Memory for numbers improves with age and experience. One potential source of improvement is a logarithmic-to-linear shift in children's representations of magnitude. To test this, Kindergartners and second graders estimated the location of numbers on number lines and recalled numbers presented in vignettes (Study 1). Accuracy at number-line estimation predicted memory accuracy on a numerical re...

BACKGROUND In a participatory approach to health and development interventions, defining and measuring community mobilisation is important, but it is challenging to do this effectively, especially at scale. METHODS A cross-sectional, participatory monitoring tool was administered in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 across a representative sample of 25 community-based groups (CBGs) formed under the Ava...

The method of evaluating color rendering using a visual, graphical metric is presented. A two-dimensional Color Rendering Map (CRM) of a light source's color-rendering capabilities is explained and demonstrated. Extension of this technique to three-dimensional CRMs of objects under illumination is explained, including the method of introducing numerical indices in order to evaluate standards fo...

Age differences in 2 components of task-set switching speed were investigated in 118 adults aged 20 to 80 years using task-set homogeneous (e.g., AAAA ...) and task-set heterogeneous (e.g., AABBAABB ... ) blocks. General switch costs were defined as latency differences between heterogeneous and homogeneous blocks. whereas specific switch costs were defined as differences between switch and nons...

Seven independent groups estimated the location of North American cities using both spatial and numeric response modes and a variety of perceptual and memory supports. These supports included having location markers for each city color coded by nation and identified by name, giving participants the opportunity to see and update all their estimates throughout the task, and allowing them to respo...

Datenmanagement für eingebettete Systeme gewinnt stetig an Bedeutung, ist aber mit Problemen verbunden. Moderne und bewährte Softwaretechniken finden hier – aufgrund der besonderen Ressourcenbeschränkungen bei gleichbleibend hohen Performance-Anforderungen – selten Anwendung. Dieser Beitrag zeigt, wie derartige Probleme vermieden werden können. Merkmalorientierte Programmierung beschäftigt sich...

In our article and this additional file, we use the following conventions. A random sample of m measurements of a general random variable V can be represented by a vector v = (v1, . . . , vm) with m components. Categorical random variables are denoted by DX, DY , DZ and numeric random variables are denoted by X, Y , Z. Correspondingly, random samples from categorical vectors are denoted by dx, ...

A laser-plasma-based source of relativistic electrons is described in detail, and analyzed in two dimensions using theoretical and numeric techniques. Two laser beams are focused in a plasma, one exciting a wake-field electron plasma wave while another locally alters some electron trajectories in such a way that they can be trapped and accelerated by the wave. Previous analyses dealt only with ...

According to the time-saving bias, drivers underestimate the time saved when increasing from a low speed and overestimate the time saved when increasing from a relatively high speed. Previous research used a specific type of task — drivers were asked to estimate time saved when increasing speed and to give a numeric response — to show this. The present research conducted two studies with multip...

A large variety of aquatic animals was found to emit the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide when nitrate was present in the environment. The emission was ascribed to denitrification by ingested bacteria in the anoxic animal gut, and the exceptionally high N(2)O-to-N(2) production ratio suggested delayed induction of the last step of denitrification. Filter- and deposit-feeding animal species s...