Using a laboratory experiment, we examine if third party redistribution from a “Have” to a “Have-not” is affected by (1) whether a Have’s advantage is in some way self-determined and (2) whether selfdetermination occurs in two dimensions compared to one dimension. We find that redistribution decreases if a Have earns an advantageous opportunity or earns income. But we also find that redistribut...

In order to self-assemble desired DNA nanostructure, it is necessary to suppress assembly errors caused by fluctuations of temperature and concentration. We propose a microfluidic device to directly control such environmental parameters of DNA self-assembly. In this paper, some experimental results concerned with key processes of self-assembly in the device, such as immobilizing DNA strands in ...

Self-assembly in microand nanofluidic devices has been the focus of much attention in recent years. This is not only due to their advantages of self-assembling with fine temporal and spatial control in addition to continuous processing that is not easily accessible in conventional batch procedures, but they have evolved to become indispensable tools to localize and assimilate microand nanocompo...

The goal of this study was to investigate individual differences in learning from worked-out examples with respect to the quality of self-explanations. Restrictions of former studies (e.g., lacking control of time-on-task) were avoided and additional research questions (e.g., reliability and dimensionality of selfexplanation characteristics) were addressed. An investigation with 36 university f...

We survey some recent results related to the self-assembly of infinite structures in Winfree’s abstract Tile Assembly Model. These results include impossibility results, as well as the construction of novel tile assembly systems that produce computationally interesting shapes and patterns. Several open questions are also presented and motivated.

Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country. JEL Classification: F22, J15, J16, J24, Z10

Recent developments in theoretical and experimental studies of amphiphilic lyotropic ‘intermediate’ mesophase formation are summarized. For the purposes of the review, we consider intermediate mesophases to be self-assemblies with novel geometries and topologies, excluding lamellar, bicontinuous sponge, columnar (hexagonal) and micellar mesophases. Intermediates include novel branched bilayer t...