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- April 17, 2014
- 06:30 AM
- 39 views
Do nanoparticles have a "brand new" property?
by Chiara Civardi in United Academics
A new study reveals that nanoparticles can break the rules of thermodynamic: what do these findings imply? An interview with one of the researchers. ... Read more »
Gieseler J, Quidant R, Dellago C, & Novotny L. (2014) Dynamic relaxation of a levitated nanoparticle from a non-equilibrium steady state. Nature nanotechnology. PMID: 24681775
Wang, G., Sevick, E., Mittag, E., Searles, D., & Evans, D. (2002) Experimental Demonstration of Violations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics for Small Systems and Short Time Scales. Physical Review Letters, 89(5). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.050601
- April 10, 2014
- 05:00 AM
- 83 views
Is Sugar Bad For You? Not For Plants And Trees, Study Shows
by Geetanjali Yadav in United Academics
A new study reveals the role of sugars as initial regulator of apical dominance... Read more »
Mason MG, Ross JJ, Babst BA, Wienclaw BN, & Beveridge CA. (2014) Sugar demand, not auxin, is the initial regulator of apical dominance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 24711430
- April 9, 2014
- 07:51 AM
- 54 views
Do As I Do: Copy Cat Social Imitation in Dog Training
by Cobb & Hecht in Do You Believe In Dog?
Join us for another guest post, this time from Claudia Fugazza of the Family Dog Project in Budapest. Claudia's here to discuss her recent publication in Applied Animal Behaviour Science on the efficiency of new methods in dog training.Hi Mia and Julie,Formal training methods used until now rely mainly on the well-known rules of individual associative learning. These methods work perfectly well for a very wide range of animals — pigeons, rats, dogs and even crabs — and human and non-human an........ Read more »
Fugazza Claudia, & Miklósi Ádám. (2014) Should old dog trainers learn new tricks? The efficiency of the Do as I do method and shaping/clicker training method to train dogs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 53-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2014.01.009
- April 8, 2014
- 05:19 AM
- 61 views
Narcissistic CEOs: Are They Self-Serving Takers?
by Elisabeth Buhl Thubron in United Academics
Narcissism plays a key role in the excessive executive pay culture. What is the impact of having a narcissist at the head of a company?
... Read more »
O'Reilly, C., Doerr, B., Caldwell, D., & Chatman, J. (2014) Narcissistic CEOs and executive compensation. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(2), 218-231. DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.002
Chatterjee, A. and Hambrick, D. C. (2007) It's All about Me: Narcissistic Chief Executive Officers and Their Effects on Company Strategy and Performance. Administrative Science Quarterly. DOI: 52(3):351-386
- April 3, 2014
- 06:36 AM
- 77 views
19th Century Neuroimaging Experiment Manuscripts Found
by Harsha Radhakrishnan in United Academics
Mosso’s 19th century experiments in cerebral blood flow dynamics found and reproduced.... Read more »
Field, D., & Inman, L. (2014) Weighing brain activity with the balance: a contemporary replication of Angelo Mosso's historical experiment. Brain, 137(2), 634-639. DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt352
Sandrone, S., Bacigaluppi, M., Galloni, M., Cappa, S., Moro, A., Catani, M., Filippi, M., Monti, M., Perani, D., & Martino, G. (2013) Weighing brain activity with the balance: Angelo Mosso's original manuscripts come to light. Brain, 137(2), 621-633. DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt091
- March 27, 2014
- 08:19 AM
- 84 views
5 facts explain why we love music
by Flora Brils in United Academics
Music seems of great significance for many. It makes us dance, cheers us up, makes us cry; accompanying us through happy and sad life events. 5 facts give insight in the human love for music.... Read more »
Logeswaran, N., & Bhattacharya, J. (2009) Crossmodal transfer of emotion by music. Neuroscience Letters, 455(2), 129-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.03.044
Salimpoor VN, Benovoy M, Larcher K, Dagher A, & Zatorre RJ. (2011) Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music. Nature neuroscience, 14(2), 257-62. PMID: 21217764
Locke, D., & Hill, R. (1979) Drums of West Africa: Ritual Music of Ghana. Ethnomusicology, 23(2), 366. DOI: 10.2307/851482
- March 25, 2014
- 12:02 AM
- 88 views
“I am Working-Class”: Self-Identification as a Measure of Social Class in Educational Research
by Mark Rubin in Mark Rubin's Social Psychology Research Blog
Governments around the world are trying to open up higher education to working-class people. For example, in January this year, the White House released a report titled: "Increasing college opportunity for low-income students: Promising models and a call to action." In the context of this general push towards widening participation in higher education, my colleagues and I have been developing a research project that aims to investigate social class differences in social integration among student........ Read more »
Rubin, M., Denson, N., Kilpatrick, S., Matthews, K., Stehlik, T., & Zyngier, D. (2014) "I Am Working-Class": Subjective Self-Definition as a Missing Measure of Social Class and Socioeconomic Status in Higher Education Research. Educational Researcher. DOI: 10.3102/0013189X14528373
- March 24, 2014
- 09:43 AM
- 89 views
Oral Health Status among 12 Year Old Children in a Rural Kenyan Community
by JDOH in JScholar Publishers
Dental caries remains a common disease among school-aged children and is thought to be increasing worldwide, especially in developing countries. The Oral Health Country/Area Profile Project reported that the Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index, a standard indicator of oral health, increased steadily from 1.15 in 2004 to 1.19 in 2011 in 12-year-old children living in African countries [1]. In contrast, a systematic review of information published from 1967 to 1997 concluded that the DM........ Read more »
Yoshihiko Hayashi, Cyril N. Ogada, Eunice Kihara, Evelyn G. Wagaiyu, Hideki Fukuda*. (2014) Oral Health Status among 12 Year Old Children in a Rural Kenyan Community. JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY AND ORAL HEALTH, 2(1), 1-5. info:/JDOH 2: 101
- March 23, 2014
- 04:56 AM
- 106 views
Invisible Cure For TBI: Good News For NFL And US Army?
by Harsha Radhakrishnan in United Academics
In a recent review in Nature Reviews Neurology, Sharp et al. have discussed the possibility of using network level analysis to further understand effects of TBI and hopefully develop treatment methods.... Read more »
Sharp, D., Scott, G., & Leech, R. (2014) Network dysfunction after traumatic brain injury. Nature Reviews Neurology, 10(3), 156-166. DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.15
- March 18, 2014
- 02:35 AM
- 68 views
Mixed Models in Sports and Health
by Altea Lorenzo in FreshBiostats, Young researchers in Biostatistics
Short literature review of papers using mixed models in the area of sports and health... Read more »
Casals, M., & Martinez, J.A. (2013) Modelling player performance in basketball through mixed models . Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 13(1), 64-82. info:/
McHale, I., & Szczepański, L. (2014) A mixed effects model for identifying goal scoring ability of footballers. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 177(2), 397-417. DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12015
- March 12, 2014
- 07:41 PM
- 144 views
Canines and Castles: 4th Canine Science Forum Abstract & Early Bird Registration Deadline Friday
by Cobb & Hecht in Do You Believe In Dog?
“Two canine scientists, Julie Hecht and Mia Cobb, met briefly at a conference in Barcelona in late July 2012. They share a passion for canine science, good communication, social media and fun.” So reads the 'About' page at Do You Believe in Dog?. After a brief hello at the 3rd Canine Science Forum in Barcelona, we decided to embark on an adventure as digital pen pals, taking turns blogging on topics related to our own research, that of other research groups and general dog science themes.&n........ Read more »
Cobb Mia, Branson Nick, & McGreevy Paul. (2013) Advancing the welfare of Australia’s iconic working dogs. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 8(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2013.04.054
Hecht J., & Horowitz A. (2013) Physical prompts to anthropomorphism of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris). Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 8(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2013.04.013
Racca A., Range F., Virányi Z., & Huber L. (2013) Discrimination of familiar human faces in domestic dogs. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 8(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2013.04.071
Dreschel N.A., & Entendencia K. (2013) Stress during certification testing in prison drug detection dogs and their handlers. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 8(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2013.04.005
Howell Tiffani J., Toukhsati Samia, Conduit Russell, & Bennett Pauleen. (2013) Do dogs use a mirror to find hidden food?. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 8(6), 425-430. DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2013.07.002
- March 12, 2014
- 04:12 PM
- 103 views
Audience analysis chart
by Olga Vovk in Milchstraße
A helpful way of gathering information about your readers is to conduct an audience analysis using a chart where on the x axis you list all possible and potential audiences you consider and on the y axis list audience analysis questions. ... Read more »
Carrie Ann Koplinka-Loehr. (1984) The Use of Educational Theory in Science Writing: Audience Analysis and Accommodation. Cornell University. info:/
Kibiwott Peter Kurgat. (2011) Needs Analysis in Writing: a study into academic writing needs of undergraduate students. Lambert Acdemic Publishing. DOI: ISBN: 978-3-8443-8735-3
Butcher, G. (2005) Using audience analysis in the development of web sites. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. info:other/#ED53B-01
- March 7, 2014
- 02:15 AM
- 141 views
How intensive care is linked to cognitive defecits
by Rebekah Morrow in United Academics
Patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) often develop cognitive deficits. The symptoms are very similar to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. New research focuses on this link. ... Read more »
Pandharipande PP1, Girard TD, Jackson JC, Morandi A, Thompson JL, Pun BT, Brummel NE, Hughes CG, Vasilevskis EE, Shintani AK, Moons KG, Geevarghese SK, Canonico A, Hopkins RO, Bernard GR, Dittus RS, Ely EW; BRAIN-ICU Study Investigators. (2014) Long-Term Cognitive Impairment after Critical Illness. New England Journal of Medicine, 370(2), 184-186. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1313886
Bohannon, R., Maljanian, R., & Ferullo, J. (2013) Mortality and readmission of the elderly one year after hospitalization for pneumonia. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 16(1), 22-25. DOI: 10.1007/BF03324527
- March 6, 2014
- 09:07 AM
- 151 views
What’s My Sex Again? Self-image And Gender Affected By Media
by Eva de Lozanne in United Academics
Study shows that sex-priming substantially influences gender-based self-perception... Read more »
Hundhammer, T., & Mussweiler, T. (2012) How sex puts you in gendered shoes: Sexuality-priming leads to gender-based self-perception and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(1), 176-193. DOI: 10.1037/a0028121
- March 3, 2014
- 10:10 AM
- 131 views
Why People Pay Fortunes For Celebrity Memorabilia
by Agnese Mariotti in United Academics
Objects that belonged to famous personalities are very wanted. People pay incredibly high prices to obtain them. Researchers found that the price of an object was influenced by the estimated amount of physical contact that the celebrity had with it. Two theories may explain this finding. ... Read more »
Newman, G., & Bloom, P. (2014) Physical contact influences how much people pay at celebrity auctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313637111
- March 2, 2014
- 12:13 AM
- 200 views
Tree types of audience
by Olga Vovk in Milchstraße
Interestingly enough, as soon as one starts answering audience analysis questions, one realizes that there is more than one potential audience. Sometimes one can count 3 to 6 (and even more) different groups of people who made up for different audiences. Yes they all will read your communication.... Read more »
Carrie Ann Koplinka-Loehr. (1984) The Use of Educational Theory in Science Writing: Audience Analysis and Accommodation. Cornell University. info:/
Kibiwott Peter Kurgat. (2011) Needs Analysis in Writing: a study into academic writing needs of undergraduate students. Lambert Acdemic Publishing. DOI: ISBN: 978-3-8443-8735-3
Butcher, G. (2005) Using audience analysis in the development of web sites. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. info:other/#ED53B-01
- March 1, 2014
- 07:42 AM
- 131 views
Suicide in organisms can benefit kin
by Flora Brils in United Academics
Researchers found that in single-celled algae, suicide is altruistic and helps the organism’s relatives. An interview with the researcher about his findings and the implications for human suicide.... Read more »
Durand, P., Choudhury, R., Rashidi, A., & Michod, R. (2014) Programmed death in a unicellular organism has species-specific fitness effects. Biology Letters, 10(2), 20131088-20131088. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.1088
- February 28, 2014
- 05:10 AM
- 162 views
Sing me a song: the link between bird song and classical music
by Nura Rutten in United Academics
Researchers define the attractiveness of bird song to humans... Read more »
Blackburn, T., Su, S., & Cassey, P. (2014) A Potential Metric of the Attractiveness of Bird Song to Humans. Ethology. DOI: 10.1111/eth.12211
Watanabe, S., & Sato, K. (1999) Discriminative stimulus properties of music in Java sparrows. Behavioural Processes, 47(1), 53-57. DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00049-2
Hsu, K., & Hsu, A. (1990) Fractal geometry of music. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 87(3), 938-941. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.3.938
- February 24, 2014
- 03:06 PM
- 150 views
Audience analysis – 1
by olga Vovk in Milchstraße
The audience analysis is an important task, which should be done at the very beginning of the writing process, but which is often overlooked in both scientific, technical, and technology writing.... Read more »
Carrie Ann Koplinka-Loehr. (1984) The Use of Educational Theory in Science Writing: Audience Analysis and Accommodation. Cornell University. info:/
Kibiwott Peter Kurgat. (2011) Needs Analysis in Writing: a study into academic writing needs of undergraduate students. Lambert Acdemic Publishing. DOI: ISBN: 978-3-8443-8735-3
- February 21, 2014
- 08:21 AM
- 172 views
Virtual Customer Service Agents: Any Help?
by Nura Rutten in United Academics
Perhaps you are able to recall this, but there was a time that if you had a question or a complaint, you could go to a building, with a desk, and there was an actual person to talk to and get annoyed with. Nowadays, you type hours of your life away writing emails or filling in contact forms, while being on hold at the customer service for days in a row. However, not long ago, the virtual customer service agent (VCSA) appeared. ... Read more »
Tibert Verhagen, Jaap van Nes, Frans Feldberg, & Willemijn van Dolen. (2014) Virtual Customer Service Agents: Using Social Presence and Personalization to Shape Online Service Encounters. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12066
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