Temple University

About: Temple University is a education organization based out in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 32154 authors who have published 64375 publications receiving 2219828 citations.

Searches for Lepton Flavor Violation in the Decays tau(+/-) -> e(+/-)gamma and tau(+/-) -> mu(+/-)gamma

Abstract: Searches for lepton-flavor-violating decays of a tau lepton to a lighter mass lepton and a photon have been performed with the entire data set of (963 +/- 7) x 10(6) tau decays collected by the BABAR detector near the Y(4S), Y(3S) and Y(2S) resonances. The searches yield no evidence of signals and we set upper limits on the branching fractions of B(tau(+/-) -> e(+/-)gamma) mu(+/-)gamma) < 4.4 X 10(-8) at 90% confidence level.

Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

Abstract: Coherence phenomena arise from interference, or the addition, of wave-like amplitudes with fixed phase differences. Although coherence has been shown to yield transformative ways for improving function, advances have been confined to pristine matter and coherence was considered fragile. However, recent evidence of coherence in chemical and biological systems suggests that the phenomena are robust and can survive in the face of disorder and noise. Here we survey the state of recent discoveries, present viewpoints that suggest that coherence can be used in complex chemical systems, and discuss the role of coherence as a design element in realizing function.

Why Service and Manufacturing Entry Mode Choices Differ: The Influence of Transaction Cost Factors, Risk and Trust*

Abstract: In this study, we suggest that disparities between service and manufacturing firms’ international entry mode choices can be explained by differences in their reaction to transaction cost based variables and by the influence of risk and trust propensity. We find that: (1) due to the investment intensive nature of manufacturing, environmental uncertainties and risk propensity influence manufacturers’ mode choices; while (2) behavioural uncertainties, trust propensity and asset specificity influence service providers’ entry mode choices because of the people-intensive nature of services. Implications for future research are discussed.

Testing and refining the direct and inferential mediation model of reading comprehension

Abstract: A significant proportion of American high school students struggle with reading comprehension Theoretical models of reading comprehension might help researchers understand these difficulties, because they can point to variables that make the largest contributions to comprehension On the basis of an extensive review of the literature, we created a new model of reading comprehension, the direct and inferential mediation (DIME) model The model hypothesizes relationships among background knowledge, inferences, reading comprehension strategies, vocabulary, and word reading and addresses the direct and mediated effects of these 5 predictors on comprehension The authors tested the fit of the model and 3 variations of the model to data from 175 students in 9th grade The DIME model explained 66% of the variance in comprehension Vocabulary and background knowledge made the largest contributions to comprehension, followed by inference, word reading, and strategies Analyses of participants scoring below the 30th percentile on comprehension showed these students to have low scores on all of the measures The authors suggest that vocabulary and background knowledge interventions might be the best way to begin improving the academic reading comprehension of students like those in the sample

Emotions and Multilingualism

Abstract: List of tables Preface 1. Languages and emotions: what can a multilingual perspective contribute? 2. Emotions in the study of multilingualism: framing the questions 3. Vocal level: is the lady angry? 4. Semantic and conceptual levels: the bilingual mental lexicon 5. Discursive level: I feel zhalko tebia bednogo 6. Neurophysiological level: his coeur is where his feelings dwell 7. Social cognition: I no longer wanted to speak German 8. Emotions and multilingualism: an integrated perspective Appendices References Author index Subject index.