SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS I956 The bottleneck in the application of indirect calorimetry is still the need for laborious and skilful gas analysis. I t is this bottleneck that is now under attack in this laboratory. If the attack is successful, the results will be, first a robust oxygen analyser for laboratory use, with a very short response time and small dead space, and later an adaptation of it s...

One purported means for reducing the social desirability inherent in stated purchase intentions is indirect questioning, whereby the respondent is asked to comment about the probable buying behavior of another abstract individual. The contention is that respondents will project their own predilections unto the other person, thereby allowing for a more valid expression of their own purchase inte...

This paper is about the relationship between dative case and the indirect object, i.e. about the linking between a morphological case and a grammatical role. The primary evidence is taken from relative clause data in German dialects (two other continental West Germanic varieties, Yiddish and a North Frisian dialect, are taken into account as well). The typical morphological systems of some of t...

An impressive case has been built for the hypothesis that knowledge is the norm of assertion, otherwise known as the knowledge account of assertion. According to the knowledge account, you should assert something only if you know that it’s true. A wealth of observational data supports the knowledge account, and some recent empirical results lend further, indirect support. But the knowledge acco...

Purpose – Weblogs, or blogs, have been a significant new development in recent years. Many businesses have begun using blogs to stimulate discussions, garner ideas, and provide further visibility. Thus, blog usage as well as individual motives behind continued usage is an important area of research. This research aims to examine behavioral motivations underlying individual intention to keep usi...

Article history: Received 5 July 2013 Received in revised form 13 July 2014 Accepted 13 July 2014 Available online xxxx