A pluralistic spectrum of the mimetic See

Through the composition of ten pieces, I have explored the theme of mimesis and musical pluralism, especially as it occurs and applies in my own music. The following commentary begins by initially discussing my own context as a composer, providing an overview of the motivation...

The Association Between Negative Attributional Style and Working Memory Performance See

Abstract: Introduction: It has been proposed that negative attributions contribute to impairment in cognitive task processing. However, it is still unknown whether negative attributions influence task processing in all cognitive tasks. Methods: To investigate this, 91 healthy parti...

The mourning of lost autonomy: a philosophical and psychoanalytic critique on the objectification of fantasy See

Removal of priority hazardous pollutants in municipal sewage effluent to meet environmental quality standards of the European Water Framework Directive using TAML Activators See

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) commits EU member states to achieve good qualitative and quantitative status of water bodies. The directive is designed to help protect and improve the ecological health of groundwater, rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters. Under...

Visual-motor integration and reading Chinese in children with/without dyslexia See

Visual-motor integration is an ability to coordinate the visual information and limb movement, which has direct relevance to Chinese handwriting ability. Interestingly handwriting practice can also improve Chinese reading. However, the relationship between visual-motor integration and reading ability in&#x...

The role of motion smoothness, synchrony, and culture in aesthetic perception of human movement: from the method of production to the method of choice See

Research on aesthetic perception of dance has been recently generating considerable interest within the field of Psychology of Aesthetics. There are, however, a number of methodological and conceptual gaps in our knowledge such as the application of the method of production, as well...

The matrix proteins aggrecan and fibulin-1 play a key role in determining aortic stiffness See

Stiffening of the aorta is an important independent risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke. Yet its genetics is complex and little is known about its molecular drivers. We have identified for the first time, tagSNPs in the genes for extracellular matrix proteins,&#...

The Feasibility of a Novel School Peer-led Mentoring Model to Improve the Physical Activity Levels and Sedentary Time of Adolescent Girls: The Girls’ Peer Activity (G-PACT) Project See

Abstract: Regular physical activity (PA) is associated with numerous physical and psychological health benefits. Adolescents, specifically girls, are at risk of physical inactivity. To date, there is limited research on PA interventions involving peers, which could encourage more adolescent...

An empirical study of human resources management practices in domestic and multinational enterprises in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia See

This study was undertaken with the objective to understand Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) practices in domestic enterprises (DEs) vs multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the country context of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The literature suggested that there would be a n...