Abstract Research in evolutionary ecology on random foraging seems to ignore the possibility that some is an adaptation not environmental randomness, but what Wimsatt called “perceived randomness”. This occurs when features are unpredictable, whether physically or not. Mere perceived randomness may occur, for example, due effects of climate change certain kinds static landscape variation. I arg...

The characteristics of bacteria take up mercury into cells via membrane potential-dependent sequence-divergent members of the mercuric ion (Mer) superfamily, i.e., a periplasmic mercuric ion scavenging protein (MerP) and one or more inner membrane-spanning proteins (MerC, MerE, MerF, and MerT), which transport mercuric ions into the cytoplasm, have been applied in engineering of bioreactor used...

This study investigated Zajonc’s hypothesized link between the mere exposure effect and classical conditioning. In the first part of the experiment, participants were presented a photograph of a person. Each photograph was followed by a presentation of an emotionally positive image, a neutral image, a negative image, or a blank screen. Then, participants were asked to rate the faces presented t...

Choice effect is a robust phenomenon in which even "mere choice" that does not include actual choosing actions could result in more preference for the self-chosen objects over other-chosen objects. In the current research, we proposed that autonomy would impact the mere choice effect. We conducted two studies to examine the hypothesis. The results showed that the mere choice effect measured by ...

Mechanistically distinct polymerization systems can afford unique block copolymers that would not be accessible by mere sequential polymerization.