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Aging, Source, and Decision Criteria: When False Fame Errors Do and Do Not Occur

Two experiments investigated the influence of decision criteria on source memory performance of older adults and younger adults. Experiment 1 used the false fame paradigm, which encourages people to use relatively loose decision criteria when making what are, in essence, source judgments. Consistent with previous research, older adults made more false fame errors than younger adults. Experiment 2 was identical to Experiment 1 except that the fame judgments were made with the traditional source task format that encourages relatively stringent decision criteria when making source judgments: Possible sources were listed, and participants categorized names in terms of their source. In contrast to Experiment 1, older adults reduced their false fame errors to the level of younger adults. Encouraging older adults to use relatively stringent decision criteria when making source discriminations can reduce age differences in source misattributions.
Deceivers’ responses to challenges of their truthfulness: Difference between familiar lies and unfamiliar lies

This study considers whether a lie's cognitive representation effects deceivers’ ability to respond to probing. A total of 94 participants told either a familiar lie or an unfamiliar lie, which a confederate then challenged. Lies and responses to the probe were examined for changes in onset latencies, unfilled pauses, eye gaze and smiling. Results show that the behavioral changes deceivers made in response to probing varied depending on whether the lie was a familiar lie or a unfamiliar lie. Persons telling unfamiliar lies displayed significantly shorter unfilled pauses, less eye gaze and less smiling/laughter when telling the lie than they did when responding to the probe. In contrast, when responding to the probe, persons telling familiar lies displayed significantly shorter onset latencies and less eye gaze than they did when telling the lie. However, none of these behaviors were related to judge's rating of truthfulness, suggesting that while deceivers may make behavioral changes they believe to be st...
Dynamics of a Solenoidal-Torqued Gyro-Stabilized Seeker Assembly for Guidance and Tracking

Several low-cost gyro-stabilized, bang-bang seeker assemblies for missile guidance and tracking applications have used similar physical structures. A magnetic dipole is an integral part of the gyro rotor assembly. The nominal spin axis of the gyro is colinear with the axis of a cylinder about which is wound a helix of wire. By properly modulating the current that is passed through that helix, the precession torque acting upon the gyroscope is controlled. One rather generalized model of such a seeker assembly is modeled, the equations of motion are derived, and the dominant error sources are identified and parametrically evaluated. Because this is such a commonly encountered structure, yet no such analysis has been published, to the author's knowledge, it is hoped that this is a useful contribution to the literature.
Resonance Raman Characterization of Biotin Sulfoxide Reductase COMPARING OXOMOLYBDENUM ENZYMES IN THE Me2SO REDUCTASE FAMILY

Resonance Raman spectroscopy has been used to define active site structures for oxidized Mo(VI) and reduced Mo(IV) forms of recombinant Rhodobacter sphaeroides biotin sulfoxide reductase expressed in Escherichia coli. On the basis of 18O/16O labeling studies involving water and the alternative substrate dimethyl sulfoxide and the close correspondence to the resonance Raman spectra previously reported for dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (Garton, S. D., Hilton, J., Oku, H., Crouse, B. R., Rajagopalan, K. V., and Johnson, M. K. (1997) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 12906–12916), vibrational modes associated with a terminal oxo ligand and the two molybdopterin dithiolene ligands have been assigned. The results indicate that the enzyme cycles between mono-oxo-Mo(VI) and des-oxo-Mo(IV) forms with both molybdopterin dithiolene ligands remaining coordinated in both redox states. Direct evidence for an oxygen atom transfer mechanism is provided by18O/16O labeling studies, which show that the terminal oxo group at the molybdenum center is exchangeable with water during redox cycling and originates from the substrate in substrate-oxidized samples. Biotin sulfoxide reductase is not reduced by biotin or the nonphysiological products, dimethyl sulfide and trimethylamine. However, product-induced changes in the Mo=O stretching frequency provide direct evidence for a product-associated mono-oxo-Mo(VI) catalytic intermediate. The results indicate that biotin sulfoxide reductase is thermodynamically tuned to catalyze the reductase reaction, and a detailed catalytic mechanism is proposed.
Examining uncertainty in demand response baseline models and variability in automated responses to dynamic pricing

Controlling electric loads to deliver power system services presents a number of interesting challenges. For example, changes in electricity consumption of Commercial and Industrial (CI however, a number of facilities exhibit real DR parameter variability. In some cases, the aggregate population of C&I facilities exhibits real DR parameter variability, resulting in implications for the system operator with respect to both resource planning and system stability.
On the sudden disappearances of solar filamentsand their relationship with coronal mass ejections

Abstract Sudden disappearances of prominences/filaments were identified from the Prairie View Solar Observatory Hα imagesand Meudon Observatory spectroheliograms for the period January 1, 2000 to March 31, 2000. Three classes of disappearances were considered for the purpose of this study: eruptive, quasi-eruptive and vanishing filaments. The Hα events were compared with CME data from LASCO C2 and C3 coronographs aboard SOHO. Our study shows that the eruptive events are strongly associated with CMEs while the other types are not.
Effect of gonadectomy on isoproterenol-induced myocardial infarction.

Adult male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to an isopro terenol-induced myocardial infarction. Six weeks before the induction of myo cardial infarction, some of the animals had been orchiectomized or ovari ectomized. The animals were autopsied at regularly timed intervals on days 1, 2, 3, 8, and 15 after myocardial infarction. The gonadectomized animals mani fested less severe untoward changes, survived in greater numbers, and experi enced superior repair of their damaged hearts. Circulating levels of enzymes (e.g., CPK, GOT, GPT, and LDH), lipids, glucose, and BUN rose and fell during the acute necrosis and repair phases with distinct differences between the intact and castrated animals. Reciprocal changes in the weight of the adrenal and thymus glands, coupled with dynamic changes in circulating corticosterone levels, reflected marked temporal changes in the spectrum of adrenal steroids being secreted, as well as gonadal hormone mediated changes affecting adreno cortical function. The impl...
A Stage-Structured, Spatially Explicit Migration Model for Myotis Bats: Mortality location affects system dynamics

AbstractBats are ecologically and economically important species because they consume insects, transport nutrients, and pollinate flowers. Many species of bats, including those in the Myotis genus, are facing population decline and increased extinction risk. Despite these conservation concerns, few models exist for providing insight into the population dynamics of bats in a spatially explicit context. We developed a model for bats by considering the stage-structured colonial life history of Myotis bats with their annual migration behavior. This model provided insight into network dynamics. We specifically focused on two Myotis species living in the eastern United States: the Indiana bat (M. sodalis), which is a Federally listed endangered species, and the little brown bat (M. lucifugus), which is under consideration for listing as an endangered species. We found that multiple equilibria exist for the local, migratory subpopulations even though the total population was constant. These equilibria suggest th...
A Limiting Microfibril Model for the Three-dimensional Arrangement within Collagen Fibres

Consideration of evidence of the mode of polymerization of collagen monomers provides a more detailed picture of the three-dimensional organization of the fibrils in a collagen fibre.
The connection between young women's body esteem and sexual assertiveness.

Abstract Study Objective Healthy sexuality includes having positive feelings about one’s body and developing positive romantic relationships. Previous research predicts that women dissatisfied with their bodies may be less likely to enforce their rights of sexual autonomy (i.e., sexual assertiveness). Design We assessed whether the body esteem of young women was related to their reports of sexual assertiveness. Young women from local colleges (N = 127) completed a questionnaire that included demographics, self reported weight and height, sexual history, along with body esteem and sexual assertiveness. Results Overall, body esteem was related to sexual assertiveness regarding condom use when controlling for other variables. Women with less body esteem were less likely to insist that their partner use a condom. Individual components of body esteem did not independently predict insistence of condom use. Body esteem was not related to initiation of sex or refusal of unwanted sex. Discussion The current study found relationships between body esteem and sexual assertiveness regarding STI prevention behaviors. Given these findings, implications for STI prevention programs are discussed.
Small daily doses of insulin: wasting money?

Newer engineered insulin products are essential tools in diabetes therapy, but there is a potential for degrading glycemic control over time once a vial/pen is opened. Both patient and practitioner need to be aware of proper storage guidelines and the decrease in insulin potency after a seal is punctured. Basal insulins such as Lantus and Levemir are supplied in 10 ml multidose vials and 3 ml pen devices. Once the container is punctured, these products have declining potency that may result in reduced blood glucose control if used beyond the Food and Drug Administration-approved use range of 28 days for Lantus and 42 days for Levemir. When using low-dose therapy, considerable volume may remain available for use long after the insulin falls below 95% of its listed potency, setting the stage for unpredictable control and inaccurate clinical adjustment. There have been reports of decreased control when patients exceed open container stability limits; current market factors may increase this risk. Throwing away a container before it is empty is difficult to do for many patients, especially when their budgets are tight. To complicate matters, some prescription plans in the United States have dispensing limits based on prescribed dosage units per vial or pen instead of potency after opening. These plans may not take product stability into account, instead calculating the metric quantity of doses allowed for each prescription. As an example, for a basal insulin dose of 10 units per day, a 10 ml vial would be considered as more than a 90-day supply and a 3 ml pen device 30 days, which exceeds the recommended stability limit on an open container for both sizes of Lantus and the beyond-use date of Levemir's 10 ml vial. Potential for continued use until the vial is nearly empty creates an unknown variable in the evaluation of therapy outcome. When initiating low-dose basal insulin therapy, stability factors become a concern for all. Frequent or continuous self-monitoring of blood glucose could help determine when products will begin to lose significant potency and help defend a patient supply standard that is product appropriate. However, conducting clinical trials is costly and may not be in a manufacturer's best interest. Also, follow-up on patient compliance on proper home storage and disposal of these products is very difficult for a clinician to do. While seemingly a small concern on the surface, prescription drug plans with dose/quantity limits and individual financial constraints are affecting home supply, increasing the opportunity for expired use. The Kansas Diabetes Action Council will be posting an updated insulin stability chart on its Web site, http://www.kansasdiabetesactioncouncil.org, to help match insulin products to individual patient circumstances.
Compactness via symmetrization

Abstract Consider two types of translation-invariant functionals I and J on R m , and a sequence of functions fn whose corresponding symmetric rearrangements f ∗ n are convergent. We show that fn themselves converge up to translations if either lim n→∞ I (f n )= lim n→∞ I (f n ∗ ) or lim n→∞ J (f n )= lim n→∞ J (f n ∗ ) . These compactness results lead to applications in variational problems and stability problems in stellar dynamics.
Resource Allocation for Energy Efficient k-out-of-n System in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Resource Allocation has been widely used for improving various performance metrics in wireless networks. Applying resource allocation to a Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET), however, is a challenging problem because of dynamic network topology. In this paper, we develop a novel resource allocation scheme designed for MANETs that minimizes the communication cost for accessing distributed resources while improving the reliability by adopting the k-out-of-n system, a widely used technique for reliability control. Specifically, we propose a scheme that allocates resources to n nodes, called service centers, such that the expected energy consumption for nodes to access k service centers out of the n service centers (k ≤ n) is minimized. Our scheme accounts for dynamic network topology by estimating the failure probabilities of nodes and monitoring the network for significant topology changes. In addition, an Importance Sampling technique is used to reduce the computation-overhead. To evaluate the performance, we build a mobile distributed file system based on our resource allocation scheme. Through both extensive simulations and real hardware implementation on Smartphones, we show that our resource allocation scheme effectively reduces energy consumption by up to 45% and increases the successful data retrieval rate by up to 50% in comparison with a greedy algorithm.
Cognitive conflict following appetitive versus negative cues and smoking cessation failure

Rationale Attentional biases and executive control deficits may play a role in smoking cessation failure.
A Note on Bootstrapping Generalized Method of Moments Estimators

Recently, Arcones and Gine (1992, pp. 13–47, in R. LePage & L. Billard [eds.], Exploring the Limits of Bootstrap, New York: Wiley) established that the bootstrap distribution of the M-estimator converges weakly to the limit distribution of the estimator in probability. In contrast, Brown and Newey (1992, Bootstrapping for GMM, Seminar note) discovered that the bootstrap distribution of the GMM overidentification test statistic does not converge weakly to the x2 distribution. In this paper, it is shown that the bootstrap distribution of the GMM estimator converges weakly to the limit distribution of the estimator in probability. Asymptotic coverage probabilities of the confidence intervals based on the bootstrap percentile method are thus equal to their nominal coverage probability.
“I Just Keep My Antennae Out”: How Rural Primary Care Physicians Respond to Intimate Partner Violence

Women in rural communities who are exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) have fewer resources when seeking help due to limited health services, poverty, and social isolation. Rural primary care physicians may be key sources of care for IPV victims. The objective of this study was to assess the opinions and practices of primary care physicians caring for rural women with regard to IPV identification, the scope and severity of IPV as a health problem, how primary care providers respond to IPV in their practices, and barriers to optimized IPV care in their communities. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 19 internists, family practitioners, and obstetrician-gynecologists in rural central Pennsylvania. Interview transcripts were analyzed for major themes. Most physicians did not practice routine screening for IPV due to competing time demands, lack of training, limited access to referral services as well as low confidence in their effectiveness, and concern that inquiry would harm the patient-doctor relationship. IPV was considered when patients presented with symptoms of mood, anxiety, or somatic disorders. Responses to IPV included validation, danger assessment, safety planning, referral, and follow-up planning. Perceived barriers to rural women seeking help for IPV included traditional gender roles, lower education, economic dependence on the partner, low self-esteem, and patient reluctance to discuss IPV. To overcome barriers, physicians created a "safe sanctuary" to discuss IPV and suggested improved public health education and referral services. Interventions to improve IPV-related care in rural communities should address barriers at multiple levels, including both physicians' and patients' comfort with discussing IPV. Provider training, community education, and improved access to referral services are key areas in which IPV-related care should be improved in rural communities. Our data support routine screening to better identify IPV and a more pro-active stance toward screening and counseling.
Preparation of High TC YBa2Cu3O7−x Powders from Nitrate and Oxalate Precursors

This study presents two methods for preparing the High Tc superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−x compound. Aqueous nitrate solutions consisting of Yttrium, Barium and Copper were mixed, dried, blended and the resulting homogeneous mixture calcined at 700–900°C for 2–4h to develop the superconducting (1,2,3) phase. As an alternative, oxalates of Yttrium, Copper and Barium were coprecipitated from the mixed metal nitrate solution using (Et3NH)2C2O4. The resulting pale blue coprecipitate was dried and calcined in air at 700–900°C/2–4h. Both methods provided high homogeneity precursors for the High Tc YBa2Cu3O7−x superconductor. Resistance measurements, SEM, x-ray and VSM were used to characterize the microstructures and properties.
Strategic implications of nanotechnology

Purpose – Nanotechnology, the ability to manipulate materials on the atomic and molecular level, and thus create novel structures and materials, is at the forefront of a paradigm shift whose impact may equal or surpass that of computers and the internet. To cope with this new environment, companies will have to consider new business models, policies, and sources of competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approach – In this article we examine nanotechnology's potential effect on business strategy, focusing on industry life cycles, strategic groups, environmental forces, and strategic implementation. Several companies involved in nanotechnology are examined, such as IBM, HP, SkyPharma, and Lucent Technologies.Findings – Numerous conclusions can be inferred from our analyses. First, a company must formulate and execute a dynamic strategic approach to nanotechnology or suffer the consequences. Second, this approach must be reconciled with the strategic group to which the company strives. Third, firms will ne...
Multiculturalism and the Paradigm Shift in Counselling: Controversies and Alternative Futures

The fields of psychology and particularly of counselling are in the process of a paradigm shift. While there is some confusion and disagreement about the direction of that paradigm shift, there is almost universal agreement that profound changes are taking place in the field of psychology. This article suggests that these changes are being mediated by multicultural perspectives and controversies. This article also suggests that a culture-centred perspective for the future will emerge from the present confusion as a "fourth force" to complement and strengthen the three conventional theories of psychodynamism, humanism, and behaviourism.
Reproductive compensation favours male-killing Wolbachia in a live-bearing host

Wolbachia are maternally inherited, cellular endosymbionts that can enhance their fitness by biasing host sex ratio in favour of females. Male killing (MK) is an extreme form of sex-ratio manipulation that is selectively advantageous if the self-sacrifice of Wolbachia in males increases transmission through females. In live-bearing hosts, females typically produce more embryos than can be carried to term, and reproductive compensation through maternal resource reallocation from dead males to female embryos could increase the number of daughters born to infected females. Here, we report a new strain of MK Wolbachia (wCsc2) in the pseudoscorpion, Cordylochernes scorpioides, and present the first empirical evidence that reproductive compensation favours the killing of males in a viviparous host. Females infected with the wCsc2 strain produced 26 per cent more and significantly larger daughters than tetracycline-cured females. In contrast to the previously described wCsc1 MK Wolbachia strain in C. scorpioides, wCsc2 infection was not accompanied by an increase in the rate of spontaneous brood abortion. Characterization of the wCsc1 and wCsc2 strains by multi-locus sequence typing and by Wolbachia surface protein (wsp) gene sequencing indicates that the marked divergence between these two MK strains in their impact on host reproductive success, and hence in their potential to spread, has occurred in association with homologous recombination in the wsp gene.
Angiography underestimates peripheral atherosclerosis: lumenography revisited.

Purpose: To compare angiograms, considered the gold standard for diagnostic imaging of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), to the corresponding histological sections of popliteal and tibial vessels obtained after amputation to determine if angiography fails to define atheroma burden in “normal appearing” arteries in patients with PAD. Methods: Between 2004 and 2006, 69 patients underwent amputation of a lower extremity for severe tissue loss, gangrene, or pedal sepsis precluding limb salvage. Popliteal and tibial vessels were harvested, perfusion-fixed, and analyzed histologically. Thirty-four of these patients had pre-amputation angiography during attempted salvage procedures. Angiograms with patent or minimally diseased vessel segments (n = 19) were assessed for stenoses, diameter, and calcification by 3 vascular surgeons (n = 72 evaluations). These results were compared to corresponding cross-sectional histological slides (n = 66) in a blinded manner. Results: Angiograms performed prior to above-knee (n = 9) or below-knee (n = 10) amputation revealed 24 stenoses with a mean (±SD) diameter-reducing stenosis of 19.5%±15.2%. Corresponding histological cross sections revealed greater linear stenoses measured via boundaries of the internal elastic lamina (IEL stenosis, 28.9%±20.2%, p = 0.003 versus angiography) or via boundaries of the external elastic membrane (vessel stenosis, 43.1%±15.2%, p<0.0001). Stenosis calculated by area methods (IEL area) were greater and measured 39.2%±24.2% (p<0.0001) and 60.9%±15.2% (vessel area, p<0.0001). Popliteal arteries had greater discrepancy in stenosis measurement than tibial arteries (18.5%±14.6% versus 34.9%±21.0%, p = 0.0005). However, evaluations of tibial arteries for concentricity of plaque (44% versus 69%, p = 0.08) and calcification grade (1.6 versus 2.2, p = 0.002) by angiography were discordant with histological analyses. Measurement of arterial diameter by histology for popliteal arteries (6.2±0.9 mm) and tibial arteries (3.1±0.7 mm) was greater than angiographic diameter determination (p<0.001). Conclusion: Angiography provides information on luminal characteristics of peripheral arteries but severely underestimates the extent of atherosclerosis in patients with PAD even in “normal appearing” vessels.
Anonymous Networking with Minimum Latency in Multihop Networks

The problem of security against timing based traffic analysis in multihop networks is considered in this work. In particular, the relationship between the level of anonymity provided and the quality of service, as measured by network latency, is analyzed theoretically. Using an information theoretic measure of anonymity of routes in eavesdropped networks is considered, and packet scheduling strategies are designed to guarantee any desired level of anonymity. In particular, for individual relays, scheduling strategies based on mixing are designed so that the incoming and outgoing transmission epochs do not reveal any information. The proposed strategies utilize a limited fraction of dummy transmissions, and a significant reduction in packet latency at individual relays is demonstrated analytically for Poisson distributed arrivals. To minimize overall network latency, a randomized selection strategy is considered to choose the set of relays that use the designed scheduling strategies. The random selection is optimized for the desired level of anonymity using a well known distortion rate optimization in information theory. The tradeoff between overall network latency and anonymity in the network is characterized for centralized and decentralized scheduling strategies.
Space charge effects during the injection of dense electron beams into space plasmas

One-dimensional electrostatic particle simulations are used to investigate the injection and propagation of intense electron beams and the plasma response to the beam injection. Beam densities greater than about the plasma density are considered. It is shown that if the injection is continuous, most of the beam electrons are drawn back into the spacecraft because of the buildup of positive charge on the spacecraft. Those electrons which are able to propagate away from the spacecraft are emitted periodically because of space charge oscillations induced by electric fields associated with the beam. A substantial increase in the fraction and average energy of electrons which can propagate away can be obtained if the injection is changed to periodic pulses having width and period matched to the induced space charge oscillations.
The Role of Transactional versus Relational Data in IMC Programs: Bringing Customer Data Together

ABSTRACT In this exploratory study of integrated marketing communications (IMC), we bring together relational and transactional data, and sales and marketing views, to investigate whether firms can enhance their position in the market in terms of both marketing-oriented and sales-based performance benchmarks. This article examines, in a business-to-business services context, the relationships between collecting various types of customer transaction and relational data, customer data quality, and two types of business unit performance. The first type of performance is a more traditional sales-oriented metric of sales-oriented business growth, growth in sales, and net income. The second type is a less traditional marketing-oriented metric, called marketing-oriented customer performance, a summed measure of retention rate, share of wallet, lifetime customer value, and return on investment (ROl). An extensive review of different types of transaction and relational data produced two different categories of transaction and relationship information.
Knowledge representation and sharing using visual semantic modeling for diagnostic medical image databases

Information technology offers great opportunities for supporting radiologists' expertise in decision support and training. However, this task is challenging due to difficulties in articulating and modeling visual patterns of abnormalities in a computational way. To address these issues, well established approaches to content management and image retrieval have been studied and applied to assist physicians in diagnoses. Unfortunately, most of the studies lack the flexibility of sharing both explicit and tacit knowledge involved in the decision making process, while adapting to each individual's opinion. In this paper, we propose a knowledge repository and exchange framework for diagnostic image databases called "evolutionary system for semantic exchange of information in collaborative environments" (Essence). This framework uses semantic methods to describe visual abnormalities, and offers a solution for tacit knowledge elicitation and exchange in the medical domain. Also, our approach provides a computational and visual mechanism for associating synonymous semantics of visual abnormalities. We conducted several experiments to demonstrate the system's capability of matching synonym terms, and the benefit of using tacit knowledge in improving the meaningfulness of semantic queries.
Age-related changes in cortical blood flow activation during visual processing of faces and location

We examined age-related changes in object and spatial visual processing in two separate experiments. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in young and old subjects with positron emission tomography and H2(15)O during tests of face matching, location matching, and a control task. The task demands in the two experiments were identical, but the stimuli in Experiment II were constructed to equalize stimulus complexity across all three tasks. The old subjects performed more slowly than the young subjects in both experiments, and showed significantly slower reaction times during location matching compared to face matching in Experiment II. Both young and old subjects showed occipitotemporal rCBF activation during face matching and occipitoparietal activation during location matching when these conditions were compared to the control task. However, in both experiments and in both tasks, young subjects showed greater activation of prestriate cortex (Brodmann's area 18), and old subjects had larger rCBF increases in occipitotemporal cortex (area 37). Areas in prefrontal cortex, as well as in inferior and medial parietal cortex, were more activated in the old subjects during location matching in both experiments. These results demonstrate that reliable age-related changes during visual processing can be found in rCBF patterns, suggesting more efficient use of occipital visual areas by younger subjects and more reliance by older subjects on one or more cortical networks, particularly for spatial vision, perhaps to compensate for reduced processing efficiency of occipital cortex. Both the differentially increased reaction times and the more widespread prefrontal activation in the old subjects during location matching suggest that spatial vision may be affected to a greater degree by aging than is object vision.
How we transitioned to a comprehensive professional and graduate student affairs office

AbstractBackground: Contemporary student affairs units arm students with professional skills, abilities and dispositions as they promote student learning, growth and development, as opposed to providing only administrative services.Aim: To describe the process for designing, planning, implementing and assessing a comprehensive student affairs unit that serves graduate and professional students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy.Method: A student services office that served only professional students was transformed in 2011 to an office of student affairs. The goal of the expanded, comprehensive unit is to work, in collaboration with academic affairs, to promote holistic student growth and development through proactive, intentional planning of co-curricular experiences.Results: The comprehensive student affairs model has allowed for more student programming and mentoring opportunities, improved graduate students’ feelings of connectedness to the School and improv...
Highly conducting and transparent Ti-doped CdO films by pulsed laser deposition

Abstract Titanium-doped cadmium oxide thin films were deposited on quartz substrate by pulsed laser deposition technique. The effect of substrate temperature on structural, optical and electrical properties was studied. The films grown at high temperature show (2 0 0) preferred orientation, while films grown at low temperature have both (1 1 1) and (2 0 0) orientation. These films are highly transparent (63–79%) in visible region, and transmittance of the films depends on growth temperature. The band gap of the films varies from 2.70 eV to 2.84 eV for various temperatures. It is observed that resistivity increases with growth temperature after attaining minimum at 150 °C, while carrier concentration continuously decreases with temperature. The low resistivity, high transmittance and wide band gap titanium-doped CdO films could be an excellent candidate for future optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications.
Admixture analysis of smooth pursuit eye movements in probands with schizophrenia and their relatives suggests gain and leading saccades are potential endophenotypes

Abnormalities during a smooth pursuit eye movement task ~SPEM! are common in schizophrenic patients and their relatives. This study assessed various components of SPEM performance in first-degree unaffected relatives of schizophrenic patients. One hundred individuals with schizophrenia, 137 unaffected first-degree relatives, and 69 normal controls completed a 16.780s SPEM task. Smooth pursuit gain, catch-up saccades ~CUS!, large anticipatory saccades, and leading saccades ~LS! were identified. Groups were compared with parametric and admixture analyses. Schizophrenic patients performed more poorly than unaffected relatives and normals on gain, CUS, and LS. Unaffected relatives were more frequently impaired than normals only on gain and LS. Relatives of childhood-onset and adult-onset probands had similar impairments. Gain and frequency of leading saccades may be genetic endophenotypes in childhood-onset and adult-onset schizophrenia. Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Smooth pursuit, Saccades, Eye movements, Family studies
Testing approach and avoidance motives and job satisfaction: psychological contract breach as a moderator of the mediating roles of tactics

AbstractThis study tested the mediating roles of both voice and facades of conformity in the relationship between regulatory foci and job satisfaction and the extent to which the mediating roles is moderated by psychological contract breach among a sample of 271 military recruits in Taiwan. Results suggest that voice and facades of conformity mediated the relationship between regulatory foci and job satisfaction. Also, results suggest that perceived breach moderates this mediating pathway: Strong psychological contract breach increases the relationship between promotion focus and voice in the case of job satisfaction. On the other hand, psychological contract breach strongly moderates the relationship between prevention focus and facades of conformity in the case of low job satisfaction. Results are discussed in view of the importance of (a) including the measure of regulatory focus in future studies, (b) the mediating roles of different tactics in explaining the relationship between regulatory foci and j...
Mexico in Crisis, the U.S. to the Rescue: The Financial Assistance Packages of 1982 and 1995

In January 1995, as in August 1982, Mexico was on the verge of defaulting on its foreign obligations. On both occasions the U.S. government contributed, and helped align the contribution of others, to a financial rescue package to avoid default. However, the characteristics of the 1995 financial assistance package and the support provided by the United States administration were quite different. This paper examines and compares these two rescue packages. It concludes that the relative speed with which Mexico regained access to capital markets and avoided the risk of a systemic crisis in 1995 must be attributed to a large extent precisely to the differences between these packages.
Relationship of lifetime productivity with mature weight and maturation rate in Red Poll cows

Lifetime maternal records were collected from 116 Red Poll cows born over a 12-year period. Estimates of mature cow weight (A), maturation rate (K) and lifetime maternal performance characters (years in herd, YH; number of calves weaned, NC; total calf weight weaned, TW; total calf weight plus mature cow weight produced, TW + A; average calf weaning weight, AW; calf weight weaned per year in the herd, TWIYH and predicted cow metabolizable energy (ME) required per kg beef produced, MEITW + A) were calculated to study the relationship between cow growth characters and maternal performance. Calf weights were adjusted to a steer basis. Reproductive management practices consisted of breeding heifers to calve as 2-year-olds; cows failing to calve in two successive seasons were culled. Mean mature cow weight was 554 (s.e. 6) kg with a mean maturation rate of 0·059 (s.e. 0·001) per month. The correlation between A and K was −0·69. Means for lifetime maternal characters were: YH, 5·1 (s.e. 0·2); NC, 4·7 (s.e. 0·2); TW, 1187 (s.e. 54) kg; TW + A, 1741 (s.e. 55) kg; AW, 252 (s.e. 1·7) kg; TWIYH, 228 (s.e. 4·5) kg/year; and MEITW + A, 72 (s.e. 1·2) MJ ME per kg beef. The regression of maternal lifetime productivity measures on mature cow weight was quadratic for YH, NC, TW and TW + A with optimal cow weight being 606, 600, 605 and 628 kg, respectively. AW and MEITW + A were positive linear functions of cow mature weight. Regressions of YH, NC, TW, TWIYH and TW + A on K were negative linear functions. AW and MEITW + A were not significantly related to K.
Effect of Protein Binding Coverage, Location, and Distance on the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Response of Purified Au Nanoplates Grown Directly on Surfaces

Here we report the effect of protein binding coverage, location, and binding distance on the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) response of purified Au nanoplates grown directly on surfaces. The response to human anti-IgG binding on the nanoplate surface depends strongly on these variables. The method of anti-IgG attachment controlled the binding location (terrace, edge, or vertex sites) and the linker coverage and chain length controlled the antibody coverage and binding distance, respectively. The average change in λmax (Δλmax) for binding to terraces at medium coverage, edge sites at low coverage and edge sites at medium coverage was 21 ± 5, 44 ± 2, and 53 ± 4 nm on nanoplate samples purified by sonication, for example. The trend was similar for samples purified by taping, except that the shifts were all smaller due to a smaller initial λmax for those samples. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images reveal the coverage and binding location of anti-IgG on the nanoplates and, when correlated with th...
Reserch of Third Order Structure Development Characteristics and control of Oil-gas accumulation in Shallow-Middle Depths in west of Daqing placanticlin

In order to have a better understand of the regularities of distribution and accumulation of oil and gas,back-stripping analyses of 725 wells based on principle of balance of geology have been done,so as to obtain the palaeo structural maps of the targets at various geologic times.The elaborate research of structure development which used third order structure as an unit have been done.And through analysis,it found that there are differences between the same layer different third order structures or the same third order structures in different layers which have some control of the develop degree of forming oil and gas pool factors such as source rock and reservoir fracture and influence oil-gas migration-accumulation and oil-water distribution.Reserch shows that talaha syncline is the generating-drainage center of main source rocks as it's long-term inherited development,so longhupao anticline and puxi nose construction which are near by it have better reserves of oil and gas.And the early growth of the puxi anticline have a good control of fracture concentrated belt,which result in complicated oil-water distribution that oil and gas contained in the lower position while the higher position contains water.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medications in children with heart disease

Purpose of reviewAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is quite common in the general pediatric population, Its incidence is thought to be even higher in the population of patients with congenital heart disease, especially in those patients with complex disease and who have had cardiac sur
Strategy-Proof Allocation Mechanisms

An allocation mechanism is a function mapping agents’ preferences into final allocations. For example, the competitive allocation mechanism calculates market-clearing prices to select a feasible, Pareto optimal, final allocation that varies with agents’ preferences. This simple view, however, of the mechanism as a map from preferences to final allocations is inadequate because it ignores agents’ propensity to maximize. The problem is that each agent can misrepresent his preferences in reporting them to the mechanism because they are private to him and not verifiable. Therefore, he will tend to misrepresent whenever he realizes that misreporting his true preferences will result in a more preferable allocation than a truthful report. If, as is the case with the competitive mechanism, agents do have incentives to misrepresent their preferences, then the resulting allocation is optimal only with respect to their reported preferences, not to their true preferences.
Effect of scaling of device parameters on the performance of uncoupled mode space NEGF transport model based silicon nanowire transistor

The paper reports the effect of scaling of device parameters like gate work function, nanowire diameter, gate oxide thickness and gate length on the electrical behavior of silicon nanowire field effect transistor based on uncoupled mode space NEGF transport model. The underlying physics behind the uncoupled mode space approach has been touched upon in this paper. By way of simulating several configurations of the nanowire transistor and observing the corresponding variations in the device behavior, the dependence of drain current on the scaled device parameters has been observed to arrive at optimum values of gate work function, diameter, gate oxide thickness and gate length out of all the configurations simulated that would enable the nanowire transistor to demonstrate higher drive current, lower subthreshold current thereby leading to lower power dissipation with minimal area and enhanced circuit speed owing to ballistic electron transport.
New Directions for Free Radical Cancer Research and Medical Applications

The study of free radicals in biomedical research has dramatically increased in recent years. There is evidence that free radicals play a role in aging, chronic inflammatory or autoimmune diseases, atherosclerosis, and ischemia/reperfusion injury1. Free radicals may also play an important role in several areas of cancer research including the study of carcinogenesis, mechanisms of radiation and chemotherapy action, and the toxicity of therapies. As our knowledge of free radical mechanisms has grown, we have increased our ability to devise strategies in cancer prevention and in modifying the actions of chemotherapeutic agents and radiation. Concomitant with this increased knowledge base, has been the need for further study of free radicals as they relate to carcinogenesis and therapies based upon free radical damage.
Developing Syndromic Surveillance to Monitor and Respond to Adverse Health Events Related to Psychoactive Substance Use: Methods and Applications.

Introduction:Recent increases in drug overdose deaths, both in New York City and nationally, highlight the need for timely data on psychoactive drug-related morbidity. We developed drug syndrome de...
Culture matters: a comparative study of teachers’ views of universal pre-kindergarten in two state regions

ABSTRACTThis multi-case analysis uses video-cued multi-voiced ethnography in two culturally distinct regions of a Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) U.S. state with high levels of accountability to explore how cultural and demographic differences within state borders might impact how teachers view UPK curriculum and standards, how they teach, and how they view one another’s language and literacy practices. The report focused on pre-kindergarten teachers in P-5 public schools. The pre-kindergarten teachers carried out unique processes of emplacement. Emplacement in this case was the process of pre-kindergarten becoming part of the P-5 public schools while remaining uniquely aligned with early childhood. Fields of care and domains of commonality are two major themes from the fields of anthropology and geography used to organize the findings. The findings have implications for thinking about the role of culture in P-5 education. This study shows promise for using video-cued methods in state-level research and ...
Latino immigrant parents’ financial stress, depression, and academic involvement predicting child academic success

The current study examines Mexican-heritage immigrant parents’ financial stress, English language fluency, and depressive symptoms as risk factors for parental academic involvement and child academic outcomes. Participants were 68 Latino immigrant (from Mexico) third and fourth graders and their parents. Results from a structural equation model analysis indicated that Latino parents who reported greater financial stress also reported higher levels of depressive symptoms; this, in turn, was related to lower parent-reported levels of engagement in the monitoring and transmission of implicit and explicit valuing of academics. Parental monitoring of academics was positively associated with children's success in mathematics and transmission of implicit and explicit valuing of academics was positively associated with children's success in language arts. The current study extends support for the Family Economic Stress Model by demonstrating connections between parental stress, emotional well-being, and child academic outcomes, through parental involvement in children's academics in a Latino-heritage sample.
Heat transport in dilute mixtures of3He in superfluid4He

The authors report new measurements of the effective thermal conductivity K{sub eff} and relaxation time {tau} in dilute mixtures of {sup 3}He in superfluid {sup 4}He, with molar concentrations X {le} 10{sup -3}. The temperature range extended from T {approx} 1.4 K to T{sub {lambda}}. Both K{sub eff} and {tau} are found to agree with theoretical predictions, in contrast to previous experiments where significant differences were observed. A new thermal conductivity cell design was used which almost completely eliminates extraneous volumes and surfaces, and the earlier results are explained in relation to these design changes.
Everyone is an “Athlete”

Merrian-Webster defines an athlete as: ‘a. a person who is trained or skilled in exercise, sports or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina. b. a person who exhibits dexterity or coordination especially an execution of learning physical tasks.’ The term athlete is often confusing for physicians and patients of all ages. As sports medicine physicians we are asked by young physicians in training: ‘Just how much of your practice is real Sports Medicine?' When we look puzzled, the question is often clarified somewhat sheepishly: ‘How much of your practice is in the care of the elite athlete? ’ Each day as a sports medicine physician, we encounter a patient who has set goals and challenged …