Hues of Color Afterimages

We studied the relationship between color afterimages and complementary colors. The hues of afterimages of 24 inducer hues, uniformly distributed over the rgb color circle, were measured by an iterative method of adjustment. The judgment of equality of hue of the afterimage and a synthesized patch was effectively judged at the moment immediately after the switch-off of the inducer, when the synthesized patch went through any number of iterative adjustments. The two patches—both phenomenally present, but only one optically presented—appeared to the left and right of a fixation mark that was fixated throughout the whole procedure. Thus, both patches were present in eccentric vision. The hues of afterimages were found to be quite different from the hue of the complementary of the inducer. Almost one half of the color circle (orange to chartreuse) leads to afterimage hues in a narrow region of purples. This implies that color circles based on diametrically opposed inducer–afterimage hues are necessarily inconsistent. Yet, perhaps surprisingly, the relation between primary and afterimage hues is still approximately an involution (they are reciprocally related).

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The Relationship Between Hippocampal Volume and Activity Diversity

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2249 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 652-653

Author(s):

Emily Urban-Wojcik ◽

Soomi Lee ◽

Susan Charles ◽

David Almeida ◽

Richard Davidson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Brain Volume ◽

Daily Diary ◽

Brain Structures ◽

Total Activity ◽

The United States ◽

Hippocampal Volume ◽

Daily Activities ◽

Activity Time ◽

Left And Right ◽

The Relationship

Abstract The hippocampus, implicated in learning, memory, and spatial navigation, is one of the few brain structures that demonstrates neurogenesis across the lifespan. Hippocampal volume (HV), then, may be a marker of exposure to and engagement with novel events and environments, which may in turn be related to cognitive functioning. The present study examined the relationship between HV and activity diversity (AD), which characterizes the range and evenness of participation in daily activities. In 52 participants who completed the daily-diary and neuroscience projects of the Midlife in the United States Refresher study, greater levels of AD across an 8-day period were related to greater HV averaged across the left and right hemispheres when adjusting for overall brain volume, total activity time, time between projects, and relevant sociodemographic variables, b=1128mm3, t(43)=2.54, p=.015. These findings may point to a mechanism through which AD has been related to better cognitive and mental health outcomes.

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The Relationship between Foot Status and Motor Status in Preschool Children: A Simple, Comparative Observational Study

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9080936 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 936

Author(s):

Milan Kojić ◽

Branka Protić Gava ◽

Milan Bajin ◽

Marko Vasiljević ◽

Jasmina Bašić ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Observational Study ◽

Total Sample ◽

Nonparametric Tests ◽

Significance Level ◽

Flat Feet ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Left And Right ◽

The Relationship

Background: The research objective of the study is to determine the differences in the manifestation of the motor status of normally fed preschool test subjects, classified into groups according to foot status. Methods: This is a simple, comparative observational study. Preschool children included in this study have been subjected to anthropometric measurements in order to determine BMI, tests for motor skills assessment (running at 20 m from a high start, standing broad jump, backwards polygon, rectangular seated forward bend, plate tapping, sit-ups for 60 s, and bent arm hang), and a determination of foot status. The total sample was comprised of 202 test subjects who attended a regular sports program, aged 3.9 to 6.5 years of decimal age (M = 141; Age = 5.3 ± 0.74; Height = 117.3 ± 7.1; Weight = 22 ± 3.7; F = 61; Age = 5.1 ± 0.73; Height = 114.9 ± 7.4; Weight = 21.2 ± 3.8), of which 153 (75.7%) were normally fed, 6 (3%) were undernourished, 30 were overweight (14.9%), and 13 were obese (6.4%). Results: In the total sample, 30 (14.9%) subjects had normal arch feet, 90 (44.6%) high arched feet, and 41 (20.3%) flat feet. We found 41 (20.3%) subjects who had different left and right foot statuses within this sample. The data were processed by means of nonparametric tests (the Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney U tests) at a significance level p ≤ 0.05. Conclusion: The results show that there is a statistically significant difference between groups of subjects with different foot statuses in the manifestation of motor status in most tests, with a significance level of p ≤ 0.01, and in tests of sit-ups for 60 s and the bent arm hang, there is a statistically significant difference, the level of which is p ≤ 0.05. It is only in the inclination test of rectangular seated forward bend that no statistically significant difference was displayed.

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Feelings of Guilt and Fantasies in Life Experiences of Brazilian Parents Due to Death of their Newborn: A Clinical-qualitative Study Conducted at a University Hospital

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.986 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S616-S616

Author(s):

L. Rodrigues ◽

J.V. Freitas-de-Jesus ◽

G. Lavorato-Neto ◽

D.D. Lima ◽

E.R. Turato ◽

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Keyword(s):

Neonatal Intensive Care ◽

Life Experiences ◽

Technological Development ◽

Emotional Experience ◽

University Hospital ◽

Parents And Children ◽

Cultural Pattern ◽

Competing Interest ◽

The Moment ◽

The Relationship

IntroductionThe relationship between parents and children is a complex link. In the process of pregnancy-birth-puerperium, frequent feelings such as responsibility, love, fear, uncertainty, generate strong expectations at birth. The death of a newborn may not be perceived as natural by the parents, considering the local culture and the context of great technological development of neonatology.ObjectiveTo explore possible guilt and fantasies in life experiences of parents during mourning process due to death of their newborn.MethodClinical-qualitative design, a particularization of qualitative methods here applied in clinical assistance settings with highlight to psychological aspects. Data collection with the technique of semi-directed interview with open-ended questions, in-depth. Sample intentionally constructed, with closure by theoretical saturation of information. The participants were 7 parents, mourning by the death of their child at the neonatal intensive care unit, in a university hospital of Campinas, São Paulo State.ResultsFeelings of guilt - conscious or not - lead to an internal and particular movement so that mourning can be lived. The participants showed certain embarrassment, accompanied by natural suffering facing to the cultural pattern that permeates the emotional experience. It predicts types of psychological meanings that the experience will give to the person.ConclusionHealth professionals working with bereaved parents should consider more deeply the moment these one experienced, with emphasis on the details of the death scenery, beside the problems of illness and death properly so called.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Embodying the Site: the Here and Now in Site-Specific Dance Performance

New Theatre Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0266464x05000230 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 367-381 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Victoria Hunter

Keyword(s):

Creative Process ◽

Dance Performance ◽

Site Specific ◽

The Creation ◽

Spirit Of Place ◽

The Moment ◽

The University ◽

The Relationship

In this article, Victoria Hunter explores the concept of the ‘here and now’ in the creation of site-specific dance performance, in response to Doreen Massey's questioning of the fixity of the concept of the ‘here and now’ during the recent RESCEN seminar on ‘Making Space’, in which she challenged the concept of a singular fixed ‘present’, suggesting instead that we exist in a constant production of ‘here and nows’ akin to ‘being in the moment’. Here the concept is applied to an analysis of the author's recent performance work created as part of a PhD investigation into the relationship between the site and the creative process in site-specific dance performance. In this context the notion of the ‘here and now’ is discussed in relation to the concept of dance embodiment informed by the site and the genius loci, or ‘spirit of place’. Victoria Hunter is a Lecturer in Dance at the University of Leeds, who is currently researching a PhD in site-specific dance performance.

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Predicting emotions in music using the onset curve

Psychology of Music ◽

10.1177/03057356211031658 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 030573562110316

Author(s):

Elena Saiz-Clar ◽

Miguel Ángel Serrano ◽

José Manuel Reales

Keyword(s):

Emotional Response ◽

Principal Component ◽

Musical Instrument ◽

Musical Score ◽

Musical Note ◽

Human Voice ◽

Frequency Domains ◽

Complete Set ◽

The Moment ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between parameters extracted from the musical stimuli and emotional response has been traditionally approached using several physical measures extracted from time or frequency domains. From time-domain measures, the musical onset is defined as the moment in that any musical instrument or human voice issues a musical note. The onsets’ sequence in the performance of a specific musical score creates what is known as the onset curve (OC). The influence of the structure of OC on the emotional judgment of people is not known. To this end, we have applied principal component analysis on a complete set of variables extracted from the OC to capture their statistical structure. We have found a trifactorial structure related to activation and valence dimensions of emotional judgment. The structure has been cross-validated using different participants and stimuli. In this way, we propose the factorial scores of the OC as a reliable and relevant piece of information to predict the emotional judgment of music.

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Comparison of Change of Direction Speed Performance and Asymmetries between Team-Sport Athletes: Application of Change of Direction Deficit

Sports ◽

10.3390/sports6040174 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 174 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Thomas Dos’Santos Christopher Thomas ◽

Paul Comfort ◽

Paul A. Jones

Keyword(s):

Completion Time ◽

Team Sports ◽

Team Sport ◽

Linear Speed ◽

Change Of Direction ◽

Directional Dominance ◽

Speed Performance ◽

Approach Velocity ◽

Left And Right ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to examine differences in change of direction (COD) performance and asymmetries between team-sports while considering the effects of sex and sport; (2) to evaluate the relationship between linear speed, COD completion time, and COD deficit. A total of 115 (56 males, 59 females) athletes active in cricket, soccer, netball, and basketball performed the 505 for both left and right limbs and a 10-m sprint test. All team-sports displayed directional dominance (i.e., faster turning performance/shorter COD deficits towards a direction) (p ≤ 0.001, g = −0.62 to −0.96, −11.0% to −28.4%) with, male cricketers tending to demonstrate the greatest COD deficit asymmetries between directions compared to other team-sports (28.4 ± 26.5%, g = 0.19–0.85), while female netballers displayed the lowest asymmetries (11.0 ± 10.1%, g = 0.14–0.86). Differences in sprint and COD performance were observed between sexes and sports, with males demonstrating faster 10-m sprint times, and 505 times compared to females of the same sport. Male soccer and male cricketers displayed shorter COD deficits compared to females of the same sport; however, female court athletes demonstrated shorter COD deficits compared to male court athletes. Large significant associations (ρ = 0.631–0.643, p < 0.001) between 505 time and COD deficit were revealed, while trivial, non-significant associations (ρ ≤ −0.094, p ≥ 0.320) between COD deficit and 10-m sprint times were observed. In conclusion, male and female team-sport athletes display significant asymmetries and directional dominance during a high approach velocity 180° turning task. Coaches and practitioners are advised to apply the COD deficit for a more isolated measure of COD ability (i.e., not biased towards athletes with superior acceleration and linear speed) and perform COD speed assessments from both directions to establish directional dominance and create a COD symmetry profile.

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Identity Sorting and Political Compromise

American Politics Research ◽

10.1177/1532673x18799273 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 391-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nicholas T. Davis

Keyword(s):

Political Leaders ◽

Left And Right ◽

Political Compromise ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

The Relationship

In this article, I explore the relationship between sorting and the value that individuals assign to compromise. Analyzing four separate, nationally-representative surveys from 2007 to 2016, I show that a reliable asymmetry among partisans exists regarding their preference for political leaders who compromise. Among persons with right-leaning identities, high levels of overlap between partisanship and ideology undercut the professed desirability of compromise and amplify the association between compromise and selling out one’s principles. However, when individuals are asked about the specific extent to which one’s “side” deserves greater deference in the policymaking process, differences between persons with left- and right-leaning identities disappear. Well-sorted individuals are uniformly unwilling to distribute policymaking demands equally. Although this disconnect is emblematic of the general tension between abstract principles and episodic behavior (or “practicing what you preach”), it also highlights how the introduction of material threat may challenge expressive commitments to lofty ideals.

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Nitrogen management in wheat based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)

Ciência Rural ◽

10.1590/0103-8478cr20170743 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (9) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

André Luis Vian ◽

Christian Bredemeier ◽

Marcos Alexandre Turra ◽

Cecília Paz da Silva Giordano ◽

Elizandro Fochesatto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Technical Efficiency ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Field Experiments ◽

Shoot Biomass ◽

Sensor Field ◽

N Dose ◽

Plant Emergence ◽

The Moment ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACT: Biomass production and nitrogen (N) accumulated in wheat shoots may be used for quantifying optimal topdressing nitrogen doses. The objective of this study was to develop and validate models for estimating the amount of biomass and nitrogen accumulated in shoots and the N topdressing dose of maximum technical efficiency in wheat using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) measured by an active optical canopy sensor. Field experiments were carried out in two years and treatments consisted of N doses applied at plant emergence and as topdressing. NDVI, shoot biomass and N accumulated in shoots at the growth stage of six fully expanded leaves and grain yield were evaluated, being determined the topdressing N dose of maximum technical efficiency (DMTE). The NDVI was positively correlated to shoot biomass and N content in shoots and models for the relationship between these variables were developed and validated. The DMTE was negatively correlated with the NDVI value evaluated at the moment of N topdressing application. Thus, NDVI evaluation by an active optical canopy sensor can be used for nitrogen fertilization in variable rate, allowing the adjustment of applied N doses in different areas within a field.

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Interpersonal Conflicts in the Relationship of Twins

Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae twin research ◽

10.1017/s0001566000000040 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 47 (3-4) ◽

pp. 153-160

Author(s):

S. A. Gruszewska

Keyword(s):

Social Life ◽

Interpersonal Conflict ◽

The Other ◽

Psychological Space ◽

Interpersonal Conflicts ◽

Educational Methods ◽

The Moment ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

AbstractTaking into consideration two facts: that the structure of social life forces twins to part and that the presented roles in a pair are not equal, (one of the twins plays the role of a leader (L) and the other, the subordinate (P.)), one can ask the question — what meaning does the moment of parting have and what are its consequences?In order to do that, a survey was conducted, (a sample of 31 pairs of twins above the age of 30), in which every pair was asked the question: “Which one of you made the decision about parting?” The answer had two options: A – I, B – brother/sister. Out of 31 pairs of twins, 16 pairs chose the variant different from his brother or sister – that is A, B, admitting that the interpersonal conflict was the result of the parting. In 7 pairs, both twins chose the B variant – they withdrew from the conflict; and in 8 pairs they chose the A variant – looking for a compromise as the means of agreement.When analyzing the results of the survey, we can state the following:– in the relationship of twins, there is an interpersonal conflict;– the decision about parting is difficult with prevalent feelings of sadness and sorrow;– after parting, at least one of the twins has problems with preserving his identity and integrity of psychological space.Since the moment of parting is necessary and difficult, specialists and mainly parents are required to consciously change their position towards the relationship of twins. It has to be the result of applied educational methods which aim at creating subjectivity and equality of each of the twins before the moment of parting.

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Internet Photogrammetry for Inspection of Seaports

Polish Maritime Research ◽

10.1515/pomr-2017-0036 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (s1) ◽

pp. 174-181 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Zygmunt Paszotta ◽

Malgorzata Szumilo ◽

Jakub Szulwic

Keyword(s):

Fundamental Matrix ◽

Laser Scanning ◽

3D Models ◽

Digital Cameras ◽

Correct Orientation ◽

The Matrix ◽

Transport Safety ◽

Left And Right ◽

Value Decomposition ◽

The Relationship

Abstract This paper intends to point out the possibility of using Internet photogrammetry to construct 3D models from the images obtained by means of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). The solutions may be useful for the inspection of ports as to the content of cargo, transport safety or the assessment of the technical infrastructure of port and quays. The solution can be a complement to measurements made by using laser scanning and traditional surveying methods. In this paper the authors recommend a solution useful for creating 3D models from images acquired by the UAV using non-metric images from digital cameras. The developed algorithms, created and presented software allows to generate 3D models through the Internet in two modes: anaglyph and display in shutter systems. The problem of 3D image generation in photogrammetry is solved by using epipolar images. The appropriate method was presented by Kreiling in 1976. However, it applies to photogrammetric images for which the internal orientation is known. In the case of digital images obtained with non-metric cameras it is required to use another solution based on the fundamental matrix concept, introduced by Luong in 1992. In order to determine the matrix which defines the relationship between left and right digital image it is required to have at least eight homologous points. To determine the solution it is necessary to use the SVD (singular value decomposition). By using the fundamental matrix the epipolar lines are determined, which makes the correct orientation of images making stereo pairs, possible. The appropriate mathematical bases and illustrations are included in the publication.

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