Previous research documents the relationship between negative treatments of outgroup members and moral exclusion. In this study, we expect ingroup to be also related a exclusionary mechanism. Next, hypothesize that intragroup exclusion behavioral intentions (both positive ones) targeting members, mediated by immigrants’ disidentification with their ethnic identity. Using two samples Iranians (n...

The idea of passive euthanasia has recently been attacked in a particularly clear and explicit way by an ‘‘Ethics Task Force’’ established by the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) in February 2001. It claims that the expression ‘‘passive euthanasia’’ is a contradiction in terms and hence that there can be no such thing. This paper critically assesses the main arguments for the Task...

We demonstrate the applicability of self-propulsion as a passive driving mechanism for droplets in chemically-confined microfluidics. The droplets can be used to transport considerably sized solid cargo particles. We implemented thermal actuation as a steering mechanism for the droplets at fluidic junctions.

This paper discusses significance of passive compliant mechanisms in home-use robots, and describes development of a manipulation component for transferring home-use containers. The component has two characteristic functions in mechanics. (1) Robust joint/release function by pin-connection method utilizing crank rotation shaft mechanism, (2) Misalignment tolerate function for horizontal and inc...

Currently, many bipedal robots have been proposed to realize the high energy efficiency walking. The control input isn’t required for the passive dynamic walking. Generally, a foot of passive dynamic walking robot is an arc foot. In this paper, it is intended to establish a control method and control mechanism to achieve the energy efficient and the stable gait. Therefore, we developed 3D quasi...

kinematic synthesis of a trailing six-member mechanism has been carried out to achieve five precision points of an automotive steering mechanism. the inner wheel can be rotated up to forty five degrees with fair accuracy. results show that the divergent end behavior of ackermann steering mechanism has been overcome by the present mechanism. the work is similar to earlier work by the present aut...

Object manipulation techniques in robotics can be categorized in two major groups including manipulation with grasp and manipulation without grasp. The original aim of this paper is to develop an object manipulation method where in addition to being grasp-less, the manipulation task is done in a passive approach. In this method, linear and angular positions of the object are changed and its man...

BACKGROUND Diastolic dysfunction is a poorly understood but clinically pervasive syndrome that is characterized by increased diastolic stiffness. Titin is the main determinant of cellular passive stiffness. However, the physiological role that the tandem immunoglobulin (Ig) segment of titin plays in stiffness generation and whether shortening this segment is sufficient to cause diastolic dysfun...