Manipulation, bribery, and control are well-studied ways of changing the outcome of an election. Many voting systems are in the general case computationally resistant to some of these manipulative actions. However when restricted to single-peaked electorates, these problems suddenly become easy to solve. Recently, Faliszewski, Hemaspaandra, and Hemaspaandra [FHH11] studied the complexity of dis...

The objective of this study is to assess the changes in cervical intersegmental spinal mobility before and after the use of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). Two systems of mensuration are utilized in 58 case studies. The results are then compared to previously defined normal values and the efficacy of SMT is objectively assessed. Of the 58 case studies presented, results reveal that post-SMT ...

Identity has remained a popular concept for many decades, being widely used in scientific research. This reflects not only the importance of phenomena standing behind this notion, but also wide and deep changes accompanying transition societies from industrial to post-industrial, late modern, post-modern, network or information society. Regardless disputes about nature new era, researchers agre...

the theory of contact mechanics deals with stresses and deformations which arise when the surfaces of two solid bodies are brought into contact. in elastic deformation contact occurs over a finite area. a regular method for determining the dimensions of this area is hertz contact model. appearance of atomic force microscope results in introduction of contact mechanics into biology. low elastici...

The press, as a culturally structured system, contributes to the formation of audience self-images – defining one's domestic identity and hetero images Other. Using journalistic translation journalism studies, this contribution explores national image provided by Italian press in news translated into English Ansa agency website during current COVID-19 pandemic. few studies on translations inclu...

This research examined the hypothesis that people judge as true those claims aligned with normative content of their salient social identities. In Experiment 1a, participants’ identities were manipulated by assigning them to ‘inductive-thinker’ and ‘intuitive-thinker’ groups. Participants subsequently made truth judgements about aphorisms randomly associated ‘science’ ‘popular wisdom’. Those in...