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Antonio Terracciano1, Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek, N. Ádám2, L. Adamovová3, C.-k. Ahn4, H.-n. Ahn4, B. M. Alansari, Lidia Alcalay5, Jüri Allik6, Alois Angleitner, María Dolores Avia7, Lindsay E. Ayearst8, Claudio Barbaranelli9, Andrew Beer10, M. A. Borg-Cunen11, Denis Bratko, Marina Brunner-Sciarra12, L. Budzinski13, N. Camart14, Donatien Dahourou15, F. De Fruyt, M. I. P. de Lima16, G. E. H. del Pilar17, Ed Diener18, Ruth Falzon11, K. Fernando19, Emília Ficková3, Ronald Fischer20, Carmen Flores-Mendoza, M. A. Ghayur21, Sami Gülgöz22, Bo Hagberg23, Jamin Halberstadt19, Magdalena S. Halim24, Martina Hřebíčková25, J. Humrichouse10, Hans Henrik Jensen26, D. D. Jocic, F. H. Jónsson27, Brigitte Khoury28, W. Klinkosz24, Goran Knežević29, Mary Anne Lauri11, N. Leibovich30, Thomas A. Martin31, Iris Marušić, Khairul Anwar Mastor32, David Matsumoto33, Margaret McRorie34, B. Meshcheriakov35, Erik Lykke Mortensen26, M. Munyae36, János Nagy2, Katsuharu Nakazato37, Florence Nansubuga38, Shigehiro Oishi39, A. O. Ojedokun40, Fritz Ostendorf, Delroy L. Paulhus41, S. Pelevin35, J.-M. Petot14, N. Podobnik, Jose Porrata42, V. S. Pramila43, G. Prentice34, Anu Realo6, Norma Reátegui12, Jean-Pierre Rolland14, Jérôme Rossier44, Willibald Ruch, Velko S. Rus45, M.L. Sánchez-Bernardos7, Vanina Schmidt30, S. Sciculna-Calleja11, A. Sekowski24, Jane Shakespeare-Finch46, Yoshiko Shimonaka47, Franco Simonetti5, Tilahun Sineshaw48, Jerzy Siuta49, Peter B. Smith50, Paul D. Trapnell51, K. K. Trobst8, Lei Wang52, Michelle Yik53, A. Zupančič, Robert R. McCrae1 
National Institutes of Health1, Eötvös Loránd University2, Slovak Academy of Sciences3, Pusan National University4, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile5, University of Tartu6, Complutense University of Madrid7, Keele University8, Sapienza University of Rome9, University of Iowa10, University of Malta11, Cayetano Heredia University12, University of Melbourne13, University of Paris14, University of Ouagadougou15, University of Coimbra16, University of the Philippines Diliman17, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign18, University of Otago19, Victoria University of Wellington20, Al Akhawayn University21, Koç University22, Lund University23, The Catholic University of America24, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic25, University of Copenhagen26, University of Iceland27, American University of Beirut28, University of Belgrade29, University of Buenos Aires30, Susquehanna University31, National University of Malaysia32, San Francisco State University33, Queen's University Belfast34, International University, Cambodia35, University of Botswana36, Iwate Prefectural University37, Makerere University38, University of Virginia39, University of Ibadan40, University of British Columbia41, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras42, Andhra University43, University of Lausanne44, University of Ljubljana45, Queensland University of Technology46, Bunkyo Gakuin University47, Ramapo College48, Jagiellonian University49, University of Sussex50, University of Winnipeg51, Peking University52, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology53
07 Oct 2005-Science
TL;DR: Perceptions of national character appear to be unfounded stereotypes that may serve the function of maintaining a national identity.
Abstract: Most people hold beliefs about personality characteristics typical of members of their own and others' cultures. These perceptions of national character may be generalizations from personal experience, stereotypes with a "kernel of truth," or inaccurate stereotypes. We obtained national character ratings of 3989 people from 49 cultures and compared them with the average personality scores of culture members assessed by observer ratings and self-reports. National character ratings were reliable but did not converge with assessed traits. Perceptions of national character thus appear to be unfounded stereotypes that may serve the function of maintaining a national identity.

403 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the characteristics of the edge electrostatic fluctuations and the turbulence-induced transport are experimentally investigated using Langmuir probe arrays, and the results show that a naturally formed E-r x B-phi poloidal velocity shear layer (VSL) exists near the radial location of the limiter.
Abstract: In this paper, the edge plasma parameters. including the electron temperature (T-e), electron density (n(e),), plasma potential (phi(p)), radial electric field (E-r) and the corresponding fluctuations in the Sino-united spherical tokamak (SUNIST) have been systematically measured using Langmuir probe arrays. The characteristics of the edge electrostatic fluctuations and the turbulence-induced transport are experimentally investigated. The results show that a naturally formed E-r x B-phi poloidal velocity shear layer (VSL) exists near the radial location of the limiter. Wavenumber spectrum analyses show that edge fluctuations have a radial propagation character of the drift wave turbulence, with a characteristic radial phase velocity u(phr) similar to 0.7 kms(-1) in the scrape-off-layer and u(phr) similar to 0.9-1.4kms(-1) at plasma edge, suggesting! that the. edge turbulence may originate from the core and propagate to the edge in an intermittent pattern. A radial profile of the toroidal flow velocity Mach number has been observed whose maximum is just located at the VSL position, which may imply a possible relation between the poloidal shear flow and the toroidal plasma flow in SUNIST.

30 citations


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TL;DR: Results showed that endogenous SA and ABA can be involved in grape plant response to heat treatment and resulted in improved thermotolerance.
Abstract: Heat treatment (38°C) of young grape plants (Vitis vinifera L., cv. Jingxiu) or leaf spraying with 100 µM salicylic acid (SA) increased leaf thermotolerance. Both treatments led to an increase in ABA content and a decrease in lipoxygenase (LOX) activity. ABA content showed a drastic rise by one hour after treatments and then sharply declined while LOX activity continuously decreased. In the course of heat treatment of grape plants, endogenous SA level and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity rapidly increased during the first hour, then declined. These results showed that endogenous SA and ABA can be involved in grape plant response to heat treatment resulted in improved thermotolerance.

19 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, surface modification of Ti-Al-Zr alloy with nitrogen ions is considered as a method to improve its performance with respect to corrosion, and the implantation of nitrogen ions on the surface enhanced the passivation and reduced the corrosion kinetics of the alloy surface.
Abstract: in the present investigation, surface modification of Ti-Al-Zr alloy with nitrogen ions is considered as a method to improve its performance with respect to corrosion. Nitrogen ions were implanted on Ti-Al-Zr alloy at an energy of 65 keV at different doses between 1 x 10(16) and 1 x 10(17) ions/cm(2). The valence states of nitrogen, titanium and carbon on the sample surfaces were analyzed by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). Glancing angle X-ray diffraction (GAXRD) was employed on the as-implanted and annealed specimens to understand phase formation with increasing doses and annealing temperatures. The implanted samples were subjected to electrochemical study in a solution with pH = 10 in order to determine the optimum dose that can give good corrosion resistance in a simulated nuclear reactor condition. The passive current density and area of the repassivation loop were found to decrease as the doses increased. Nitrogen ions implantation enhanced the passivation and reduced the corrosion kinetics of the alloy surface with increasing tendency for repassivation. The corrosion resistance of as-implanted and annealed samples was better than that of as-implanted samples. Nature of the surface and reason for the variation and improvement in corrosion resistance were discussed in detail. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

7 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, resistivity measurements were performed on single crystals of the superconducting cuprates (Nd,Ce)2CuO4 (NCCO) at zero and high magnetic fields.
Abstract: Resistivity measurements were performed on single crystals of the superconducting cuprates (Nd,Ce)2CuO4 (NCCO) at zero and high magnetic fields. By suppressing the superconducting phase, the well-known log(1/T) diverging resistivity was observed at low temperature. Surprisingly, for samples with an insulator-like upturn of resistivity in the normal state at zero field, the diverging resistivity induced by high field in the superconducting region clearly deviates from the insulator-like behaviour in the normal state at a certain temperature (deviating temperature). The results indicate that the field-induced resistivity has a different nature from that of the normal state. Antiferromagnetic order is considered to play a crucial role in the occurrence of the log(1/T) resistivity.

3 citations