Showing papers by "All Saints' College published in 1982"
TL;DR: Three types of response to increased copper concentration have been detected, and it is suggested that these reflect a different genetic control of copper tolerance in different populations.
Abstract: The effect of increased copper concentration in solution on the rooting of seven copper tolerant populations ofAgrostis tenuis has been examined using the regression technique ofFinlay &Wilkinson (1963). Three types of response to increased copper concentration have been detected, and it is suggested that these reflect a different genetic control of copper tolerance in different populations.
17 citations
01 Sep 1982
TL;DR: Down’s Syndrome children tended to adopt a response bias, focusing on the central element displayed and to be more ‘content’ with monotonic orders and mirrored arrangements, whereas the normal group tended to succeed with the full array.
Abstract: 349 subjects were tested (118 Down’s Syndrome; 108 other mentally handicapped; 123 normal) in a simple discrimination task. The subjects were matched for M.A. which ranged from 2.5 - 7.0 in each group. The task was to match three cards, differing in size, with identical cards. On six occasions the cards were presented for each subject to match in open display; on six occasions the task was to arrange the matching cards from memory after the display was hidden from view. It was found that both handicapped groups tended to succeed in matching one card only, in position: whereas the normal group tended to succeed with the full array. Down’s Syndrome children tended to adopt a response bias, focusing on the central element displayed and to be more ‘content’ with monotonic orders and mirrored arrangements.
6 citations
01 Jan 1982
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the proposition that joint consultation can be a successful technique for securing employee co-operation and commitment to improvements in organizational efficiency, even where these improvements involve organizational and technological change programmes which include redundancies and job modifications.
Abstract: This paper examines the proposition that joint consultation can be a successful technique for securing employee co-operation and commitment to improvements in organizational efficiency, even where these improvements involve organizational and technological change programmes which include redundancies and job modifications. Empirically the study investigates the operation of a consultative system under the different conditions prevailing in 3 factories of a major British frozen food company. Theoretically these data are considered against two competing hypotheses: one, that joint consultation represents a bureaucratic endeavour to secure greater information-management and is dysfunctional to encouraging co-operative attitudes among employees; the other, that consultation is both meaningful to employees as an information-exchange venue and has important relational consequences reducing social distance, the net effect of the two aspects being to encourage co-operative employee attitudes.
1 citations
01 Jan 1982-Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-toxic\/hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering
TL;DR: Lab white mice were reared under two different types of fluorescent light and live weight gain was measured over a period of up to 70 days illumination and significant differences in live weight were found.
Abstract: Laboratory white mice (Mus musculus) were reared under two different types of fluorescent light and live weight gain was measured over a period of up to 70 days illumination. Significant differences in live weight were found. However, these differences are dependent upon the age at which the mice are first subjected to the different lighting regimes. The results are discussed in terms of the use of animal experiments in modelling human performance under artificial lighting conditions.