Publications
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Digital Transformation of Animal Health Data: Proceedings of the AHEAD 2017 Workshop
(2018)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems sponsored the AHEAD 2017 workshop, bringing together ...
Dishonest Behavior: From Theory to Practice
(2016)
The rapidly growing field of behavioral ethics shows that dishonest acts are highly prevalent in all walks of life, from corruption among politicians through flagrant cases of doping in sports, to everyday slips and ...
DNA Replication Origins in Microbial Genomes
(2016)
DNA replication, a central event for cell proliferation, is the basis of biological inheritance. Complete and accurate DNA replication is integral to the maintenance of the genetic integrity of organisms. In all three ...
Circadian Rhythms and Metabolism
(2017)
One of the major breakthroughs of the last decade in the understanding of energy homeostasis is the identification of a reciprocal control between circadian rhythmicity and cellular metabolism. Circadian rhythmicity is a ...
Clearing the smokescreen: The current evidence on cannabis use
(2015)
Cannabis remains the most commonly used illicit substance world-wide, with international estimates indicating that 2.8%-4.5% of the global population use cannabis each year. This prevalence rate has not changed substantially ...
Doubled haploidy in model and recalcitrant species
(2016)
Doubled haploids (DHs) are powerful tools to reduce the time and costs needed to produce pure lines to be used in breeding programs. DHs are also useful for genetic mapping of complex qualitative traits, to avoid transgenic ...
Ecophysiology of root systems-environment interaction
(2014)
There is a scarcity of detailed information regarding the ecophysiology of root systems and the way root system functioning is affected by both internal and external factors. Furthermore, global climate change is expected ...
Educational Neuroscience, Constructivist Learning, and the Mediation of Learning and Creativity in the 21st Century
(2015)
The advent of educational neuroscience, a transdisciplinary exercise emerging from cognitive neuroscience and educational psychology, is the examination of physiological processes that undermine, support, and enhance the ...
Emotional Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities
(2016)
Nowadays, not only psychologists are interested in the study of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Teachers, educator, managers, employers, and people, in general, pay attention to EI. For example, teachers would like to know ...
Emotion and Aging: Recent Evidence from Brain and Behavior
(2015)
Emotions play a central role in every human life, from the moment we are born until we die. They prepare the body for action, guide decisions, and highlight what should be noticed and remembered. Since emotions are central ...