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Although stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, no comprehensive and comparable assessment of incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, and epidemiological t...
Ten per cent of the world's school-aged children are estimated to be carrying excess body fat (Fig. 1), with an increased risk for developing chronic disease. Of these overweigh...
This book presents a thorough overview of a model of human functioning based on the idea that behavior is goal-directed and regulated by feedback control processes. It describes...
A novel system for the location of people in an office environment is described. Members of staff wear badges that transmit signals providing information about their location to...
When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed...
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is evolving rapidly worldwide. Objective To evaluate the risk of serious adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19 b...
Innovation is defined as the development and implementation of new ideas by people who over time engage in transactions with others within an institutional order. This definitio...
Background Since at least 400 C.E., when the Mayans first used layered clays to make dyes, people have been harnessing the properties of layered materials. This gradually develo...
What is "power"? Most people have an intuitive notion of what it means. But scientists have not yet formulated a statement of the concept of power that is rigorous enough to be ...
While most people will agree that there is much overlap between skill and luck, a full understanding of how inextricably bound the two are has yet to be attained. In principle t...
Despite the importance that is attributed to coping as a factor in psychological and somatic health outcomes, little is known about actual coping processes, the variables that i...