Facing fear: Expression of fear facilitates processing of emotional information

Evidence shows that manipulating the expressive component of fear can influence the processing of emotional information. Participants unobtrusively produced the expressive behaviors typical of fear, anger or happiness. Participants producing the expression of fear were faster at classifying verbal material with emotional content than participants producing the expressions of happiness or anger. These effects were especially pronounced for participants who were generally sensitive to their own bodily cues, as indicated by their degree of field-dependence measured by the Rod-and-Frame Task (Witkin &amp; Asch, 1948). The results suggest that one way of eliciting the cognitive consequences of fear is by inducing the embodied expressive behavior.</jats:p

Nanomechanical detection of the spin Hall effect

The spin Hall effect creates a spin current in response to a charge current in a material that has strong spin-orbit coupling. The size of the spin Hall effect in many materials is disputed, requiring independent measurements of the effect. We develop a novel mechanical method to measure the size of the spin Hall effect, relying on the equivalence between spin and angular momentum. The spin current carries angular momentum, so the flow of angular momentum will result in a mechanical torque on the material. We determine the size and geometry of this torque and demonstrate that it can be measured using a nanomechanical device. Our results show that measurement of the spin Hall effect in this manner is possible and also opens possibilities for actuating nanomechanical systems with spin currents.Comment: 5 pages + 2 pages supplementary material, 4 figures tota

Varying the Variance: How New York City Can Solve Its Housing Crisis and Optimize Land Use to Serve the Public Interest

As Millennials repopulate American cities and seek jobs in creative industries, housing affordability has risen to the forefront of urban policy battles. Major conflicts exist between homeowners, renters, municipal governments, and growing industries regarding the proper way to grapple with an influx of new capital, both financial and human. New York City is a prime example of this problem. Housing cost increases have exceeded income increases, leaving a large percentage of New Yorkers “rent burdened.” This note seeks to examine a likely cause of the present problem: zoning and variance systems that limit the ability of private land owners to built housing units. It reimagines the variance as a public interest tool that would give landowners more flexibility in meeting metropolitan housing demand. This new variance would remove zoning restrictions in specific circumstances that comport with an urban area’s policy for greater housing development. Using New York as a case study, this note presents model provisions that take into account the city’s unique infrastructure and expand the possibilities of affordable housing

Use Of The Slump Test Over The Straight Leg Raise Test For Diagnosing Lumbar Disc Herniations In Physical Therapy Initial Evaluations

An appraisal was made on a prospective case-control study by Majlesi J, Togay H, Unalan H, and Toprak S, which determined the sensitivity and specificity of the Slump Test and Straight Leg Raise Test. Results of these tests were compared to the MRI results of the 75 patients involved in this study. Per Epi Info 2000, the Slump Test had higher levels of sensitivity and specificity compared to the Straight Leg Raise Test. The Slump Test had sensitivity and specificity levels of 84% and 89%, respectively. In comparison, the Straight Leg Raise Test had sensitivity and specificity levels of 52% and 83%, respectively. Although the Straight Leg Raise Test is sometime taught as the gold standard for ruling-in lumbar disc herniations, the results of this study indicate that the Slump Test may be a more accurate tool. This article supports the use of the Slump Test over the Straight Leg Raise in diagnosing lumbar disc herniations. The study assumes the MRI results are infallible, which may influence the results of this study in the case of misinterpreted MRI results

Letter from J. T. Boone to T. B. Larimore

Letter from J. T. Boone to T. B. Larimore. The two-page handwritten letter is on First Christian Church Jacksonville, Florida, letterhead and is dated 28 December 1912. There is a transcript of the correspondence in the item PDF

A Trimming of the Wick: Borrowed, Added To, Compiled and Edited by Arthur T. Boone

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