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    Reconceptualizing Cognitive Media Effects Theory and Research Under the Judged Usability Model

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    This review synthesizes the existing literature on cognitive media effects, including agenda setting, framing, and priming, in order to identify their similarities, differences, and inherent commonalities. Based on this review, we argue that the theory and research on each of these cognitive effects share a common view that media affect audience members by influencing the relative importance of considerations used to make subsequent judgments (including their answers to post-exposure survey questions). In reviewing this literature, we note that one important factor is often ignored, the extent to which a consideration featured in the message is deemed usable for a given subsequent judgment, a factor called judged usability, which may be an important mediator of cognitive media effects like agenda setting, framing, and priming. Emphasizing judged usability leads to the revelation that media coverage may not just elevate a particular consideration, but may also actively suppress a consideration, rendering it less usable for subsequent judgments. Thus, it opens a new avenue for cognitive effects research. In the interest of integrating these strands of cognitive effects research, we propose the Judged Usability Model as a revision of past cognitive models

    Facile Synthesis and Enhanced Ultraviolet Emission of ZnO Nanorods Prepared by Vapor-Confined Face-to-Face Annealing

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    In this study, we report a novel regrowth method of sol–gel-prepared ZnO films using a vapor-confined face-to-face annealing (VC-FTFA) technique in which mica was inserted between two films, followed by annealing with the FTFA method. The ZnO nanorods are regrown when zinc acetate dihydrate and zinc chloride (ZnCl<sub>2</sub>) are used as the solvent, because these generate ZnCl<sub>2</sub> vapor. The near-band-edge emission intensity of the ZnO nanorods was enhanced through the VC-FTFA method, increasing significantly by a factor of 56 compared to that of ZnO films annealed in open air at 700 °C. Our method may provide a route toward the facile fabrication of ZnO nanorods

    Effects of Ga concentration on the structural, electrical and optical properties of Ga-doped ZnO thin films grown by sol-gel method

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    Undoped ZnO and Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) thin films with different Ga concentrations were prepared by using the sol-gel spin-coating method. The surface morphologies and the growth orientations of the films were measured by using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The electrical properties were measured by using the Hall effect. The optical transmittances and reflectances of the films were measured as functions of the wavelength by UV-vis spectroscopy. The undoped ZnO thin films exhibited rough surfaces with particle-like structures. When Ga was incorporated, the particle sizes dramatically decreased without changes in the surface morphologies, and the c-axis growth orientations of the GZO thin films were significantly decreased. The optical transmittances clearly exhibited shifts in the band edge, and those in the visible range gradually increased with increasing Ga concentration. The absorption coefficients, refractive indices, extinction constants, dielectric constants, and optical conductivities of the films gradually decreased with increasing Ga concentration. © 2014 The Korean Physical Society.1451sciescopuskc

    Measurement of the branching fractions for Cabibbo-suppressed decays D+K+Kπ+π0D^{+}\to K^{+} K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0} and D(s)+K+ππ+π0D_{(s)}^{+}\to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0} at Belle

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    International audienceWe present measurements of the branching fractions for the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays D+K+Kπ+π0D^+\to K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0} and Ds+K+ππ+π0D_s^{+}\to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}, and the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay D+K+ππ+π0D^{+}\to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}, based on 980 fb1{\rm fb}^{-1} of data recorded by the Belle experiment at the KEKB e+ee^{+}e^{-} collider. We measure these modes relative to the Cabibbo-favored modes D+Kπ+π+π0D^{+}\to K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{+}\pi^{0} and Ds+K+Kπ+π0D_s^{+}\to K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}. Our results for the ratios of branching fractions are B(D+K+Kπ+π0)/B(D+Kπ+π+π0)=(11.32±0.13±0.26)%B(D^{+}\to K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0})/B(D^{+}\to K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}) = (11.32 \pm 0.13 \pm 0.26)\%, B(D+K+ππ+π0)/B(D+Kπ+π+π0)=(1.68±0.11±0.03)%B(D^{+}\to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0})/B(D^{+}\to K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}) = (1.68 \pm 0.11\pm 0.03)\%, and B(Ds+K+ππ+π0)/B(Ds+K+Kπ+π0)=(17.13±0.62±0.51)%B(D_s^{+}\to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0})/B(D_s^{+}\to K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}) = (17.13 \pm 0.62 \pm 0.51)\%, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. The second value corresponds to (5.83±0.42)×tan4θC(5.83\pm 0.42)\times\tan^4\theta_C, where θC\theta_C is the Cabibbo angle; this value is larger than other measured ratios of branching fractions for a doubly Cabibbo-suppressed charm decay to a Cabibbo-favored decay. Multiplying these results by world average values for B(D+Kπ+π+π0)B(D^{+}\to K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}) and B(Ds+K+Kπ+π0)B(D_s^{+}\to K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}) yields B(D+K+Kπ+π0)=(7.08±0.08±0.16±0.20)×103B(D^{+}\to K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0})= (7.08\pm 0.08\pm 0.16\pm 0.20)\times10^{-3}, B(D+K+ππ+π0)=(1.05±0.07±0.02±0.03)×103B(D^{+}\to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0})= (1.05\pm 0.07\pm 0.02\pm 0.03)\times10^{-3}, and B(Ds+K+ππ+π0)=(9.44±0.34±0.28±0.32)×103B(D_s^{+}\to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{0}) = (9.44\pm 0.34\pm 0.28\pm 0.32)\times10^{-3}, where the third uncertainty is due to the branching fraction of the normalization mode. The first two results are consistent with, but more precise than, the current world averages. The last result is the first measurement of this branching fraction
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