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The neurophysiology of electroencephalogram gamma oscillations and their role in brain function, cognitive processes and of altered states of consciousness are described in the opening chapter of Adv …

In this compilation, the authors examine how recent, massive advances in the technology and reach of the social media, through platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and You Tube have spawned …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One analyzes the relationship between being a victim and/or aggressor of face-to-face bullying behavior and the degree of …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One analyzes the self-objectification scale. Chapter Two reviews the personal self-determination of high school students. …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews the existing literature on executive dysfunction in psychopathy. Chapter Two studies the what, where, and when …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews the discourse that emerges from brand marketing. Chapter Two examines the impact of subtle brand prompts on se …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews literature regarding sleep, nutrition, and weight status, addresses the dearth of research related to the inte …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. In Chapter One, the author argues that teaching psychobiography as a method in universities would be very useful, and that similar …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews job satisfaction and occupational accidents. Chapter Two discusses the concept of creativity in the works of P …

Asia has entered the 21st century as an economic superpower and is inevitably also becoming a political superpower. This evolution is the subject of this continuing series which includes in its scope …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One discusses current advances on cognitive rehabilitation in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Chapter Two exami …

Scholars have suggested that narcissism may be underpinned by feelings of humiliation. It is possible that grandiosity is a coping strategy aimed at avoiding the painful emotional and mental states a …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One identifies characteristics of narcissism and its related issues which impair adults’ mental lives, in particular, focu …

In chapter one, Sarah Turner, Nathan Nickel, Ph D, Marni Brownell, Ph D, Jennifer Theule, Ph D, and Tracie O. Afifi, Ph D, present a study with the goal to determine the correlation between infant fe …

In Chapter One, Masayo Uji Ph D presents a study conducted with the goal of identifying characteristics of narcissism and its related issues which impair adults’ mental lives, in particular, focusing …

In Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 132, the authors seek to explore relatives’ beliefs about family therapy in the long term concerning schizophrenia, as relatives’ opinions about schizophren …

In Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 133, the authors argue potential benefits of information incompleteness as stimuli, made possible by autonomous reduction, for designers’ creative imaginati …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on psychological testing in neurological disease; a five-factor measure of hist …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology analysis. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a br …

Advances in Psychology Research presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research r …

Advances in Psychology Research presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research r …

Advances in Psychology Research presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research r …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on social anxiety disorder comorbid with depression; potential blood tests for …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on the psychology of exercise among midlife Australian women; social comparison …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on the effectiveness of teaching intervention programs for children with autism …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on suicidal behavior among adolescents from ethnic minorities; the self-defeati …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on the role of child sexual abuse in the development of psychopathology; enduri …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on the mnemonic role of the fornix in the macaque monkey brain; perceptual and …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on male body image perceptions; violence against women in the Muslim society; d …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology analysis. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a br …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on new perspectives in the treatment of mania; social aspects of mood disorders …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on attachment behaviors in infancy; suicide attempts during adolescence; relati …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

A continent of vast diversity, stretching from the deserts of the north through the equatorial tropics into the more temperate south, Africa brims with challenges and issues. This book collects a ser …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spect …

This book includes research on the most recent advances in psychology, including chapters on the characteristics or concerns of women seeking help after an abortion; factors that enhance or hinder he …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapters examine the role of implicit and explicit cognitions in romantic relationships; a discussion on the relationship between …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. The first chapter examines psychoactive substance use and abuse among individuals living with spinal cord injury. The following ch …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. The first chapter reviews the effects of acute aerobic exercise and high intensity interval training (HIIT) on positive and negati …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. The chapters included in this book examine the relationship between identity, ideology, victimization and ideological segregation …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews the theoretical underlying mechanisms of building self-control from three perspectives: self-control as a limi …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One aims at the presentation of specific determinants for indirect type aggressive behaviour in adolescence. Chapter Two s …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. The author of Chapter One contends that lucid control across states of consciousness can be used to change the negative aspects of …

After many centuries of study, social scientific researchers in many fields, such as those of human emotion, are still at a loss for even definitions of constructs on which to base explicit theories. …

The opening chapter of Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 135 discusses the impact of parenting a child with special needs on couples’ intimate relationships by integrating three different persp …

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One discusses the evolution of morals throughout world history. Chapter Two reviews Vygotsky’s view on tools, signs and th …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on the analysis of father’s, mother’s and adolescent’s perceptions of family li …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology analysis. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a br …

Advances in Psychology Research’ presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research …

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on the cognitive, motor and communicative-linguistic development of preterm inf …

This book focuses on the latest developments in the field of engineering. Chapter One reviews terrain classification using single-pol synthetic aperture radars. Chapter Two analyzes Radio Frequency I …

This book focuses on the regulation, function and further research insights on aldosterone. Chapter One discusses the role of aldosterone in the causation of cardiac oedema and highlights areas for p …

There are increasing demands on energy supplies as they become an essential requirement to support modern life in most countries. Conventional resources for power generation that depend on fossil fue …

This book presents original results on the leading edge of cancer research. Chapter One reviews micro RNAs as a novel diagnostic and predictive biomarker in human cancer. Chapter Two provides an over …

This book provides new research on the perceptions, threats and conservation of wildlife. Chapter One reviews the distribution of Arabian gazelles on Farasan Islands. Chapter Two studies forest nativ …

This new book compiles research summaries of top professionals in the field of social issues research from a number of different focuses in this important field. …

This book presents analytical models of thermal stresses in two- and three-component composites with anisotropic components. Within the analytical modelling, the two- and three-component composites a …

Since its first report in 1970 by A. Ashkin, optical trapping and manipulation has been widely used in the interdisciplines of micro- and nano-photonics, biophotonics, biomedicine, etc. A conventiona …

The brain is a masterpiece that defines your uniqueness. As you age, though, your brain may be susceptible to a terrible disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia among older …

The therapeutic use of ultraviolet radiation for medical purposes has a long history, whether it be sunlight in heliotherapy or artificial lamps in phototherapy, to name a few. The interest in ultrav …

This book is about the already present supremacy of technology in the contemporary world. As we speak, the mind is being substituted by thinking machines. Thinking is increasingly becoming automatize …

This book systematically discusses (a) Distributed Generation (DG), which operates in a single, stand-alone controllable system mode, and (b) the Microgrid (MG) powered by DG, along with the technica …

Sewage sludge is the product resulting from wastewater treatment plants and aquaculture systems. It is an abundant waste biomass, as its production keeps increasing due to population growth, particul …

Over the past few decades, titanium dioxide has been an important material for different sectors of modern technology. More precisely, this ceramic has been synthesized in the form of nanomaterial an …

Groundwater is a major concern for the human community as it is the most important and reliable source of freshwater supply on earth. It is a renewable and finite natural resource, vital for man’s li …

This book provides new research on the dynamics, algorithms and synchronization of chaotic systems. Chapter One introduces some nonlinear techniques for the synchronization of a class of chaotic osci …

Civic engagement refers to participating in activities which make a difference in the civic life of citizens in communities. These activities are meant to promote the quality of life in a community, …

The recent advances in computer networks and the widespread use of the Internet, together with other developments in telecommunications technology have made it possible to send messages and exchange …

Environmental education with ideal teaching tools are essential for raising the public’s, especially student’s, awareness of many environmental issues. Environmental education is an important tool of …

This new book discusses advances in research on evoked potentials and electrical stimulation. Chapters One describes the neurophysiological immediate and short-term changes that occur in the nervous …

The grape is one of the most important horticultural crops in the world with an annual production greater than 77 million tons in the year 2013. The majority of harvested fruit is processed into wine …

The emergence of the Internet as a world wide web in the late 1990s made access to information and knowledge significantly easier. Soon after the Internet started reaching the masses, concerns about …

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that infects 10-20% of the overall population in the US with rates increasing with age. T. gondii infects most warm blooded animals where an an …

This new book compiles research summaries of top professionals in the field of social issues research from a number of different focuses in this important field. …

The development of fouling communities in the White Sea cannot be described as a linear sequence of stages replacing each other, but rather as a network of possible stages. Such scheme has a low pred …

The investigation of cyclodextrins (CDs) is developing rapidly. They are able to form inclusion complexes, a property which is one of their most important features. Among the CD family, a-CD is the m …

In this book, a brief description of sampling strategies, preservation and handling of environmental samples (liquids, solids and air) are commented on, with particular emphasis on the subsequent cad …

A large number of bird species live in stable groups, and this sets the scene for complex social behaviours, such as cooperative breeding. The vast majority of groups consist of families which arise …

This book presents an overview on different pathways leading to the production of bioactive oligosaccharides for biotechnological applications. Mostly, these carbohydrate oligomers constitute a nutri …

Prebiotic carbohydrates are one of the most interesting and challenging developments in nutrition in recent years because they can be easily included in the diet. There is a strong evidence of the be …

Hamstring injuries are very common in a variety of sports requiring repeated acceleration, deceleration, sprinting, or in kicking activities. Hamstring injuries account for a significant percentage o …

In this book, several methods for cohort analysis are reviewed and compared via empirical analyses and simulations. In particular, household behavior in the US and Japan is comprehensively investigat …

In addition to the theoretical overview, this book includes a study exploring the different arousal components in a group of selected insomnia patients with objective findings. …

Analysis of plant diversity aims to understand the organization and the variability of biological populations within ecosystems. In classical analysis, individual plants are firstly identified on the …

The notion that drugs can induce valvular heart disease (VHD) has occurred since the sixties and has received a lot of attention in recent years. Overstimulation of the serotonin 2B receptor (5-HT2B) …

Since the end of the last century, dicyclohexano-substituted crown ethers have been considered promising extractants. In particular, they are very attractive for strontium removal from acidic radioac …

Dissatisfaction with results of combined cancer treatment determines relevance and availability of new trends, such as development of immuno(bio)therapy methods. However, high theoretical and experim …

Aging is a heterogeneous process with a progressive and general decrease of the organism functions that leads to a lower ability to adaptively react to changes and preserve homeostasis. Consequently, …

Over the course of ten years, this extensive qualitative study focused on the academic resilience phenomenon. The research identifies significant risk and protective factors and uncovers specific pro …

Of the many markers for cancer stem cells (CSCs) in lung cancer reported to date, the cell surface antigen CD133, nuclear b-catenin accumulation, the side population phenotype, and high aldehyde dehy …

Male infertility is a personal problem with significant social outspread as it affects the couple medically and psychosocially. The quality of human sperm and its fertilizing potential have been dram …

Microbiochips, such as a lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices and micro total analysis systems, can be regarded conceptually as a biological equivalent of conventional silicon integrated circuits, which invol …

It has been reported that, during a single athletic season, there is a one in ten chance of suffering a facial or dental injury, and the lifetime risk of such an injury is estimated to be 45%. It is …

Polyamines are known to play an essential role in living organisms, where they act as metabolic regulators, in cell proliferation and differentiation, and as stabilizing agents of nucleic acid struct …

Productive direct conversion of lignocelluloses into liquid organic products by electron distillation of crude wood or by dry distillation of preliminarily irradiated wood is considered. Electron-bea …

Europium belongs to the lanthanide series of the periodic table. The most important property of this element is its luminescence, which can be defined as emission of light by a material as a conseque …

A permanent issue in compulsory education is how to promote students’ active working in the classroom. Even if group work is used as one type of working method in compulsory education as a means for …

Good indications as to the incidence rates concerning bullying, aggressive behaviour and violence in schools have been developed both in Ireland and internationally. This book presents and discusses …

This book compares the process of denitrification/anaerobic digestion/nitrification for the simultaneous removal of nitrogen and carbon from organic loaded effluents. In the first type of process, ni …

Despite all the studies done so far in this field, the application of silver nanoparticles on photonics materials is a relatively new physical process. Therefore, it is quite normal that most of the …

Software Engineering is an evolving discipline and still very much in its nascent stage based on the conventional engineering disciplines. One of the principal challenges of software engineering is t …

Silicone prosthesis-based breast augmentation has shown year-on-year increases in popularity in both the USA and UK, but as surgical and implant technologies improve, adverse capsular contracture (AC …

Acute myeloid leukemia has emerged as a paradigm for the concept of the cancer stem cell. This hypothesis presumes that the disease is maintained by a rare population of leukemia-initiating stem cell …

The growing complexity of mobile "rich media" digital content and services requires the integration of next generation middleware platform within Mobile Network Operators and Service Provid …

Electrospraying utilizes electrical forces for liquid atomization. Droplets obtained by this method are highly charged, to about half of the Rayleigh limit. The advantage of electrospraying is that t …

As many as 1/3 of women in the general population and 50% of women seen in primary care experience abuse by an intimate partner during adulthood. The consequences of having experienced intimate partn …

Most of the research carried out on olive oil has been concerned with its chemical and nutritional characteristics, whereas research focused on microbiological studies have been limited. Among the ve …

This book discusses spectral (IR, electronic and EPR) and magnetic properties, as well as crystal structures of Cu II complexes with pyridinecarboxylic acids which contain carboxyl group in 3- or 4-p …

The interest for studying lanthanum compounds has been growing in recent years due to their attractive properties for industrial and technological purposes. Several applications in different fields h …

This book presents data on thermal relaxation properties of chitosan neutralized and non-neutralized films as a function of water content using dynamical mechanical analysis and dielectric spectrosco …

This book presents a revolutionary new theory which provides a solution to some of the major controversies raging in the field of physics, particularly in quantum mechanics. Eight major theories (den …

The fundamental electrical and magnetic interactions between iron ions and biomaterials were investigated using an experimental approach, 57Fe Moessbauer spectroscopy, and ab initio computational met …

Concrete is the most widely used construction material due to low price, considerable load bearing capacity and the easiness to be formed in different shapes. If all standard procedures are followed …

Most human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) are resistant to digestion and absorption within the small intestine and reach the infant colon, where they can act as prebiotics that stimulate the growth of b …

Keeping the air clean is one of the most important aims in environmental protection. The fugitive emissions especially volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) and the ozone-precursors nitrogen oxides (NOX …

This book examines the peculiarities of the circular dichroism (CD) spectra of the double-stranded (ds) DNA cholesteric liquid-crystalline dispersions (CLCDs). The main physico-chemical properties fo …

In the opening study included in Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 136, the authors analyze significant determinants, such as personality traits and educational level, positive thinking and lif …

‘Advances in Psychology Research’ presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research …

This monograph includes seven chapters that detail recent advances in psychology research. Chapter One provides practical cognitive-behavioral treatment recommendations to address typical issues asso …

Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 142 addresses the intrinsic relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the development of personality disorders, with an emphasis on env …

This book first considers the characteristics of digital teaching resources capable of facilitating independent learning that can support the development of new capacities. Following this, the author …

This compilation comprises six chapters, each detailing a recent advancement in psychology research. Chapter One presents theoretical and empirical arguments in support of the existence of a defense …

This book includes eight chapters that detail recent advancements in psychology research. Chapter One aims to discuss the general identity concept and the specific concept of working identity through …

Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 139 opens with a review on the application of one version of social learning theory, expectancy theory, to dysfunctional human behavior. The expectancy theory …

Using cognitive processing and crosslinguistic perspectives, the opening chapter of this book considers the characteristics and needs of Anglophone-struggling readers; teachers’ needs in supporting t …

This volume presents some of the latest advancements in psychology research. Chapter One examines the link between sleep deprivation in military settings and risk of suicide behavior. Chapter Two out …

Psychology is an academic/applied discipline, involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychologists study such phenomena as perception, cognition, emotion, personality, behav …

This volume includes eight chapters that present recent advancements in the field of psychology research. Chapter One discusses strategies for the prevention of suicide in old age. Chapter Two consid …

In Chapter One, a synthesis of the available theoretical and empirical data on the role of self-compassion in eating related concerns is addressed, while proposing a framework which might help resear …

This book contains ten selected chapters on advances in psychology research. Chapter One is a brief review, including therapy considerations pertaining to consensual non-monogamous relationships and …

This volume contains eight chapters that detail advances in psychology research. Chapter One compares the change in work centrality among individuals, both those who did experience and those who did …

This volume contains nine chapters that detail advances in psychology research. Chapter One discusses the use of template analysis (TA) in exploring the pos-traumatic growth among nurses following th …

This book discusses advances in psychology research. Chapter 1 outlines why therapeutic relationships are critical; examines UPR through the lens of Behavioural Momentum Theory, exploring therapist-a …