Adolescence is a key period of social development at the end of which individuals are expected to take on adult social roles.The school class, as the most salient peer group, becomes the prime environment that impacts social development during adolescence.Using social network analyses, we investigated how individual and group level features are rel
This publication presents selected aspects of the demographic development of East Germany based on the example of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which after the reunification of Germany in 1990 found itself in a new socio-economic situation.The main goal of the study was to recognize the mechanisms, regularities and directions of changes in t
The generation of large immune gene families is often driven by evolutionary pressure exerted on host genomes by their pathogens, which has been described as the immunological arms race.The SpTransformer (SpTrf) gene family from the California purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, is upregulated upon immune KARABINERS challenge and enco
The field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has grown exponentially in the last two decades.There are different views of the role of the firm in society and disagreement as to whether wealth maximization should be the sole goal of a corporation.Nevertheless, there still remains a debate about the legitimacy and value of corporate responses t
Descend technique and performance vary among elite racing cyclists and it is not clear what slower riders should do to improve their performance.An observation study was performed of the descending technique of members of a World Tour VOLUMETRY ANTI GRAVITY EFFECT CONDITIONE cycling team and the technique of each member was compared with the fastes