645 research outputs found
Les mates, des de ben aviat
No full textEn aquest article d'opinió, Àngel Alsina comenta la necessitat d'afavorir l'adquisició de coneixements matemàtics des d'edats ben primerenque
Achievement goals in team sports: Exploring competition between team-mates
No full textNumerous studies have associated increased ego involvement with lower levels of morality in sport (see Kavussanu, 2008). To date though, researchers have predominantly investigated ego involvement in terms of competence judgments made with reference to opponents. Further, when assessing immoral behaviours in sport researchers have also tended to focus on behaviours towards opponents. However, it is possible that athletes may also strive for ego-involved goals based on outperforming their team-mates. Such intrateam ego involvement may have important implications for antisocial behaviours toward team-mates that are known to exist in sport (see Kavussanu & Boardley, 2009). The primary purpose of the current study is to determine whether intrateam ego involvement is positively associated with antisocial behaviour towards team-mates in sport. A secondary purpose of this study is to investigate potential mediators and moderators of the hypothesised relationship between intrateam ego involvement and antisocial behaviour towards team-mates. Specifically, it is hypothesised that cohesion will moderate this relationship, in as much as the relationship will be stronger for athletes who perceive low levels of cohesion. Further, it is proposed that moral disengagement will mediate the anticipated positive relationship between intrateam ego involvement and antisocial behaviour towards team-mates. The target sample for the study is 250-350 male and female team-sport athletes from a variety of competitive levels. The relationships being investigated in this study will be tested using structural equation modelling. In sum, this study aims to extend achievement goal theory-based morality research by investigating intrateam ego-involved goals
Mates and lovers : a history of gay New Zealand
No full textThe article reviews the book "Mates and Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand," by Dr. Chris Brickell (2008: Godwit). Transcript of "Author Meets Critics" Session – SAANZ Conference, University of Otago, 2008
Design as a means of exploring the emotional component of scent
No full textThis paper demonstrates how industrial designers can generate engaging solutions by applying new technology to the area of scent-delivery through the use of practice-based research. It discusses works by Jason Morenikeji, Nick Rhodes and other designers contrasting these with developments in the scent and nano-technology industries. The paper also presents a series of designs by industrial designer Ben Hughes, namely ‘Fontenay aux Roses.’ It also includes a collection of wearable, smart interactive scent delivery devices designed for Jenny Tillotson’s e-Scent research project at CSM.
'Fontenay aux Roses 1' is a wearable bag-type device that houses a battery and pump unit to deliver three types of scent, controllable by the user. The prototype was made by award-winning bag designer Ann Chui.
Fontenay is a brooch -type device that attaches to a garment with a magnetic snap-fastening. Three different snap-on covers show how the device might be customised by the user, branded by the scent manufacturer, or added to by a third-party. In both its design and its co-engineering by Murray Tidmarsh and Ben Hughes, it is an exploration of the use of rapid-manufacturing technology for this type of object.
This work has evolved to incorporate devices for insect repellent under the title “E.Mos”, two of which Ben Hughes designed and created the prototype for
MATES: A tool for appraising the completeness with which a meta-analysis has been reported
No full text\ua9 2025 The Author(s).Meta-analysis is commonly a core component of systematic reviews and has become an important method to reconcile conflicting findings, increase statistical power, and chart new research directions. However, poor reporting practices make it challenging to evaluate the validity of meta-analyses. Despite the existence of reporting checklists, a specifically designed tool has yet to be developed to appraise the completeness with which a meta-analysis has been reported. To bridge this gap, we introduce the Meta-analysis Appraisal Tool for Environmental Sciences (MATES). To develop MATES, we adapted a Delphi process involving experts in meta-analysis methodologies, researchers with experience in guideline/appraisal tool development, and editors of relevant journals. The Delphi process had five steps, including three workshops (11–16 participants), a survey (193 participants), and a validation task (30 participants). This iterative development process resulted in a 14-item appraisal tool that reflects the environmental science and research syntheses community’s consensus on essential elements to appraise the completeness with which a meta-analysis has been reported. Validation across 50 meta-analyses demonstrated that the tool is repeatable (average agreement rate: 88.97 %) and time-efficient to implement (17.00 \ub1 12.23 min). We also outline guidance for interpreting MATES results, describe its potential applications, and reflect on the development process. The authors provide practical implementation guidance for each MATES item, illustrated with real examples in the supplementary material. We also report an extended development methodology to support reproducibility. Finally, we built created a ShinyApp that includes both a training module and an application tool to enhance the usability of MATES ( https://kylemorrisonisshiny99.shinyapps.io/MATES_shiny/ ). Overall, MATES provides authors, readers, stakeholders, and editors with a reliable and accessible tool for appraising the completeness with which a meta-analysis in environmental sciences has been reported
MW6-107 - Interview with Ben Kepas, Malaytown, Rabaul
No full textTape#2: Musical experiences and Journey of Ben Kepas (Continued) - Side A only (Side B blank) Ben Kepas was known as father of music of Rabaul and played all band instruments (steel guitar, ukelele, keyboards, drums but was a lead guitarist. He have been a member of various bands namely Tremors, Devil Strangers, Molaches Revival, Apple Sun, Beachcombers, Rasterman Vibrations and guest guitarists with other Rabaul bands in Pila Zack Mates, Outcast band, Unbelievers. Besides the various studio recordings with bands, he had his own album in 1983 with his own style of tropical islands sounds. Ben also worked with studios with Kuanua, Pacific Gold, Chin H Meen where he played the various instruments for bands recording their albums and worked as sound engineer with studio multi-tracking recording equipment. Ben was also involved with visiting musicians from Solomon Islands, Fiji and other parts of PNG. His music is mostly rock and roll, blues and reggae styles for covers and local Kuanua, Buka and Tok Pisin songs amongst others. At the time of the interview, he had decided to move on from performances and studio recording work have a break from the music scene and also a way to give other musicians an opportunity to pursue their own journey. He still prides himself as "papa blong musik"in Rabaul with his popularity as a PNG musician. (Steven Gagau, February 2020). Language as given
Correction: assortative mating in fallow deer reduces the strength of sexual selection.
No full textPMCID: PMC3182158
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.This article corrects this one:
PLoS One. 2011; 6(4): e18533. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018533[This corrects the article on p. e18533 in vol. 6.]
Mate value and self-esteem: Evidence from eight cultural groups
No full text© 2012 Goodwin et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are creditedThis paper explores self-perceived mate value (SPMV), and its association with self-esteem, in eight cultures. 1066 participants, from 8 cultural groups in 7 countries, rated themselves on 24 SPMVs and completed a measure of self-esteem.
Consistent with evolutionary theory, women were more likely to emphasise their caring and passionate romantic nature. In line with previous cross-cultural research, characteristics indicating passion and romance and social attractiveness were
stressed more by respondents from individualistic cultures, and those higher on self-expression (rather than survival) values; characteristics indicative of maturity and confidence were more likely to be mentioned by those from Traditional, rather than Secular, cultures. Contrary to gender role theory, societal equality had only limited interactions with sex and SPMV,
with honesty of greater significance for male self-esteem in societies with unequal gender roles. These results point to the
importance of cultural and environmental factors in influencing self-perceived mate qualities, and are discussed in relation
to broader debates about the impact of gender role equality on sex differences in personality and mating strategies
Valuing New Jersey's Natural Capital: An Assessment of the Economic Value of the State's Natural Resources Part, I: Overview
No full textPart I serves as an overall summary of the Parts II and III, which are the final report for University of Vermont's (UVM) ecosystem services study and Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) ecosystem goods study. Part I serves to provide essential background information, summarize the combined detailed findings of Parts II and III and their limitations, and explore the policy implications of the project's findings.The research described in this report was funded in part through the generosity of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, NJ, and the William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. The author and his colleagues at NJDEP and the University of Vermont would like to express their appreciation for the support of these two outstanding philanthropic organizations. Additionally, thanks are extended to Robert Perry and Bradley Campbell for their leadership in initiating this project.Purpose: To provides a summary of parts two and three of the report
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