[1] Knowledge of the absorption of sunlight by atmospheric gases, aerosols and clouds is key to understanding climate and its variation. Several studies suggested that clouds absorb sunlight significantly more than what models predict. Other studies suggested that the anomalous absorption is present in cloud-free conditions. Here we measure absorption in cloud free atmosphere using the Aerosol ...

Our knowledge on the absorption of folate is incomplete. The deconjugation process as a possible limiting factor in the absorption of folates was investigated. The study also attempted to validate the use of the area under the serum response curve (AUC) from food compared with folic acid as a proxy variable for food folate bioavailability. Folate absorption was determined in healthy ileostomy v...

A dynamic mathematical model of the digestion of proteins in the small intestine of pigs was developed. The model integrates current knowledge on the transit of digesta along the small intestine, endogenous secretions, digestion of proteins, and absorption of amino acids into a mechanistic representation of digestion. The main characteristics of the model are the following: the small intestine ...

Ultraviolet spectra from the GHRS instrument on board the Hubble Space Telescope reveal the presence of a mysterious absorption feature in the Mg II h & k lines of the nearby (d = 20.0 pc) K5 III star α Tau. The narrow absorption looks like an interstellar absorption feature but it is in the wrong location based on our knowledge of the local ISM flow vector. Since the absorption is close to the...

This article explores the non-monotonic nature of the programmer learning that takes place during incremental program development. It uses a constructivist learning model that consists of four fundamental cognitive activities: absorption that adds new facts to the knowledge, denial that rejects facts that do not fit in, reorganization that reorganizes the knowledge, and expulsion that rejects o...

This is the time of knowledge economy and knowledge becomes an important factor for enterprises. Enterprises external network as the main source of enterprise knowledge, can affect enterprise performance by way of absorptive capacity. Thus, enterprise’s knowledge absorption capacity becomes a hot issue. While, however, most of related researches lack deeply analyses on absorptive capacity, and ...

The purpose of this conceptual replication study is to validate the cognitive absorption construct and the model proposed by Agarwal and Karahanna (2000) in the context of 3-D immersive virtual worlds. For this the original scale items were adapted to the new context, and the model was tested with the data collected from 307 customers of a large technology firm who voluntarily participated in a...