Vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy (VSFS) is employed here to study the bonding and structure of water molecules at the mixed halocarbon–water interface. Mixtures of non-polar CCl4 with more polar solvents CHCl3, dichloromethane (DCM), and 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) are used to vary the polarity of the organic phase. The OH stretching modes of interfacial water molecules are used to character...

This study examined to study how respondents rely on the Internet to fulfill the various life goals dimensioned into understanding, orientation and playing goals, and how this dependency relates to the generation of social capital. Further, it examined the resources of social capital in terms of bonding social capita and bridging social capital. In this study quantitative research approach was ...

British cultural studies, represented perhaps chiefly by the so-called Birmingham School, is much marked by its strong orientation towards the application of grounded theory in the analysis of concrete cases, rather than the development of abstract Theory with a Capital T (in Stuart Hall’s words). As a leading figure of the Birmingham School and a key representative of the active audience model...

Poljak and Turzík (Discrete Math. 1986) introduced the notion of λ-extendible properties of graphs as a generalization of the property of being bipartite. They showed that for any 0 < λ < 1 and λ-extendible property Π, any connected graph G on n vertices and m edges contains a spanning subgraph H ∈ Π with at least λm+ 1−λ 2 (n−1) edges. The property of being bipartite is λ-extendible for λ = 1/...

Orientation masking induces changes of discrimination thresholds and perceived orientation. Studies on alignment discrimination of Vernier stimuli concentrated on masking induced changes of discrimination thresholds, without considering possible changes of perceived orientation and/or alignment of the two-line segments. Measuring both parameters in an orientation discrimination task, we confirm...

aim: considering the fundamental role of parents&apos; function and family dynamics including the importance role of family communication pattern on preventing early-onset substance use in children, the present study aimed to determine the correlation between family communication pattern and mothers&apos; preventive behavioral intention regarding preventing early-onset substance use in children...

It is well known that visual cortical neurons respond vigorously to a limited range of stimulus orientations, while their primary afferent inputs, neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), respond well to all orientations. Mechanisms based on intracortical inhibition and/or converging thalamocortical afferents have previously been suggested to underlie the generation of cortical orientat...

It is well known that visual cortical neurons respond vigorously to a limited range of stimulus orientations while their primary a erent inputs neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus LGN respond well to all orientations Mechanisms based on intracortical inhibition and or converging thalamocortical a erents have previ ously been suggested to underlie the generation of cortical orientation sel...

Introduction: We present a model of simulation of diffusion in white matter. This model has been used in Diffusion Weighted Imaging researches as a tool for employing cylindrically constrained two-tensor models to identify two independent directions within a voxel and assessing the orientation angle as a parameter that influence on fractional anisotropy.   Materials a...

By a well known theorem of Robbins, graph G has strongly connected orientation if and only is 2-edge-connected it easy to find, in linear time, either cut edge or strong G. A result Durand de Gevigney shows that for every k≥3 NP-hard decide given k-strong orientation. Thomassen showed one can check polynomial time whether 2-strong This implies digraph D we determine reorient (=reverse) some arc...