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Exploring the COMPIN-10 and SUCOMP-10 Scales: Measuring Inferiority and Superiority Complexes Across Nine Countries
No full textU ovome se radu predstavljaju ispitivanja kratkih ljestvica kompleksa inferiornosti (COMPIN-10) i kompleksa superiornosti (SUCOMP-10). Sudionici (N = 4010; 57 % žena) iz devet zemalja u dobi između 18 i 77 godina (M = 29.68, SD = 10.62) mrežnim su putem ispunili ljestvice na svojim materinskim jezicima. Ispitane su pouzdanost, dimenzionalnost i konvergentna valjanost ljestvica. Potvrđeni su zadovoljavajući koeficijenti pouzdanosti za obje ljestvice. Jednodimenzijsku strukturu ljestvice COMPIN-10 podržali su uzorci iz različitih zemalja, dok ljestvica SUCOMP-10 nije pokazala jednodimenzijsku strukturu. Osim toga, rezultati su ukazali na to da je ljestvica COMPIN10 postigla jedino invarijantnost opterećenja, dok se kod ljestvice SUCOMP-10 nije pokazala invarijantnost među zemljama. Rezultati na ljestvici inferiornosti bili su negativno povezani s mjerama samopoštovanja, ekstraverzijom, ugodnošću i savjesnošću, a rezultati na ljestvici superiornosti bili su pozitivno povezani s mjerama samopoštovanja, ekstraverzijom i savjesnošću, što potvrđuje konvergentnu valjanost obiju ljestvica u uzorcima svih zemalja. Rezultati ove višenacionalne studije pokazuju da je ljestvica COMPIN-10 robusniji istraživački instrument; međutim, preporučuju se daljnja revizija i usavršavanje obiju ljestvica.This study introduces the short Inferiority Complex (COMPIN-10) and Superiority Complex (SUCOMP-10) scales. Participants (N = 4,010; 57% women), aged between 18 and 77 years (M = 29.68, SD = 10.62), were recruited from nine countries and completed the scales online in their native languages. The reliability, dimensionality, and convergent validity of the scales were examined. Satisfactory reliability coefficients were confirmed for both scales. The unidimensional structure of the COMPIN-10 scale was supported across country samples, whereas the SUCOMP10 scale did not exhibit a unidimensional structure. Additionally, the results indicated that the COMPIN-10 scale only achieved loading invariance, while the SUCOMP-10 scale lacked invariance across countries. The inferiority scores correlated negatively with self-esteem measures, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and the superiority scores correlated positively with self-esteem measures, extraversion, and conscientiousness, confirming the convergent validity of both scalesin the respective country samples. The results of this multi-country study indicate that the COMPIN-10 scale is a more robust research instrument; however, further revision and refinement of both scales is recommended
Local extinction and colonisation in native and exotic fish in relation to changes in land use
Get PDFDistribution patterns of many native and exotic fish species are well documented, yet little is known about the temporal dynamics of native and exotic diversity in relation to changes in land use. We hypothesised that colonisation rates would be higher for exotic fish species and that extinction rates would be higher for native species in large stream systems. We also predicted that cold-water species would be more impacted than thermally tolerant species. To test these hypotheses, we used generalised linear mixed models to compare changes in native and exotic fish species richness over 10 years in a French drainage basin subjected to landscape alterations. Exotic fish were more susceptible to local extinction than the native ones. Extinction was greater among cold-tolerant species and at higher elevations. Colonisation by exotic species was higher at lower elevations. Although a decade of expanding urbanisation affected fish colonisation, agricultural lands experienced higher extinction rates. In the context of global changes in land use and population pressure, our study suggests that the temporal dynamics of fish diversity are driven by landscape alterations as well as by the thermal tolerance of species
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Sur les thiosulfocarbamates et les xanthates de cobalt et de nickel /
No full textThèse de doctorat: Pharmacie: Ecole supérieure de Pharmacie de l'Université de Paris: 1919
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
Get PDFFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
Get PDFIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
Transition to turbulence in a qblique shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction at M=15
No full textDirect numerical simulations are carried out for different forcing techniques to trigger transition during the interaction between an oblique shock-wave and a laminar boundary-layer at M = 1.5. Three forcing methods are used: a) forcing of oblique unstable modes, whose shape and behaviour are determined by the local linear stability theory, b) broadband free-stream acoustic disturbances, and c) a cold plasma flow control device. While the oblique-mode breakdown is dominant for low-amplitude forcing, long streaky structures drive the transition process in a high-amplitude disturbance environment. LES are also performed on the experimental setup by the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM) from Novosibirsk State University with cold plasma actuation. As well as the disturbance type, the effect of Reynolds number and forcing amplitude will be investigated
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