PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF ADAPTATION: THE IMPACT OF FINANCES, LONELINESS, INFORMATION ACCESS AND CHRONIC STRESS ON RESILIENCE ACTIVATION

Psychological and social determinants of adaptation: the impact of finances, loneliness, information access and chronic stress on resilience activation

BackgroundMany people who face adversity, such as disasters, demonstrate resilience.However, less is known about reactions to large scale disasters with longer recovery periods.The concern is that protracted disasters may result in more chronic or accumulated stressors with an uncertain or unknown end point and can exhaust the natural coping method

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Time matters! Developmental shift in gene expression between the head and the trunk region of the cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni

Abstract Background Differential gene expression can be translated into differing phenotypic traits.Especially during embryogenesis, specific gene expression networks regulate the development of different body structures.Cichlid fishes, with their impressive phenotypic diversity and propensity to radiate, are an emerging model system in the genomic

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