University of Connecticut

About: University of Connecticut is a education organization based out in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 35297 authors who have published 81224 publications receiving 2952682 citations. The organization is also known as: UConn & Storrs Agricultural School.

The motor theory of speech perception reviewed.

Abstract: More than 50 years after the appearance of the motor theory of speech perception, it is timely to evaluate its three main claims that (1) speech processing is special, (2) perceiving speech is perceiving gestures, and (3) the motor system is recruited for perceiving speech. We argue that to the extent that it can be evaluated, the first claim is likely false. As for the second claim, we review findings that support it and argue that although each of these findings may be explained by alternative accounts, the claim provides a single coherent account. As for the third claim, we review findings in the literature that support it at different levels of generality and argue that the claim anticipated a theme that has become widespread in cognitive science.

Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism: The Puzzle of Distributive Politics

Abstract: Part I Modalities of Distributive Politics: 1 Between clients and citizens: puzzles and concepts in the study of distributive politics Part II The Micro-Logic of Clientelism: 2 Gaps between theory and fact 3 A theory of broker-mediated distribution 4 Testing the theory of broker-mediated distribution 5 A disjunction between the strategies of leaders and brokers? 6 Clientelism and poverty Part III The Macro-Logic of Vote-Buying: What Explains the Rise and Decline of Political Machines?: 7 Party leaders against the machine 8 What killed vote buying in Britain and the United States? Part IV Clientelism and Democratic Theory: 9 What's wrong with buying votes?

Biosynthesis of Iron and Silver Nanoparticles at Room Temperature Using Aqueous Sorghum Bran Extracts

Abstract: Iron and silver nanoparticles were synthesized using a rapid, single step, and completely green biosynthetic method employing aqueous sorghum extracts as both the reducing and capping agent. Silver ions were rapidly reduced by the aqueous sorghum bran extracts, leading to the formation of highly crystalline silver nanoparticles with an average diameter of 10 nm. The diffraction peaks were indexed to the face-centered cubic (fcc) phase of silver. The absorption spectra of colloidal silver nanoparticles showed a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak centered at a wavelength of 390 nm. Amorphous iron nanoparticles with an average diameter of 50 nm were formed instantaneously under ambient conditions. The reactivity of iron nanoparticles was tested by the H2O2-catalyzed degradation of bromothymol blue as a model organic contaminant.