Leading Us Unto Temptation? No Evidence for an Asymmetry in Automatic Associations Between Goals and Temptations

The asymmetry hypothesis of counteractive control theory suggests that—at least for successful self-regulators—exposure to temptations facilitates the accessibility of goal-related cognitive constructs, whereas exposure to goals inhibits the accessibility of temptation-related cognitive constructs. Using a lexical decision task, Fishbach et al., 2003 (Study 3) found that this asymmetry existed even at an automatic level of processing. In this attempted replication, 221 students completed a lexical decision task that included goal-related and temptation-related stimuli words preceded by either a goal-related prime, a temptation-related prime, or an irrelevant prime. Unlike the original study, we found only significant priming effects, where temptation-primes facilitated the recognition of goal-related words and goal-primes likewise facilitated the recognition of temptation-related words. We did not replicate the previously reported asymmetry. Additionally, we found no significant moderation of the hypothesized priming asymmetry by any of the traits of self-regulatory success, construal level, temptation strength, or self-control, again failing to replicate prior findings. The same priming patterns were found among participants who completed the study in-lab and those who completed the study online. This replication study suggests that the cognitive associations between goals and temptations are relatively symmetric and faciliatory, at least during the initial, automatic level of cognitive processing.

Investigating racing thoughts via ocular temporal windows: deficits in the control of automatic perceptual processes

Background Racing thoughts have been found in several states of bipolar disorder (BD), but also in healthy populations with subclinical mood alterations. The evaluation of racing thoughts relies on subjective reports, and objective measures are sparse. The current study aims at finding an objective neuropsychological equivalent of racing thoughts in a mixed group of BD patients and healthy controls by using a bistable perception paradigm. Method Eighty-three included participants formed three groups based on participants' levels of racing thoughts reported via the Racing and Crowded Thoughts Questionnaire. Participants reported reversals in their perception during viewing of the bistable Necker cube either spontaneously, while asked to focus on one interpretation of the cube, or while asked to accelerate perceptual reversals. The dynamics of perceptual alternations were studied both at a conscious level (with manual temporal windows reflecting perceptual reversals) and at a more automatic level (with ocular temporal windows derived from ocular fixations). Results The rate of windows was less modulated by attentional conditions in participants with racing thoughts, and most clearly so for ocular windows. The rate of ocular windows was especially high when participants with racing thoughts were asked to focus on one interpretation of the Necker cube and when they received these instructions for the first time. Conclusions Our results indicate that in subjects with racing thoughts automatic perceptual processes escape cognitive control mechanisms. Racing thoughts may involve not only conscious thought mechanisms but also more automatic processes.

Level Crossing Barrier Machine Faults and Anomaly Detection with the Use of Motor Current Waveform Analysis

Barrier machines are a key component of automatic level crossing systems ensuring safety on railroad crossings. Their failure results not only in delayed railway transportation, but also puts human life at risk. To prevent faults in this critical safety element of automatic level crossing systems, it is recommended that fault and anomaly detection algorithms be implemented. Both algorithms are important in terms of safety (information on whether a barrier boom has been lifted/lowered as required) and predictive maintenance (information about the condition of the mechanical components). Here, the authors propose fault models for barrier machine fault and anomaly detection procedures based on current waveform observation. Several algorithms were applied and then assessed such as self-organising maps (SOM), autoencoder artificial neural network, local outlier factor (LOF) and isolation forest. The advantage of the proposed solution is there is no change of hardware, which is already homologated, and the use of the existing sensors (in a current measurement module). The methods under evaluation demonstrated acceptable rates of detection accuracy of the simulated faults, thereby enabling a practical application at the test stage.

MONITORING OF FLOODING EVENTS ON THE RIVERS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN CAUCASUS IN 2014–2020

The rivers of the Northwestern Caucasus between Anapa and Tuapse are characterized by a flood runoff regime. Floods leading to material damage occur on the rivers of the region every year. After the 2012 flood, a network of automatic level gauges is developing in the region, recording water levels every 10 minutes. During the expeditions of the SSC RAS in the winter period 2019-2020 the analysis of the installation sites of 69 level gauges was carried out. The features of level gauges influencing the collection of observations are identified: the installation options, floodplain vegetation, the features of the channel, floodplain and river valley. The analysis of the accumulated for 2014–2020 database of level observations on rivers with catchment areas from 1.4 km2 to 1245 km2 was carried out. 34 778 periods of growth, 70 135 periods of stagnation, 39 485 periods of decline and 42 032 gaps were identified. Of these, 3398 flood situations were considered. More than 100 flood events were recorded on 11 level gauges: on the rivers Abin, Shebsh, Psekups, Pshish (3 gauges), Nechepsukho, Dzhubga, Vulan, Pshada and Mezyb. Less than 10 flood situations were recorded on 14 level gauges. To increase the efficiency of the network of automatic level gauges, it is necessary to expand it to the watersheds between rivers Abin and Khable, as well as on Pshish on the northern macroslope and on the watersheds of Pshada, Nechepsukho and Tuapse on the southern macroslope.

Hydraulic automatic regulator of level with flexible working bodies

To eliminate the shortcomings of the known hydraulic autoregulators of the water level, together with Ya. V. Bochkarev, we developed a design of a hydraulic autoregulator of the level with flexible working bodies, combined with an automatic gate for washing sediments, which provides the discharge of floating bodies and bottom sediments in front of the partition structure. To ensure stable vibration-free operation of this hydro-automatic level controller, the task was set to justify the shape and size of the elements of its main gate and the gate-automatic washing of deposits and determine the throughput of the automatic gate washing of deposits. As a result of solving this problem, for the stable vibration-free operation of the hydro-automatic level controller, a non-vacuum shape of the profile of the spillway part of its main gate was adopted, the shapes and sizes of other gate elements were justified, and a theoretical formula for the throughput of the automatic gate for washing sediments was obtained, taking into account the lateral outflows.

Perbandingan Perhitungan Luas Tanah antara Metode Trilaterasi Segitiga dengan Metode Koordinat

Kesadaran pemilik lahan untuk melindungi status kepemilikannya terhadap ketidakcocokan keadaan bidang tanah lapangan dengan data yang ada di dokumen sertifikat mengakibatkan meningkatnya kebutuhan pengukuran ulang lahan. Penggunaan alat dengan akurasi rendah dan metode yang kurang tepat menyebabkan data luas lahan yang dihasilkan menjadi kurang akurat. Hal ini menyebabkan kebingungan pada pemilik lahan maupun pemilik lahan disekitarnya. Sehingga perlunya data pembanding antara dua alat ukur berbeda dengan metode berbeda untuk memperkaya data perhitungan luas tersebut. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menghitung luas lahan Gedung Pejuang Veteran Banjarmasin dengan Metode Trilaterasi (pendekatan luasan segitiga dengan ketiga sisi diketahui) menggunakan Pesawat Penyipat Datar (PPD) dan dengan Metode Koordinat menggunakan GPS. Hasil perhitungan tersebut akan dibandingkan dengan data resmi luas lahan yang diperoleh dari BPN. Pengukuran dengan PPD diperoleh luasan sebesar 10.025,476 M2 dan dengan GPS sebesar 10.100,720 M2 dimana luas resmi lahan adalah 11.183 M2. Sehingga diperoleh persentase terhadap luas resmi berturut-turut sebesar 89,65 % dengan pengukuran menggunakan PPD dan sebesar 90,32 % dengan pengukuran menggunakan GPS. Berdasarkan hasil diatas, penggunaan kedua alat tersebut kurang disarankan untuk pengukuran luas lahan secara teliti serta perlunya memastikan batas tanah akurat di lapangan sebelum pengukuran. Abstract The awareness of land owners to protect their ownership status against the mismatch condition between land percil and the data in the documents resulted the increasing need for land re-measurement. Using tools with low accuracy and improper methods causes the result of land area data less accurated. This causes confusion among land owner and its nearby. The data comparisons are needed between two different measuring instruments with different methods to enrich the area calculation data its self. This research aims to calculate the land area of ​​the Pejuang Veteran Banjarmasin Building with the Trilateration Method using an Automatic Level and the Coordinate Method using GPS. The results of these calculations will be compared with official land area data obtained from National Land Agency. Measurement with Automatic Level obtained an area of 10.025,476 M2 and with GPS is 10.100,720 M2 where the official land area is 11.183 M2. The percentage amount between the official area versus Automatic Level and GPS consecutively are 89,65 % and 90,32 %. Based on that results, the use of these tools is less recommended to detailed land measurement and its important to ensure accurate percil boundaries in the field before measurement.

Implicit measures of beliefs

The assessment of the thoughts and evaluations of human beings is a central feature of modern psychological science. Further to this, many researchers are specifically interested in the automatic thoughts and evaluations of individuals. To assess automatic thoughts and evaluations, researchers typically use a range of measurement procedures whose outcomes are broadly referred to as implicit measures (De Houwer, 2006). Historically, researchers have believed that only associations between stimuli operate at the automatic level. As a consequence, the procedures of implicit measures have tended to measure only associations between stimuli (i.e., without specifying the relations between stimuli). However, growing evidence now suggests that beliefs about how stimuli are related (i.e., implicit beliefs) can also be measured at the automatic level (for a recent review, see De Houwer et al., 2020). This has led to an issue for the measurement of automatic thoughts and evaluations: since most procedures of implicit measures have been developed from an associative perspective, these procedures are unable to accommodate relational information into their stimuli. As a result of the limitations of implicit measures developed from an associative perspective, researchers have begun developing relational implicit measures (i.e., implicit measures of beliefs) which can accommodate relational information. To date, four relational implicit measures have been developed: the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP; Power et al., 2009), the Relational Responding Task (RRT; De Houwer et al., 2015), the Propositional Evaluation Paradigm (PEP; Müller & Rothermund, 2019), and the Autobiographical Implicit Association Test (aIAT; Sartori et al., 2008). Although the above four measures represent initial progress towards developing valid relational implicit measures, there is much work yet to be done: both in terms of developing new relational implicit measures, and in terms of validating existing measures (relative to whether they are valid measures of their construct of interest, whether they capture relational information, and whether they reflect automatic responding). These were precisely the goals of the current project: to develop and validate new and existing relational implicit measures. Chapter 1 begins with a general introduction to the field of implicit measures, and the three ways in which researchers commonly define the “implicit” term. With the historical context of these varying definitions, the Chapter explores why the need for relational implicit measures has only recently emerged, and describes the relational implicit measures which have been developed to date. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 detail the development of three new relational implicit measures: the Truth Misattribution Procedure (TMP), the Propositional Concealed Information Test (pCIT), and the Mousetracking Propositional Evaluation Paradigm (MT-PEP), respectively. Chapters 5 and 6 consist of comparative investigations of multiple relational implicit measures. Specifically, Chapter 5 compares the RRT, aIAT, and pCIT (as well as the standard IAT) in the context of drinking self-identity and the prediction of problematic drinking outcomes, whereas Chapter 6 compares the RRT, aIAT, and MT-PEP (as well as the standard IAT) in the context of sensitivity to experimentally-manipulated relational information. Finally, Chapter 7 provides a summary and synthesis of the results of the empirical chapters. In addition, the Chapter offers reflections on the use of implicit measures more broadly, critiquing the ultimate goals of using such measures, as well as reflecting on why the behaviour of scientists in the field of implicit measures has tended to be relatively unreceptive to recommendations for improving the measures.

Comparative Analysis of Change between Ellipsoidal Height Differences and Equivalent Orthometric Height Difference

Height is an important component in the determination of the position of a point. The study aimed at performing a comparative analysis of change between ellipsoidal height differences and the equivalent orthometric height difference of points. A hi-target Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) was used to acquire GPS data with an occupation period of thirty (30) minutes on each point, which were processed using Hi-target Geomatics Office (HGO) software to obtain the ellipsoidal heights. An automatic level instrument was used to acquire leveling data, which were processed using the height of collimation method to obtain the orthometric heights. A total of fifty (50) points were occupied as common points for both the GPS and levelling observations at 20-meter intervals. The accuracy of the height difference was determined using standard deviation with the ellipsoidal height difference as 53.59cm and the orthometric height as 53.07cm respectively. A Root Mean Square Error value of 0.0621m was obtained as the accuracy of the change between the two height differences. Statistical analysis using the independent-sample Z test was used to analyze the data at a 5% significant level. The result shows no significant difference in the performance of the two height systems. It is worthy to note that GPS and spirit levelling height differences can be used interchangeably for any heighting in short distances for surveying and engineering applications.