Alex Müller and Georg Bednorz are widely recognized for their trailblazing discovery of high-temperature superconductivity groundbreaking research on SrTiO3. In comparison, substantial contributions to inventing the high-Tc superconducting field-effect transistor remain relatively unknown. Nevertheless, efforts were crucial in developing electric field effect into a valuable tool studying broad...

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MOTIVATION RNA-seq is a powerful technology for the study of transcriptome profiles that uses deep-sequencing technologies. Moreover, it may be used for cellular phenotyping and help establishing the etiology of diseases characterized by abnormal splicing patterns. In RNA-Seq, the exact nature of splicing events is buried in the reads that span exon-exon boundaries. The accurate and efficient m...

Athletes that are happy in their sport participate more often, and for longer. Therefore, understanding the processes that give rise to positive emotions in recreational sport is important. Grounded in the dualistic model of passion, the present study tested a structural model in which harmonious and obsessive passion predict positive emotions in recreational sport through the mediating influen...

The author is a believing Christian, who is much puzzled by the fact that "as yet the Christian Church has (not) come to an open and satisfactory solution" of the problem of the dynamic power of man's sexual nature in the context of the New Testament. Indeed, she states that "the eroticism of the normal man has never found a comfortable place within the institution of Christian marriage". With ...

Scientists often re-invent things which were long known. Here we review these activities as related to the mechanism of producing power law distributions, originally proposed in 1922 by Yule to explain experimental data on the sizes of biological genera, collected by Willis. We estimate that scientists are busy re-discovering America about 2/3 of time.  The book of Ecclesiastes says: “Is there...

Research shows that harmonious and obsessive passion are positively and negatively linked to well-being respectively (e.g., Vallerand et al. in J Personal 75:505–534, 2007; Psychol Sport Exerc 9:373–392, 2008). The present study investigated the psychological mechanisms underlying the different impact of the two types of passion on well-being. A theoretical model involving passion, ruminations,...

Note: This article, expressing the thoughts of Gail S. Fidler, was being developed jointly by Mrs. Fidler and Nedra P. Gillette at the time of Mrs. Fidler’s death, April 26, 2005. It was completed using notes recorded during an extensive interview and reminiscence session the 2nd week in February. Fidler, G. S., Gillette, N. P. (2005). A firm persuasion in our work—Passion and perseverance. Ame...