One of the functions of automatic stimulus evaluation is to direct attention toward events that may have undesirable consequences for the perceiver's well-being. To test whether attentional resources are automatically directed away from an attended task to undesirable stimuli, Ss named the colors in which desirable and undesirable traits (e.g., honest, sadistic) appeared. Across 3 experiments, ...

The desirable process of hemostasis and the undesirable phenomena of thromboses are unequivocally consequences of the generation of thrombin by the prothrombinase complex. This stoichiometric complex of factor Xa and factor Va assembled on a platelet membrane converts membrane-bound prothrombin into its active products by 2 sequential peptide-bond cleavages. The functionality and durability of ...

Harmonics in electrical distribution systems are created from a number of sources and produce a variety of undesirable side effects. It is therefore important to understand all solutions that are available. Phase shifting will be reviewed as one concept for solving certain types of problems related to power quality. Both theoretical concepts and a case study are presented. Index Terms – Harmoni...

Elastic strain is a critical factor in engineering the electronic behavior of core-shell semiconductor nanowires and provides the driving force for undesirable surface roughening and defect formation. We demonstrate two independent strategies, chlorine surface passivation and growth of nanowires with low-energy sidewall facets, to avoid strain-induced surface roughening that promotes dislocatio...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate abnormal lipid metabolism as a risk factor of eclampsia in pregnant women. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted in three tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar. Serum total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), triglyceride (TG), apolipoprote...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is an efficient method to perform evaluation of units. In DEA we try to evaluate units with undesirable factors in input & outputs by satisfaction function, testing some models. On the other hand benefiting this concept, we can identify non-efficient units. Also we can recognize why these units are inefficient and calculate the reason of their inefficiency and ho...