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An examination of the verbal behaviour of intergroup discrimination
This thesis examined relationships between psychological flexibility, psychological inflexibility, prejudicial attitudes, and dehumanization across three cross-sectional studies with an additional proposed experimental study. Psychological flexibility refers to mindful attention to the present moment, willing acceptance of private experiences, and engaging in behaviours congruent with one’s freely chosen values. Inflexibility, on the other hand, indicates a tendency to suppress unwanted thoughts and emotions, entanglement with one’s thoughts, and rigid behavioural patterns. Study 1 found limited correlations between inflexibility and sexism, racism, homonegativity, and dehumanization. Study 2 demonstrated more consistent positive associations between inflexibility and prejudice. And Study 3 controlled for right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation, finding inflexibility predicted hostile sexism and racism beyond these factors. While showing some relationships, particularly with sexism and racism, psychological inflexibility did not consistently correlate with varied prejudices across studies.
The proposed randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention to reduce sexism through enhanced psychological flexibility. Overall, findings provide mixed support for the utility of flexibility-based skills in addressing complex societal prejudices. Research should continue examining flexibility integrated with socio-cultural approaches to promote equity
Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
Southern Adventist University\u27s undergraduate catalog for the academic year 2023-2024.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/undergrad_catalog/1123/thumbnail.jp
UMSL Bulletin 2023-2024
The 2023-2024 Bulletin and Course Catalog for the University of Missouri St. Louis.https://irl.umsl.edu/bulletin/1088/thumbnail.jp
Photocatalysis in the Wastewater Treatment
The use of photocatalysis for wastewater treatment is an important area of research, which is not yet fully exploited at an industrial level and has significant potential in the disposal of many industrial effluents, particularly the effluents that are difficult to treat by conventional treatment processes. This reprint tries to know the latest advances in the field of wastewater treatment by photocatalysis. In this sense, it is worth mentioning the treatments based on photolysis, TiO2/solar light, oxidants/ultraviolet irradiation, oxidants/catalyst/ultraviolet irradiation, etc. In addition, the reprint describes catalyst manufacturing methods and reaction mechanisms
UMSL Bulletin 2022-2023
The 2022-2023 Bulletin and Course Catalog for the University of Missouri St. Louis.https://irl.umsl.edu/bulletin/1087/thumbnail.jp
Evaluating the anticipated outcomes of MRI seizure image from open-source tool- Prototype approach
Epileptic Seizure is an abnormal neuronal exertion in the brain, affecting
nearly 70 million of the world's population (Ngugi et al., 2010). So many
open-source neuroimaging tools are used for metabolism checkups and analysis
purposes. The scope of open-source tools like MATLAB, Slicer 3D, Brain
Suite21a, SPM, and MedCalc are explained in this paper. MATLAB was used by 60%
of the researchers for their image processing and 10% of them use their
proprietary software. More than 30% of the researchers use other open-source
software tools with their processing techniques for the study of magnetic
resonance seizure image
2023-2024 Catalog
The 2023-2024 Governors State University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog is a comprehensive listing of current information regarding:Degree RequirementsCourse OfferingsUndergraduate and Graduate Rules and Regulation
Development of Corn Kernel-based Biocomposite Films for Food Packaging Applications
Most of the current and active food packaging resources and methods are nonbiodegradable and nonrenewable therefore harmful to the environment. Due to this, alternate sources of food packaging materials are in high demand. In this study, a bio-composite film has been developed, with Corn kernel powder as fiber reinforcement which is mixed with gelatin, and lignin two biopolymers as the matrix. The effect of Corn Kernel (CK) reinforcement on the Gelatin/Lignin (G/L) matrix on mechanical and barrier properties has been studied. CK has shown great potential as reinforcement to natural polymer, gelatin, and lignin (G/L) for food packaging applications as well as equating its unique attributes to biodegradability. Gelatin has significant limitations on barrier properties, hence choosing to crosslink polymer Lignin to minimize limitations. The higher particle size of CK affected the composite, hence it was further ground to a smaller size (Image analysis via. Digital Microscope). Four different mixtures at CK w% were used to prepare the composite film, CK (10%) – G/L (5%, 10%, 15%, 20%). Two G/L (5%, 10%) films without fiber were also produced to study performance comparison. The prepared composite films were subjected to morphological analysis, mechanical strength analysis, film thickness analysis, water vapor permeability analysis, and water uptake analysis. It has been observed that CK is well dispersed in the G/L matrix (Image analysis via. SEM). Mechanical properties of the CK composite film evaluated that with an increase of w% of CK the strength of the composite increases. A film with more matrix showed less absorption of water as well as less water vapor permeability. The WVP test and WU test revealed that film CK (10%) – G/L (20%) possesses the best barrier properties
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