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Essays on Economic Psychology. With 20 Figures
No full textThe chapters in this book have been written, reviewed and revised by psychologists
and economists united by their interest in the dialogue between the two disciplines.
The idea of contributing to this volume came up when the authors cooperated
during a period of three weeks in the teaching staff of a summer school of the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP). Each of the three workshops of the summer school running over 20 days and focusing
on economic policy, consumer behavior, and entrepreneurial behavior was
conducted by a professor of economics and a professor of psychology. Thus, there
was a clear necessity and ample opportunity for an interdisciplinary dialogue. Of
course, the chapters do not cover the whole field of economic psychology, but represent selected topics of the authors' research activities which are of a more general interest to psychologists, economists, or other social scientists who want to or have to deal with economic behavior in research, teaching, or consulting. An encouraging sign of the rapprochement of psychology and economics is provided by
the fact that there are a number of chapters in the book in which the reader can not
easily tell whether the author is (or was originally) an economist or a psychologist.
We hope that crossing the borders between psychology and economics in both directions is encouraged by the book and that it contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of people's reactions to events and structural changes in the economic environment and of people's production of the economic environment and its changes.
Finally, we want to thank Christian Miiller and Sandra Kopfberger for their assistance
in our editorial work. They proved to be very careful and skilled in putting the manuscripts into a unified format, compiling the subject and author indices and checking the lists of references.unknownunknow
Letter to the Editor: Teaching Medical Students to Help Patients Manage Their Weight: Outcomes of an Eight-School Randomized Controlled Trial
No full textInvestigating the impact of process parameters on aeration of MSW via a mechanistic biogeochemical reaction model
No full textThe aim of our study is to investigate previously mentioned aspects with scenario analyses via a mechanistic biogeochemical reaction network model that contains the emission controlling reactions. In order to find such a network, we apply the gray modeling toolbox developed by van Turnhout et al. (2015) on a measured dataset used in the study of Brandstätter et al. (2015). This dataset contains time series of cumulative production of CO2, partial pressure of CO2 and O2, pH, NH+4 , SO4?2 , Cl? and NO?3 measured during aeration of columns filled with MSW. The toolbox allows to find a reaction network that optimally describes this dataset based on a set of quantitative selection criteria. Consequently, the found reaction network and investigated scenario’s will be validated in lysimeter scale. In this conference proceeding, we present preliminary results about the biogeochemical reaction network that optimally describes the measured data.Geoscience & EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
The Helping Everyone Achieve Long Term Health Passport : exploring potential use of the HEALTH Passport in primary and secondary schools
Get PDFChronic disease is a significant burden on the global population. The Helping Everyone Achieve Long Term Health (HEALTH) Passport is a paper-based approach previously utilized to help adults modify clinical risk factors through lifestyle, which may be effective in improving the long-term health of school-age children. This study investigates the feasibility of in-school use by engaging trainee teachers in primary and secondary education. Two hundred and fifty six unique responses were collated to evaluate current teaching of the main health risk factors and HEALTH Passports specifically adapted for schools. Trainees attended workshops with pre- and post-questionnaires used to measure training efficacy and evaluate the Passports' suitability for in-school use. Narrative analysis of feedback was performed. Feedback received for both Passports was positive overall. Trainees highlighted the need for the Passports to be further age differentiated. Significantly increased confidence (P < 0.01) in knowledge of exercise, type 2 diabetes, weight and blood pressure was shown. Confidence in smoking, drugs and alcohol knowledge was reduced highlighting the requirement for further teacher training. The HEALTH Passport has potential as an intervention to improve health literacy in school-age children. Age adaptation is needed with references to weight measures removed. Emotional well-being should be focused on, and data management stringently assessed for child protection. [Abstract copyright: © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: [email protected].
A three-dimensional inverse finite-element method applied to experimental eddy-current imaging data.
Get PDFEddy-current techniques can be used to create electrical conductivity mapping of an object. The eddy-current imaging system in this paper is a magnetic induction tomography (MIT) system. MIT images the electrical conductivity of the target based on impedance measurements from pairs of excitation and detection coils. The inverse problem here is ill-posed and nonlinear. Current state-of-the-art image reconstruction methods in MIT are generally based on linear algorithms. In this paper, a regularized Gauss-Newton scheme has been implemented based on an edge finite-element forward solver and an efficient formula for the Jacobian matrix. Applications of Tikhonov and total variation regularization have been studied. Results are presented from experimental data collected from a newly developed MIT system. The paper also presents further progress in using an MIT system for molten metal flow visualization in continuous casting by applying the proposed algorithm in a real experiment in a continuous casting pilot plant of Corus RD&T, Teesside Technology Centre
Using CFD in engine design
Get PDFIn this thesis the author presents two areas of work; exploring the integration of Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD) into engine design for Jaguar Cars Ltd and developing a novel
'mesh construction' method for making mesh generation both easy and fast.
It is concluded that Jaguar can use CFD in the evaluation stage of the engine design process,
although not in the concept stage of design. The CFD predictions are shown to be useful for
detecting flow related faults and determining the general flow trends, but they should not be
used as an absolute measure of the flow variables. The author has determined an efficient
method for obtaining good quality meshes using commercial modelling and mesh generation
software which requires a skilled CFD analyst. Steady flow analysis of an engine port and
cylinder design could currently be completed in about six weeks using a high-powered workstation.
The author recommends dedicated workstations for CFD analysis and training Jaguar's
draughtsmen to create CAD models with computer analysis requirements in mind.
The author's mesh construction program automatically joins two overlapping meshes or cuts
one mesh from another. Whilst the program works well on the test cases considered, it is not
at a stage for commercial exploitation. Further development is therefore recommended
Rate of telomere shortening and cardiovascular damage: a longitudinal study in the 1946 British Birth Cohort.
Get PDFCross-sectional studies reported associations between short leucocyte telomere length (LTL) and measures of vascular and cardiac damage. However, the contribution of LTL dynamics to the age-related process of cardiovascular (CV) remodelling remains unknown. In this study, we explored whether the rate of LTL shortening can predict CV phenotypes over 10-year follow-up and the influence of established CV risk factors on this relationship
Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans
Get PDFWe tested for interactions between body mass index (BMI) and common genetic variants affecting serum urate levels, genome-wide, in up to 42569 participants. Both stratified genome-wide association (GWAS) analyses, in lean, overweight and obese individuals, and regression-type analyses in a non BMI-stratified overall sample were performed. The former did not uncover any novel locus with a major main effect, but supported modulation of effects for some known and potentially new urate loci. The latter highlighted a SNP at RBFOX3 reaching genome-wide significant level (effect size 0.014, 95% CI 0.008-0.02, Pinter= 2.6 x 10-8). Two top loci in interaction term analyses, RBFOX3 and ERO1LB-EDARADD, also displayed suggestive differences in main effect size between the lean and obese strata. All top ranking loci for urate effect differences between BMI categories were novel and most had small magnitude but opposite direction effects between strata. They include the locus RBMS1-TANK (men, Pdifflean-overweight= 4.7 x 10-8), a region that has been associated with several obesity related traits, and TSPYL5 (men, Pdifflean-overweight= 9.1 x 10-8), regulating adipocytes-produced estradiol. The top-ranking known urate loci was ABCG2, the strongest known gout risk locus, with an effect halved in obese compared to lean men (Pdifflean-obese= 2 x 10-4). Finally, pathway analysis suggested a role for N-glycan biosynthesis as a prominent urate-associated pathway in the lean stratum. These results illustrate a potentially powerful way to monitor changes occurring in obesogenic environment.</p
Abstracts of the 3rd Annual Graduate Entry Research in Medicine Conference
Get PDFThis book contains the abstracts of the papers presented at The 3rd Annual Graduate Entry Research in Medicine Conference (GERMCON 2020) Organized by Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick in collaboration with Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Wales, UK held on 12–18 October 2020. This was especially important for Graduate Entry Medical (GEM) students, who have less opportunity and time to engage in research due to their accelerated medical degree.
Conference Title: 3rd Annual Graduate Entry Research in Medicine ConferenceConference Acronym: GERMCON 2020Conference Date: 12–18 October 2020Conference Location: Online (Virtual Mode)Conference Organizer: Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UKCo-organizer: Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Wales, UK
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Helicase binding to DnaI exposes a cryptic DNA-binding site during helicase loading in Bacillus subtilis
Get PDFThe Bacillus subtilis DnaI, DnaB and DnaD proteins load the replicative ring helicase DnaC onto DNA during priming of DNA replication. Here we show that DnaI consists of a C-terminal domain (Cd) with ATPase and DNA-binding activities and an N-terminal domain (Nd) that interacts with the replicative ring helicase. A Zn2+-binding module mediates the interaction with the helicase and C67, C70 and H84 are involved in the coordination of the Zn2+. DnaI binds ATP and exhibits ATPase activity that is not stimulated by ssDNA, because the DNA-binding site on Cd is masked by Nd. The ATPase activity resides on the Cd domain and when detached from the Nd domain, it becomes sensitive to stimulation by ssDNA because its cryptic DNA-binding site is exposed. Therefore, Nd acts as a molecular 'switch' regulating access to the ssDNA binding site on Cd, in response to binding of the helicase. DnaI is sufficient to load the replicative helicase from a complex with six DnaI molecules, so there is no requirement for a dual helicase loader system
