University of Windsor

About: University of Windsor is a education organization based out in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Argumentation theory. The organization has 10654 authors who have published 22307 publications receiving 435906 citations. The organization is also known as: UWindsor & Assumption University of Windsor.

The Significance of Biology for Human Development: A Developmental Psychobiological Systems View

Abstract: The notion that phenotypic traits, including behavior, can be predetermined has slowly given way in biology and psychology over the last several decades to the view that all traits are the outcome of development. This shift in thinking is based on a growing appreciation of the reciprocity of influences within and between levels of an individual's developmental manifold (including genetic activity; neural activity; and physical, biological, and social environments) and the ubiquity of gene-environment interaction in the realization of all phenotypes. This chapter describes the history and current status of this psychobiological systems view of development, its implications for a developmentally oriented conception of behavior genetics, its application to a research area such as intersensory development, and the broader implications of a developmental psychobiological systems view of human development. A brief evaluation of current thinking in biology, developmental neuroscience, developmental psychobiology, and sociology is included. Keywords: behavior genetics; developmental causality; developmental psychobiology; developmental psychology; developmental systems; equifinality; intersensory perception; probabilistic epigenesis

A roadmap for bridging basic and applied research in forensic entomology

Abstract: The National Research Council issued a report in 2009 that heavily criticized the forensic sciences. The report made several recommendations that if addressed would allow the forensic sciences to develop a stronger scientific foundation. We suggest a roadmap for decomposition ecology and forensic entomology hinging on a framework built on basic research concepts in ecology, evolution, and genetics. Unifying both basic and applied research fields under a common umbrella of terminology and structure would facilitate communication in the field and the production of scientific results. It would also help to identify novel research areas leading to a better understanding of principal underpinnings governing ecosystem structure, function, and evolution while increasing the accuracy of and ability to interpret entomological evidence collected from crime scenes. By following the proposed roadmap, a bridge can be built between basic and applied decomposition ecology research, culminating in science that could withstand the rigors of emerging legal and cultural expectations.

Variations of emotional display rules within and across cultures: A comparison between Canada, USA, and Japan.

Abstract: This study investigates emotional display rules for seven basic emotions. The main goal was to compare emotional display rules of Canadians, US Americans, and Japanese across as well as within cultures regarding the specific emotion, the type of interaction partner, and gender. A total of 835 university students participated in the study. The results indicate that Japanese display rules permit the expression of powerful (anger, contempt, and disgust) significantly less than those of the two North American samples. Japanese also think that they should express positive emotions (happiness, surprise) significantly less than the Canadian sample. Furthermore, Japanese varied the display rules for different interaction partners more than the two North American samples did only for powerful emotions. Gender differences were similar across all three cultural groups. Men expressed powerful emotions more than women and women expressed powerless emotions (sadness, fear) and happiness more than men. Depending on the type of emotion and interaction partner some shared display rules occurred across culture and gender. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to cultural dimensions and other cultural characteristics.

Tuning Lewis acidity using the reactivity of “frustrated Lewis pairs”: facile formation of phosphine-boranes and cationic phosphonium-boranes

Abstract: The concept of “frustrated Lewis pairs” involves donor and acceptor sites in which steric congestion precludes Lewis acid–base adduct formation. In the case of sterically demanding phosphines and boranes, this lack of self-quenching prompts nucleophilic attack at a carbon para to B followed by fluoride transfer affording zwitterionic phosphonium borates [R3P(C6F4)BF(C6F5)2] and [R2PH(C6F4)BF(C6F5)2]. These can be easily transformed into the cationic phosphonium-boranes [R3P(C6F4)B(C6F5)2]+ and [R2PH(C6F4)B(C6F5)2]+ or into the neutral phosphino-boranes R2P(C6F4)B(C6F5)2. This new reactivity provides a modular route to a family of boranes in which the steric features about the Lewis acidic center remains constant and yet the variation in substitution provides a facile avenue for the tuning of the Lewis acidity. Employing the Gutmann–Beckett and Childs methods for determining Lewis acid strength, it is demonstrated that the cationic boranes are much more Lewis acidic than B(C6F5)3, while the acidity of the phosphine-boranes is diminished.