The relationship between mood and creativity has been widely studied in psychology, however, no conclusion is reached in terms of which mood triggers high creativity, positive or negative. This paper provides new insights to this on-going argument by examining the relationship between lyrics creativity and music mood. We use three computational measures to gauge lyrics creativity: Type-toToken ...

Hydroxamic acids are salt free, organic compounds with affinities for cations such as Fe, Np and Pu and have been identified as suitable reagents for the control of Pu and Np in advanced nuclear fuel reprocessing. The results of a UV-visible-near IR spectrophotometric study of the 1:1 and 2:1 complexes formed between formoand acetohydroxamic acids (FHA, AHA) and Np(IV) ions are interpreted usin...

Abstract Background and Aims End stage kidney disease (ESKD) is associated with chronic inflammation. A combination of increased gut permeability impaired hepatic clearance gut-derived toxins are likely contributory factors to inflammation in ESKD. Gut assessment impairment complex as traditional probe concentrations significantly influenced by residual function. (1-3)-β-D glucans (BDG) glucose...

Bu çalışma Aralık 2012- Kasım 2013 ayları arasında Güney Doğu Karadeniz’de beam trol ile avlanan Liocarcinus depurator’un (Crustacea: Decapod: Brachyura) üreme özelliklerini belirlemek amacıyla yürütülmüştür. İyidere, Merkez ve Çayeli istasyonlarından 2 m genişliğinde kirişli (Beam trol) kullanılarak 0-30+ derinliklerde örnekleme yapılmıştır. Toplamda 2715 adet L. depurator (%39,4 yumurtasız di...

O texto contribui com a discussão da Meta 11 do Plano Nacional de Cultura, que propõe o aumento emprego formal setor cultural, apoiada na Relação Anual Informações Sociais (Rais). Aborda-se mercado trabalho cultural partir Pesquisa por Amostra Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua), abranger informalidade, dinâmica não abarcada pela Rais. Parte-se estudo sobre cultura, suas características e contr...

M e t h o d s Design: Prespecified secondary analysis of 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trials (Candesartan in Heart Failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity Program [CHARM]). Allocation: {Concealed}†.* Blinding: Blinded {clinicians, patients, data collectors, outcome assessors, monitoring committee, manuscript writers, and data analysts}†.* Follow-up period: Median 3.1 yea...

In this Commentary, we discuss the paper Quantitative Determination of Size and Shape of Surface-Bound DNA Using an Acoustic Wave Sensor [Tsortos et al., Biophys. J. 94(7), 2706-2715 (2008)]. The paper under discussion presents a novel theory that uses the response of a Shear-Horizontal Surface Acoustic Wave device to characterize surface-attached double- and triple-strand DNA. The authors rela...

The clostridial neurotoxin (CNT) family is composed of tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) and seven different serotypes of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) (Minton, 1995). The active holotoxin is comprised of two fragments, termed heavy (H, 100 kDa) and light (L, 50 kDa) chains (Fig. 1A) and blocks neurotransmitter release in vitro and in vivo (Schiavo and Montecucco, 1997). The L chain is responsible for t...

The study deals with recent changes in the motivation for pursuing non-formal adult education (NFE) Czech Republic and factors behind this. Although number of people NFE has been increasing dynamically years, we do not yet have enough knowledge about reasons adults pursue that influence it. In this regard, aims to identify (1) main trends work/non-work, intrinsic, extrinsic motivations (2) micr...