When people estimate a numeric value after judging whether it is larger or smaller than a high or low anchor value (comparative question), estimates are biased in the direction of the anchor. One explanation for this anchoring effect is that people selectively access knowledge consistent with the anchor value as part of a positive test strategy. Two studies (total N = 184) supported the alterna...

Medial meniscal root tears have been repaired using various methods. Arthroscopic all-inside repair using a suture anchor is one of the popular methods. However, insertion of the suture anchor into the proper position at the posterior root of the medial meniscus is technically difficult. Some methods have been reported to facilitate suture anchor insertion through a high posteromedial portal, a...

Background. Anchors are one of the important attachment appendages for monogenean parasites. Common descent and evolutionary processes have left their mark on anchor morphometry, in the form of patterns of shape and size variation useful for systematic and evolutionary studies. When combined with morphological and molecular data, analysis of anchor morphometry can potentially answer a wide rang...

this study tries to show that how viewpoint functions in discourse. as it will be clarified, it is highly related to the intention of the speaker/writer, and as a result, the orientation (s)he adopts in the discourse. deictic markers function as discourse markers to fix and anchor time, place, agent, and other discursive elements. in this way, the viewpoint adopted by the enunciator/utterer is ...

We participated in NTCIR-5 WEB Navigational Retrieval Subtask(Navi-2) in order to verify the most effective retrieval method for the index of anchor texts by using a retrieval system that indexed only anchor texts instead of full texts of Web pages. We introduced retrieval methods that combine one or more of six retrieval measures: (a) anchor frequency (af), (b) reference consistency (rc), (c) ...

Plate anchors are one of the most common types ground used in foundation systems, as they transfer loads from to soil prevent overturning and overcome forces that could threaten integrity structure. The present work concerns study combined effects among behavior anchor plate sandy with without water presence a static state at different head level (h=15, 30, 40 cm) above base for two states impr...

Secure boot mechanisms aim to provide guarantees of integrity of a system as it loads. It ensures that if a system is running, all of its process will satisfy integrity verification requirements. While secure boot has been available for a long time, it is not available in commodity systems due to the high cost of secure hardware. In this paper, we describe Firma, an architecture that provides s...