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No replication is truly direct, and I recommend moving away from the classification of replications as “direct” or “conceptual” to a framework in which we accept that treatment effects vary across conditions. Relatedly, we should stop labeling replications as successes or failures and instead use continuous measures to compare different studies, again using meta-analysis of raw data where possi...

The overarching goal of my research is to understand the biological role of C-reactive protein (CRP) in maintenance of health and propagation of disease. Diseases of interest include: systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, diabetes, Alzheimer's, cardiovascular disease, and microbial infection. We use a multi-faceted approach that entails studie...

Two finite Alexander quandles with the same number of elements are isomorphic iff their Z[t]-submodules Im(1− t) are isomorphic as modules. This yields specific conditions on when Alexander quandles of the form Zn[t ]/(t− a) where gcd(n, a) = 1 (called linear quandles) are isomorphic, as well as specific conditions on when two linear quandles are dual and which linear quandles are connected. We...

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Experimental Otolaryngology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, Department of Physics, Biophysics Group, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlan...

1Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, Erlangen University Hospital, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Bohlenplatz 21, 91054 Erlangen, Germany 2Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Erlangen University Hospital, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Glückstraße 11, 91054 Erlangen, Germany 3Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erl...

The purpose of this paper is to identify attributive constructs of leadership and look at them from a critical perspective. First we will have a look on the self psychology according to Kohut (1996). Then leader role models created by subordinates are examined in detail. The theoretical basis for this empirical study is provided by attribution theory. Empirical role models for leaders are inves...

The extended Alexander group of an oriented virtual link l of d components is defined. From its abelianization a sequence of polynomial invariants ∆i(u1, . . . , ud, v), i = 0, 1, . . . , is obtained. When l is a classical link, ∆i reduces to the well-known ith Alexander polynomial of the link in the d variables u1v, . . . , udv; in particular, ∆0 vanishes.

For integers n ≥ 1, k ≥ 0, the stable Kneser graph SGn,k (also called the Schrijver graph) has as vertex set the stable n-subsets of [2n + k] and as edges disjoint pairs of n-subsets, where a stable n-subset is one that does not contain any 2-subset of the form {i, i + 1} or {1, 2n + k}. The stable Kneser graphs have been an interesting object of study since the late 1970’s when A. Schrijver de...