The most generally accepted and best documented manipulation in procedural justice experiments is varying whether or not participants are allowed an opportunity to voice their opinion about a decision. To better understand the psychology of voice, the authors focus on Referent Cognitions Theory (RCT). It is argued that thus far RCT has not been used to explain the psychology of voice and that p...

cancer invasion and lymphatic metastasis. Smoking has been reported to increase the metalloproteinase level, but the role of opium consumption in metalloproteinase level has not yet been examined. The current research intended to examine the impacts of opium consumption on the serum levels of metalloproteinase.Methods: This case-control research was conducted in Kerman (in the southeast of Iran...

Background Endometriosis, defined by overgrowth of endometrial implants outside the uterine cavity, is commonly found on the ovaries. The role of exercise in this disease is not well understood. Regular exercise appears to have protective effects against endometriosis that involve inflammatory processes since it induces elevate systemic levels of inflammatory cytokines production with antioxida...

We propose a method to analyze family-based samples together with unrelated cases and controls. The method builds on the idea of matched case-control analysis using conditional logistic regression (CLR). For each trio within the family, a case (the proband) and matched pseudo-controls are constructed, based upon the transmitted and untransmitted alleles. Unrelated controls, matched by genetic a...

Given that viable petaflops-level machines are now within sight, the time has come to begin considering how we can reach the next performance milestones. This work spells out the upper limits of performance that currently understood technology might achieve. Our “design target” is a zettaflops or 1021 flops). We explore whether or not a classical approach has any chance of achieving this target...