Effect of Information Content and Size upon the Absolute Threshold for Movement

From the finding that the absolute threshold for rotational movement was significantly lower for a field of randomly, as opposed to regularly, distributed black and white squares it was hypothesized that only in the case of high selective information-content fields would there be an inverse relationship between size of elements and the movement threshold. Movement thresholds, obtained for random and regular displays containing different sizes of internal element, confirmed the crucial role of selective information in determining the movement threshold but did not support the predicted size effect. This apparent paradox may be explained by the reduced confidence which Ss experience when judging the movement of random displays.

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Role of Intentional and Selective Information Seeking in Learning Likes and Dislikes

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e664242011-001 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Mikiya Hayashi

Keyword(s):

Information Seeking ◽

Selective Information

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Transisi Kepemimpinan Dalam Alkitab

Journal Kerusso ◽

10.33856/kerusso.v1i1.44 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 16-38

Author(s):

Jonathan Octavianus

Keyword(s):

New Testament ◽

Old Testament ◽

Jesus Christ ◽

Transition Time ◽

People Of God ◽

The Absolute

As every epoch there are there a transition time, on Old Testament like Moses with Joshua, Joshua selected by God an supported fully by Moses, Conversely Moses have liberally to be changed. Like Elijah to Elisha too.Pattern on New Testament there are an examples of transition time too, like Jesus Christ to His Disciples, an transition from Paul to his successor Timothy. This is a heart and soul a big leader, and shall all leadership owners shepherd in church, Christian institution, etc.Which most be remembered in transition of leadership, that people of God leadership, about who will lead, who continue leadership, like a principle in biblical, hence a role of God, is determinant an anoint man which be selected the absolute God choice and constitute all other, but a succession router leader is which have been selected His own. An can be anointed in front of believers.

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Emerging Challenges and Opportunities of Mobile Commerce in India: A Study on Societal Perspective

Computing Trendz - The Journal of Emerging Trends in Information Technology ◽

10.21844/cttjetit.v6i1.6691 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Utkarsh Kumar ◽

Anil Kumar Gope ◽

Shweta Singh

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Societal Perspective ◽

Mobile Applications ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Mobile Commerce ◽

Mobile Banking ◽

Black And White ◽

The People ◽

Challenges And Opportunities

In India, the position of mobile banking was in saga and this time, it is in pic position. The speedof reaching the people is going high and high. This is time of wireless world and sense of prestige; no doubt the mobile commerce is contributing to enhance the beauty of life and playing the role of metaphor and has become the part and parcel of our life. This growth has changed people to do business in mobile commerce (М- Commerce). Peoples are transferring to M-Commerce to attain good and fast transaction into market and saving their precious time. M-Commerce has become distinguished in Indian people, quickly during last few years. Due to large number of mobile application, growth rate in mobile penetration in India is increasing with the rapid speed. The mobile users has shifted to use the android phone from simple and black and white phone and taking the service of internet, the role of telecom companies is also important in the being popular of mobile commerce. Although many people have started E-Commerce but still a separate part of the society feel uncomfortable and hesitate to use M-Commerce because of security problems, payment issues and complexity of mobile applications. This paper identifies facts about the feasibility of MCommercein India today its growth and the Strength and opportunity, weakness and threats lying ahead.

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The role of faint population III supernovae in forming CEMP stars in ultra-faint dwarf galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ◽

10.1093/mnras/staa4017 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Myoungwon Jeon ◽

Volker Bromm ◽

Gurtina Besla ◽

Jinmi Yoon ◽

Yumi Choi

Keyword(s):

Milky Way ◽

Dwarf Galaxies ◽

Mass Resolution ◽

Explosion Energy ◽

High Carbon ◽

Cosmological Simulations ◽

Carbon Abundance ◽

The Absolute ◽

Zoom In

Abstract CEMP-no stars, a subset of carbon enhanced metal poor (CEMP) stars ($\rm [C/Fe]\ge 0.7$ and $\rm [Fe/H]\lesssim -1$) have been discovered in ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies, with Mvir ≈ 108 M⊙ and M* ≈ 103 − 104 M⊙ at z = 0, as well as in the halo of the Milky Way (MW). These CEMP-no stars are local fossils that may reflect the properties of the first (Pop III) and second (Pop II) generation of stars. However, cosmological simulations have struggled to reproduce the observed level of carbon enhancement of the known CEMP-no stars. Here we present new cosmological hydrodynamic zoom-in simulations of isolated UFDs that achieve a gas mass resolution of mgas ≈ 60 M⊙. We include enrichment from Pop III faint supernovae (SNe), with ESN = 0.6 × 1051 erg, to understand the origin of CEMP-no stars. We confirm that Pop III and Pop II stars are mainly responsible for the formation of CEMP and C-normal stars respectively. New to this study, we find that a majority of CEMP-no stars in the observed UFDs and the MW halo can be explained by Pop III SNe with normal explosion energy (ESN = 1.2 × 1051 erg) and Pop II enrichment, but faint SNe might also be needed to produce CEMP-no stars with $\rm [C/Fe]\gtrsim 2$, corresponding to the absolute carbon abundance of $\rm A(C)\gtrsim 6.0$. Furthermore, we find that while we create CEMP-no stars with high carbon ratio $\rm [C/Fe]\approx 3-4$, by adopting faint SNe, it is still challenging to reproduce CEMP-no stars with extreme level of carbon abundance of $\rm A(C)\approx 7.0-7.5$, observed both in the MW halo and UFDs.

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The Absolute as the Meeting Point Between Speculation and Fiction

Open Philosophy ◽

10.1515/opphil-2020-0109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 349-357 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daina Habdankaitė

Keyword(s):

Science Fiction ◽

Significant Role ◽

Meeting Point ◽

Weird Fiction ◽

Weak Points ◽

The Absolute

AbstractThe article investigates Meillassoux’s notion of the absolute in relationship with the Kantian and Hegelian philosophical systems. The absolute, as independent of subjective consciousness, is showcased as the meeting point of speculation and fiction. By looking into Meillassoux’s notions of speculation and some works of weird fiction, it is argued that the significant role of imagination as well as a deferred temporality is what facilitates the discussion of both speculation and fiction as faculties able to transcend the limitations that are projected by the correlationist mind. Through a reading of Lovecraftian fiction, both the strong and weak points of Meillassoux’s argumentation in After Finitude and Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction are identified, proving the latter to be a less successful way of grasping the chaotic real.

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Lesion-to-background ratio threshold value of SUVmax of simultaneous [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/MRI imaging in patients with prostate cancer

Insights into Imaging ◽

10.1186/s13244-020-00926-y ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jing Zhao ◽

Bernd Hamm ◽

Winfried Brenner ◽

Marcus R. Makowski

Keyword(s):

Prostate Cancer ◽

Receiver Operating Characteristic ◽

Operating Characteristic ◽

Absolute Threshold ◽

Threshold Value ◽

Imaging Findings ◽

Characteristic Analysis ◽

Psma Pet ◽

The Absolute ◽

Receiver Operating

Abstract Purpose This study aimed to calculate an applicable relative ratio threshold value instead of the absolute threshold value for simultaneous 68Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen/positron emission tomography ([68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET) in patients with prostate cancer (PCa). Materials and methods Our study evaluated thirty-two patients and 170 focal prostate lesions. Lesions are classified into groups according to Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS). Standardized uptake values maximum (SUVmax), corresponding lesion-to-background ratios (LBRs) of SUVmax, and LBR distributions of each group were measured based on regions of interest (ROI). We examined LBR with receiver operating characteristic analysis to determine threshold values for differentiation between multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI)-positive and mpMRI-negative lesions. Results We analyzed a total of 170 focal prostate lesions. Lesions number of PI-RADS 2 to 5 was 70, 16, 46, and 38. LBR of SUVmax of each PI-RADS scores was 1.5 (0.9, 2.4), 2.5 (1.6, 3.4), 3.7 (2.6, 4.8), and 6.7 (3.5, 12.7). Based on an optimal threshold ratio of 2.5 to be exceeded, lesions could be classified into MRI-positive lesion on [68Ga]Ga-PSMA PET with a sensitivity of 85.2%, a specificity of 72.0%, with the corresponding area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.83, p < 0.001. This value matches the imaging findings better. Conclusion The ratio threshold value of SUVmax, LBR, has improved clinical and research applicability compared with the absolute value of SUVmax. A higher threshold value than the background’s uptake can dovetail the imaging findings on MRI better. It reduces the bias from using absolute background uptake value as the threshold value.

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The Constitutional Court of South Africa: Thoughts on its 25-Year-Long Legacy of Judicial Activism

Journal of Asian and African Studies ◽

10.1177/0021909620946848 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 18-33

Author(s):

Lucky Mathebe

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Constitutional Court ◽

Transformative Change ◽

Democratic Accountability ◽

Constitutional Democracy ◽

The Public ◽

Crime And Punishment ◽

Black And White ◽

Marginalised Groups

After almost 25 years of what could justifiably be called transformative change in South Africa, a truism is that the country’s new legal order, established by the Constitution in 1993 and 1996, provides the critical foundation of peace and security upon which its freedom has been built. The Constitutional Court was one of the most important of the new democratic institutions in the shaping of the country’s position as a constitutional democracy, upholding the values for which millions of people, black and white, had fought. This article is a brief reflection on the role of the Court in establishing the meaning of this democracy and giving it effect. The main goal of the article is to understand how the Court’s new jurisprudence works in particular contexts, how its work is related to crime and punishment, and what it means for the rights of marginalised groups in society. Using the examples of the Court’s decision in Makwanyane on the death penalty, and the Court’s decision on the findings of the Public Protector’s report on Nkandla, the article finds that the Court’s new jurisprudence takes quite a different view of legal developments in South Africa, insofar as the jurisprudence entrusts broad discretion to the Court and emphasises the need for sustained leadership of the Court to advance the battle for fundamental human rights, the rule of law, and democratic accountability.

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Revisiting the Role of Worries in Explaining the Link Between Test Anxiety and Test Performance

Educational Psychology Review ◽

10.1007/s10648-021-09601-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Frieder L. Schillinger ◽

Jochen A. Mosbacher ◽

Clemens Brunner ◽

Stephan E. Vogel ◽

Roland H. Grabner

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Standardized Tests ◽

Test Anxiety ◽

Test Performance ◽

Inverse Relationship ◽

Curvilinear Relationship ◽

General Intelligence ◽

Mathematical Competencies ◽

And Performance

AbstractThe inverse relationship between test anxiety and test performance is commonly explained by test-anxious students’ tendency to worry about a test and the consequences of failing. However, other cognitive facets of test anxiety have been identified that could account for this link, including interference by test-irrelevant thoughts and lack of confidence. In this study, we compare different facets of test anxiety in predicting test performance. Seven hundred thirty university students filled out the German Test Anxiety Inventory after completing a battery of standardized tests assessing general intelligence and mathematical competencies. Multiple regressions revealed that interference and lack of confidence but not worry or arousal explained unique variance in students’ test performance. No evidence was found for a curvilinear relationship between arousal and performance. The present results call for revisiting the role of worries in explaining the test anxiety-performance link and can help educators to identify students who are especially at risk of underperforming on tests.

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