Normal face-based judgements of social characteristics despite severely impaired holistic face processing Susanne Quadflieg a c , Alexander Todorov b , Renaud Laguesse c & Bruno Rossion c a Division of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE b Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, USA c Department of Psychology, University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Bel...

Chronic bacteriuria is a common occurrence among spinal-cord injury patients and others with neuropathic bladders. If bacteria are present in the urinary tract, the patient may develop symptoms of infection or remain asymptomatic. We have compared virulence properties of 28 Escherichia coli isolates from patients with symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTI) and 29 E. coli isolates from patie...

The Technology Readiness Index (TRI) developed by Parasuraman (2000) was adapted to measure the technology readiness of public school teachers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The study aims at better understanding the factors (mostly demographics) that affect such readiness levels. In addition, Abu Dhabi teachers are segmented into five main groups, with the highest percentage being “laggar...

1Central Department of Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health, Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 2Department of Haematology, Central and Al Jazira Hospitals, Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Received: 10/04/03; accepted: 15/03/04 ABSTRACT In January 2002, a pilot programme of neonatal screening for sickle cell disease was launched in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 3 districts of Abu Dh...

Data replication is a common method used to improve the performance of data access in distributed systems. In this paper, two dynamic replication algorithms, Simple Bottom-Up (SBU) and Aggregate Bottom-Up (ABU), are proposed for the multitier Data Grid. A multi-tier Data Grid simulator called DRepSim is developed for studying the performances of the dynamic replication algorithms. The simulatio...

Marc A. Willaredt, Kerstin Hasenpusch-Theil, Humphrey Gardner, Igor Kitanovic, Vera Hirschfeld-Warneken, Christian Gojak, Karin Gorgas, C. Lulu Bradford, Joachim Spatz, Stefan Woelfl, Thomas Theil, Kerry L. Tucker 1 Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 2 Dept. of Anatomy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 3 Centres for Neuroscienc...

Salah satu prinsip belajar anak usia dini seraya bermain, bermain dikatakan mampu meningkatkan ke enam aspek perkembangan anak. Terutama nilai-nilai dalam permainan tradisional yang dapat sosial emosional Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui apakah keterampilan kelompok B PAUD Mutiara Pertiwi Kecamatan Kempas berjumlah 22 terstimulus melalui lulu cina buta. Penelitian menggunakan metode ...

Janet Abu-Lughod's most recent book, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities (1999), represents an impressive accomplishment. Framed with reference to contemporary debates on globalization and world cities, the book articulates a powerful appeal for a more historically nuanced perspective on contemporary forms of urban restructuring. Whereas scholars such as Anthony King (1991a,...