considering cultural and individual differences in research

... Figure 1) Imaginal Pointing Direction Task (I-PDT) The I-PDT required the participants to imagine standing at particular landmark, facing another landmark, and point to a third target landmark based ... a distinct navigational strategy of spatial updating Hypotheses and Predictions This research includes two studies which examined individual differences in environmental representations and navigational ... (imagined heading) and then point to a specific target from the imagined perspective by using a pointing device Altogether, participants performed six practice trials and 52 test trials (4 pointing...

Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2015, 15:50

... THE WHERE AND WHEN OF OBJECT (FACE) PROCESSING Accumulating research evidence coming from single cells, intracranial and scalp recordings, optical intrinsic signal imaging (OISI), and functional ... (Tisserand, et al., 2004) Significant individual differences exist in the level of age-related atrophy in total and regional brain tissue volume Individual variability in volume decline is visible in ... occurring in the aging brain that underlie slow-down in processing speed To sum up, a variety of changes in brain morphology appear with age, including alterations in grey and white matter, and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 20:09

... collect information for data analysis in the form of hand-outs and direct interviews The questionnaire includes main parts: Part was for getting general information on the informants, including nationality, ... social structure, and decision-making practices, and an understanding of how members of the group communicate- both verbally and non-verbally, in person, in writing or in any other kind of communication ... (36% and 24% respectively) “Using requesting utterance” and “Hedging” have a more considerable rate (16% and 12% respectively) compared to “Avoid giving opinions” and “Telling a white-lie” (8% and...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:20

... collect information for data analysis in the form of hand-outs and direct interviews The questionnaire includes main parts: Part was for getting general information on the informants, including nationality, ... strategies of expressing annoyance verbally in English and in Vietnamese? (2) What are similarities and differences in the choice of strategies in verbal expressions of annoyance in English and Vietnamese ... acts and politeness  Find out major similarities and differences in expressing annoyance in English and Vietnamese  Compare and contrast the communicative strategies used by Vietnamese and English...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:46

... suppression often and become good at it, and therefore suppression usage is associated with ameliorated consequences In addition, Chinese and Indians showed differences in their reappraisal and expression ... Reappraisal and Suppression, and Their Relationship with Subjective Well-being among Chinese and Indians Overview Objectives and Hypotheses Method Participants Measures Results Preliminary Analyses ...   CHAPTER III Study – Individual and Ethnic Differences in Habitual Usage of Reappraisal and Suppression in Relationship with Cardiovascular Profile Overview Objectives and Hypothesis Method...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:51

... discussed, and the specific design and implications relative to this research will be emphasized Individual and Group Differences in Usage of Reappraisal and Suppression Individuals differ in their ... appreciation of Confucian and Hindu worldviews will be helpful to understanding the similarities and differences in socialization goals and practices in Chinese and Indian cultures Firstly, there ... between Chinese and Indians In the terminology of cultural psychology, Chinese and Indians are both considered interdependent groups, and they both express emotions to a moderate degree and EMOTION...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:51

... hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers British Library Cataloguing in Publication ... Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion and Belief (1981) 13 1.5 International documents relating to national, religious and linguistic minorities and to indigenous ... right under international law, including in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the 1981 UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination...

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Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... Kantrowitz ER (1993) Conversion of a magnesium binding site into a zinc binding site by a single amino acid substitution in Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase J Biol Chem 268, 21497–21500 44 ... coordinator at the M3 site of rIAP-I Catalytic differences in metal preferences between rIAPs and hPLAP may reflect the subtle coordination of amino acids constructing the M3 space No differences in ... containing 5% (w ⁄ v) nonfat dry milk and 0.1% (v ⁄ v) Tween-20 The membranes were then washed with Tris ⁄ HCl-buffered saline containing 0.1% (v ⁄ v) Tween, and the rIAP bands were detected using...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 17:20

... blots washed and incubated with diaminobenzidine and hydrogen peroxide A combination of the biotinylated lectins Sambucus nigra agglutinin (SNA; 10 lgỈmL)1) and Maackia amurensis agglutinin (MAA; ... present, and was represented by bands which were much larger and more intense than those for dimeric tryptase There was in all cases a corresponding reduction in band size and staining intensity ... left- and righthand sides of the ring in Fig 10A [23] This region is comprised of five histidines, nine lysines, and four arginines in each subunit The pH profile data suggest that as the pH increases,...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 07:20

... ance Tests of1 Coordinated stability and (B) Near tandem balTests of (A) Coordinated stability and (B) Near tandem balance During the stair ascent and descent tests, 45% and 52% (respectively) ... communityliving older population and thus presented with a range of pathologies The study findings revealed significant age-related differences in all seven functional mobility tests examined These findings ... Age-associated differences in sensori-motor function and balance in community dwelling women Age Ageing 1994, 23:452-460 Berg KO, Wood-Dauphinee SL, Williams JI, Maki B: Measuring balance in the elderly:...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... PDZ binding motif that may represent a virulence determinant PDZ domains are protein-interacting domains that are involved in a variety of cell signalling pathways In addition, Obenauer and colleagues ... mucosa, and trachea The chicken/49 and mink/84 virus have also been shown to differ in their ability to induce interferon (IFN) production in mink lung cells [8-10] In an effort to better understand ... avian influenza viruses The H10 viruses have histidine (H), glutamate (E) and glutamine (Q) at amino acid positions 177, 184, and 216, respectively, in H10 numbering at the receptor-binding site...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:20

... have no competing interests Authors' contributions JW participated in the study design, supervising experiments, data analysis and manuscript drafting XK and JS participated in performing the experiments, ... collection and analysis XZ, KB and MO participated in data analysis and MS drafting BB and RH provided the study subject samples and data collection, finance support TD participated in statistic ... German: 75; and Italian: 73 and Americans found by others and in the present study HLA-A*11, B*57 are protective and Cw*04 confers risk to HCV infection in both American Caucasians and African...

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Ngày tải lên: 25/11/2014, 00:40

... practice, setting up internal networks for sharing information and simplifying administrative and billing processes, utilizing public networks especially Internet for enabling inter-organizational ... the significance in maintaining data security and individual privacy in health care 1.1.1 Why Security and Privacy Matters Health data are in nature private and sensitive, and keeping patient privacy ... fundamental principle of respecting human right in a civilized society In practice, compromise of data security and individual privacy may result in varying sequences to individuals, ranging from inconvenience...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 10:37

... voice in how success is defined; and (c) the criterion problem is one avenue of diversity research that may increase our understanding and handling of work­ place discrimination and work-family interfaces ... psychologists and managers Research in this area increasingly is multi­ disciplinary, addressing the needs and health of workers, families, and their organizations The chapters in Kossek and Lambert examine ... tion, and individual and institutional discrimination is presented to make the case for a multiple-stakeholder perspective in developing measures to assess workplace performance and also in defining...

Ngày tải lên: 28/04/2018, 08:25

... in giving comment b Directness and Indirectness in giving comment c Non-verbal cues in giving comment d Paralinguistic factors in giving comment The author hopes that her attempt in researching ... “apologize” - Apologizing indirectly: + admitting trouble + expressing reluctance + basing and complaining about self + raising unavoidable reasons + hoping and promising I am sorry for being late  Strategy ... as minimizing the threat over H There are sub-strategies in this strategy: - Avoiding performative verb - Using imperatives - Using passive voice - Using indefinite pronouns instead of “I” and...

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Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2015, 17:19

... Definiting word and meaning _ Introducing lexical and semantic field of word _ Analyzing the culture and linguist of the word “meal” in English and in Vietnamese equivalents _ Comparing the cultural ... alcohol and wine are excited drinks in which alcohol (in full ethyl alcohol) is a colourless volatile inflammable liquid forming the intoxicating element in wine, beer, spirit, and wine is a ... “meal” In our opinion, field of word “meal” is all the words relating to it mainly including eating and drinking They are parts of the word “meal” and resemble words in that they combine together...

Ngày tải lên: 15/04/2013, 15:11

... are several things that worth noting in Henning Wode’ s paper - The table and text are interlocked A table appears with accompanying text explaining the table and highlighting points in that table ... version in addressing in each certain circumstance With the data collected from Australia and Vietnam, we shall have necessary linguistic input and information of addressing On that basis, differences ... analysis, but also used in research reports as a way of presenting results in a final form Using tables (2002:34) is a process of analyzing the original data, organizing and reporting the results There...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:31