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We examined Chinese adolescents' aspirations and explored the relationship between relative intrinsic aspirations (RIA) and prosocial behaviors and whether adolescents with different levels of RIA have different emphases on self- and other-oriented considerations during prosocial decision making. In Study 1, 236 participants were recruited and completed a questionnaire containing the Aspiration Index and Prosocial Tendencies Measure. The results show that RIA are positively associated with adolescents' prosocial behaviors. In Study 2, 158 adolescents completed a questionnaire containing the Aspiration Index and measurements of prosocial decision making and considerations in prosocial decision making. To some extent, adolescents with a lower level of RIA have a greater emphasis on self-oriented considerations, whereas adolescents with a higher level of RIA have a greater emphasis on other-oriented considerations. In addition, both studies suggest that Chinese adolescents value intrinsic aspirations above extrinsic ones.

To investigate the optimal extraction process and functional characteristics of soluble dietary fiber (SDF) from corn bran. This study used corn bran, a by-product of corn processing, as raw material to extract soluble dietary fiber from corn bran through composite enzyme modification. The optimal process parameters were determined through single factor experiments and response surface methodology optimization, and their physicochemical properties were studied. The results showed that the extraction yield of SDF reached the highest value of 16.64%±0.21% when the content of cellulase was 1.5%, the content of xylanase was 1%, the enzymolysis temperature was 55 °C and enzymolysis time was 150 min. Its solubility was 87.63%±0.43%, the holding water capacity was 2.87±0.16 g/g, the oil holding capacity was 2.30±0.12 g/g, the glucose adsorption capacity was 5.32±0.12 mmol/g. Under simulated stomach (pH2.0) and intestinal environment (pH7.0), cholesterol adsorption capacity was 11.74±0.15 and 42.93±0.08 mg/g and sodium cholacte adsorption capacity was 15.43±0.17 and 50.67±0.10 mg/g, respectively. The research results can provide theoretical reference for the development and utilization of soluble dietary fiber from corn bran. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Low efficiency of Terahertz (THz) radiation and radiation power have limited the development of THz Science and Technology. Thus, with the aims of achieving greater photoconductive current and improving radiation characteristics of THz photoconductive antenna (PCA), this study utilized Extraordinary Optical Transmission (EOT) of light passing through various subwavelength metal structures to control and restrain the light wave in subwavelength scale. Furthermore, by grooving the grating electrode structure, the influence of metal grating's EOT on the transmission field of PCA were investigated and analyzed. Simulation results show that the effect of local electric field enhancement is significant. When the incident power is 0.1 W, the peak value of the local electric field reaches 7. 0 4 × 1 0 7 V/m. In addition, comparing to the grating electrode with no groove structure in which the field intensity was less than 4. 2 8 × 1 0 6 V/m, the local electric field increased by 16.4 times, respectively. Correspondingly, the photocurrent intensity of the improved photoconductive plasmonic structure is increased by 72.3 times. In conclusion, the improved plasma photoconductive structure was shown to obviously enhance the transmission field strength of semiconductor materials and the current of the PCA, and accordingly, to improve the THz radiation capability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this scholarly discourse, we present proof of the existence of unique fixed points in b-metric spaces for hybrid rational contractions. Moreover, we establish a common fixed point theorem for four self-mappings, assuming S-compatibility for two pairs of self-mappings within the framework of b-metric spaces. As a practical demonstration of the aforementioned results, we apply them to a type of integral equation and derive a theorem that guarantees the existence of solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]