scholarly journals Likeness, Familiarity, and the Ambient Portrait Average

Perception ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 567-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Hayes ◽  
Peter Caputi ◽  
T. S. Zaracostas ◽  
Maggie Henderson ◽  
Julie Telenta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geometric Morphometrics ◽  
General Public ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Visual Artists ◽  
Head Pose ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Shape Accuracy ◽  
National Science ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This artist-led research project involved 10 visual artists producing 10 ambient portraits and a portrait average of a locally familiar Sitter, and 10 ambient portraits and a portrait average of a less locally familiar Sitter. All were then assessed for likeness by more than 150 members of the general public attending an exhibition during Australia’s 2018 National Science Week. The results of this study are that portrait averages can be highly shape accurate and tend to be seen as a good likeness by all viewers. However, the portrait average is not necessarily the best likeness. Extending and validating our previous findings regarding the relationship of likeness, familiarity, and shape accuracy (as measured using geometric morphometrics) in portraiture, unfamiliar viewers favouring shape accurate depictions of a Sitter attained statistical significance. Familiar viewers, however, although also tending to view shape accurate depictions a good to very good likeness, were shown to have a stronger preference for portraits that exaggerate a Sitter’s facial distinctiveness, including an exaggeration of their head pose, providing such exaggerations are in approximate proportional agreement.

scholarly journals Correlation between L-Lactate Concentrations in Beef Cattle, Obtained Using a Hand-Held Lactate Analyzer and a Lactate Assay Colorimetric Kit

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 926
Author(s):  
Daniela M. Meléndez ◽  
Sonia Marti ◽  
Luigi Faucitano ◽  
Derek B. Haley ◽  
Timothy D. Schwinghamer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
Red Angus ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Lactate is a product of anaerobic glycolysis, used in animal research as an indicator of muscle fatigue. Therefore, it has been used as an indicator of cattle response to long distance transportation. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship of L-lactate concentrations measured using a Lactate Scout+ analyzer and a traditional lactate assay colorimetric kit. Blood samples were collected by venipuncture from 96 steers (Black or Red Angus × Hereford/Simmental and Black or Red Angus × Charolais; 247 ± 38.2 kg BW) prior to loading (LO1) and after 36 h of transport, and prior to reloading and after an additional 4 h of road transportation, and on d 1, 2, 3, 5, 14, and 28 after transport. The Lactate Scout+ analyzer strip was dipped in blood at the time of sampling, while blood samples were collected into sodium fluoride tubes for use in the colorimetric analysis. Pearson correlations were calculated to assess the strength of the relationship between the experimental methods for the quantification of L-lactate concentrations. The magnitude and direction of the correlation, and the level of statistical significance varied over the observed time points, ranging from r = −0.03 (p = 0.75; LO1) to r = 0.75 (p < 0.0001; d 3). The correlation for the pooled data was weak but statistically significant (r = 0.33, p < 0.0001). Based on the low magnitude of the correlation due to variability across sampling time points in this study, the Lactate Scout+ analyzer is not a suitable alternative to a lab-based assay (considered the gold standard) for measuring L-lactate in transported cattle.

scholarly journals PSVII-3 Correlations between L-lactate concentrations obtained using a handheld lactate analyser and a lactate assay colorimetric kit in beef cattle transported by road

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_4) ◽  
pp. 296-297
Author(s):  
Daniela M Meléndez ◽  
Sonia Marti ◽  
Luigi Faucitano ◽  
Derek B Haley ◽  
Timothy D Schwinghamer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Handheld Device ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Blood metabolites are used to assess a variety of animal conditions for veterinary diagnosis and research. Concentration of metabolites in blood can be measured using a commercially-available lab-based assay or in real-time using a handheld device developed to be more time- and cost-effective than the lab-based method. Lactate is a product of anaerobic glycolysis, used in animal research as an indicator of muscle fatigue. Therefore, it has been used as an indicator of cattle response to long distance transportation. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship of L-lactate concentrations measured using a Lactate Scout+ analyzer (Lactate Scout, EFK Diagnostics, Barleben, Germany) and a lactate assay colorimetric kit (Lactate Assay Kit, Cell Biolabs Inc., San Diego, CA). Blood samples were collected by venipuncture from 96 steers (245 ± 35.7 kg BW) prior to (L1) and after 36 h, and prior to and after an additional 4 h of road transportation, and on d 1, 2, 3, 5, 14, and 28 after transport. The Lactate Scout+ analyzer strip was dipped in blood at the time of sampling, while blood samples were collected into sodium fluoride tubes for use in colorimetric analysis. Pearson correlations were calculated to determine the relationship between the experimental methods for the quantification of L-lactate concentrations. The strengths and levels of statistical significance of the correlation varied over the observed time points, r = -0.03, P = 0.75 (L1) to r = 0.75, P = &lt; 0.0001 (d 3). The correlation for the pooled data was weak but statistically significant (r = 0.33, P &lt; 0.001). Based on the experimental results, the Lactate Scout+ analyzer is not a suitable alternative to a lab-based assay for measuring L-lactate in transported cattle, due to variability across sampling time points and weak correlation with the traditional enzymatic method.

Supervision of Research at Makerere University

2015 ◽  
pp. 263-280
Author(s):  
Peter Neema-Abooki ◽  
Irene Bisirikirwa
Keyword(s):  
College Of Education ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Makerere University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter envisions research as a formal and supportive process whose success depends upon the commitment of and the relationship of trust between both the supervisor and the supervisee. Hypothesising that supervision should ensure that the research project be completed within the specified time, it accordingly seeks to find out the relationship underlying supervision and completion of research projects among the postgraduate students in the College of Education and External Studies at Makerere University. A close-ended questionnaire and an interview schedule were used. The findings revealed that about 33% of the students completed their research beyond two years of the stipulated time. The chapter concluded that students that are better supervised tend to complete their research within the stipulated time. Recommendation was for the supervisors to exercise more availability and dedicated support to the supervisee; adding that the supervision-partnership should be respected by both the supervisor and the supervisee.

scholarly journals Relationship Of Pragmatic Abilities And Social Interaction With Intensity Of Using Gadgets In Kindergarten Children In Surakarta

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Roy Romey Mangunsong ◽  
Sudarman Sudarman
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Kindergarten Students ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interaction Variables ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The occurrence of serious problems in children's mental development, that children will become aggressive, lack of social interaction and deteriorating of communication skills, is affected by the introduction of gadgets too early and the intensity of uncontrolled use of gadgets by parents. Aim of this study is to determine the relationship between pragmatic ability and social interaction with the intensity of using gadgets in kindergarten children in Surakarta.  Methods: This research was conducted in the kindergarden TK ABA Thoyibah Surakarta, TK Sri Juwita Hanum Surakarta dan TK Negeri Pembina city of Surakarta in april until august 2020. Sample conduct using total sampling technique. Amount of sample is 115 students of kindergarden. The relationship of the variables studied, both pragmatic ability and social interaction with the intensity of using gadgets, is an Odds Ratio (OR), which is exponential from b, the statistical significance of the Odds Ratio is tested with mannova.  Results: The results of the analysis of the pragmatic ability variable showed that Exp B: 2,916, p: 0,420. The results of the social interaction variable analysis showed that Exp B: 2,977, p: 0.011.  Conclusion: Pragmatic ability and social intensity are jointly related to the intensity of using gadgest in kindergarten students in Surakarta, with the results of the analysis of the variable pragmatic ability Exp B: 2,916, p: 0,420 and the results of the analysis of social interaction variables Exp B: 2,977, p: 0.011.

scholarly journals Relationships of total COVID-19 cases and deaths with ten demographic, economic and social indicators

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitar Valev
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Statistical Relationships ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Economic And Social Indicators

AbstractThe statistical relationships of total COVID-19 Cases and Deaths per million populations in 45 countries, where 85.8% of the world’s population lives with 10 demographic, economic and social indicators were studied. Data for 28 May 2020 were used in the main calculations. The relationship of Deaths per million population and total Cases per million population is very close and reaches correlation coefficient R = 0.926. It is interesting that the close correlations were found of Cases and Deaths per 1 million with a purely economic index like GDP PPP per capita, where R = 0.687 and R = 0.660, respectively. Even more close correlations were found of Cases and Deaths per 1 million with a composite index HDI, where the correlation coefficients reach 0.724 and 0.680, respectively. The main reason for these paradoxical results is the underestimation of pandemic restrictions in the form of masks, social distance and disinfection in most of these countries. Other indicators (excluding Gini index and Population Density) also show statistically significant correlations with Cases and Deaths per 1 million with correlation coefficients from 0.432 to 0.634. The statistical significance of the found correlations determined using Student’s t-test was p <0.0001. Surprisingly, there was no statistically significant correlation between Cases and Deaths with Population Density. To check whether there is a change in the correlations with the development of the pandemic, a statistical analysis was made for four different dates – 9 April, 28 May, 7 August and 30 November 2020. It was found that the correlation coefficients of COVID-19 cases and Deaths with the rest indicators decrease during the pandemic.

Lifetime prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia

Twin Research ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J Lyons ◽  
Jonathan Huppert ◽  
Rosemary Toomey ◽  
Rebecca Harley ◽  
Jack Goldberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Twin Registry ◽  
Mood And Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Vietnam Era ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThere have been long questions about the relationship of schizophrenia to other mental disorders. Lifetime DSM-III-R diagnoses of mood and anxiety disorders in twins with clinically diagnosed schizophrenia (n = 24) and their non-affected co-twins (n = 24) were compared with twins from pairs without schizophrenia (n = 3327) using a sample from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry. Schizophrenic probands had significantly elevated rates of all included disorders (bipolar disorder, major depression, dysthymia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and PTSD) compared with controls (P < 0.01). The odd ratios comparing co-twins of schizophrenic probands with controls was greater than three for every disorder, but did not attain statistical significance. A similar pattern was observed when analyses were restricted to only monozygotic twins (n = 12). Consistent with other studies, schizophrenics appeared to have higher rates of a range of mental disorders. Our results suggest that schizophrenia per se represents a risk factor for other psychiatric disorders, but the absence of significantly elevated risk among non-schizophrenic co-twins suggested that family environmental and/or genetic factors that contribute to risk of schizophrenia do not increase the risk of mood and anxiety disorders to the same extent that the risk of these other disorders is increased by the presence of schizophrenia. Twin Research (2000) 3, 28–32.

Effects of Perceived Freedom on the Relationship of Locus of Control Beliefs to Typical Shifts in Expectancy

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 815-820
Author(s):  
Daniel Graybill
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Free Condition ◽  
Regression Procedure ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Control Construct

Rotter's hypothesis that internals show more typical shifts in expectancies (increase in expectancies following success or decrease in expectancies following failure) was tested after some refinements in his formulation of the locus of control construct were made. 100 subjects were administered Internal-External, Perceived Competence, and Origin-Pawn scales. Then, 50 subjects were given the choice to take an anagrams task (free condition), and 50 subjects were required to participate (forced condition). Using a multiple regression procedure, the findings were that internal subjects tended to show more typical changes in expectancy than external ones in the free condition, but the results did not achieve statistical significance. Contrary to Rotter's hypothesis, in the forced condition external subjects showed more typical shifts in expectancy than internal subjects. The findings, in general, did not support Rotter's theory concerning the relationship of individual differences in locus of control beliefs to typical shifts in expectancies.

Effects of laminated root rot (Phellinusweirii) on Douglas-fir foliar chemistry

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1440-1445 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Thomson ◽  
D.G. Goodenough ◽  
H.J. Barclay ◽  
Y.J. Lee ◽  
R.N. Sturrock
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Root Rot ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Foliar Chemistry ◽  
Chlorophyll A And B ◽  
Foliage Chemistry ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

To determine the effects of laminated root rot (Phellinusweirii) on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsugamenziesii (Mirb.) Franco) foliar chemistry, chlorophyll a and b, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, and foliage moisture were measured in new and old foliage from 20- to 80-year-old coastal Douglas-fir. Measurements were made in June and September of 1993 and June of 1994. Chlorophyll a and b, Ca, Fe, Mg, and Mn were higher in old foliage in both June and September, while moisture, N, and K were higher in the new foliage. The relationship of P to foliage age changed with time. Reductions in foliage moisture, chlorophyll a, and N were consistently associated with P. weirii infection in all plots, but the normal high variability in foliage chemistry made demonstration of statistical significance difficult. Within-tree variability in foliar chemistry was much higher in June than in September, especially in the new foliage.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Tpeak–Tend and QT intervals in Chagas’ Disease, Chronic Phase and Normal Electrocardiogram

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 230-235
Author(s):  
Abilio Augusto Fragata Filho ◽  
Claudia da Silva Fragata ◽  
Angela Maria Lourenço ◽  
Cristiane Castro Faccini ◽  
João Ítalo Dias França
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Qt Interval ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Chronic Phase ◽  
Qtc Interval ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Qt Intervals ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Chagas’ disease lacks elements to predict which carriers will evolve into cardiac form and which will remain in undetermined form. Objective: To evaluate the relationship between electrocardiographic evolution and Tpeak–Tend and QT intervals, both corrected for heart rate, in chagasic patients with normal initial electrocardiogram. Method: Chagasic patients admitted to the institution until 2002 were retrospectively evaluated, and the electrocardiogram was normal at the first consultation. The Tpeak–Tend and QT intervals were measured in milliseconds at the V2 and V5 derivations, with the mean values corrected for heart rate (Bazett). The relationship of these values with the electrocardiographic evolution of the individuals was analyzed, considering the gender, time of evolution and whether they received benznidazole or not. Results: The corrected Tpeak–Tend interval showed no statistical significance among those who maintained or not normal electrocardiogram. The corrected QT interval, the treatment with benznidazole and the time of evolution showed significance for the maintenance of normal electrocardiogram. In the multivariate evaluation, treatment with benznidazole, the QTc interval and the time of evolution were independent variables for the maintenance of normal electrocardiogram. Conclusion: The Tpeak–Tend interval showed no predictor of electrocardiographic evolution. The increased QT interval favored changes.

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