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...

SUMO-modified proteins are recognized by SUMO interacting motifs (SIMs), thus triggering diverse cellular responses. Here SIMs were used to develop SUMO-traps to capture endogenous SUMOylated proteins. Our results show that these small peptides are transferable motifs that maintain their SUMO binding capacity when fused to the heterologous carrier protein GST. The tandem disposition of SIMs inc...

Information technology (IT) management is a multifaceted and sophisticated mission, particularly in the context of multinational corporations. Loosely coupled heterogeneous IT systems and almost independent IT departments within business groups around the globe do not facilitate transparency of IT costs and performance. The management of costs and performance of IT, also known as IT controlling...

New technologies for Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) produce three-dimensional hyperspectral chemical images with high spatial resolution and fine mass-spectral precision. SIMS imaging of biological tissues and cells promises to provide an informational basis for important advances in a wide variety of applications, including cancer treatments. However, the volume and complexity of data ...