On the Relationship Between the Marine Cold Air Outbreak M Parameter and Low‐Level Cloud Heights in the Midlatitudes

Thyroxine (T4) is required in species possessing brown adipose tissue (BAT) for the maintenance of cold tolerance and adaptation. In humans, who possess negligible quantities of BAT, the importance of T4 has not been demonstrated. We studied the effects of decreased serum T4 and thyrotropin (TSH) on human cold habituation after repeated cold air exposures. Eight men (T3+) received a single daily dose of triiodothyronine (T3; 30 micrograms/day), and another eight men (T3-) received a placebo. All 16 normal thyroid men underwent a standardized cold air test (SCAT) under basal conditions in January and again in March after eighty 30-min 4.4 degrees C air exposures (10/wk). Measurements of basal metabolic rate (BMR), O2 consumption (VO2), mean arterial pressure (MAP), plasma norepinephrine (NE), serum TSH, free and total T4, and free and total T3 were repeated before and after 8 wk of exposure. TSH, free T4, and total T4 were 50% lower for T3+ than for T3- subjects. Total and free T3 were not different between groups. BMR was unchanged after habituation, whereas the cold-stimulated VO2, MAP, and NE were significantly reduced for all subjects in March. The relationship between VO2 and NE (r2 = 0.44, P less than 0.001) during the initial SCAT was unchanged with habituation. We suggest that human cold habituation is independent of major changes in circulating T4 and TSH.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN STUDENTS

Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. A Series of Psychology ◽

10.26565/2225-7756-2020-68-01 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Common Ground ◽

Education Institution ◽

Leadership Traits ◽

Leadership Qualities ◽

Organizational Skills ◽

Low Level ◽

Technical Students ◽

High Level ◽

The Relationship

In this article, the main approaches concerning the problem of leadership traits formation as studied in both national and foreign literature are viewed. There are given results of research on leadership traits in students at technical specialties and humanities in the course of their training at a higher education institution in their connection with emotive intellect. The peculiarities of leadership traits in the tested groups with different level of emotive intellect, as well as a connection between leadership traits and emotive intellect are determined. The highest indicators according to the results of the research are demonstrated by a group of students of technical specialties with a high level of emotional intelligence, which indicates the ability to manage their emotions and behavior, the ability to solve problems. They demonstrate a high level of organizational skills, ability to work with a group. Their actions are aimed at achieving goals. The lowest rates according to the results of the study were found in a group of students of humanities with a low level of emotional intelligence. In difficult situations, it is difficult for them to find a way out. They do not know how to control the work of their comrades, to find common ground with people. The relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership skills in students of technical and humanities has been studied. A group of technical students with a high level of emotional intelligence found positive correlations between emotional intelligence and all scales of leadership qualities. There are no correlations between emotional intelligence and leadership qualities in the group of humanities students with a low level of emotional intelligence. In other groups of students, certain correlations have been established between emotional intelligence and leadership qualities.

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The Interdecadal Variations and Causes of the Relationship Between Autumn Precipitation Anomalies in Eastern China and SSTA Over the Southeastern Tropical Indian Ocean

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1150525/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Liwei Huo ◽

Zhaoyong Guan ◽

Dachao Jin ◽

Xi Liu ◽

Xudong Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Eastern China ◽

Tropical Indian Ocean ◽

The Other ◽

Drought Event ◽

Low Level ◽

Rainfall Anomalies ◽

Precipitation Anomalies ◽

The Relationship ◽

Southeastern Tropical Indian Ocean

Abstract Eastern China has a large population with rapid development of the economy, where is the important crop producing region. In this region, the spatial and temporal distribution of autumn rainfall in Eastern China is uneven, which has important societal impact. Using the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis and other observational datasets, it is found that the spatial distribution of the first EOF mode of autumn rainfall anomalies in eastern China is consistent across the region, with significant interannual variabilities. Pronounced interdecadal variations are presented in the relationship between autumn rainfall anomalies in eastern China and sea-surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) over the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean (SETIO). The interdecadal changes have been analyzed by considering two epochs: one during 1979-2004 and the other during 2005-2019. It shows weak and insignificant correlations between the autumn rainfall anomalies in eastern China and SSTA over SETIO during the first epoch. On the other hand, they are remarkable and positively correlated with each other during the second epoch. The inter-decadal changes of the above relationship are related to the warming of SST over SETIO during the second epoch. It causes stronger low-level convergence and ascending motion over SETIO, with the co-occurrence of enhanced western Pacific subtropical high and anomalous abundant moisture over eastern China carried by a low-level southerly anomaly originating from the South China Sea. Simultaneously, the local Hadley circulation over eastern China becomes weak, corresponding to the anomalous ascending motion. The collaboration of anomalous water vapour transport and ascending motion strengthens the connection between the SETIO SSTA and the autumn precipitation anomalies in eastern China, and vice versa. In the boreal autumn of 2019, entire eastern China suffered extreme drought. It suggests that this drought event in eastern China is strongly affected by the negative SSTA over SETIO, which is consistent with the statistical results.

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Adherence to Ethical Standards of Scientific Research and its Relation to Creativity in Educational Researches in the light of Some Demographic Variables: Exploratory Study

المجلة العربية للعلوم ونشر الأبحاث مجلة العلوم التربوية والنفسية ◽

10.26389/ajsrp.b311218 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Bushra Ismail Ahmed Arnaout

Keyword(s):

Exploratory Study ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Ethical Standards ◽

Strong Positive Correlation ◽

Low Level ◽

Simple Regression Analysis ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

The Relationship ◽

Scientific Degree ◽

Simple Regression

This study aimed to determine the level of adherence to the research ethical standards and research creativity in psychological and educational studies, and to identify the nature of the relationship between adherence to ethical standards and research creativity, as well as to identify the differences in both adherence to the research ethical standards and research creativity due to (gender, scientific degree, number of publications) variables. The researcher selected a random sample of (142) of the researchers in psychological and educational disciplines. There ages ranged between (26- 57) years. The researcher applied the scale of adherence to the research ethical standards and scale of research creativity, all of these tools prepared by the researcher. The results showed that there was a low level of adherence to the research ethical standards as well as low level of research creativity. Also there was a statistical significant strong positive correlation between adherence to research ethical standards and research creativity (R = 0.945), and also found statistically significant differences (0.01) among the average scores in adherence to the research adherence to ethical standards and research creativity due to gender (in favor of females), Scientific degree (in favor of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers), and the number of published researches (in favor of researchers who published more than 6 research and more who are publish more than Of 10 research). The results of the simple regression analysis also indicated that adherence to the research ethical standards is a statistical and powerful indicator of research creativity. The researcher explained the findings in light of the theoretical framework and previous studies, and developed a number of recommendations.

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TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE PREDICTORS OF VICTIM BEHAVIOR OF YOUNGER SCHOOL CHILDREN

Вестник Тверского государственного университета. Серия: Педагогика и психология ◽

10.26456/vtpsyped/2021.3.176 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 176-184

Author(s):

Ольга Федоровна Афанасьева

Keyword(s):

School Children ◽

Deviant Behavior ◽

The State ◽

Low Level ◽

Primary Schoolchildren ◽

Readiness To Learn ◽

Complex Preparation ◽

The Relationship

Рассматриваются аспекты виктимного поведения младших школьников, связанные с готовностью ребенка к обучению в школе, процессом его адаптации и проявлениями состояния тревожности. Обозначены психологические основания комплексной подготовки к школе и последствия низкого уровня готовности. Описываются результаты исследования, направленного на определение взаимосвязи недостаточной готовности к школе и уровня тревожности, которые могут стать причиной проявления отклоняющегося поведения, в частности виктимности. The aspects of victim behavior of primary schoolchildren are considered, which are connected with the child's readiness to learn at school, the process of his adaptation and manifestations of the state of anxiety. The psychological foundations of complex preparation for school and the consequences of a low level of readiness are outlined. The article describes the results of a study aimed at determining the relationship between insufficient readiness for school and the level of anxiety, which can cause the manifestation of deviant behavior, in particular, victimization.

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A case study of snowstorm gusts and blowing/drifting snow

Annals of Glaciology ◽

10.3189/s026030550001140x ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 142-148 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Masayuki Maki ◽

Sento Nakai ◽

Tsuruhei Yagi ◽

Hideomi Nakamura

Keyword(s):

Doppler Radar ◽

Gravity Current ◽

Ground Surface ◽

Leading Edge ◽

Radiosonde Data ◽

The Sea Of Japan ◽

Cold Air ◽

Drifting Snow ◽

Cold Air Outbreak ◽

Strong Winds

The mechanisms of strong winds associated with snow clouds, and the relationship between strong winds and blowing/drifting snow, were investigated. A snowstorm occurred with a typical L-mode snow band which was generated and organized longitudinally during a continental cold-air outbreak over the Sea of Japan. Doppler radar observations revealed that the snow band consisted of small echo cells arranged along the direction of the snow band. When one of the echo cells passed, blowing/drifting snow was generated and intensified by a snow cloud-induced gust, and the horizontal visibility near the ground surface was significantly decreased. Doppler radar and radiosonde data showed that the gust was due to the cold air outflow (CAO) from the snow clouds. The leading edge of the CAO was about 9 km ahead of the center of the snow cloud and the depth of the CAO was about 600 m near the forward flank of the snow cloud. The CAO was caused by a downdraft at the center of the snow cloud, which was initiated at a height of about 1.3 km and with a velocity in excess of 1 ms−1. The observed CAO speed was explained by the theory of the gravity current.

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Getting the Spirit of Office Technologies! Does the Internal Organization Environment Support or Constrain?

Human Factors in Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-931777-10-0.ch015 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 194-210

Author(s):

Huub J.M. Ruel

Keyword(s):

Technology Implementation ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Organizational Environment ◽

Adaptive Structuration Theory ◽

Low Level ◽

Adaptive Structuration ◽

Work Autonomy ◽

High Level ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between Advanced Information Technologies (AIT) and organization is complex. Several theories and approaches try to get grip on this complex relationship. Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST) (DeSanctis and Poole, 1994) is one of them. It introduces the concept of spirit of AIT as an important determinant of AIT appropriation. AIT with a clear, coherent spirit will lead to a high level of AIT appropriation. But what about the role of the internal organizational environment? Does this constrain or support the role of the AIT’s spirit regarding AIT appropriation? This paper presents a study that aims to find an answer to this question. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested in four offices where employees used office technologies. Results confirm that a clear spirit is positively related to the level of appropriation as distinguished by DeSanctis and Poole (1994) and Poole and DeSanctis (1990). The results also make clear that this relationship is more positive among users who experienced a low level of change in the internal organizational environment along with the office technology implementation than among users who experienced a high level of change. Furthermore, the relationship is more positive among users with a low level of work autonomy than among users with a high level of work autonomy. This is not fully in line with our expectations. However, we think an explanation is available. We suppose that the answer lies in the office technology development process. All office technologies in this study’s offices were probably developed without anticipating the changes that office technology implementations might bring about in the internal organizational environment and with the aim to build systems that “reconfirm” the current “restrictive” work procedures. This study’s results once again indicate that office technology and other organizational components are interrelated.

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