Evolutionary psychologists believe the human mind evolved to solve adaptive problems present in our ancestral environment. Our hominid ancestors survived in face-to-face groups by assessing the cooperative intentions of other group members. Media naturalness theory postulates face-to-face is the most ‘natural’ communication medium. This paper reports results from a laboratory experiment examini...

Purpose of this clinical research study was, to determine the efficacy of plain water mixed with pure natural honey, to be used in the inflammation of the kidney (Nephritis) patients. 10 patients aged 18 to 21 years, (4 females, 6 males) with non- sever nephritis were given[three times a day] one standard glass of plain boiled water mixed with 4-table spoons of pure natural honey (Mel) for 14 d...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the effect of the passenger head-tilt strategy on the severity of carsickness in lateral acceleration situations in automobiles. BACKGROUND It is well known that the driver is generally less susceptible to carsickness than are the passengers. However, it is also known that the driver tilts his or her head toward the curve center when negotiating a curve, whereas the ...

the natural ventilation is an easy way to exchange the indoor polluted warm air with outdoor fresh air. the wind power injects outdoor fresh air into the building. a good indoor air current and subsequently a proper exhaust depend on the openings’ conditions and their situations. a serious architectural question is under what conditions of the openings the wind-cross ventilation can be effectiv...

We consider the natural measures associated with a family of conformal iterated function systems satisfying the transversality condition but no separation condition. We provide the exact value of their generalised Renyi dimensions Dq for q in a certain range.

Engagement in online social network-delivered weight loss interventions is a predictor of weight loss. Incentivizing engagement in a subset of participants may increase group engagement and subsequent weight loss. In a pilot feasibility trial, 56 adults with obesity were randomized to two Facebook-delivered weight loss interventions, one had 10% users incentivized to engage daily and the other ...

We give a necessary and sufficient condition for a binary matroid to be graphic. The condition is very natural, but, unlike other similar results, it gives a trivial algorithm for testing graphicness. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Nowadays, the major challenge of diesel engines development is simultaneous nitrogen oxides and soot emissions reduction without the thermal efficiency drop. Hence, different combustion concepts should be investigated to reach optimum emission and performance conditions in diesel engines without expensive aftertreatment systems. This paper presents the results of a study on a dual fuel (DF) eng...

Purpose of this clinical research study was, to determine the efficacy of plain water mixed with pure natural honey, to be used in the inflammation of the kidney (Nephritis) patients. 10 patients aged 18 to 21 years, (4 females, 6 males) with non- sever nephritis were given[three times a day] one standard glass of plain boiled water mixed with 4-table spoons of pure natural honey (Mel) for 14 d...