Deliberate Presleep Control of Dream Content: An Experimental Study

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 660-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Griffin ◽  
D. Foulkes
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Dream Content ◽  
Reliable Evidence ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Do So

29 subjects attempted, over a period of 10 nights, to influence their dreams using techniques described in Garfield's book, Creative Dreaming (1974). A target suggestion was selected from a list of six suggestions compiled by, or for, each subject. Subjects kept daily records during the experiment both of their efforts at dream influence and of the dreams they recalled. Four judges attempted to identify from the dream material the target suggestion on each subject's suggestion list. The results indicated that the judges were unable to do so at better than chance levels. Thus analysis indicated no reliable evidence that conscious presleep suggestions become incorporated into dream content.

DESAIN PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INDONESIA BERBASIS PEMAHAMAN NILAI SIKAP GOTONG ROYONG

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-10
Author(s):  
Alpansyah Alpansyah ◽  
Abdul Talib Hasim
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Reader Response ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia ◽  
Better Than

The aims of this study were: (1) to identify an increase in students' understanding of the value of mutual cooperation through the use of reader response rules in Indonesian Language Learning (KRPDPBI); (2) identifying the use of the reader response principle in Indonesian Language learning (KRPDPBI) there are differences between male and female students. The design of this study used a quasi-experimental study with two different methods. The results showed that (1) the achievement of the score of understanding the value of mutual cooperation for students taught by KRPDPBI was better than for students taught by regular learning according to the curriculum; (2) the achievement of the understanding of the value of male students' mutual cooperation is no better than that of female students.

Aristotle on How Pleasure Perfects Activity (Nicomachean Ethics x.5 1175a29-b14): The Optimising-View

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Machek
Keyword(s):  
Nicomachean Ethics ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Do So

AbstractThis article offers a new interpretation of Aristotle’s ambiguous and much-discussed claim that pleasure perfects activity (NE x.4). This interpretation provides an alternative to the two main competing readings of this claim in the scholarship: the addition-view, which envisages the perfection conferred by pleasure as an extra perfection beyond the perfection of activity itself; and the identity-view, according to which pleasure just is the perfect activity itself. The proposed interpretation departs from both these views in rejecting their assumption that pleasure cannot perfect the activity itself, and argues that pleasure makes activity perfect by optimising the exercise of one’s capacities for that activity. Those who build or play music with pleasure do so better than those who do not delight in these activities. The basis of this interpretation is Aristotle’s little-read remarks from the following chapter, i. e. NE x.5, about how pleasure “increases” the activity.

The Experimental Study on the Inhibition Effect of Fusarium oxyspomm with Bio-Slurry Based on Material Properties

2013 ◽  
Vol 675 ◽  
pp. 317-321
Author(s):  
Meng Ying Fang ◽  
Li Chun Liu ◽  
Fang Yin ◽  
Wu Di Zhang ◽  
Shi Qing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Inhibition Mechanism ◽  
Main Subject ◽  
Soluble Substance ◽  
Inhibition Effect ◽  
Water Soluble Substance ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Better Than

Using petroleum ether to extract the fermentative fluid (bio-slurry), then to get the inhibition mechanism of it, and infer which is the main component in inhibition mechanism of biogas. The conclusion found by the experiment is that fat soluble substance is better than water soluble substance in inhibition mechanism, and fat soluble substance is close to 75% biogas fermentation fluid, while water soluble substance is worst. That is to say, the main subject in inhibition mechanism is hided in the fat soluble substance.

scholarly journals The aerodynamic puzzle of nasalized fricatives: Aerodynamic and perceptual evidence from Scottish Gaelic

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Warner ◽  
Daniel Brenner ◽  
Jessamyn Schertz ◽  
Andrew Carnie ◽  
Muriel Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scottish Gaelic ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Instrumental Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Perceptual Evidence ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Do So

AbstractScottish Gaelic is sometimes described as having nasalized fricatives (/ṽ/ distinctively, and [f̃, x̃, h̃], etc. through assimilation). However, there are claims that it is not aerodynamically possible to open the velum for nasalization while maintaining frication noise. We present aerodynamic data from 14 native Scottish Gaelic speakers to determine how the posited nasalized fricatives in this language are realized. Most tokens demonstrate loss of nasalization, but nasalization does occur in some contexts without aerodynamic conflict, e.g., nasalization with the consonant realized as an approximant, nasalization of [h̃], nasalization on the preceding vowel, or sequential frication and nasalization. Furthermore, a very few tokens do contain simultaneous nasalization and frication with a trade-off in airflow. We also present perceptual evidence showing that Gaelic listeners can hear this distinction slightly better than chance. Thus, instrumental data from one of the few languages in the world described as having nasalized fricatives confirms that the claimed sounds are not made by producing strong nasalization concurrently with clear frication noise. Furthermore, although speakers most often neutralize the nasalization, when they maintain it, they do so through a variety of phonetic mechanisms, even within a single language.

Experimental Study on Mechanical Property of Concrete Based on Seawater and Sea Sand

2013 ◽  
Vol 641-642 ◽  
pp. 574-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Tao Li ◽  
Ling Zhou ◽  
Mao Jiang ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Jun Shao
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Property ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Fly Ash ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Growth Trend ◽  
Sea Sand ◽  
Significant Strength ◽  
Dry Conditions ◽  
Early Strength ◽  
Better Than

In this paper, the mechanical property experiments of concrete based on the seawater and sea sand have been carried in different raw materials preparation and different conservation environments. The results show that the early strength and late strength of concrete based on seawater and sea sand are better than concrete based on freshwater and sand. There is no significant strength decreased for concrete based on seawater and sea sand under accelerated alternating wet and dry conditions. For concrete based on seawater and sea sand mixed with admixture, the downward trend of late strength is significantly delayed, the late strength of concrete based on the seawater and sea sand mixed with slag gets the most obvious growth trend, while the late strength of seawater and sea sand concrete mixed with fly ash gets the largest increment.

Experimental Study on Application of Boron Mud Secondary Resource to Oxidized Pellets Production

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 649-655
Author(s):  
Xiao-Jiao Fu ◽  
Man-Sheng Chu ◽  
Jia-Qi Zhao ◽  
Shuang-Yin Chen ◽  
Zheng-Gen Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Furnace Operation ◽  
Blast Furnace Operation ◽  
Fundamental Study ◽  
Secondary Resource ◽  
Oxidized Pellets ◽  
Rich Material ◽  
Boron Mud ◽  
Better Than

AbstractIn order to realize comprehensive and massive treatment of boron mud secondary resource, fundamental study on boron mud applied to oxidized pellets production as additive was carried out in the paper under laboratory conditions. The effects of boron mud on the performance of oxidized pellets were investigated systemically, and boron mud was combined with other boron-rich material innovatively. The results showed that, within certain limits, boron mud can improve properties of oxidized pellets. The bentonite content decreased to 0.3 % when adding 1.0 % boron mud additive and the pellets met blast furnace requirements. With the combination additive content 0.8 %, bentonite content can be further decreased to 0.2 %, and the pellets properties were better than base pellet. Therefore, it was an effective way to reduce environmental pollution and optimize blast furnace operation by developing boron mud secondary resource as pellets additive.

Experimental Study on Earth Pressure of Corrugated Steel Culvert under High Fill Embankment

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 1815-1819
Author(s):  
Wen Sheng Yu ◽  
Zhu Long Li ◽  
Xiao Ru Xie ◽  
Li Yuan Guo
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Property ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Concrete Slab ◽  
Earth Pressure ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Slab ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Filling Height ◽  
Test Points ◽  
Better Than

To analyze the earth pressure of corrugated steel culvert under high fill embankment, a field test was taken and the change law was got with the filling height increasing, the force state when geotechnical grilles were laid on the top of corrugated steel culvert was compared to that of reinforced concrete slab culvert. Results show that the pressure on the top of corrugated steel culvert is smaller than that on the external in same level when test points are near to culvert, the values of test points above and below geotechnical grilles are close, and the pressure of corrugated steel culvert is smaller than that of reinforced concrete slab culvert when filling height is above 7.3 m. So analysis indicates corrugated steel culvert spreads the upper load better, the geotechnical grille can reduce the pressure effectively through earth pressure redistribution, and the mechanical property of corrugated steel culvert is better than reinforced concrete slab culvert under high fill embankment.

Making Non-Transitive Betterness Behave

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Vong
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Principle ◽  
Normative Reason ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Do So

It is exceedingly plausible that the normative reason involving relations, ‘more reason to do than’ and ‘is rationally preferred to’, are transitive. Many philosophers and economists use the plausibility of covariation between these reason involving relations and the ‘better than’ relation to argue – or more often, to insist – that the ‘better than’ relation is also transitive. But Rachels, Temkin and Baumann provide powerful arguments for non-transitive betterness. Conversely, some defenders of non-transitive betterness, such as Friedman, use the covariation of betterness and reason to argue that the reason involving relations are also non-transitive. I will argue that both types of covariation argument are overly hasty. To do so, I will present two functions that input a non-transitive axiological ranking and output a transitive deontic ranking. I then argue that an ethical principle involving these functions has independent plausibility and avoids important objections associated with non-transitive betterness.

scholarly journals Experimental evaluation of the light sword lens performance with a variable pupil size

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Torres-Sepúlveda ◽  
Alejandro Mira-Agudelo ◽  
John Fredy Barrera ◽  
Andrzej Kolodziejczyk
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Pupil Size ◽  
Focal Depth ◽  
Optical Element ◽  
Depth Of Focus ◽  
Variable Diameter ◽  
Diffraction Structure ◽  
Do So

This paper presents an experimental study designed to test the performance of the light sword lens (LSL) with different pupil sizes. To do so, Snellen optotype images obtained by a monofocal lens either with or without an LSL, were compared. Images were obtained for three different pupil sizes at several target vergences. The correlation coefficient and through-focus curves were obtained and compared. The experimental results show differences in the contrast and the depth of focus with different pupil sizes using the monofocal lens without an LSL. In contrast, when using the monofocal lens in combination with the LSL, the quality of the images is similar for all pupils and target vergences used, with slight differences only in halos and contrast. Full Text: PDF ReferencesG. Mikula, Z. Jaroszewicz, A. Kolodziejczyk, K. Petelczyc, M. Sypek, G. P. Agrawal, "Imaging with extended focal depth by means of lenses with radial and angular modulation", Opt Express 15, 9184, (2007). CrossRef A. Kolodziejczyk, S. Bará, Z. Jaroszewicz, M. Sypek, "The Light Sword Optical Element—a New Diffraction Structure with Extended Depth of Focus", J. Mod Opt. 37, 1283, (1990). CrossRef K. Petelczyc et al, "Presbyopia compensation with a light sword optical element of a variable diameter", Photonics Lett. Pol. 1, 55 (2009). DirectLink A. Mira-Agudelo et al, "Compensation of Presbyopia With the Light Sword Lens", Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 57, 6871, (2016). CrossRef R.A. Fisher, Statistical Methods for Research Workers (New York, Hafner, 13th Ed., 1958) CrossRef

scholarly journals PICKLING EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON PREPARATION OF DIESEL OIL WITH PYROLYSIS OIL FROM WASTE RUBBER

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Wang Lei ◽  
Wang Yun ◽  
Jin Jie
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Diesel Oil ◽  
Pyrolysis Oil ◽  
Waste Rubber ◽  
Pickling Process ◽  
Concentrated Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Better Than

The research has been done for removing asphaltene by pickling process of diesel oil from pyrolysis oil self-made by waste rubber in this paper, and the study showed that pickling effect of concentrated sulfuric acid was better than concentrated hydrochloric acid. The best pickling effect was found when the concentration of sulfuric acid was 18.4mol/L, acid to oil ratio, namely, the amount of concentration of sulfuric acid to the amount of diesel oil ratio, was 25%. This experiment proved that removing asphaltene by pickling process using concentrated sulfuric acid was remarkable.

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