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Effect of water on permittivity of nanodielectrics exposed to the atmosphere

Relative dielectric constant and dissipation factor (tan¿) values as a function of frequency have been measured for a variety of water types. The effect of water absorption on the permittivity properties of crystalline powders or nanopowders when exposed to various humidity levels is also examined. Powdered materials were characterized by XRD and were consisting of calcite (CaCO3), anatase, rutile (TiO2), ¿- and ¿-alumina (Al2O3). The induced polarization changes in the materials by the applied dehydration process, i.e. either high vacuum of 10-4 Pa (10-6 mbar) drying, or calcination in air at temperatures of up to 600°C, were investigated. The advantage offered by vacuum dehydration is that nano-dielectrics maintain their particle size and crystal integrity.
Sex and race differences in young people's responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies

OBJECTIVE To determine if there are differences in young people's responsiveness to price and tobacco control policies for population subgroups and to examine whether or not these differences, if they exist, can explain sex and racial differences in trends in the prevalence of smoking in young people in the United States. DESIGN Use cross-sectional and intertemporal variation in local and state tobacco control policies and prices to calculate demand responses to these policies using regression analysis techniques. SUBJECTS A nationally representative sample of American eighth grade (ages 13–14 years), 10th grade (15–16 years) and 12th grade (17–18 years) students obtained from the 1992–1994 Monitoring the Future surveys. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Thirty-day smoking prevalence. RESULTS Young men are much more responsive to changes in the price of cigarettes than young women. The prevalence elasticity for young men is almost twice as large as that for young women. Smoking rates of young black men are significantly more responsive to changes in price than young white men. Significant differences in responsiveness to particular tobacco control policies also exist. These differences, however, explain relatively little of the differences in smoking prevalence among young population subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Policymakers need to keep in mind that there is not a “one-size fits all” strategy for discouraging smoking among young people.
Effect of heterogeneous distribution of monosomy 3 on prognosis in uveal melanoma.

CONTEXT Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses on tumor sections and on isolated nuclei showed that even low numbers of cells with monosomy of chromosome 3 adversely affected survival. OBJECTIVE To determine what percentage of uveal melanoma cells with monosomy of chromosome 3 influences patient mortality. DESIGN To determine the presence of monosomy 3, karyotyping and FISH on cultured cells and FISH on isolated nuclei were performed on 50 primary uveal melanomas. Clinical and pathologic prognostic factors were assessed and compared with 5-year survival data. Analyses were performed using Cox proportional hazards test, log-rank analysis, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative likelihood ratios. RESULTS Combined karyotyping and FISH on cultured cells showed monosomy 3 in 19 of 50 cases (38%), whereas determination of the monosomy 3 status by FISH on isolated nuclei with a threshold of 5% assigned 31 of 50 cases (62%) to the monosomy-3 category. When monosomy 3 on isolated nuclei with a cutoff value of 5% was used, a significant difference in 5-year survival was present (hazard ratio, 15.5; P = .007), indicating that monosomy 3 in greater than 5% of tumor cells is related to death due to metastases. CONCLUSION In uveal melanoma, the presence of greater than 5% of cells with monosomy 3, as determined by FISH on isolated nuclei, is associated with the development of metastases within 5 years after enucleation.
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Phonological Similarity Effect in Complex Span Task

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Contralateral Masking in Cochlear Implant Users with Residual Hearing in the Non-Implanted Ear

Contralateral masking was investigated in cochlear implant users with residual hearing in the non-implanted ear. Threshold elevations for acoustic probes were observed when electrical maskers were presented in the opposite ear. Also, threshold elevations for electrical probes were observed when acoustic contralateral maskers were presented. The amount of threshold shift expressed in decibels charge or decibels sound pressure level produced by either contralateral acoustic or electric maskers was within the range found in normal listeners for similar stimuli (i.e. 4–8 dB). There was a correlation between the sensation level of acoustic maskers and the maximum amount of masking observed which is consistent with data for normally hearing subjects. The width of the masking patterns was similar to that expected from forward masking patterns in severely sensorineurally impaired ears and implanted ears. The maximum amount of acoustic masking tended to occur for electrode positions that were more basal than expected from characteristic frequency positions. However, where a relatively high-frequency 4-kHz masker could be used, there was a good match between the characteristic frequency position of the maximum threshold elevation and that of the masker.
Neural Correlates of Subliminal Language Processing

Language is a high-level cognitive function, so exploring the neural correlates of unconscious language processing is essential for understanding the limits of unconscious processing in general. The results of several functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have suggested that unconscious lexical and semantic processing is confined to the posterior temporal lobe, without involvement of the frontal lobe—the regions that are indispensable for conscious language processing. However, previous studies employed a similarly designed masked priming paradigm with briefly presented single and contextually unrelated words. It is thus possible, that the stimulation level was insufficiently strong to be detected in the high-level frontal regions. Here, in a high-resolution fMRI and multivariate pattern analysis study we explored the neural correlates of subliminal language processing using a novel paradigm, where written meaningful sentences were suppressed from awareness for extended duration using continuous flash suppression. We found that subjectively and objectively invisible meaningful sentences and unpronounceable nonwords could be discriminated not only in the left posterior superior temporal sulcus (STS), but critically, also in the left middle frontal gyrus. We conclude that frontal lobes play a role in unconscious language processing and that activation of the frontal lobes per se might not be sufficient for achieving conscious awareness.
Semi‐automated scoring of triple‐probe FISH in human sperm: Methods and further validation

Although the frequency and consequence of sperm chromosomal abnormalities are considerable, few epidemiologic studies in large samples have been conducted to investigate etiologic risk factors. This is, in part, attributable to the labor intensive demands of manual sperm fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) scoring. As part of an epidemiologic study investigating environmental risk factors for aneuploidy among men attending a hospital‐based fertility clinic, a semi‐automated method of slide scoring was further validated and used to estimate sex chromosome sperm disomy frequency in a large number of samples. Multiprobe FISH for chromosomes X, Y, and 18 was used to determine sex chromosome disomy in sperm nuclei. Semi‐automated scoring methods were used to quantify X disomy (sperm FISH genotype XX18), Y disomy (YY18), and XY disomy (XY18). The semi‐automated results were compared with the results from manual scoring in 10 slides. The semi‐automated method was then used to estimate sex chromosome disomy frequency in 60 men. Of 10 slides scored, significant differences between the manual and semi‐automated results were seen primarily in one slide that was of poor quality because of over swollen nuclei. Among 60 men analyzed using the semi‐automated method, median total sex chromosome disomy frequency was 1.65%, which is higher than seen among normal men but within range with reports from fertility clinic populations. These results further validate that semi‐automated methods can be used to score sperm disomy with results comparable to manual methods. This is the largest study to date to provide estimates of sex chromosome disomy among men attending fertility clinics. These methods should be replicated in larger clinic populations to arrive at stable estimates of aneuploidy frequency in men who are members of subfertile couples. © 2011 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry
Losing sleep: Examining the cascading effects of supervisors' experience of injustice on subordinates' psychological health

Abstract In this paper, we identify two types of injustice as antecedents of abusive supervision and ultimately of subordinate psychological distress and insomnia. We examine distributive justice (an individual's evaluation of their input to output ratio compared to relevant others) and interactional injustice (the quality of interpersonal treatment received when procedures are implemented). Using a sample of Filipinos in a variety of occupations, we identify two types of injustice experienced by supervisors as stressors that provoke them to display abusive supervision to their subordinates. We examine two consequences of abusive supervision – subordinate psychological distress and insomnia. In addition, we identify two moderators of these relationships, namely, supervisor distress and subordinate self-esteem. We collected survey data from multiple sources including subordinates, their supervisors, and their partners. Data were obtained from 175 matched supervisor–subordinate dyads over a 6-month period, with subordinates' partners providing ratings of insomnia. Results of structural equation modelling analyses provided support for an indirect effects model in which supervisors' experience of unfair treatment cascades down the organization, resulting in subordinate psychological distress and, ultimately in their insomnia. In addition, results partially supported the proposed moderated relationships in the cascading model.
Work Hours and Caseload as Predictors of Physician Burnout: The Mediating Effects by Perceived Workload and by Autonomy

We tested a model in which perceived workload and autonomy were hypothesised to mediate the effects of work hours and caseload on physician burnout. The study was based on data provided by 890 specialists representing six medical specialties. We used structural equation modeling to test our hypotheses. Controlling for the effects of gender, seniority, and the specialists' academic affiliation, we found that the study data fit the hypothesised model—reflecting these hypotheses—quite well. As expected, workload predicted higher levels of global burnout and physical fatigue, while autonomy predicted lower levels of global burnout. Work hours and caseload predicted global burnout only indirectly, via their effects on either perceived workload or autonomy. These findings suggest that public policies, designed to reduce physician work hours in order to reduce burnout and improve patients' safety, should take into account physician perceived workload and autonomy. Nous avons mis a l'epreuve un modele centre sur l'hypothese selon laquelle la charge de travail percue et l'autonomie regulaient l'impact de la duree du travail medical et administratif sur le burnout des medecins. La recherche a exploite des donnees fournies par 890 specialistes relevant de six specialites medicales. On a fait appel a une modelisation en equations structurales pour valider nos hypotheses. En controlant l'action du genre, de l'âge et du type de specialite, il est apparu que les donnees correspondaient parfaitement au modele hypothetique. Comme prevu, la charge de travail predisait des niveaux plus eleves de burnout global et de fatigue physique, alors que l'autonomie debouchait sur des niveaux plus faibles de burnout global. La duree du travail ne predisait qu'indirectement le burnout global, par l'entremise des retombees sur la charge de travail percue et l'autonomie. Ces resultats montrent que la reglementation publique qui envisage de reduire le temps de travail des medecins dans le souci d'attenuer le burnout et d'ameliorer la securite des malades devrait prendre en consideration la charge de travail percue et l'autonomie des medecins.
Frontal Functional Connectivity of Electrocorticographic Delta and Theta Rhythms during Action Execution Versus Action Observation in Humans

We have previously shown that in seven drug-resistant epilepsy patients, both reaching-grasping of objects and the mere observation of those actions did desynchronize subdural electrocorticographic (ECoG) alpha (8–13 Hz) and beta (14–30) rhythms as a sign of cortical activation in primary somatosensory-motor, lateral premotor and ventral prefrontal areas (Babiloni et al., 2016a). Furthermore, that desynchronization was greater during action execution than during its observation. In the present exploratory study, we reanalyzed those ECoG data to evaluate the proof-of-concept that lagged linear connectivity (LLC) between primary somatosensory-motor, lateral premotor and ventral prefrontal areas would be enhanced during the action execution compared to the mere observation due to a greater flow of visual and somatomotor information. Results showed that the delta-theta (<8 Hz) LLC between lateral premotor and ventral prefrontal areas was higher during action execution than during action observation. Furthermore, the phase of these delta-theta rhythms entrained the local event-related connectivity of alpha and beta rhythms. It was speculated the existence of a multi-oscillatory functional network between high-order frontal motor areas which should be more involved during the actual reaching-grasping of objects compared to its mere observation. Future studies in a larger population should cross-validate these preliminary results.
ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCUS SPECIES FROM VULPES CORSAC IN HULUNBEIER, INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA, AND DIFFERENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE METACESTODES IN EXPERIMENTAL RODENTS

Adults of alveolar Echinococcus species with different uterine structures were collected from Vulpes corsac in the Hulunbeier Pasture of Northeastern China in 2001. They were Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863 (type No. 3, similar to E. m. multilocularis), with vaselike uterus; Echinococcus cf. sibiricensis Rausch et Schiller, 1954 (type No. 1), with pyriform uterus; and Echinococcus sp. (type No. 2) with spherical uterus at segment top. The metacestode development in rodents also differed among those 3 parasites. In the case of E. multilocularis (type No. 3), many germinal cells grew on the inner surface of early cysts, most of which metastasized into host tissue to form brood vesicles or from the germinal cell layer on the inner surface of the vesicle wall. Cells also had an appearance of proliferating by means of alveolar buds from alveolar tissue that developed outward to form new alveolar foci. In Echinococcus cf. sibiricensis (type No. 1), the formation of alveolar vesicles was due to the metastasizing of germinal tissue into host tissue; protoscoleces grew in the center of alveolar vesicles. In type No. 2 (Echinococcus sp.), the formation of the alveolar vesicle was by multiplication of germinal cell layers on the inner surface of alveolar cysts; protoscoleces grew from the germinal cell layer and mesh in the vesicles. On the basis of uterine structure and on differences in development of metacestodes in experimental rodents, we propose that the 3 types of Echinococcus represent 3 independent species: E. multilocularis, Echinococcus sibiricensis, and Echinococcus sp. (type No. 2—as yet under study).
A low-complexity modeling approach for embedded coding of wavelet coefficients

We present a new low-complexity method for modeling and coding the bitplanes of a wavelet-transformed image in a fully embedded fashion. The scheme uses a simple ordering model for embedding, based on the principle that coefficient bits that are likely to reduce the distortion the most should be described first in the encoded bitstream. The ordering model is tied to a conditioning model in a way that deinterleaves the conditioned subsequences of coefficient bits, making them amenable to coding with a very simple, adaptive elementary Golomb (1966) code. The proposed scheme, without relying on zerotrees or arithmetic coding, attains PSNR vs. bit rate performance superior to that of SPIHT, and competitive with its arithmetic coding variant, SPIHT-AC.
Language Typology and Universals

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Confidence and the choral singer : the effects of choir configuration, collaboration and communication

This is a qualitative study, based on a series of focus groups and semi-structured interviews. The research aims are: to explore the lived experience of choral singers; to identify some of the main influences on their perceptions of their voices and performance ability; to highlight some of the factors affecting their confidence as singers. Three focus group interviews, involving a total of eighteen singers, were carried out, followed by sixteen individual interviews. At the time of data collection, the majority of participants were involved in a range of different types of choral singing, and had experience of performing with a number of different conductors. The interviews each provided approximately two hours of recorded verbal data (over 40 hours in total), and have been analysed and interpreted using techniques based on interpretative phenomenological analysis. Emergent themes include situational and environmental factors, such as choral acoustics, choir configuration, and concert venues; the influence of significant others, including family, fellow singers, and conductors; and a number of issues related to choral direction, musical leadership and group dynamics. The ultimate aim of this research is to provide a set of useful recommendations for conductors and teachers with an interest in maximising confidence in choral ensembles.
Reactions to Infidelity: Individual, Gender, and Situational Predictors of Relationship Outcome and Forgiveness

of a dissertation at the University of Miami. Dissertation supervised by Professor Michael McCullough. No. of pages in text. (71) Infidelity in romantic relationships can be devastating, and can cause many complex emotional reactions. The Jealousy as a Specific Innate Module (JSIM) hypothesis posits that due to differing reproductive pressures over evolutionary history, men and women have evolved different mechanisms to respond to infidelity. JSIM proposes that men, due to fears of cuckoldry, will respond with intense jealousy to a partner’s sexual infidelity. It proposes that women, who are certain of their maternity but may suffer severe consequences if their mate falls in love with another and diverts his resources elsewhere, will respond with intense jealousy to emotional infidelity. These gender effects were examined in a study of participants who had recently been cheated on sexually, emotionally, or both, by romantic partners. Distress, forgiveness, and couple identity were measured. Results among actual victims of infidelity failed to support the JSIM hypotheses. Men and women responded with similar levels of distress to both types of infidelity. Both men and women were less forgiving as sexual infidelity severity increased, yet the severity of sexual infidelity was associated positively and significantly with less forgiveness for women, and it was associated less positively and nonsignificantly with less forgiveness for men. Men reported more couple identity after infidelity than did women. In a larger sample that used hypothetical scenarios, it was found that men responded with more upset to sexual infidelity and women responded with more upset to emotional infidelity when using a forced choice method.