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Effects of approach-avoidance training on explicit and implicit evaluations of neutral, angry, and smiling face stimuli
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125170.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)A growing body of evidence shows that the prolonged execution of approach movements towards stimuli and avoidance movements away from them affects their evaluation. However, there has been no systematic investigation of such training effects. Therefore, the present study compared approach-avoidance training effects on various valenced representations of one neutral (Experiment 1, N = 85), angry (Experiment 2, N = 87), or smiling facial expressions (Experiment 3, N = 89). The face stimuli were shown on a computer screen, and by means of a joystick, participants pulled half of the faces closer (positive approach movement), and pushed the other half away (negative avoidance movement). Only implicit evaluations of neutral-expression were affected by the training procedure. The boundary conditions of such approach-avoidance training effects are discussed
Inovatives Feuchte-Wäreme-Druck-Verfahren zur thermischen Modifizierung von Holz. Untersuchungen zu holztechnologischen und holzbiologischen Eigenschaften von hygro-thermisch behandelten einheimischen Holzarten
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Innovatives Feuchte-Wärem-Druck-Verfahren zur thermischen Modifizierung von Holz – Untersuchungen zu holztechnologischen und holzbiologischen Eigenschaften von hygro-thermisch behandelten einheimischen Holzarten. Abschlussbericht für die Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR
No full textInvesting with Confidence : Understanding Political Risk Management in the 21st Century
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understanding political risk management in the 21st
century", is based on papers at the 2008 symposium on
international political risk management, host by the
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and
Georgetown University on December 4, 2008. The symposium was
the sixth such event, and coincided with MIGA 20th
anniversary. Both of these milestones attest to the
importance of political risk insurance (PRI) and the extent
to which the PRI market has developed and grown during this
period. The last 20 years have seen tremendous growth in
both the number and value of projects that have been
insured, and a steady and healthy increase in the number of
PRI providers in the marketplace. MIGA, for one, has written
over $20 billion in guarantees since the agency was
established, and has worked with and received support from a
wide range of private, public, and multilateral insurers.
Events like the MIGA-Georgetown symposium demonstrate that
there is much to be learned through the sharing of
experiences and thinking together about the critical issues
that confront the industry as well as new products and
ideas. The chapters presented in this volume provide the
reader with important and current insights into the evolving
world of political risk insurance and foreign direct
investment. The financial crisis presents us incredible
challenges, and at the same time, incredible opportunities.
Through cooperation and innovation, the author can emerge
from the crisis in a stronger position. Making the most of
the lessons the author have learned from the past and
applying new tools puts us in a position to mitigate the
impact of the current crisis on those countries with the
least resilience and with the greatest need for continued
foreign direct investment, as well as to benefit from new
opportunities as the recovery begins and credit flows and
investment levels regain momentum
Radial increment and high frequency wood density analysis of Teak (Tectona grandis) from different ecological zones in Ghana
No full textFirst Assessment of Biomass within a Populus Short-Rotation Coppice Plot in Sinsheim-Hilsbach, Baden-Württemberg. Effects of Genetics and Spacing on Growth
No full textRobustness of alternative silvicultural strategies for a sample stand of Quercus robur in Serbia under climatic and economic uncertainty using process-based forest growth simulations
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