APPENDIX I

Appendix I

Appendix - I INFORMATION SHEET

Ability to perceive fast-paced events (a rangeof short intervals) is one of the important cognitive skills inhumans. The underlying mechanism of this ability stillremains elusive. We designed a study to investigate thesubjective perception of short-intervals (10, 20, 60 and120 s) in a cohort of healthy young male and female uni-versity students. The subjects estimated th...

Appendix I: Measurement of Variables

Regional Gross Domestic Product Per Capita (GDP) GDP represents the regional GDP per capita measured as a proportion of the overall Spanish average of 100, adjusted annually. The regional GDP scores (along with the updated Spanish average of 100) were available for each of the 17 regions for 1973, 1985, 1989, 1991, and 1993. Missing years between 1977 and 1996 were given scores via interpolatio...

Appendix I: Reduced Risks to Children's Health

Reductions in risks to children's health comprise an important part of the benefits analysis for the Hazardous Waste Combustion (HWC) MACT standards. The risk analysis specifically targets children in estimating risks from HWC facility emissions. Additionally, recent initiatives of the EPA and other branches of the federal government have emphasized the necessity of addressing the subject of en...

appENDIX I Book chaptEr GENEs aND INtEllIGENcE

aBstract Intelligence is a highly heritable complex trait. The proportion of variance in intelligence that is attributable to genetic factors ranges from 40% in young childhood to 80% in late adulthood. In the past decade, considerable progress has been made in molecular genetics technologies, which facilitates the detection of the actual genetic factors that underlie the high heritability of i...