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Science in the everyday world - Why perspectives from the history of science matter
(2008-07)
The history of science is more than the history of scientists. This essay argues that various modem "publics" should be counted as belonging within an enlarged vision of who constitutes the "scientific community"--and ...
Cognitive Performance of Astronauts during Two Space Shuttle Missions
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2000-07-01)
Internet-based framework to support integration of the customer in the design of customizable products
(Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2007-03-01)
Integration of customers is a necessary element to design and produce customer centric products. Design tools and methodologies need to be altered to accommodate customers into the process of designing customized products. ...
Measuring Individual Differences in the Tendency to Forgive: Construct Validity and Links with Depression
(Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003-06-01)
Four studies examine the construct validity of the Tendency to Forgive Scale (TTF), a brief measure of dispositional forgiveness. Study 1 showed that romantic partners' ratings of targets converged with targets' self-ratings, ...
Effect of Workload History on Task Performance
(Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2007-04-01)
Objective: This study investigated the effects of workload history (specifically, sudden shifts in workload) on performance. Background: In 1993 the National Research Council identified workload transition as an important ...
Personality Assessment in Neuropsychology: The Nonspecificity of MMPI-2 Neurocorrection Methods
(Assessment, 2003-09-01)
Three established methods of neurocorrection claim to improve Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)/MMPI-2 validity with closed-head injury (CHI) patients. These methods (which suggest removing `neurological' ...
Composition of the Top Management Team and Firm International Diversification
(Journal of Management, 2000-12-01)
This study investigates the impact of various top management team characteristics on firm international diversification. Relying on data from 126 firms in the electronics industry, we find that certain top management team ...
The Relationship Between Arterial Elasticity and Metabolic Syndrome Features
(Angiology, 2007-02-01)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of metabolic syndrome (MS) features on arterial elasticity of the large and small arteries in apparently healthy adults, to examine the effect of clustered features of ...
Russia's Passive Army: Rethinking Military Coups
(Comparative Political Studies, 2001-10-01)
Military coups are considered most likely when state political capacity is low and the army's corporate interests are threatened. However, these conditions are also frequently present in situations in which the military ...