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THE ADVENT of genetic technology has been utilized by creative defense counsel to argue the presence of a preexisting genetic condition as a superseding or contributing cause to a plaintiff's [...]

•SNP T2134C in voltage-gated sodium channel gene common in tropical lineage ticks.•Rhipicephalus sanguineustropical lineage widely distributed in United States.•Likely multiple copies of the GABA-gated chloride channel gene in Rh. sanguineus.•Rickettsia rickettsiiand R. massiliaenot detected in any examined ticks.•Low phylogenetic resolution with mitochondrial gene fragments.

My 7-year-old daughter had snuck out of bed already, so I didn't have to wake her up to witness history. After the roll call vote, she was passing through the [...]

The reported studies investigated two issues of importance to researchers and practitioners interested in the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, the sensitivity or social desirability of the individual items comprising the scale and the continued appropriateness of the original scoring scheme presented in 1960. Analysis indicates that over half of the items may no longer be sensitive enough to be useful. Also, it appears that the original keying may no longer be appropriate for a number of items. Finally, based on these findings, implications for the continued use of the Marlowe-Crowne Scale are discussed.

Three short forms of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale were constructed from the results of principal components analysis (N= 399). Those subscales were compared with short forms developed by previous researchers who used the same methodology. Examination of the subscales indicated that 13 of the scale's 33 items were isolated by at least two of the three reported studies. Those items were used to construct a composite subscale, which appeared to offer a useful alternative to the full scale. Further analysis of the subscale's contents, however, raised questions about the dimensionality of the Marlowe-Crowne scale. Caution was urged in the use and interpretation of both the full inventory and the short form until the meaning of scale scores can be clarified.

The article focuses on the launch of Maven Women, a new brand of professional women's attire, by fashion designer Rebecca Ballard, during the fashion summit, Copenhagen Fashion Summit, in May 2016 and offer views of Ballard on the same.