlines possible research objectives and approaches to examine these and new quality-of-life domains. Intriguing questions arising from this endeavor are discussed. Insight into the genetic versus environmental components of patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes will ultimately allow us to explore new pathways for improving patient care. If we can identify patients who are susceptible to poor quality of life, we will be able to better target specific clinical interventions to enhance their quality of life and treatment outcomes.quality of life, self-rated health, pain, fatigue, genetic disposition, Patient-Reported Quality-of-Life Outcomes

Pembelajaran dengan Pendekatan Project Based Learning dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Kemampuan Komunikasi dan Disposisi Matematis Siswa di SMA

The purposes of this study are: (1) to assess the of a mathematical disposition in a given three domensional shapes after learning use of Project Based Learning approach; (2) to assess the of mathematical communication in a given three domensional shapes after learning use of Project Based Learning approach; and (3) know the contribution of Project Based Learning approach to mathematical communication in three domensional shapes. The population of this study is all twelve grade students of SMAN 2 Pontianak class XII MIA. The selected samples are class XII-IA3 students. The results are: (1) the of mathematical disposition and mathematical communication in three domensional shapes after a given learning use Project Based Learning approach is relatively high; (2) Project Based Learning approach greatly affect of students mathematical communication and disposition of in three domensional shapes

Pembelajaran dengan Pendekatan Project Based Learning dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Kemampuan Komunikasi dan Disposisi Matematis Siswa di SMA

The purposes of this study are: (1) to assess the of a mathematical disposition in a given three domensional shapes after learning use of Project Based Learning approach; (2) to assess the of mathematical communication in a given three domensional shapes after learning use of Project Based Learning approach; and (3) know the contribution of Project Based Learning approach to mathematical communication in three domensional shapes. The population of this study is all twelve grade students of SMAN 2 Pontianak class XII MIA. The selected samples are class XII-IA3 students. The results are: (1) the of mathematical disposition and mathematical communication in three domensional shapes after a given learning use Project Based Learning approach is relatively high; (2) Project Based Learning approach greatly affect of students mathematical communication and disposition of in three domensional shapes

Can diaries help improve agricultural production statistics ? Evidence from Uganda

Although good and timely information on agricultural production is critical for policy-decisions, the quality of underlying data is often low and improving data quality could have a high payoff. This paper uses data from a production diary, administered concurrently with a standard household survey in Uganda to analyze the nature and incidence of responses, the magnitude of differences in reported outcomes, and factors that systematically affect these. Despite limited central supervision, diaries elicited a strong response, complemented standard surveys in a number of respects, and were less affected by problems of respondent fatigue than expected. The diary-based estimates of output value consistently exceeded that from the recall-based production survey, in line with reported disposition. Implications for policy and practical administration of surveys are drawn out.Rural Development Knowledge&Information Systems,Crops&Crop Management Systems,Food&Beverage Industry,Scientific Research&Science Parks,Science Education