A half century ago, a nursing graduate student developed an idea that the goal of nursing practice was to promote patient adaptation. She theorized that a patient is a being of interrelated components ...

The study of local adaptation is often focused on polygenic traits and requires the estimation of fitness in the field — both aspects pose many challenges. Reciprocal transplant experiments are the ...

A new joint report by the World Bank and IFC offers a blueprint for action for governments to catalyze private investment in climate adaptation and resilience. The blueprint for action lays out a ...

With governments around the world falling short on their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the goal of the 2015 Paris agreement to limit the rise in global temperatures is slipping further ...

Your character adaptations are the ways you have learned to respond and adapt to the environment, given your genetic predispositions, your life history and events, and your cultural context. For ...

Anita Wreford is the Impacts and Implications programme lead for the Deep South National Science Challenge. Lincoln University provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Lincoln University ...

Narcissistic personality disorder is among the most puzzling disorders in the field of psychotherapy, notoriously elusive to spot and even more challenging to treat. It has the infamous distinction of ...

Developing countries are receiving just a fraction of the international finance they need to prepare citizens and adapt infrastructure for escalating climate impacts. That is according to the latest ...

One of the most challenging issues for any company is staff turnover — it consistently hinders the formation of the permanent team, and, accordingly, interferes with the corporate spirit. Turnover can ...