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Selected AbstractsThe Equation of State of Fluid HydrogenCONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS, Issue 3-4 2005D. Kremp Abstract A review is given about some selected aspects of the development of the equation of state of hydrogen. Recent results are presented for low temperature fluid hydrogen. Reaction Ensemble Monte Carlo data determined thus are combined with Path Integral Monte Carlo results to give an Hugoniot covering the entire pressure range. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] The listener's temperament and perceived tempo and loudness of musicEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, Issue 8 2009Joanna Kantor-MartynuskaArticle first published online: 8 JUL 200 Abstract The relationship between the listener's temperament and perceived magnitude of tempo and loudness of music was studied using the techniques of magnitude production, magnitude estimation scaling and cross-modal matching. Four piano pieces were presented at several levels of tempo and loudness. In Study 1, participants adjusted tempo and loudness of music to their subjective level of comfort. In Study 2, participants estimated these parameters on a numerical scale and matched the length of a line segment to the estimates of these musical features. The results showed significant correlations of selected aspects of perceived tempo with perseveration and endurance as well as of selected aspects of perceived loudness with endurance and emotional reactivity. Perceived tempo and loudness, as measured by magnitude production and cross-modal matching tasks, do not seem to systematically correlate with the six formal characteristics of behaviour distinguished in the most recent version of the Regulative Theory of Temperament (RTT). Additionally, there is some evidence that they are selectively associated with reactivity and activity, the dimensions of a previous version of the RTT. The study extends the methodology of research on music preferences and the stimulatory value of music. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] International Migration and Development in Asia: Exploring Knowledge FrameworksINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, Issue 3 2010Maruja M.B. Asis There is revived interest and debate on the relation between international migration and development, with Asia emerging as one important locus for such deliberations. A number of institutions, journals, people and organizations have emerged as key players in these discussions but so far there have been few attempts to investigate the information gathered from the perspective of "knowledge production". This paper's objective, therefore, is to outline some of the ways in which knowledge about migration and development is being produced in Asia. We focus on selected aspects of knowledge production to identify the lenses through which much of the work is currently generated and the research imagination resulting from existing approaches. [source] Democracy through Strong Publics in the European Union?JCMS: JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, Issue 3 2002Erik Oddvar Eriksen This article explores the democratizing role of strong publics, which are institutionalized bodies of deliberation and decision,making. Strong publics are important to modern democracy as they subject decision,making to justificatory debate. This article evaluates selected aspects of the institutional nexus of the EU in order to see if they qualify as strong publics. The focus is on comitology, the European Parliament and the Charter Convention. These bodies vary in their status as strong publics, but to various degrees they all inject the logic of impartial justification and reason,giving into the EU system. [source] Health Insurance Literacy of Older AdultsJOURNAL OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Issue 2 2009LAUREN McCORMACK We developed an instrument to measure dimensions of health insurance literacy reflecting familiarity with health insurance terminology and proficiency with the Medicare program. The instrument's items were based on a conceptual framework integrating the financial and health insurance literacy fields and were fielded in a national survey of older adults. We found that overall levels of health insurance literacy were low to moderate. The oldest adults, those with lower education and income, and those with poorer health had lower levels of health insurance literacy. The items demonstrated good psychometric properties and construct validity. They are a promising way to measure selected aspects of health insurance literacy. [source] Social support and end-of-life issues for small town Japanese elderlyNURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES, Issue 3 2000Akira Tagaya PhD Abstract Social support for Japanese elderly people living in small towns is the focus of this paper. Specifically, it explores the relationship between selected aspects of self-reported social support, religion, end-of-life issues, and death anxiety. A total of the 1956 men and women responded to a questionnaire including a scale of social support they received in their home. The major findings showed that an increased level of perceived social support is not a predictor of decreased death anxiety but correlated with image of death and coping style of death anxiety, for which those who reported greater support tend to use more human relationships and fewer religious beliefs. Early in the next century 25% of Japan's population will be 65 years of age or older. Elderly Japanese have benefited from the traditional values of family care giving which historically provided great social support. How do these elderly respond to questions about the end of their lives when their reported social support varies? [source] Ethnomethodological insights into insider,outsider relationships in nursing ethnographies of healthcare settingsNURSING INQUIRY, Issue 1 2004Davina AllenArticle first published online: 11 FEB 200 This article re-examines insider,outsider relationships in nursing ethnographies of healthcare settings as a case study in the wider sociological debate around reflexivity in field research. It focuses on the practices through which the fieldwork role is accomplished and the ,identity work' of nurse ethnographers. Insights derived from ethnomethodology are utilized in order to analyse selected aspects of real-life field experiences in order to enhance our understanding of this relatively neglected dimension of the research process. The article is offered as a contribution to an emerging body of scholarship that is directed at promoting a more rigorous and theoretically informed understanding of the conduct and reportage of ethnographic fieldwork. [source] Update: Effects of Antioxidant and Non-Antioxidant Vitamin Supplementation on Immune FunctionNUTRITION REVIEWS, Issue 5 2007Aimee L. Webb PhD The purpose of this manuscript is to review the impact of supplementation with vitamins E and C, carotenoids, and the B vitamins on parameters of innate and adaptive immune function as reported from clinical trials in humans. There is evidence to support causal effects of supplementation with vitamins E and C and the carotenoids singly and in combination on selected aspects of immunity, including the functional capacity of innate immune cells, lymphocyte proliferation, and the delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response. Controlled intervention trials of B vitamin-containing multivitamin supplements suggest beneficial effects on immune parameters and clinical outcomes in HIV-positive individuals [source] The development of decision-making capacities in children and adolescents: Psychological and neurological perspectives and their implications for juvenile defendantsBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & THE LAW, Issue 2 2009Praveen Kambam M.D. The development of decision-making capacities in children and adolescents has been a topic of interest for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Questions regarding the development of decision-making capacities (and moral reasoning) of youth frequently arise in juvenile justice settings, other forensic settings, and sometimes in treatment settings. This article attempts to review the latest and most relevant research on the development of decision-making capacities likely to be relevant in children and adolescents who are defendants. We distinguish cognition versus judgment in decision-making and briefly review adolescent decision-making in laboratory and real world conditions. We review a theoretical framework of two different systems, a cognitive-control system and socio-emotional system, and potentially correlated neurobiological and psychological findings. Implications for selected aspects of the juvenile adjudicative process are discussed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | ||||||||||||||||