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The role of childhood emotional maltreatment and body image dissatisfaction in problematic smartphone use among adolescents
(Psychiatry Research, 2019)
Growing empirical evidence has identified specific psychological and contextual risk factors associated with problematic smartphone use (PSU). However, the potential direct and indirect impact of childhood emotional ...
Bifurcation analysis of bistable and oscillatory dynamics in biological networks using the root-locus method
(IET Systems Biology, 2019)
Most of the biological systems including gene regulatory networks can be described well by ordinary differential equation models with rational non-linearities. These models are derived either based on the reaction kinetics ...
The evil eye effect: vertical pupils are perceived as more threatening
(Cognition and Emotion, 2019)
Popular culture has many examples of evil characters having vertically pupilled eyes. Humans have a long evolutionary history of rivalry with snakes and their visual systems were evolved to rapidly detect snakes and ...
Sediment transport modeling in open channels using neuro-fuzzy and gene expression programming techniques
(Water Science and Technology, 2019)
Deposition of sediment is a vital economical and technical problem for design of sewers, urban drainage, irrigation channels and, in general, rigid boundary channels. In order to confine continuous sediment deposition, ...
Self-cleansing design of sewers: Definition of the optimum deposited bed thickness
(Water Environment Research, 2019)
Sediment deposits may influence the performance of the sewer systems. Sediments are the main store of pollutants which causes sewer systems overflows. In order to prevent the deposition of sediment in sewer systems, ...
Decision tree (DT), generalized regression neural network (GR) and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) models for sediment transport in sewer pipes
(Water Science and Technology, 2019)
Sediment deposition in sewers and urban drainage systems has great effect on the hydraulic capacity of the channel. In this respect, the self-cleansing concept has been widely used for sewers and urban drainage systems ...
Childhood Emotional Abuse and Cyberbullying Perpetration: The Role of Dark Personality Traits
(Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2019)
Dark personality traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, spitefulness, and sadism) are associated with adverse childhood experiences and deviant online behaviors. However, their mediating role between ...
Health care cost of socioeconomic inequalities: A pioneering population-wide study
(American Journal of Public Health, 2019)
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