827 research outputs found
Genetic and environmental risk factors for sexual distress and its association with female sexual dysfunction
No full textA. Burri, Q. Rahman and T. Spector (2011). Genetic and environmental risk factors for sexual distress and its association with female sexual dysfunction. Psychological Medicine, 41, pp 2435-2445. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003329171100049
Research Designs
No full textAuthor Paul E. Spector provides a clear introduction to the principles of experimental and non-experimental design, including single group design, pre-test, post-test designs, and factorial designs. Spector also covers hierarchical designs, multivariate designs, the Solomon four group design, panel designs, and designs with concomitant variables
E-Spector: Online Energy Inspection for Android Applications
No full textEnergy consumption is one of the most important aspects of mobile apps. During energy testing, it is important for developers to understand not only the energy consumption rate of an app, but also why energy is consumed. However, existing energy testing tools are more concerned about the accuracy of energy estimation, while typically not providing explanations on why and how exactly energy has been consumed. This paper presents E-Spector, an online energy inspection method for Android apps, which can not only visualize the energy consumption of an app in an instant online manner, but also can tell what happened behind each energy hotspot on the energy curve. E-Spector relies on static analysis and app instrumentation to collect the activities from an app execution in real-time. Then it presents the activities on an instant energy curve, such that the user can easily tell what happened behind each energy spike. Experimental result shows that the energy estimation error of E-Spector is less than 10% and its overhead on energy consumption is about 4%. We also show case studies to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of E-Spector in energy monitoring, analysis and bug inspection.National Key Research and Development Program [2016YFB1000105]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [61421091]CPCI-S(ISTP
Critique [of Asians, Jews, and the Legacy of Midas by Alan Spector]
Get PDFThe author of Asians, Jews, and the Legacy of Midas presents a provocative comparative analysis of Asians and Jews. Spector utilizes both a cultural and economic basis for understanding the function of Asian stereotyping and applies his analysis to the Jewish situation. While the American context provides the locus of his research, he does present his argument in an international context. Spector illustrates how the categorization of Asians and Jews as the model for economic success is dehumanizing as such a perception drain(s) the life out of human beings and concretizes them into non-human statues. The conclusion of this author\u27s work in dealing with oppression based in stereotype is actually a starting point which scholars should begin addressing. To be sure, the model minority, as applied to Asians and Jews, has generated numerous articles and papers, and yet scholars have failed to develop analyses which reflect an interdisciplinary and historical approach to the reasons for propagating such stereotypes
Au Prisme de Rousseau: usages politiques contemporains
No full textPlus qu’aucun grand philosophe peut-être, Rousseau a fait l’objet d’interprétations contradictoires et de jugements partisans. Après la Révolution française et les critiques libérales ou contre-révolutionnaires, faut-il considérer le XXe siècle comme le temps de la critique érudite, enfin délivrée des passions révolutionnaires et du fardeau de l’idéologie? Contre cette vision illusoire d’une transposition de la polémique politique à la controverse savante, Céline Spector met en lumière les usages philosophiques et idéologiques de l’œuvre de Rousseau depuis la guerre froide. Usages et non images : plutôt que d’étudier sa réception ou de proposer une historiographie de son commentaire, son ambition est de cartographier les usages de la conceptualité rousseauiste dans la philosophie politique contemporaine. Si le magistère d’opinion exercé par Rousseau pendant la Révolution française n’a plus lieu d’être, C. Spector démontre à quel point son autorité théorique régit toujours le débat philosophique, sa pensée offrant un horizon au sein duquel prennent sens les réflexions sur la démocratie, l’autonomie, la justice et la reconnaissance. Au-delà du renouveau du contractualisme, notamment dans l’univers anglophone, les développements des analyses marxistes, libérales, straussiennes, communautariennes, républicaines, habermassiennes ou féministes se traduisent par un ‘retour’ à Rousseau. Depuis une trentaine d’années surtout, le Citoyen de Genève est au cœur de polémiques majeures: dans une constellation post-marxiste où le libéralisme lui-même est sur la sellette, son œuvre recèle des trésors pour qui veut diagnostiquer les perversions et les maux des démocraties libérales. Introduction 1. Le prisme marxiste 2. Le prisme libéral antitotalitaire 3. Le prisme straussien 4. Le prisme rawlsien 5. Le prisme communautarien 6. Le prisme républicain 7. Le prisme de la théorie critique 8. Le prisme féministe Conclusion Bibliographie Inde
Job Satisfaction: Applications, Assessment, Causes and Consequences
No full textDistilling the vast literature on this frequently studied variable in organizational behaviour research, Paul E Spector provides the student and professional with a pithy overview of the application, assessment, causes and consequences of job satisfaction. In addition to discussing the nature of and techniques for assessing job satisfaction, the author summarizes the findings concerning how people feel towards work, including: cultural and gender differences in job satisfaction and personal and organizational causes; and potential consequences of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Students and researchers will particularly appreciate the extensive list of references and the Job Satisfaction Survey included in the Appendix
Spector, L. Covalent catalysis by enzymes
No full textLeonard B. Spector. Covalent catalysis by enzymes
As long as enzymes continue to catalyze, the analytical chemist will use them as components of a sensitive, highly selective, analytically useful reaction. For him, the details of the mechanistic aspects of enzyme catalysis are usually of secondary importance to the occurrence of the catalyzed reaction. Yet the advance of science, including analytical chemistry, ultimately depends on an understanding of all aspects of a subject, and this book provides an unconventional look at the mechanisms of enzyme catalysis. Its thesis is that enzymes, like many other catalysts, function by removing a molecular fragment from a substrate (reactant) to form a compound between that fragment and the enzyme. That fragment is subsequently transferred to a second reactant.
This contrasts with the popular view that the enzyme merely provides a favorable configuration and environment for direct transfer of the fragment between reactants. This “covalent” mechanism is supported by information concerning 465 enzymes, which contrast with a complete lack of information in favor of the “popular” interpretation. To the non-biochemist, at least, the arguments seem very persuasive and do not need the extra lessons in logic, which the author throws in for good measure. The book itself is well prepared and produced, with an abundance of formulas and references, and with a combined author and subject index.https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/ru-authors/1163/thumbnail.jp
Mechanisms of top-down facilitation in perception of visual objects studied by fMRI
Get PDFPrior knowledge regarding the possible identity of an object facilitates its recognition from a degraded visual input, though the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Previous work implicated ventral visual cortex but did not disambiguate whether activity-changes in these regions are causal to or merely reflect an effect of facilitated recognition. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study top-down influences on processing of gradually revealed objects, by preceding each object with a name that was congruent or incongruent with the object. Congruently primed objects were recognized earlier than incongruently primed, and this was paralleled by shifts in activation profiles for ventral visual, parietal, and prefrontal cortices. Prior to recognition, defined on a trial-by-trial basis, activity in ventral visual cortex rose gradually but equivalently for congruently and incongruently primed objects. In contrast, prerecognition activity was greater with congruent priming in lateral parietal, retrosplenial, and lateral prefrontal cortices, whereas functional coupling between parietal and ventral visual (and also left lateral prefrontal and parietal) cortices was enhanced in the same context. Thus, when controlling for recognition point and stimulus information, activity in ventral visual cortex mirrors recognition success, independent of condition. Facilitation by top-down cues involves lateral parietal cortex interacting with ventral visual areas, potentially explaining why parietal lesions can lead to deficits in recognizing degraded objects even in the context of top-down knowledge
Rousseau et Locke. Dialogues critiques
No full textInternational audienceTranscending an often outraged opposition between the two authors, this volume reassesses the legacy of Locke's thought in that of Rousseau, in all the areas of his philosophy (personal identity, epistemology, medicine, morality, pedagogy, economics, politics). Beyond an intellectual history, this collected volume highlights the fruitful critical dialogue that Rousseau maintains with Locke, while identifying the ways in which the Citizen of Geneva distorted his predecessor’s thought. While establishing the author of Emile’s debt to the ‘sage Locke’, the volume also discerns the relevance of Rousseau’s objections to Lockian philosophy. In what sense did Rousseau establish his own philosophy on ‘common principles’ to those of Locke? How does he subvert the Essay Concerning Human Understanding or the Thoughts Concerning Education? What are the blind spots in Locke’s philosophy that Rousseau highlights and, conversely, the limits of Rousseau’s criticism of Locke? These are the main aspects of this volume, which brings together scholars in philosophy and literature, on Rousseau and Locke.Surmontant une opposition souvent outrée entre les deux auteurs, ce volume intitulé Rousseau et Locke : dialogues critiques réévalue l’héritage de la pensée de Locke chez Rousseau, dans tous les domaines de sa philosophie (identité personnelle, épistémologie, médecine, morale, pédagogie, économie, politique). Il met en lumière le dialogue critique fécond que Rousseau entretient avec Locke. L’introduction, conçue et écrite en collaboration avec Céline Spector, réalise un état de la question, un état de l’art et une typologie des différentes appropriations par Rousseau de l’œuvre de Locke
Rousseau et Locke. Dialogues critiques
No full textInternational audienceTranscending an often outraged opposition between the two authors, this volume reassesses the legacy of Locke's thought in that of Rousseau, in all the areas of his philosophy (personal identity, epistemology, medicine, morality, pedagogy, economics, politics). Beyond an intellectual history, this collected volume highlights the fruitful critical dialogue that Rousseau maintains with Locke, while identifying the ways in which the Citizen of Geneva distorted his predecessor’s thought. While establishing the author of Emile’s debt to the ‘sage Locke’, the volume also discerns the relevance of Rousseau’s objections to Lockian philosophy. In what sense did Rousseau establish his own philosophy on ‘common principles’ to those of Locke? How does he subvert the Essay Concerning Human Understanding or the Thoughts Concerning Education? What are the blind spots in Locke’s philosophy that Rousseau highlights and, conversely, the limits of Rousseau’s criticism of Locke? These are the main aspects of this volume, which brings together scholars in philosophy and literature, on Rousseau and Locke.Surmontant une opposition souvent outrée entre les deux auteurs, ce volume intitulé Rousseau et Locke : dialogues critiques réévalue l’héritage de la pensée de Locke chez Rousseau, dans tous les domaines de sa philosophie (identité personnelle, épistémologie, médecine, morale, pédagogie, économie, politique). Il met en lumière le dialogue critique fécond que Rousseau entretient avec Locke. L’introduction, conçue et écrite en collaboration avec Céline Spector, réalise un état de la question, un état de l’art et une typologie des différentes appropriations par Rousseau de l’œuvre de Locke
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