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As social animals, humans tend to form groups that can range in size from a few individual members to entire nation-states. Historically and through the present day, human groups frequently come into conflict. A noted feature of human intergroup…

A disease of the nervous system characterized by a progressive dementia that leads to profound impairment in cognition and behavior. Dementia occurs in a number of brain diseases where the impairment in cognitive abilities represents a decline from…

A neurodevelopmental condition that impairs the way that a person relates to and communicates with other people. Persons with autism have difficulties with social communication and interaction. They also can have unusual behaviors, such as…

Humans have used dried bovine dung (manure) as a fuel source since prehistoric times. In India, for example, many people burn cow or buffalo dung for cooking fuel. This bioresource provides a low-cost fuel as well as an efficient means of waste…

A kind of mathematics whose variables can only be True or False. A variable is called Boolean if it can only hold two possible values: True or False. The value True can be represented by the number one and False by zero. For example, if A is a…