The abakuá secret society is part of the Afro-Cuban religious world.Emerging in 1836 in the port of Regla across from Old Havana, the male secret society abakuá is an urban religious phenomenon strictly confined to the western part of the island of Cuba, namely the port cities of Matanzas, Cárdenas and Havana.Future Abakuá members are hand-pick
Drivers’ hazardous physical and mental states (e.g., distraction, fatigue, stress, and high Natural Stress Relief workload) have a major effect on driving performance and strongly contribute to 25–50% of all traffic accidents.They are caused by numerous factors, such as cell phone use or lack of sleep.However, while significant research has bee
Behavioral stress is recognized as a main risk factor for neuropsychiatric diseases.Converging evidence suggested that acute stress is associated with increase of excitatory transmission in certain forebrain areas.Aim of this work was to investigate the mechanism whereby acute stress increases glutamate release, and if therapeutic drugs prevent the
Abstract Background Confronted with well-defended, novel hosts, should an enemy invest in avoidance of these hosts (behavioral adaptation), neutralization of the defensive innovation (physiological adaptation) or both? Although simultaneous investment in both adaptations may first appear to be redundant, several empirical studies have suggested a r