The developmental stress hypothesis proposes that the honesty of bird song as a signal may
be maintained by costs incurred during development. That is, song complexity or other …

It is widely assumed that the use of medical care will lead to improvements in health, yet
questions remain about the medical system's contributions to health disparities. In this …

Steroid hormones, including those produced by the gonads and the adrenal glands, are
known to influence brain development during sensitive periods of life. Until recently, most …

Bird song is a sexually selected male trait where females select males on the basis of song
quality. It has recently been suggested that the quality of the adult male song may be …

Objectives To explore patient and provider illness perceptions and barriers to effective
management of gout in general practice. Design and setting A qualitative study involving …

There is now considerable evidence that female choice drives the evolution of song
complexity in many songbird species. However, the underlying basis for such choice …

Songbirds sing complex songs as a result of evolution through sexual selection. The
evolution of such sexually selected traits requires genetic control, as well as selection on …

There is growing international interest in how environmental conditions experienced during
development can shape adult phenotypes and the extent to which such induced changes …

Background: Electronic health records are widely acknowledged to provide an important
opportunity to anonymize patient-level health care data and collate across populations to …

The quantity and quality of social relationships, as captured by social network analysis, can
have major fitness consequences. Various studies have shown that individual differences in …