Neonatal rats which had received a daily injection of 50 microgram of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) or 30 microgram of L-thyroxine (T 4) for 7 days beginning on the day of birth were compared as to the late effect of the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid axis with the neo saline control. Neo DNP rats and neo T 4 rats revealed the retardation of growth compared with neo saline rats. The plasma level of TS...

Paul Detrick The NEO PI-R is one of a group of closely-related objective assessment instruments (NEO Inventories) designed to measure the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality (Digman, 1990; McCrae & John, 1992). The FFM has received widespread acceptance as a valid descriptor of normal personality (Mount & Barrick, 1998), as well as an organizing framework for the prediction of job performanc...

As advertised in its subtitle, Terence Cuneo’s rich new book, The Normative Web, puts forth an argument for moral realism. Moral realism, Cuneo argues, is on a par with epistemic realism—roughly, the view that there are genuine epistemic facts, facts such as that it is reasonable to believe that astrology is false. These two realist doctrines stand or fall together. But epistemic realism is tru...

Introduction. This article continues a series of publications dedicated to the 100th year Mari fine arts. National neo-romanticism appeared at late Soviet stage. It is important clearly identify it and determine itы place in process under study. Materials Methods. The research methods are based on author’s cultural archetypal approach. items art, archival documents, media publications, catalogs...

Abstract The paper presents a detailed interpretation of Edgar Wind’s Experiment and Metaphysics (1934), unique work on the philosophy physics which broke with Neo-Kantian tradition under influence American pragmatism. Taking up Cassirer’s physics, Wind develops holistic theory experiment constructivist account empirical facts. Based concept embodiment plays key role in later writings art histo...

How perceived realism in a video game contributes to game enjoyment and engagement is a theoretically important and practically significant question. The conceptualization and operationalization of perceived realism in previous video game studies vary greatly, particularly regarding the dimensions of perceived graphic realism and perceived external realism. The authors argue that it is importan...