Your highness: Vertical position and size as perceptual symbols of power

The effects of varying conditions of unilateral auditory stimulation on the visual perception of verticality were examined in two experiments using 18 and 42 subjects, respectively. Significant effects of auditory stimulation and hand used to make the verticality adjustments were not found. With only one exception in Exp. 2, the starting position of the rod also had no influence on the ability of the subjects to adjust a rod to its vertical position. The literature pertaining to sensory-tonic field theory of perception was critically reviewed.

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Parameter Determination and Ion Current Improvement of the Ion Current Sensor Used for Flame Monitoring

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21030697 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 697

Author(s):

Hanqing Xu ◽

Weijun Fan ◽

Jianwei Feng ◽

Peiliang Yan ◽

Shuchan Qi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Contact Area ◽

High Reliability ◽

Ion Current ◽

Parameter Determination ◽

Current Sensor ◽

Vertical Position ◽

Excitation Voltage ◽

Burner Exit ◽

And Performance ◽

Flame Monitoring

Flame monitoring of industrial combustors with high-reliability sensors is essential to operation security and performance. An ion current flame sensor with a simple structure has great potential to be widely used, but a weak ion current is the critical defect to its reliability. In this study, parameters of the ion current sensor used for monitoring flames on a Bunsen burner are suggested, and a method of further improving the ion current is proposed. Effects of the parameters, including the excitation voltage, electrode area, and electrode radial and vertical positions on the ion current, were investigated. The ion current grew linearly with the excitation voltage. Given that the electrodes were in contact with the flame fronts, the ion current increased with the contact area of the cathode but independent of the contact area of the anode. The smaller electrode radial position resulted in a higher ion current. The ion current was insensitive to the anode vertical position but largely sensitive to the cathode vertical position. Based on the above ion current regularities, the sensor parameters were suggested as follows: The burner served as a cathode and the platinum wire acted as an anode. The excitation voltage, anode radial and vertical positions were 120 V, 0 mm, and 6 mm, respectively. The method of further improving the ion current by adding multiple sheet cathodes near the burner exit was proposed and verified. The results show that the ion current sensor with the suggested parameters could correctly identify the flame state, including the ignition, combustion, and extinction, and the proposed method could significantly improve the magnitude of the ion current.

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Vertical position can affect categorization of the rich and the poor in Chinese culture

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology ◽

10.1177/18344909211025705 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 183449092110257

Author(s):

Qiong Li ◽

Chen Deng ◽

Bin Zuo ◽

Xiaobin Zhang

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Chinese Culture ◽

Social Categorization ◽

High Income ◽

Vertical Position ◽

The Poor ◽

The Social ◽

The Rich

This study explored whether vertical position affects social categorization of the rich and the poor. Experiment 1 used high- and low-income occupations as stimuli, and found participants categorized high-income occupations faster when they were presented in the top vertical position compared to the bottom vertical position. In Experiment 2, participants responded using either the “up” or “down” key to categorize high- and low-income occupations, and responded faster to high-income occupations with the “up” key and low-income occupations with the “down” key. In Experiment 3, names identified as belonging to either rich or poor individuals were presented at the top or bottom of a screen, and the results were the same as in Experiments 1 and 2. These findings suggest that social categorization based on wealth involved perceptual simulations of vertical position, and that vertical position affects the social categorization of the rich and the poor.

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Behavior Characteristics of Single Batter Pile under Vertical Load

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11104432 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 4432

Author(s):

Jiseong Kim ◽

Seong-Kyu Yun ◽

Minsu Kang ◽

Gichun Kang

Keyword(s):

Bearing Capacity ◽

Relative Density ◽

Model Test ◽

Ground Surface ◽

Bending Moment ◽

Vertical Position ◽

Vertical Load ◽

Behavior Characteristics

The purpose of this study is to grasp the behavior characteristics of a single batter pile under vertical load by performing a model test. The changes in the resistance of the pile, the bending moment, etc. by the slope of the pile and the relative density of the ground were analyzed. According to the results of the test, when the relative density of the ground was medium and high, the bearing capacity kept increasing when the angle of the pile moved from a vertical position to 20°, and then decreased gradually after 20°. The bending moment of the pile increased as the relative density of the ground and the batter angle of the pile increased. The position of the maximum bending moment came closer to the ground surface as the batter angle of the pile further increased, and it occurred at a point of 5.2~6.7 times the diameter of the pile from the ground surface.

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An improved novel quantum image representation and its experimental test on IBM quantum experience

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-93471-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jie Su ◽

Xuchao Guo ◽

Chengqi Liu ◽

Shuhan Lu ◽

Lin Li

Keyword(s):

Image Processing ◽

Information Processing ◽

Quantum Information ◽

Quantum Information Processing ◽

Image Representation ◽

Reference Value ◽

Vertical Position ◽

Quantum Image ◽

Quantum Image Representation ◽

Ibm Quantum Experience

AbstractQuantum image representation (QIR) is a necessary part of quantum image processing (QIP) and plays an important role in quantum information processing. To address the problems that NCQI cannot handle images with inconsistent horizontal and vertical position sizes and multi-channel image processing, an improved color digital image quantum representation (INCQI) model based on NCQI is proposed in this paper. The INCQI model can process color images and facilitate multi-channel quantum image transformations and transparency information processing of images using auxiliary quantum bits. In addition, the quantum image control circuit was designed based on INCQI. And quantum image preparation experiments were conducted on IBM Quantum Experience (IBMQ) to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of INCQI quantum image preparation. The prepared image information was obtained by quantum measurement in the experiment, and the visualization of quantum information was successfully realized. The research in this paper has some reference value for the research related to QIP.

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Wavelength-Scanning Method for Identifying Vertical Position of Film Using Surface Plasmon Microscopes

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics ◽

10.1143/jjap.51.112401 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 112401 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Koyo Watanabe ◽

Koji Matsuura

Keyword(s):

Surface Plasmon ◽

Vertical Position ◽

Scanning Method ◽

Wavelength Scanning

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Assessment of Hygienic Practices in Beef Cattle Slaughterhouses and Retail Shops in Bishoftu, Ethiopia: Implications for Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18052729 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 2729

Author(s):

Fanta D. Gutema ◽

Getahun E. Agga ◽

Reta D. Abdi ◽

Alemnesh Jufare ◽

Luc Duchateau ◽

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Keyword(s):

Control Systems ◽

Hot Water ◽

Cold Chain ◽

Vertical Position ◽

Good Practices ◽

Face To Face ◽

The Public ◽

Plastic Bags ◽

Cleaning Equipment ◽

Trained Staff

Understanding the potential drivers of microbial meat contamination along the entire meat supply chain is needed to identify targets for interventions to reduce the number of meatborne bacterial outbreaks. We assessed the hygienic practices in cattle slaughterhouses (28 employees) and retail shops (127 employees) through face-to-face interviews and direct personal observations. At the slaughterhouses, stunning, de-hiding and evisceration in vertical position, carcass washing and separate storage of offal were the identified good practices. Lack of hot water baths, absence of a chilling room, infrequent hand washing, insufficiently trained staff and irregular medical check-up were practices that lead to unhygienic handling of carcasses. At the retail shops, cleaning equipment using soap and hot water (81%), storing unsold meat in refrigerators (92%), concrete floors and white painted walls and ceilings were good practices. Adjacently displaying offal and meat (39%), lack of a cold chain, wrapping meat with plastic bags and newspapers, using a plastic or wooden cutting board (57%), infrequent washing of equipment and floors, and inadequately trained employees were practices that could result in unhygienic handling of beef. Our study identified unhygienic practices both at the slaughterhouses and retail shops that can predispose the public to meatborne infections, which could be improved through training and implementation of quality control systems.

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