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3. Comparisons of Daily Behavior Across 21 Countries

Author

Baranski, EN, Gardiner, G, Guillaume, E, Aveyard, M, Bastian, B, Bronin, I, Ivanova, C, Cheng, JT, Kock, FSD, Denissen, JJA, Gallardo-Pujol, D, Halama, P, Han, GQ, Bae, J, Moon, J, Hong, RY, Hřebíčková, M, Graf, S, Izdebski, P, Lundmann, L, Penke, L, Perugini, M, Costantini, G, Rauthmann, J, Ziegler, M, Realo, A, Elme, L, Sato, T, Kawamoto, S, Szarota, P, Tracy, JL, Aken, MAGV, Yang, Y, and Funder, DC

Subjects
cross-cultural, behavior, Riverside Behavioral Q-sort, personality, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Mental Health, Behavioral and Social Science, Prevention, Psychology
Abstract

While a large body of research has investigated cultural differences in behavior, this typical study assesses a single behavioral outcome, in a single context, compared across two countries. The current study compared a broad array of behaviors across 21 countries (N = 5,522). Participants described their behavior at 7:00 p.m. the previous evening using the 68 items of the Riverside Behavioral Q-sort (RBQ). Correlations between average patterns of behavior in each country ranged from r =.69 to r =.97 and, in general, described a positive and relaxed activity. The most similar patterns were United States/Canada and least similar were Japan/United Arab Emirates (UAE). Similarities in behavior within countries were largest in Spain and smallest in the UAE. Further analyses correlated average RBQ item placements in each country with, among others, country-level value dimensions, personality traits, self-esteem levels, economic output, and population. Extroversion, openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, self-esteem, happiness, and tolerant attitudes yielded more significant correlations than expected by chance.

Published
2017

11. Modeling the pressure inactivation dynamics of Escherichia coli

Author

Yamamoto K., Matsubara M., Kawasaki S., Bari M.L., and Kawamoto S.

Subjects
Predictive microbiology, Pressure, Escherichia coli, Inactivation, Model, Medicine (General), R5-920, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract

Escherichia coli, as a model microorganism, was treated in phosphate-buffered saline under high hydrostatic pressure between 100 and 300 MPa, and the inactivation dynamics was investigated from the viewpoint of predictive microbiology. Inactivation data were curve fitted by typical predictive models: logistic, Gompertz and Weibull functions. Weibull function described the inactivation curve the best. Two parameters of Weibull function were calculated for each holding pressure and their dependence on holding pressure was obtained by interpolation. With the interpolated parameters, inactivation curves were simulated and compared with the experimental data sets.

Published
2005

12. Leakage current characteristics of thick cubic boron nitride films deposited on titanium.

Author

Kawamoto, S., Nakakuma, T., Teii, K., and Matsumoto, S.

Subjects
*BORON nitride, *PLASMA jets, *CHEMICAL vapor deposition, *POOLE-Frenkel effect, *CRYSTALLINITY, *STOICHIOMETRY
Abstract

Thick cubic and sp2-bonded boron nitride (cBN and sp2BN) films are deposited on Ti substrates by plasma jet enhanced chemical vapor deposition using the chemistry of fluorine, and their direct current-voltage characteristics are studied for Ni-BN-Ti capacitor structures. The resistivity of the cBN film measured at room temperature is of the order of 108 Ωcm, which is three to four orders of magnitude lower than that of the sp2BN film. At high electric fields, Frenkel-Poole emission dominates the conduction of the sp2BN film, while thermionic emission is better able to describe the conduction of the cBN film at temperatures up to 473 K. A lower leakage current indicates lower densities of carriers and trap sites associated with defects, suggesting that a higher-quality cBN film with higher crystallinity and stoichiometry is potentially promising as an ultrahard dielectric material in high temperature condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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43. Persistent truncus arteriosus with an anomalous coronary artery in a cat.

Author

Kochi, M., Sugimoto, K., Kawamoto, S., Inoue, M., and Machida, N.

Abstract

A 6-month-old, female, domestic shorthair cat weighing 1.8 kg presented with cardiomegaly seen on radiographs taken at a primary care veterinary center. Echocardiography revealed a single enlarged vessel overriding a ventricular septal defect and severe hypertrophy of the right ventricular free wall. There was no evidence of a pulmonary arterial trunk originating from the heart. The blood flow through the ventricular septal defect exhibited right-to-left shunting. The cat suddenly experienced dyspnea and died at home, and a postmortem examination was performed. A single large vessel was noted leaving the heart, from which the right and left pulmonary arteries arose separately; a main pulmonary artery was absent. There was only one single anomalous coronary ostium that arose from the brachiocephalic artery and divided into two branches. The walls of the extracardiac coronary artery were thick, but neither infarcts nor narrowing was observed within the coronary arteries. There were no abnormalities in the intracardiac coronary artery. These findings revealed a persistent truncus arteriosus with an anomalous coronary artery. A combination of these anomalies might have contributed to the early death of the cat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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