Political scientists are making increasing use of the methodologies of behavior genetics in an attempt to uncover whether or not political behavior is heritable, as well as the specific genotypes that might act as predisposing factors for—or predictors of—political “phenotypes.” Noteworthy among the latter are a series of candidate gene association studies in which researchers claim to have dis...

Electrical spin injection into silicon was studied in a ferromagnet/insulator/silicon/insulator/ ferromagnet structure, where the insulator is Si3N4. Si3N4 barriers conduct by hopping conduction at low voltages, but switch to Fowler-Nordheim tunneling at high voltages. In the Fowler-Nordheim tunneling regime a magnetic field dependence of the output current consistent with spin dependent transp...

Symmetry equations are obtained for the rigidity matrix of a bar-joint framework in R d. This leads to a short proof of the Fowler-Guest symmetry group generalisation of the Calladine-Maxwell counting rules. Similar symmetry equations are obtained for the Jacobian of diverse framework systems, including the constrained point-line systems that appear in CAD, body-pin frameworks, and hybrid syste...

Complex operations can be performed successfully in Space by human beings, but more slowly than doing the same tasks on Earth (Fowler, Comfort & Bock, 2000; Watt, 1997)), Fowler, et al. (2000) and Manzey (2000) propose two hypotheses to account for this performance degradation—(1) the direct effects of microgravity on the central nervous system and the motor system of the body and (2) the non-s...

Game jams are social events involving the integration of enthusiasts from various game making disciplines (e.g. programming, art, design) to make games under constraints, such as a short fixed time (Goddard et al. 2014) and a common theme (Fowler et al 2013). Research on game jams has suggested that they have the potential to provide an effective and focused experience and that participants gai...

The tunnelling lifetime of an electron lying in a p-type orbital localised at a given distance from a semiconductor or a metal is calculated by using Bardeen’s method. It is then shown that even in the absence of broad bands, the hole injection process from semiconductors and metals into polymers should follow a Fowler-Nordheim dependence, provided that the current is not bulk-limited. In the s...