Paul Leslie
Biographic Data
| ID | 94722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Leslie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Leslie |
| SIGNATURE | LESLIE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
American Journal Of Human Biology, Volume 28, Issue 6, November/December 2016
s Corporate Citizenship initiative seeks to address the environmental, social, economic, and ethical challenges faced
Response Diversity and Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Recent work in ecology suggests that the diversity of responses to environmental change among species contributing to the same ecosystem function can strongly influence ecosystem resilience. To render this important realization more useful for understanding coupled human-natural systems, we broaden the concept of response diversity to include heterogeneity in human decisions and action. Simply put, not all actors respond the same way to challenge…
Age‐related changes in testosterone and SHBG among Turkana males
To determine age‐related changes in biologically available testosterone (T) among men in a subsistence society and their relationship to energetic status, T, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and anthropometric measures were compared among nomadic and settled Turkana pastoralists of northern Kenya. Hormonal measures were available for 104 nomadic men and 72 settled men, estimated ages 20–90 years. Comparison of the two subpopulations revealed s…
Age-related patterns of urinary Gonadotropins (FSH and LH) and E-3-G as measures of reproductive function among Turkana Males of Northern Kenya
To determine age-related patterns of gonadotropins and their relationship to energetic status in a subsistence population we analyzed urinary FSH, LH, and estrone-3-glucuronide (E-3-G) along with anthropometric measures among Turkana males of northern Kenya. Subjects were 134 nomadic and 109 settled males ages 20 to 80+. FSH, LH and E-3-G were significantly higher among the settled, compared to nomadic, males. LH, but not FSH, showed a significan…
Age-related changes in body composition among Turkana males of Kenya
To determine if age-related changes in body composition among males from an energetically limited population are similar to those of Western populations, we collected anthropometric data from Turkana pastoral nomads of northern Kenya. Measures included height, weight, and triceps, suprailiac, and subscapular skinfolds. Subjects were 132 nomadic and 90 settled Turkana males, with estimated ages 20+. Skinfold measures were used to calculate both fa…
Risk-sensitive fertility
Demographic consequences of unpredictability in fertility outcomes
Child survival is probabilistic, but the unpredictability in family formation and completed family size has been neglected in the fertility literature. In many societies, ending the family cycle with too few or too many surviving offspring entails serious social, economic, or fitness consequences. A model of risk‐ (or variance‐) sensitive adaptive behavior that addresses long‐term fertility outcomes is presented. The model shows that under condit…
Sin” talk as postmodern text
This article presents clergy members’ talk of “sin” as postmodern text. Definitions and negotiations of sin are examined from the perspectives of 72 people interviewed. Ideas of sin as textual symbol of identity and indicator of social address are proposed. The implications of the meanings attached to sin for postmodernism and the project of sociology are addressed
James Kinley Skipper, Jr., 1934–1993
The gist of the article was that over time the number of major league players with nicknames had declined and the ones assigned in recent years lacked the color of those in the past.While Grosshandler provided some examples in support of his argument, the three page article was hardly a comprehensive study.I was aware that from time to time other writers had made the same point, but
Bibliographie/reviews
LAURSEN, F., EFTA and the EC: Implications of 1992, Maastricht, 1990, vii + 259 p. PHILIP, C., Textes institutifs des Communautés européennes (colL “Que sais‐je?”), Paris, 1990 (2ème édition), 128 p. VAN EMPEL, M., H.G. SCHERMERS, E.L.M. VÖLKER, J.A. WINTER, Leading Cases on the Law of the European Communities, Kluwer, Deventer‐Boston, 1990 (5ème édition), 730 p
A Teaching Technique Revisited
in the United States and the idea that they or their families were a part of it. In fact, some students believed that social class was no more and no less than the product of the social scientists' imagination. (Our current classroom experience suggests that the perspective of today's students on social class is not much different from that of students 20 years ago.) The authors anticipated this bias and wished to accelerate understanding of the …
Religious participation, Southern University women, and abstinence
Analyses of the influence of religion on deviant behavior have produced conflicting results. Religious participation is found to inhibit individual deviance either in: (1) religious, normatively clear, environments (Stark, Kent, and Doyle, 1982); or (2) secular, normatively ambiguous, contexts (Tittle and Welch, 1983). We argue that publicly supported universities are secular environments characterized by normative ambiguity with regard to alcoho…
Response Diversity and Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Recent work in ecology suggests that the diversity of responses to environmental change among species contributing to the same ecosystem function can strongly influence ecosystem resilience. To render this important realization more useful for understanding coupled human-natural systems, we broaden the concept of response diversity to include heterogeneity in human decisions and action. Simply put, not all actors respond the same way to challenge…
Age-related patterns of urinary Gonadotropins (FSH and LH) and E-3-G as measures of reproductive function among Turkana Males of Northern Kenya
To determine age-related patterns of gonadotropins and their relationship to energetic status in a subsistence population we analyzed urinary FSH, LH, and estrone-3-glucuronide (E-3-G) along with anthropometric measures among Turkana males of northern Kenya. Subjects were 134 nomadic and 109 settled males ages 20 to 80+. FSH, LH and E-3-G were significantly higher among the settled, compared to nomadic, males. LH, but not FSH, showed a significan…
James Kinley Skipper, Jr., 1934–1993
The gist of the article was that over time the number of major league players with nicknames had declined and the ones assigned in recent years lacked the color of those in the past.While Grosshandler provided some examples in support of his argument, the three page article was hardly a comprehensive study.I was aware that from time to time other writers had made the same point, but
A Teaching Technique Revisited
in the United States and the idea that they or their families were a part of it. In fact, some students believed that social class was no more and no less than the product of the social scientists' imagination. (Our current classroom experience suggests that the perspective of today's students on social class is not much different from that of students 20 years ago.) The authors anticipated this bias and wished to accelerate understanding of the …
Religious participation, Southern University women, and abstinence
Analyses of the influence of religion on deviant behavior have produced conflicting results. Religious participation is found to inhibit individual deviance either in: (1) religious, normatively clear, environments (Stark, Kent, and Doyle, 1982); or (2) secular, normatively ambiguous, contexts (Tittle and Welch, 1983). We argue that publicly supported universities are secular environments characterized by normative ambiguity with regard to alcoho…
A Teaching Technique Revisited
in the United States and the idea that they or their families were a part of it. In fact, some students believed that social class was no more and no less than the product of the social scientists' imagination. (Our current classroom experience suggests that the perspective of today's students on social class is not much different from that of students 20 years ago.) The authors anticipated this bias and wished to accelerate understanding of the …
Bibliographie/reviews
LAURSEN, F., EFTA and the EC: Implications of 1992, Maastricht, 1990, vii + 259 p. PHILIP, C., Textes institutifs des Communautés européennes (colL “Que sais‐je?”), Paris, 1990 (2ème édition), 128 p. VAN EMPEL, M., H.G. SCHERMERS, E.L.M. VÖLKER, J.A. WINTER, Leading Cases on the Law of the European Communities, Kluwer, Deventer‐Boston, 1990 (5ème édition), 730 p
James Kinley Skipper, Jr., 1934–1993
The gist of the article was that over time the number of major league players with nicknames had declined and the ones assigned in recent years lacked the color of those in the past.While Grosshandler provided some examples in support of his argument, the three page article was hardly a comprehensive study.I was aware that from time to time other writers had made the same point, but
Sin” talk as postmodern text
This article presents clergy members’ talk of “sin” as postmodern text. Definitions and negotiations of sin are examined from the perspectives of 72 people interviewed. Ideas of sin as textual symbol of identity and indicator of social address are proposed. The implications of the meanings attached to sin for postmodernism and the project of sociology are addressed
Risk-sensitive fertility
Demographic consequences of unpredictability in fertility outcomes
Child survival is probabilistic, but the unpredictability in family formation and completed family size has been neglected in the fertility literature. In many societies, ending the family cycle with too few or too many surviving offspring entails serious social, economic, or fitness consequences. A model of risk‐ (or variance‐) sensitive adaptive behavior that addresses long‐term fertility outcomes is presented. The model shows that under condit…
Age-related changes in body composition among Turkana males of Kenya
To determine if age-related changes in body composition among males from an energetically limited population are similar to those of Western populations, we collected anthropometric data from Turkana pastoral nomads of northern Kenya. Measures included height, weight, and triceps, suprailiac, and subscapular skinfolds. Subjects were 132 nomadic and 90 settled Turkana males, with estimated ages 20+. Skinfold measures were used to calculate both fa…
Age‐related changes in testosterone and SHBG among Turkana males
To determine age‐related changes in biologically available testosterone (T) among men in a subsistence society and their relationship to energetic status, T, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and anthropometric measures were compared among nomadic and settled Turkana pastoralists of northern Kenya. Hormonal measures were available for 104 nomadic men and 72 settled men, estimated ages 20–90 years. Comparison of the two subpopulations revealed s…
Age-related patterns of urinary Gonadotropins (FSH and LH) and E-3-G as measures of reproductive function among Turkana Males of Northern Kenya
To determine age-related patterns of gonadotropins and their relationship to energetic status in a subsistence population we analyzed urinary FSH, LH, and estrone-3-glucuronide (E-3-G) along with anthropometric measures among Turkana males of northern Kenya. Subjects were 134 nomadic and 109 settled males ages 20 to 80+. FSH, LH and E-3-G were significantly higher among the settled, compared to nomadic, males. LH, but not FSH, showed a significan…
Response Diversity and Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Recent work in ecology suggests that the diversity of responses to environmental change among species contributing to the same ecosystem function can strongly influence ecosystem resilience. To render this important realization more useful for understanding coupled human-natural systems, we broaden the concept of response diversity to include heterogeneity in human decisions and action. Simply put, not all actors respond the same way to challenge…
American Journal Of Human Biology, Volume 28, Issue 6, November/December 2016
s Corporate Citizenship initiative seeks to address the environmental, social, economic, and ethical challenges faced
Demography (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Anthropometry (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Endocrinology (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)