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Texas A&M University

EducationCollege Station, Texas, United States
About: Texas A&M University is a education organization based out in College Station, Texas, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Finite element method. The organization has 72169 authors who have published 164372 publications receiving 5764236 citations.


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TL;DR: Investigating the attentional consequences of approach-motivated positive-affect states and incorporating the intensity of approach motivation into models of positive affect broadens understanding of the consequences ofpositive affect.
Abstract: Research has found that positive affect broadens attention. However, these studies have manipulated positive affect that is low in approach motivation. Positive affect that is high in approach motivation should reduce the breadth of attention, as organisms shut out irrelevant stimuli as they approach desired objects. Four studies examined the attentional consequences of approach-motivated positive-affect states. Results were consistent with predictions. Participants showed less global attentional focus after viewing high-approach-motivating positive stimuli than after viewing low-approach-motivating positive stimuli (Study 1) or neutral stimuli (Study 2). Study 3 found that greater trait approach motivation resulted in less global attentional focus after participants viewed approach-motivating positive stimuli. Study 4 manipulated affect and approach motivation independently. Greater approach-motivated positive affect caused lower global focus. High-approach-motivated positive affect reduces global attent...

547 citations

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TL;DR: A comparative genome analysis of ten strains within the Pseudomonas fluorescens group including seven new genomic sequences found genes for traits that were not known previously in the strains, highlighting the enormous heterogeneity of the P. fluorescenceens group and the importance of the variable genome in tailoring individual strains to their specific lifestyles and functional repertoire.
Abstract: We provide here a comparative genome analysis of ten strains within the Pseudomonas fluorescens group including seven new genomic sequences. These strains exhibit a diverse spectrum of traits involved in biological control and other multitrophic interactions with plants, microbes, and insects. Multilocus sequence analysis placed the strains in three sub-clades, which was reinforced by high levels of synteny, size of core genomes, and relatedness of orthologous genes between strains within a sub-clade. The heterogeneity of the P. fluorescens group was reflected in the large size of its pan-genome, which makes up approximately 54% of the pan-genome of the genus as a whole, and a core genome representing only 45–52% of the genome of any individual strain. We discovered genes for traits that were not known previously in the strains, including genes for the biosynthesis of the siderophores achromobactin and pseudomonine and the antibiotic 2-hexyl-5-propyl-alkylresorcinol; novel bacteriocins; type II, III, and VI secretion systems; and insect toxins. Certain gene clusters, such as those for two type III secretion systems, are present only in specific sub-clades, suggesting vertical inheritance. Almost all of the genes associated with multitrophic interactions map to genomic regions present in only a subset of the strains or unique to a specific strain. To explore the evolutionary origin of these genes, we mapped their distributions relative to the locations of mobile genetic elements and repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP) elements in each genome. The mobile genetic elements and many strain-specific genes fall into regions devoid of REP elements (i.e., REP deserts) and regions displaying atypical tri-nucleotide composition, possibly indicating relatively recent acquisition of these loci. Collectively, the results of this study highlight the enormous heterogeneity of the P. fluorescens group and the importance of the variable genome in tailoring individual strains to their specific lifestyles and functional repertoire.

547 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of place and proximity in public perceptions of global climate change has been examined, and the most important indicators shaping individual risk perception are identified and explained using Bivariate correlation and multivariate regression analyses.
Abstract: Although there is a growing body of research examining public perceptions of global climate change, little work has focused on the role of place and proximity in shaping these perceptions. This study extends previous conceptual models explaining risk perception associated with global climate change by adding a spatial dimension. Specifically, Geographic Information Systems and spatial analytical techniques are used to map and measure survey respondents’ physical risk associated with expected climate change. Using existing spatial data, multiple measures of climate change vulnerability are analyzed along with demographic, attitudinal, and social contextual variables derived from a representative national survey to predict variation in risk perception. Bivariate correlation and multivariate regression analyses are used to identify and explain the most important indicators shaping individual risk perception. Analysis of the data suggests that the relationship between actual and perceived risk is driven by specific types of physical conditions and experiences.

547 citations

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TL;DR: In a group of couples who did not have children, results indicated more gradual deterioration in relationship functioning during the first 8 years of marriage without the sudden changes seen in parents, suggesting that the results seen in the parent sample may be due to birth.
Abstract: This longitudinal study examined the effect of the birth of the 1st child on relationship functioning using data from 218 couples (436 individuals) over the course of the first 8 years of marriage. Compared with prebirth levels and trajectories, parents showed sudden deterioration following birth on observed and self-reported measures of positive and negative aspects of relationship functioning. The deterioration in these variables was small to medium in size and tended to persist throughout the remaining years of the study. Mothers and fathers showed similar amounts of change after birth. The amount of postbirth deterioration in relationship functioning varied systematically by several characteristics of the individual, the marriage, and the pregnancy itself. In a group of couples who did not have children, results indicated more gradual deterioration in relationship functioning during the first 8 years of marriage without the sudden changes seen in parents, suggesting that the results seen in the parent sample may be due to birth.

546 citations

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TL;DR: The literature on modeling insect development rates is reviewed, the Sharpe and DeMichele model is described, and easy instructions for its use are presented.
Abstract: The importance of predicting the seasonal occurrence of insects has led to the formulation of many mathematical models that describe development rates as a function of temperature. Yet many of the widely used models do not provide acceptable results for predicting development times. After a careful review of the literature, we believe the biophysical model of Sharpe and DeMichele (1977; J. Theor. Biol. 64: 649–670) is the most suitable for this purpose. This model provides an excellent description of development rates over a full range of temperatures, and can be modified easily to describe rates over a portion of that range. Herein we review the literature on modeling insect development rates, describe the Sharpe and DeMichele model, and present easy instructions for its use. A computer program, assembled from the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) Library, determines the correct number of parameters to be used in the model for a given data set, selects starting values of these parameters for nonlinear regression, and computes least-square estimates of the parameters by using Marquardt techniques.

546 citations


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Yi Chen2174342293080
Scott M. Grundy187841231821
Evan E. Eichler170567150409
Yang Yang1642704144071
Martin Karplus163831138492
Robert Stone1601756167901
Philip Cohen154555110856
Claude Bouchard1531076115307
Jongmin Lee1502257134772
Zhenwei Yang150956109344
Vivek Sharma1503030136228
Frede Blaabjerg1472161112017
Steven L. Salzberg147407231756
Mikhail D. Lukin14660681034
John F. Hartwig14571466472
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
20241
2023211
2022938
20218,664
20208,925
20198,426