Here we use low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to reveal the roles of narrow electronic band in two 1$T$-TaS$_2$ related materials (bulk 4$H_{\rm b}$-TaS$_2$). b}$-TaS$_2$ is a superconducting compound with alternating 1$H$-TaS$_2$ layers, where layer has weak charge density wave (CDW) pattern reduces CDW coupling between adjacent layers. In b}$-TaS$_2$, observe loca...

Two studies examined correlates of alexithymia in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In study 1 (n = 77 individuals with PTSD and 45 controls) Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20) scores were positively correlated with PTSD symptoms, dissociation, and childhood abuse and neglect. In study 2, TAS-20 scores were examined as correlates of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) blood oxygen ...

We report new developments in the TAS: the Test of Adult Speechreading, a test designed to be appropriate to the needs of both deaf and hearing users [1]. Profoundly prelingually deaf people outperform hearing users on this test. Subtests of TAS showed different patterns of inter-correlation in deaf and hearing people, suggesting different underlying factors accounting for individual variabilit...

Graduate teaching assistants (TAs) receive little to no formal training in pedagogy before entering the classroom. Such deficiencies may contribute to increase anxiety and poor self-efficacy for TAs, potentially hindering opportunities to train future faculty. We tested the effects of a previously established, low investment, method of TA training through making and receiving peer-evaluations o...

Time Petri Nets (TPN) and Timed Automata (TA) are widely-used formalisms for the modeling and analysis of timed systems. A recently-developed approach for the analysis of TPNs concerns their translation to TAs, at which point efficient analysis tools for TAs can then be applied. One feature of much of this previous work has been the use of timed reachability analysis on the TPN in order to cons...

Recently, the synthesis of a molecule has been reported that belongs to a Lysine based, branched cyclic peptide class. This work explores the ability of such molecules to preserve the 3D geometry of the Trypsin's Active Site (TAS) by applying an integrated framework of automated computer procedures. The following four factors a) D/L chirality, b) different amino acids at different positions of ...

OBJECTIVES Report the incidence and structure of testicular appendices (TAs) in patients with cryptorchidism, comparing their incidence with epididymal anomalies (EA) and patency of the vaginal process (PVP) and analyzes the structure of TAs. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 72 testes of patients with cryptorchidism (average of 6 years), and 8 testes from patients with hydroceles (average of 9...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the effect of the interaction between the number of traumas experienced and alexithymia, on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. METHODS The sample comprised 199 North Korean refugees. Participants completed the Trauma Exposure Check List for North Korean Refugees, Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (T...

Graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are increasingly responsible for instruction in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. Various professional development (PD) programs have been developed and implemented to prepare TAs for this role, but data about effectiveness are lacking and are derived almost exclusively from self-reported surveys. In this study, we...