This paper builds a bridge between research on regulatory focus in motivation and classification learning. It tests the hypothesis that a fit between the situational regulatory focus and the reward structure of the task leads to greater cognitive flexibility than a mismatch between situational focus and the reward structure and that the fit between the regulatory focusinduced processing charact...

Article history: Received 17 March 2014 Received in revised form 5 May 2014 Accepted 8 May 2014 Available online xxxx In this invited response, we first note that contrary to the claims of Haier and colleagues, they were not part of the review process for the article Fractionating Human Intelligence. We then expand on the rationale underlying the primary objective of the study, to determine whe...

Decisions are often based on the results of quantitative analysis. To gain confidence in these results, some indication of their quality is needed. Measurement uncertainty, as proposed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), is a way to express this quality. Most measurement techniques compare references and therefore need to be calibrated. Usually least squares methods ign...

Motorized transportation systems in the urban areas witnessed huge developments in the infrastructures thanks to the advances in various aspects of technology. This urbanization revolution has its own pros and cons. The resulting dominance of vehicles has limited the presence of people in public places and their participation in social activities, threatening the human based lifestyle of the ci...

introduction according to available statistics, nearly half of the world population is living in cities and there is expectance of increasing in the coming decades. urban areas are the main centers of economic, social and political growth in every country that have prove itself as the most attractive places to build wealth, work, creativity and innovation. but these areas face with important ch...

Drawing from deep longitudinal and ethnographic work, this article interrogates a set of key relationships between bodies, gender infrastructure in the context understanding cities such as Bharatpur Dhangadhi Nepal well Delhi, India. This seeks to make two contributions. First, utilizing feminist political geography approaches, we examine bodies infrastructure, referring how social material wor...

Water distribution networks are the backbone of any municipal water supply. Their task is to supply population regardless respective demand. High resilience these infrastructures great importance and has brought into focus science politics. At same time, data collected highly sensitive often openly unavailable. Therefore, researchers have rely on models that represent topology infrastructures. ...

Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) are expanding in anthropized areas, causing serious climatic consequences such as rising temperatures and citizens' discomfort. Several studies have identified confirmed how the use of cool road pavements can mitigate reduce negative effects UHIs. This study performs a microclimate simulation San Pietro Vincula Square Rome through ENVI-Met software by replacing current...