In the present study we use the property of some linguistic items to express more than one meaning in order to investigate whether there is semantic priming at the sentence level. To test such a priming effect we use the connective because that can express a causal or purposive relation. If there is a priming effect, then participants will be expected to use causal because following causal prim...

Microfluidics is the science and technology of systems that process or manipulate small amounts (microto picoliters) of fluids, using channels with dimensions of tens to hundreds of micrometers (Whitesides, 2006). Microfluidics offers several advantages in a variety of fields including fuel cells (Dyer, 2002; Jankowski et al., 2002; Erdler et al., 2006; Nguyen et al., 2006; Morse, 2007; Kuriyam...

Before auscultation wa3 practised physicians attached undue importance to the characters of the sputum in hest diseases, and the)'' fell into the error of supposing that purulent expectoration was diagnostic of phthisis ; when the stethoscope was discovered, they fell into the opposite error and neglected the sputum altogether. Koch's discovery of the bacillary nature of tubercle has revolution...

Based on Carroll's (1993) treatise on the factor structure of human cognitive abilities, McGrew (1997) abstracted brief definitions of the narrow and broad CHC abilities. These definitions have now been revised, expanded, and clarified in the table below. The revised "working" definitions are based on a review of ability definitions from a variety of sources, including Carroll (1993), the origi...

current study owes much to Schmitt's scholarship. He died in April 1986. This volume collects essays by scholars of diverse backgrounds as a tribute to Schmitt's achievements. Several essays extend and develop work begun by Schmitt: Eckhard Kessler provides a useful review of how Renaissance Aristotelianism is interrelated to Renaissance humanism and Platonism; through an examination of the tre...

Why am I writing this document? Because when I first entered the world of cryptography, there were certain common-sense maxims which were passed around such as to design a cryptosystem, you must first think like a cryptanalyst or anybody can make a cryptosystem which they themselves cannot break. For most people, these maxims could be summarized simply as don’t roll your own crypto. Anyone who ...