INTRODUCTION Investigations of patterns of sexual arousal to certain groups of sexually explicit media (SEM) in the general population in non-laboratory settings are rare. Such knowledge could be important to understand more about the relative specificity of sexual arousal in different SEM users. AIMS (i) To investigate whether sexual arousal to non-mainstream vs mainstream SEM contents could...

In disciplines other than IS, the use of covariance-based structural equation modelling (SEM) is the mainstream method for SEM analysis, and for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Yet a body of IS literature has developed arguing that PLS regression is a superior tool for these analyses, and for establishing reliability and validity. Despite these claims, the views underlying this PLS literatu...

Nanomanipulators, whilst commonly used to lift out TEM samples prepared in the FIB, have a number of other potential applications and can aid in the chemical and crystallographic analysis of samples. Here, we discuss some of these alternative uses of nanomanipulators and show how they enable the EDS and EBSD analysis of thin samples in the FIB-SEM as well as serve as electrical probes and enabl...

Infections of F plasmid-containing strains of Escherichia coli by bacteriophage T7 result in membrane damage that allows nucleotides to exude from the infected cell into the culture medium. Only pifA of the F pif operon is necessary for "leakiness" of the T7-infected cell. Expression of either T7 gene 1.2 or gene 10 is sufficient to cause leakiness, since infections by phage containing null mut...

Colorectal cancer is the fourth commonest malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. In the year 2001, there were an estimated total of 135.400 new cases of colorectal cancer. In terms of cancer deaths, this disease was estimated to account for 56,700 deaths in the United States. The lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer for the American popul...

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) constitutes a potentially valuable diagnostic tool for rapid diagnosis of contagious diseases. In this study, we developed a novel LAMP method (seM-LAMP) to detect the seM gene of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi (S. equi), the causative agent of strangles in equids. The seM-LAMP successfully amplified the target sequence of the seM gene at 63°C withi...

Background and aims Pornography use has become increasingly common. Studies have shown that individuals who use sexually explicit materials (SEMs) report negative effects (Schneider, 2000b). However, Bridges (2008b) found that couples who use SEM together have higher relationship satisfaction than those who use SEM independently. A further investigation into various types of SEM use in relation...

In t ramembranous charge movement was measured in cut twitch fibers mounted in a double Vaseline-gap chamber with ei ther a tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA.CI) o r a TEA2.SO 4 solution (13-14~ in the central pool. Charge vs. voltage data were fitted by a single two-state Boltzmann distr ibution function. The average values of V (the voltage at which steady-state charge is equally distr ibuted ...

Since the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was first commercialized about 40 years ago, the SEM has shown a remarkable progress. Now, many types of SEMs are being used, and their performance and functions are greatly different from each other. To utilize these different SEMs, it is essential to recognize their features, as well as to understand the reasons for the contrast of SEM images. Thus...