The aim of the present study was to compare the accuracy of the Amsterdam Short Term Memory (ASTM) test with that of the Structured Inventory of the Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) in detecting feigning of cognitive dysfunction in naïve and coached participants. Ninety undergraduate students were administered the ASTM and the SIMS and asked to respond honestly (controls; n = 30), or instructed...

This article addresses the psychometric properties of the Dutch translation of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) when administered to undergraduate psychology students as well as psychiatric inpatients. Findings show that this SIMS version possesses good test–retest reliability and internal consistency. Also, simulation findings indicate that undergraduate students in...

Single-ion magnets (SIMs) are potential building blocks of novel quantum computing devices. Unique magnetic properties of SIMs require effective separation of magnetic ions and can be tuned by even slight changes in their coordination sphere geometry. We show that an additional level of tailorability in the design of SIMs can be achieved by organizing magnetic ions into supramolecular architect...

This research assessed the reliability, presence of a proposed simplex pattern (construct validity), factorial validity, and multisample invariance of the Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS; Guay, Vallerand, & Blanchard, 2000). In Study 1, data were collected from three physical activity samples. After establishing internal consistencies for all scales, bivariate and interfactor correlations we...

The small ubiquitin-like modifier, SUMO, can be covalently linked to specific proteins and many substrates carrying this modification have been identified. However, for some proteins, the role that SUMO modification imparts remains obscure. Our understanding of SUMO biology and function has been significantly advanced by the recent discovery of proteins and protein domains that contain SUMO-int...

The study demonstrates a new method to quantify Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) images by using synergetic combination of Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and SIMS.

With the proliferation of robotics in industry, education and entertainment, artificial intelligent robots challenge the way we think about relationships between humans and machines. This study examines critical issues in artificial life and rights, which are an emergent but, as yet, little understood area of educational inquiry through one of the most popular video game, The Sims. Since The Si...

More than a decade after the revolutions of 1989, we can see these as a highpoint of a new, worldwide and increasingly global wave of democratic revolution and counter-revolution. Violent struggles between the political forces unleashed have produced genocidal wars and stimulated global state formation. These developments present concerned citizens and students of international relations and po...

We consider the application of the Schreier-Sims algorithm and its variations to matrix groups defined over finite fields. We propose a new algorithm for the selection of the base points and demonstrate that it both improves the performance of the algorithm for a large range of examples and significantly extends the range of application. In particular, the random Schreier-Sims algorithm, with t...

Depth profile analysis by high-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry ~SIMS! can accurately determine C and Si concentrations within monolithic reflectors of vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers ~VCSELs!. These SIMS depth profiles are quantified to atomic concentrations using relative sensitivity factors and calibration standards, and are correlated to the laser characteristics. We compa...