Georgia College & State University

About: Georgia College & State University is a education organization based out in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Higher education. The organization has 950 authors who have published 1591 publications receiving 37027 citations.

Judging a book by its cover: The influence of physical attractiveness on the promotion of regional leaders

Abstract: We investigate the determinants of the promotion of Chinese municipal leaders and find that leaders with greater perceived attractiveness have a higher probability of promotion. Further exploration shows no correlation between a leader's facial traits and local economic growth under his jurisdiction. Essentially, a senior government official's look significantly affects his chance of promotion but says very little about his ability to advance the local economy. Our findings suggest that appearance-based discrimination exists when Chinese political hierarchy screens political elites.

Effects of resistance exercise in women with or at risk for breast cancer-related lymphedema

Abstract: Breast cancer survivors (BCS) have been told in the past to avoid strenuous repetitive activities in order to decrease the risk of lymphedema development. Recent evidence suggests that exercise may be beneficial to decrease the signs/symptoms and development of lymphedema. This study assessed the arm circumferences of 27 BCS (64 ± 7 years) at baseline and every 2 weeks thereafter during a 6-month resistance exercise training (RT) intervention. RT consisted of 2 days/week of 10 exercises including two sets of 8–12 repetitions at 52–69 % of the participants’ one-repetition maximum. A repeated measure analysis of variance revealed no significant changes in percent difference of arm circumferences at any assessment point (pre, 1.31 ± 6.21 %; post, 0.62 ± 6.55 %), nor were there any adverse lymphedema-related events reported during the study. These findings imply that RT can be a safe activity for women with or at risk for breast cancer-related lymphedema.

Superstitiousness and Intelligence

Abstract: Powers ( 193 1 ) and Belanger ( 1944 ) reported negative correlations between measures of intelligence and measures of superstitiousness in college students, but neither of the correlations was statistically significant. The present report investigated the relationship between an original index of superstitiousness and a widely used test of intelligence. Forty-nine seniors in two classes of a public high school in Georgia, whose ages ranged from 17 to 19 yr., anonymously cook an original 57-item superstitiousness questionnaire during regular class hours. This questionnaire' contained commonly believed statements which have no basis in scientific fact, as: June marriages are lucky; ic is bad luck for a black cat to cross your path; carrying a horse chestnut or buckeye will bring you good luck. Ss were asked to indicate either no, slight, moderate, or strong agreement with each statement by placing a check in the appropriate column with respect to statements they had heard before and an \"X\" in the appropriate column in regard to statements with which they were unfamiliar. One point was scored for indicating slight agreement with a familiar statement, two points were scored for moderate agreement, and three points for strong agreement. An extra point was scored each time S indicated any degree of agreement with a stacement he was being exposed to for the first time. Thus, the questionnaire had a possible range of scores from 0 to 228, with higher scores representing greater agreement with superstitious statements. On a subsequent date, all Ss were given the Otis Quick-scoring Mental Ability Test, Gamma Test; Form C. Twenty-four Ss had IQs on the Otis between 84 and 111. These Ss were included in the \"Average IQ Group.\" Twenty-five Ss with IQs of 115 and above were placed in the \"Above Average IQ Group.\" The members of the Average IQ Group had a mean score on the superstitiousness questionnaire of 29.49 (SD = 33.64, Range = & I l l ) , and the Above Average IQ Group obtained a mean score of 12.28 (SD = 19.98, Range = 1-102). A t test applied to the difference between these two means yielded a ratio of 2.16 ( P = .05). These data suggest that high school students of higher intelligence are less likely to agree with erroneous beliefs, superstitions, than are those who make lower scores on IQ tests. However, the results still leave open the question of whether intelligence per se directly influences a person's level of supersticiousness or whether intelligence appears to have this effect through influencing the social group to which an individual belongs which, in turn, partially determines the number of erroneous statements believed.

The pulsations of PG 1351+489

Abstract: PG 1351+489 is one of the 20 DBVs ― pulsating helium-atmosphere white dwarf stars ― known and has the simplest power spectrum for this class of star, making it a good candidate to study cooling rates. We report accurate period determinations for the main peak at 489.334 48 s and two other normal modes using data from the Whole Earth Telescope (WET) observations of 1995 and 2009. In 2009, we detected a new pulsation mode and the main pulsation mode exhibited substantial change in its amplitude compared to all previous observations. We were able to estimate the star's rotation period, of 8.9 h, and discuss a possible determination of the rate of period change of (2.0 ± 0.9) x 10 ―13 s s ―1 , the first such estimate for a DBV.