“To Discriminate Is a Positive Trait”

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-155
Keyword(s):  
Positive Trait

scholarly journals The role of affects in conflict frames and conflict management

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Yu Yang ◽  
Fei-Chun Cheng ◽  
Aichia Chuang
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
The Right ◽  
Trait Affectivity ◽  
Conflict Frames

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the roles of trait affectivity and momentary moods in conflict frames and conflict management. This paper goes beyond affect induction and focuses on the affective – rather than rational – antecedents of the choice of conflict management strategy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts a within- and between-person approach and uses hierarchical linear modeling to test the hypotheses with group-mean centering. Over the course of 12 days within a three-week period, the authors collected participants’ momentary moods and how they thought about and would respond to conflict scenarios. Data were gathered from 1,545 observations, involving 180 individuals. Findings – After controlling for anger raised from the conflict scenario, both positive trait affectivity and positive momentary moods were found to be positively related to a compromise frame. Surprisingly, neither negative trait affectivity nor momentary mood was related to the win frame. A compromise frame predicted a cooperative strategy, and a win frame predicted a competitive strategy. The relationships between trait and momentary affects and conflict management strategy were partially mediated by conflict frame, but only for positive affects. Practical implications – If seeking a constructive resolution, choose the right person (i.e. an individual with positive trait affectivity) and the right moment (i.e. the individual is in a positive mood state) to communicate disagreements. Originality/value – This paper sheds light on the prediction of conflict frame and conflict management behavior by testing trait affectivity and momentary mood simultaneously.

scholarly journals Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and hemoglobinopathy in South Western Region Nepal: a boon or burden

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Narayan Gautam ◽  
Bhagwati Gaire ◽  
Trishna Manandhar ◽  
Bishnu P. Marasini ◽  
Niranjan Parajuli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sickle Cell ◽  
G6pd Deficiency ◽  
Sickle Cell Trait ◽  
Amplification Refractory Mutation System ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
Arms Pcr ◽  
Phenotypic Method ◽  
Mutation System ◽  
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Abstract Objectives The study was carried out to optimize the phenotypic method to characterize the sickle cell trait (SCT), sickle cell anemia (SCA), and β-thalassemia (β-TT) suspected sample from tharu community of South Western province-5, Nepal. SCT and SCA were further evaluated by genotypic method employing amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS PCR). Moreover, Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) was estimated in those hemoglobinopathy to observe its prevalence. The accurate and reliable method can play an important role in reduction of morbidity and mortality rate. Results The 100 suspected cases were subjected to phenotypic method adopting cellulose acetate electrophoresis and genotypic method using ARMS PCR which portraits (5%) SCA positive test showing HBS/HBS, (38%) SCT positive trait HBA/HBS and (36%) cases normal HBA/HBA. β-TT (21%) cases were confirmed by electropherogram. G6PD deficiency was observed in (40%) of SCA, (18.4%) of SCT, (4.8%) of β-TT and (2.8%) in normal cases. Increased G6PD were developed only in SCT (5.3%) and β-TT (4.8%). The study highlighted sickle cell disorder (SCD) and β-TT as the most common hemoglobinopathy coexisting with G6PD deficiency. Though hemoglobinopathy sometime could be protective in malaria but G6PD deficiency can cause massive hemolysis which may exacerbate the condition.

The Argument and the Honey Pot

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-147
Author(s):  
Didier Maillat
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Bias ◽  
Contextual Effects ◽  
Linguistic Theory ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
Argument Evaluation ◽  
Construction Of Meaning ◽  
Contextual Environment

Abstract This paper proposes to harness the linguistic theory that looks at the construction of meaning in context – i.e., pragmatics – to investigate the contextual effects bearing on the interpretation of arguments in manipulative seduction contexts. Adopting a cognitively grounded relevance-theoretic approach, I will show that deceptive seduction is used primarily to strengthen the hearer’s perception of the seducer, thereby strengthening the standpoints and arguments s/he puts forward. In that sense, it will be argued, seductive moves function like contextual constraints on the interpretative processes. Exploring further the cognitive grounding of human interpretative processes, I will claim that many seductive manipulations rely on the halo effect – the cognitive bias whereby a positive trait (e.g., attractiveness) tends to spill over other personality traits (e.g., competence) – to create a contextual environment that will boost argument evaluation.

scholarly journals Variability of 21 apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) cultivars and hybrids in selected traits of fruit and stone

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 90-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Vachůn
Keyword(s):  
Weight Coefficient ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Prunus Armeniaca ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
Coefficients Of Variation ◽  
Selected Traits ◽  
One Year ◽  
High Level

Weight, height, width and diameter of fruits and stones were evaluated in 21 apricot cultivars and hybrids in 1994&ndash;1997. Statistically significant differences between the measured values of traits confirmed their applicability for objective characterization of genotypes. The evaluated traits are genetic dispositions. It was also proved by the rank of genotypes arranged according to the values of particular traits in one year that was highly significantly identical in the other years of the evaluated period (correlation coefficient r = 0.45<sup>++</sup> to 0.87<sup>++</sup>). The relationship between fruit weight and other traits (stone weight, stone height and stone width) is not linear. Fruit weight increases (or decreases) faster towards the limit values of traits. The average percentage proportion of stone weight in fruit weight ranged from 4.9% to 9.6% in the genotypes over the period of four years. A lower proportion of stone in fruit weight is a positive trait for selection of suitable genotypes for direct consumption and flesh processing. This trait can also be a suitable criterion of genotype selection to breed cultivars with a low proportion of inedible part. Promising cultivar Lemeda is an example of the low stone proportion in flesh weight. A high level of variability was found in the values of stone and fruit weight (coefficient of variation v = 19.00% and v = 24.74%, respectively). Coefficients of variation for other traits (fruit and stone height, width and diameter) were by more than a half lower. &nbsp;

A positive trait-mediated indirect effect involving the natural enemies of competing herbivores

Oecologia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Frank van Veen ◽  
Callum E. Brandon ◽  
H. Charles J. Godfray
Keyword(s):  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Positive Trait

scholarly journals Causes of Anger in M. Irfan hidayatullah’s Novel cermin Retak: Tabir Robbi dan Robbani

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Iswandi Iswandi ◽  
M. Manugeren ◽  
Purwarno Purwarno
Keyword(s):  
Work Performance ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Behavioral Norms ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
Legal Standing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Features ◽  
Sympathetic Nervous ◽  
Past Experiences

This study is concerned with the causes of anger. Anger a basic human emotion, as elemental as, gladness, sadness, anxiety or disgust. These emotions are tied to basic survival and are honed over the course of human history. Anger is related to the “fight, flight, or freeze” response of the sympathetic nervous system:  it prepares humans to fight. But fighting does not necessarily mean throwing punches; it might motivate communities to combat injustice by changing laws or enforcing new behavioral norms. This is the positive trait of anger though in many cases only the negative ones are seen. Everyone experiences anger at some point. It becomes problematic, however, when the frequency or severity of anger interferes with relationships, work performance, legal standing, or mental health. All these points are faced by the main characters of the novel. The whole research is done by means of descriptive qualitative research, exposing the social features, in this case anger. The research results show that there are causes of anger found through the study: past experience and lack of problem-solving ability. Owing to traumatic past experiences, one of the main characters does a kidnapping and on the second point, the inability of solving problems, makes another main character filled with anger.

scholarly journals Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Hemoglobinopathy in South Western Region Nepal: A Boon or Burden

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narayan Gautam ◽  
Bhagwati Gaire ◽  
Trishna Manandhar ◽  
Bishnu P Marasini ◽  
Niranjan Parajuli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sickle Cell ◽  
G6pd Deficiency ◽  
Sickle Cell Trait ◽  
Amplification Refractory Mutation System ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
Arms Pcr ◽  
Phenotypic Method ◽  
Mutation System ◽  
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Abstract Objectives: The study was carried out to optimize the phenotypic method to characterize the sickle cell trait (SCT), sickle cell anaemia (SCA) and β-thalassemia (β-TT) suspected sample from tharu community of South Western province-5, Nepal. SCT and SCA were further evaluated by genotypic method employing amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS PCR). Moreover, Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) was estimated in those hemoglobinopathy to observe its prevalence. The accurate and reliable method can play an important role in reduction of morbidity and mortality rate. Results: The 100 suspected cases were subjected to phenotypic method adopting cellulose acetate electrophoresis and genotypic metod using ARMS PCR which portraits (5%) SCA positive test showing HBS/HBS, (38%) SCT positive trait HBA/HBS and (36%) cases normal HBA/HBA. β-TT (21%) cases were confirmed by electropherogram. G6PD deficiency was observed in (40%) of SCA, (18.4%) of SCT, (4.8%) of β-TT and (2.8%) in normal cases. Increased G6PD were developed only in SCT (5.3 %) and β-TT (4.8%). The study highlighted sickle cell disorder (SCD) and β-TT as the most common hemoglobinopathy coexisting with G6PD deficiency. Though hemoglobinopathy sometime could be protective in malaria but G6PD deficiency can cause massive hemolysis which may exacerbate the condition.

Positive trait assessment of rehabilitation clients

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong H. Kim ◽  
Phillip S. Keck ◽  
Amy Armstrong ◽  
Carolyn E. Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Positive Trait

scholarly journals The fluorene catabolic linear plasmid in Terrabacter sp. strain DBF63 carries the β-ketoadipate pathway genes, pcaRHGBDCFIJ, also found in proteobacteria

Microbiology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 151 (11) ◽  
pp. 3713-3722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Habe ◽  
Jin-Sung Chung ◽  
Ayako Ishida ◽  
Kano Kasuga ◽  
Kazuki Ide ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Cluster ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Linear Plasmid ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Intermediates

Terrabacter sp. strain DBF63 is capable of degrading fluorene (FN) to tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates via phthalate and protocatechuate. Genes were identified for the protocatechuate branch of the β-ketoadipate pathway (pcaR, pcaHGBDCFIJ) by sequence analysis of a 70 kb DNA region of the FN-catabolic linear plasmid pDBF1. RT-PCR analysis of RNA from DBF63 cells grown with FN, dibenzofuran, and protocatechuate indicated that the pcaHGBDCFIJ operon was expressed during both FN and protocatechuate degradation in strain DBF63. The gene encoding β-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase (pcaD) was not fused to the next gene, which encodes γ-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase (pcaC), in strain DBF63, even though the presence of the pcaL gene (the fusion of pcaD and pcaC) within a pca gene cluster has been thought to be a Gram-positive trait. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed that pcaD mRNA levels increased sharply in response to protocatechuate, and a biotransformation experiment with cis,cis-muconate using Escherichia coli carrying both catBC and pcaD indicated that PcaD exhibited β-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase activity. The location of the pca gene cluster on the linear plasmid, and the insertion sequences around the pca gene cluster suggest that the ecologically important β-ketoadipate pathway genes, usually located chromosomally, may be spread widely among bacterial species via horizontal transfer or transposition events.

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