PREDICTORS OF PROBLEMATIC SMARTPHONE USE: AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTEGRATIVE PATHWAYS MODEL AND THE ROLE OF AGE, GENDER, IMPULSIVENESS, EXCESSIVE REASSURANCE SEEKING, EXTRAVERSION, AND DEPRESSION

Predictors of Problematic Smartphone Use: An Examination of the Integrative Pathways Model and the Role of Age, Gender, Impulsiveness, Excessive Reassurance Seeking, Extraversion, and Depression

Background: The progression of mobile phone technology has led to the development of multi-functional smartphones providing access to features such as social media, e-mail, and videos alongside the basic functions of Kitchen a mobile phone.Increasing amounts of research has explored the potential addictive nature of smartphones to develop a theoret

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Sea level rise and the evolution of aggression on islands

Summary: Why aggressive traits evolve in some species but not in others is poorly understood.We modeled the population dynamics of the extinct Mauritius dodo and Rodrigues solitaire to examine divergent pathways in the evolution of aggression.Whereas the dodo conformed to island syndrome predictions of tameness, its sister-taxon the solitaire evolv

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FUNERAL SONGS

The traditional reformed community has many customs related to Pyjamas the three-day mourning of the dead, the period between the time of death and the time of burial.Musical performances are a crucial part of this mourning period.According to the practices of the reformed tradition, funeral songs are performed during the wake, the cortege and at t

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