Abstract We describe a new method to parameterise dark energy COASTER theories including massive gravity, elastic dark energy and tensor-metric theories.We first examine the existing framework which describes any second order Lagrangian which depends on the variation of the metric and find new constraints on the parameters.We extend the method to L
Globalization is a planetary process because the steamroller of the computer revolution, the expansion of the world market, free circulation of goods and capital make society more and more an interdependent network.Contemporary society is in a deeper division of destiny with rising risks, as well as threats.On the one hand there is such increase of
Biological species have evolved characteristic patterns of age-specific mortality across their life spans.If these mortality profiles are shaped by natural selection they should reflect underlying variation in the fitness effect of mortality with age.Direct fitness models, however, do not accurately predict the mortality profiles of many species.Fo
Abstract Background Emerging approaches to building more efficient and effective behavioral interventions are becoming more widely available.The current paper provides an empirical example of the use of the engineering-inspired multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) to build a remotely delivered responsive parenting intervention to prevent obesity
This paper proposes a decision tree model for specifying the importance of 21 factors causing the landslides in a wide area of Penang Island, Malaysia.These factors are vegetation cover, distance from the fault line, slope angle, cross curvature, slope aspect, distance from road, geology, diagonal length, longitude curvature, rugosity, plan curvatu