A Discrepancy in Analyses of the MSCEIT--Resolving the Mystery and Understanding Its Implications: A Reply to Gignac (2005).

Replies to comments made by G. E. Gignac (see record 2005-06671-010) on the current authors' original article (see record 2003-02341-015). Gignac reanalyzed the factor structure of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and found results that differed from those the authors obtained initially. The authors tracked down the surprising sources of those discrepancies. G. E. Gignac's hierarchical model of emotional intelligence appears promising, and the authors anticipate that further investigations of the MSCEIT factor structure may yield additional information. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Assessing Positive and Negative Changes in the Aftermath of Adversity: Psychometric Evaluation of the Changes in Outlook Questionnaire.

The Changes in Outlook Questionnaire (CiOQ; S. Joseph, R. Williams, & W. Yule, 1993) is a 26-item self-report measure that was designed to assess positive and negative changes in the aftermath of adversity. This article had 3 aims: 1st, to investigate the factor structure of the CiOQ; 2nd, to test for internal consistency reliability and convergent and discriminant validity; and, 3rd, to investigate the association between positive and negative changes in outlook, posttraumatic stress, and psychological distress. Three studies are reported. Study 1 provides evidence that positive and negative changes are statistically separable and that the 2-factor model is a better fit than the 1-factor model. Studies 2 and 3 provide evidence for internal consistency reliability, convergent and discriminant validity of the CiOQ, and its associations with posttraumatic stress and psychological distress. In conclusion, the CiOQ has much promise for research on responses to stressful and traumatic events. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Orthographic Structure Versus Morphological Structure: Principles of Lexical Organization in a Given Language.

Most models of visual word recognition in alphabetic orthographies assume that words are lexically organized according to orthographic similarity. Support for this is provided by form-priming experiments that demonstrate robust facilitation when primes and targets share similar sequences of letters. The authors examined form-orthographic priming effects in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Hebrew and Arabic have an alphabetic writing system but a Semitic morphological structure. Hebrew morphemic units are composed of noncontiguous phonemic (and letter) sequences in a given word. Results demonstrate that form-priming effects in Hebrew or Arabic are unreliable, whereas morphological priming effects with minimal letter overlap are robust. Hebrew bilingual subjects, by contrast, showed robust form-priming effects with English material, suggesting that Semitic words are lexically organized by morphological rather than orthographic principles. The authors conclude that morphology can constrain lexical organization even in alphabetic orthographies and that visual processing of words is first determined by morphological characteristics. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

气相色谱法测定卷烟烟气中烟碱的影响因素

为提高气相色谱法测定卷烟烟气中烟碱含量的准确性,依据行业标准YC/T156-2001对各种影响因素进行了考察,发现标准品配置方法、纯度是主要影响因素。根据试验结果,确定了用直接称重法制作标准工作曲线,采用校正标样的气相色谱法测定卷烟烟气中的烟碱。结果表明,改进后方法的准确度高、检测结果稳定,监测卷烟的测定结果与标定值基本一致。     

影响我国印刷机械行业发展水平的一个关键因素

分析了影响我国印刷机械行业发展的一个关键因素,是如何有效改进印刷机设计水平,并对解决方法给予了论述,以便于我国印刷机械行业调整战略,迎接世界市场的挑战.     

广告符号在传播中的价值

论述了将符号当作一种方法论去认识广告,以裨益于广告的创意表现,因而讨论了广告在传播中的价值,并提出在当代市场传播环境中,关于符号传播研究和实践的迫切性.     

同步发电机励磁系统中PWM控制的仿真研究

优良的励磁控制系统不仅可以保证发电机运行的可靠性和稳定性，而且可有效地提高发电机和电力系统技术指标。同步发电机励磁系统采用了PWM整流技术，实现励磁电流低谐波和励磁功率单元高功率因数转换，提高了发电机供电质量，并用MATLAB对设计系统做出仿真验证，证明该设计对改善发电机输出电压、提高功率单元电能利用率有明显效果。     

Sets and Uncertainty

Arguments are presented indicating coincidence between the concepts of uncertainty and precision, and also on the undesirability of using the uncertainty propagation law for estimating dispersion. It is possible to estimate the reproducibility without performing an interlaboratory experiment and ways are characterized for estimating the closeness between the actual (or true) value of a measured quantity to the measurement result in the presence of influencing factors.We continue the selection of papers from the seminar “Mathematical methods in providing quality and mutual acceptance in measurement results,” with the start of the selection found in Nos. 4 and 5 for 2005.__________Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 6, pp. 20–25, June, 2005.     

Microstructural and piezoelectric properties of low temperature sintering PMN-PZT ceramics with the amount of Li2CO3 addition

PMN-PZT ceramics doped with Li₂CO₃ and Bi₂O₃ as sintering aids were manufactured in order to develop the low temperature sintering ceramics for multilayer piezoelectric transformer, and their micro structural, dielectric and piezoelectric properties were investigated. The sintering aids were proved to lower the sintering temperature of doped PMN-PZT ceramics due to the effect of LiBiO₂ liquid phase. Optimal values for multilayer piezoelectric transformer application, such as electromechanical coupling factor (k_p) of 0.50, mechanical quality factor (Q_m) of 2264, and dielectric constant (K) of 1216, and curie temperature (T_c) of 317 °C were found at 0.1 wt.% Li₂CO₃ added ceramics sintered at 940 °C.     

Development of specimen and test method for strength analysis of MEMS micromirror

Specimens and fracture test methods for strength analysis of MEMS micromirrors were proposed. Bending and combined loading tests were performed, and torsion strength was estimated from those results. Two-parameter Weibull distribution was used to evaluate the fracture stresses estimated from the FEM model. The resulting scale and shape parameters were 787 MPa and 7.77 for the bending test and 517 MPa and 5.28 for the combined loading test. There was a difference in strength between the results of the bending and combined loading tests. From the load factor analysis, it was found that both geometry and stress distribution have to be considered to estimate the strength of MEMS since flaws are non-uniformly distributed. It was also found that torsional strength can be estimated on the safe side using the results of the combined loading test.