Paraburkholderia phymatum is a highly effective microsymbiont of Mimosa spp. and has also been shown to nodulate papilionoid legumes. P. phymatum was found to be highly competitive both in a natural environment as well as under controlled test conditions and is more competitive for nodulation over other α- and β-rhizobial strains in a variety of different plant hosts. In order to elucidate the ...

This study aims to probe into the analysis of online word-of-mouth in the insurance industry of Taiwan. By treating the top four insurance companies as key words, the researcher extracts users’ learning from blogs and online forums between January 1, 2010 and July 5, 2011. After eliminating improper samples, there are 914 valid articles. The research findings demonstrate that, the characteristi...

Imitation typically occurs in social contexts where people interact and have common goals. Here, we show that people are also highly susceptible to imitate each other in a competitive context. Pairs of players performed a competitive and fast-reaching task (a variant of the arcade whac-a-mole game) in which money could be earned if players hit brief-appearing visual targets on a large touchscre...