189 research outputs found
Correction: Face coverings: considering the implications for face perception and speech communication
No full textThe original article [1] contained errors in co-author, Gabrielle H. Saunders’ name and affiliation which have both since been amended.</p
The moderating effects of absorption in facilitating recall in the cognitive interview
No full textThe Cognitive Interview (hereafter, CI) was created with the weaknesses associated with a standard police interview in mind (Geiselman, Fisher, Hutton, Sullivan, Avetissian, & Prosk, 1984). Ineffective tactics such as interrupting a witness, asking leading questions, and asking closed-ended questions are absent from the CI. Instead, the CI builds on Tulving’s (1974) idea that there are several retrieval paths to memory for an event. The CI utilizes a number of mnemonics to help facilitate recall. These include, reinstatement of the context, reporting everything, recalling events in a different order, and changing perspectives. The CI employs techniques similar to interviews involving a hypnotic induction (e.g., reinstating the context), while at the same time avoiding some of the pitfalls involved in hypnosis. Examples of the problems inherent in hypnotically enhanced interviews include an increase in confabulations and error rates (Diamond, 1980) and an increased likelihood of viewing distorted memories as accurate (Orne, 1961; Sheehan & Tilden, 1983). In addition, the CI avoids some of the legal problems which surround the use of hypnosis (Geiselman, Fisher, MacKinnon, and Holland, 1985a). Past research has shown a link between a trait known as absorption (openness to experience) and hypnosis (Glisky, Tataryn, Tobias, Kihlstrom, & McConkey, 1991; Roche & McConkey, 1990). Given the similarities between hypnosis and the CI, it was expected there would be a similar correlation between performance on the CI and the moderator variable Absorption. A week following watching a short video, participants were administered either a Cognitive Interview or Structured Interview (control interview) to measure recall in a second recall interview. Contrary to past research, the CI and SI were not significantly different in the number of correct details they produced. Consistent with previous research, equal levels of accuracy were found in the CI and SI conditions. The SI elicited slightly more incorrect and confabulated details than the CI. Although the study failed to replicate the superiority of the CI, correlational findings indicated that absorption was correlated with correct details in Recall 2 in the CI condition. A relationship between correct details recalled and absorption was not found in the control condition.M.A.Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-63)by Amanda Gabrielle Dregn
Life cycle assessment of biosolids land application and evaluation of the factors impacting human toxicity through plants uptake
No full textDue to the increasing environmental concerns in the wastewater treatment sector, the environmental impacts of organic waste disposal procedures require careful evaluation. However, the impacts related to the return of organic matter to agricultural soils are difficult to assess. The aim of this study is to assess the environmental impacts of land application of two types of biosolids (dried and composted, respectively) from the same wastewater treatment plant in France, and to improve the quantification of human toxicity.
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was carried out on a case study based on validated data from an actual wastewater treatment plant. Numerous impacts were included in this analysis, but a particular emphasis was laid on human toxicity via plant ingestion. For six out of the height impact categories included in the analysis, the dried biosolids system was more harmful to the environment than the composting route, especially regarding the consumption of primary energy. Only human toxicity via water, soil and air compartments and ozone depletion impacts were higher with the composted biosolids
A Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Scans Identifies IL18RAP, PTPN2, TAGAP, and PUS10 As Shared Risk Loci for Crohn's Disease and Celiac Disease
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"These signs forerun the death or fall of kings": renegotiating masculinities and centrality in Shakespeare's second tetralogy through adaptation, direction and performance (PhD Thesis): [Appendix 1.3] Fall of Kings (2018) - 'Narrator's Theme' by Edward Terry, featuring Gabrielle Finnegan (vocalist)
No full textThis item contains appendices content relating to the PhD thesis, "These signs forerun the death or fall of kings": renegotiating masculinities and centrality in Shakespeare's second tetralogy through adaptation, direction and performance, by doctoral candidate CJ Turner-McMullan.Audio file of Narrator's Theme, composed by Edward Terry and featuring Gabrielle Finnegan (vocalist) as part of the pre-recorded sound design for Fall of Kings, performed at Burdall's Yard, Bath in March 2018.Reproduced with permission from Edward Terry (composer) and Gabrielle Finnegan (vocalist).All media is copyright restricted. No unauthorised use or distribution without consent of the author. Use of this repository acknowledges cooperation with its policies and relevant copyright law.</p
Automating radiation damage studies of materials irradiated by high-energy protons using multiphysics simulations
No full textThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2016.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (page 81).Understanding radiation and corrosion damage in nuclear materials has become increasingly important in reactor design considerations. However, running irradiation damage studies in nuclear reactors is expensive and time-consuming. Thus, accurate, quick simulations have become more attractive to researchers studying alternative materials in nuclear reactors. This thesis investigates the possibility of automating irradiation damage studies using ion stopping range simulations coupled with heat generation simulations to find the change in temperature across a sample. The range simulations generate 1D slabs with different thicknesses and bombards them with high-energy proton beams. The slabs are automatically sorted, a meshed geometry is created, and the recoil energy information is entered into a multiphysics Finite- Element solver. Ultimately, the optimal beam current for which the temperature gradient across a coolant-sample geometry is less than 5 K is predicted. This thesis examines the possibility of automating the entire simulation process so that many materials and slab thicknesses can be tested for resistance to temperature change (and thus implying specifics of radiation damage effects).by Gabrielle J. Ledoux.S.B
Papers found in a trunk: a descriptive assessment of the Braddon Family manuscript archive
No full textMary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) left a substantial number of unpublished manuscripts, letters, and notebooks at her death. These were inherited in the mid- 1990s by some of her descendents. They form what is known in this thesis as the Braddon Family Collection (BFC). The descriptive assessment of these manuscripts and papers is intended to shed light on the working methods of this prominent Victorian author. She also had a career as an actress in the 1850s, and as editor, critic, serial writer and hack journalist throughout the mid to late-nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century. These other facets of her life and work are borne out by the papers in the collection, and this assessment takes these aspects into consideration.
This thesis is formed in two parts. First, the evaluation of some of her published and unpublished writing, which seeks to represent her within the context of Victorian literary and theatrical culture. Then, the Appendices with critical and editorial notes and introductions to the text in each section, which offer a full transcript of the unpublished BFC material, including two of the late Notebooks and a transcript of a published article by Braddon that appeared in the #$%&( magazine in 1893.
Access to this collection has provided an opportunity for a valuable and timely appraisal of this important Victorian writer. This thesis attempts to offer an initial critical assessment and contextual study of the material in the BFC and an appraisal of Braddon’s work in the light of recent scholarship. The evidence in the collection accompanied by the critical evaluation of her work in this thesis will allow for a shift in focus away from how her career is typically defined, as a writer of sensation fiction. Grateful acknowledgement goes to the descendents of the Braddon and Maxwell families, without whose generosity this work would not have been possible
Hesperis pulmonarioides Boiss.
No full textHesperis pulmonarioides Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 17: 68. 1842. Type: “[Aucher-Eloy] N. 129, Alep et Nardin”. Lectotypus (designated by DVOŘÁK, 1966b: 183): SYRIA: “ Alep ”, s.d., Aucher-Eloy 129 (G-BOIS [G00332224]; isolecto-: BM [BM000522194], K [K000693667], P [P00234984, P02272578, P02272579]). Notes. – Description of the species was emended by DVOŘÁK (1966b), and his lectotypification of the species is justified because Boissier annotated P 02272578 and thus based his species description on that sheet and the unicate in his herbarium. Dvořák annotated P 00234984 as the lectotype but did not cite that in his publications. FOURNIER (1866) and CULLEN (1965) recognized H. pulmonarioides and confirmed its occurrence in Turkey, though the latter author indicated that the species also grows in the Syrian desert.Published as part of AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier's Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, pp. 1-193 in Boissiera 72 on page 72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.763043
A global dataset for crop production under conventional tillage and conservation agriculture
No full textAuthor: Yang Su 1, Benoit Gabrielle 1, David Makowski 2,3 Affiliations: 1. UMR ECOSYS, INRAE AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France 2. UMR Agronomie, INRAE AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France3. CIRED, Centre international de recherche sur l’environnement et le développement, 45bis Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, 94130 Nogent-sur-Marne, FranceThis dataset includes the results extracted from 422 papers (published between 1983 to 2020), 4071 paired yield observations from CA and CT for 8 major crop species (369 observations for barley, 94 observations for cotton, 1580 observations for maize, 169 observation for rice, 145 observations for sorghum, 552 observations for soybean, 60 observations for sunflower, 1122 observations for wheat) in 51 countries from 1980 to 2017. For more information, please contact with author through: [email protected]</p
Tetanus vaccination is associated with differential DNA-methylation: Reduces the risk of asthma in adolescence
No full textBackgroundVaccinations have been suggested to be associated with increased risk of allergic diseases. Tetanus vaccination is one of the most frequently administered vaccines as a part of wound management and was also found to be associated with increased serum IgE levels. We hypothesized that the vaccination modifies the risk of allergic diseases through epigenetic changes such as DNA methylation.MethodData on tetanus vaccination between 10 and 18 years of age was collected from a birth cohort established on the Isle of Wight UK in 1989. DNA methylation data were collected from individuals at different ages (at birth [n = 30], age 10 [n = 34], age 18 [n = 245] and during pregnancy [n = 121]) using the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 K array. Firstly, we performed an epigenome-wide screening to identify cytosine-phosphate-guanine sites (CpGs) associated with tetanus vaccination in 18-year-olds. Secondly, we tested their association with asthma, allergic sensitization, eczema, serum IgE and pulmonary lung function (FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, and FEF25-75%). We then described changes in the methylation of the selected CpG sites over age, and by vaccination status.ResultsTetanus vaccination was found to be associated with decreased methylation of cg14472551 (p value 0.5 × 10?5, FDR-adjusted p value 2.1 × 10?4) and increased methylation of cg01669161 (p value 0.0007, FDR-adjusted p value 0.014). Both CpGs, in turn, were associated with decreased risk of asthma at 18 years of age. Cg14472551 is located in an intron of KIAA1549L, whose protein binds to a B-cell commitment transcription factor; cg01669161 is located between an antisense regulator of the proteasome assembly chaperone PSMG3, and TFAMP1, a pseudogene. Increased methylation of cg01669161 was also associated with decreased serum IgE levels.ConclusionDNA methylation changes following tetanus vaccination may offer a novel prospect to explain a differential occurrence of asthma in adolescence
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