Political Skill Moderates the Success of Psychopaths at the Workplace

On one hand, psychopaths tend to be callous, emotionally deficient, aggressive, self promoting, impulsive, and pursuant of unmitigated agency regardless of the extent to which it comes at the expense of others. On the other hand, by all accounts, psychopaths tend to be charming, seductive, self-confident, composed, risk-seeking, and adept at impression management (Babiak & Hare, 2006; Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to reconcile these contrasting positions by examining whether (non-violent) psychopaths truly can be “successful” in the workplace. Drawing on socioanalytic theory (Hogan, 1983), we hypothesized that psychopaths in possession of political skill would be better able to package, conceal, and/or restrain their desires to get ahead in such a way as to be perceived as less counterproductive and more adaptive. Results provided support for these hypotheses. Implications for theory, practice, and future research are provided in light of a number of notable strengths and limitations

BVOC fluxes from a bioenergy maize plantation

Germany, and other countries as well, intends to largely increase the plantation area for bioenergy production in the near future. Potential plant species that are likely to be intensively cultivated are corn, energy grasses, and woody crops, which might emit biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) at higher rates than common agricultural species. Due to the reactivity of some BVOCs with oxidizing atmospheric compounds, future land-cover changes and the extension of plantation area might affect air quality and the formation of secondary organic aerosols with potential consequences for the local climate. In the current project, we measured the BVOC fluxes from maize plants on an agricultural site in Northeastern Germany using automated large chambers (5.625 m3) and online detection of BVOCs by proton transfer mass spectrometry (PTR-MS). BVOC fluxes were continuously followed for 7 weeks, from the flowering of the plants to the senescence stage. The highest fluxes were observed for sesquiterpenes, monoterpenes, and acetone during grain development and ripening. After the ripening process mainly monoterpenes and acetone still show substantial emission rates

Avaliação térmica de farinhas e amidos de sementes de Araucaria angustifolia de diferentes procedências, do Estado do Paraná.

Farinhas e amidos de pinhão (Araucaria angustiofolia) foram extraídos, caracterizadas e avaliadas por TG-DTA e DSC. As curvas TG das farinhas são similares à do amido, excetuando à DTA deste que possui um evento exotérmico mais intenso a 532 ºC. A quantidade de água no processo de gelatinização foi inversamente proporcional à entalpia

S-band Polarization All Sky Survey (S-PASS): survey description and maps

We present the S-Band Polarization All Sky Survey (S-PASS), a survey of polarized radio emission over the southern sky at Dec~$< -1^\circ$ taken with the Parkes radio telescope at 2.3~GHz. The main aim was to observe at a frequency high enough to avoid strong depolarization at intermediate Galactic latitudes (still present at 1.4 GHz) to study Galactic magnetism, but low enough to retain ample Signal-to-Noise ratio (S/N) at high latitudes for extragalactic and cosmological science. We developed a new scanning strategy based on long azimuth scans, and a corresponding map-making procedure to make recovery of the overall mean signal of Stokes $Q$ and $U$ possible, a long-standing problem with polarization observations. We describe the scanning strategy, map-making procedure, and validation tests. The overall mean signal is recovered with a precision better than 0.5\%. The maps have a mean sensitivity of 0.81 mK on beam--size scales and show clear polarized signals, typically to within a few degrees of the Galactic plane, with ample S/N everywhere (the typical signal in low emission regions is 13 mK, and 98.6\% of the pixels have S/N $> 3$). The largest depolarization areas are in the inner Galaxy, associated with the Sagittarius Arm. We have also computed a Rotation Measure map combining S-PASS with archival data from the WMAP and Planck experiments. A Stokes $I$ map has been generated, with a sensitivity limited to the confusion level of 9 mK.Comment: Accepted for publication on MNRAS. Maps are available for download at the website indicated in the manuscrip

Deterministic Ultracold Ion Source targeting the Heisenberg Limit

The major challenges to fabricate quantum processors and future nano solid state devices are material modification techniques with nanometre resolution and suppression of statistical fluctuations of dopants or qubit carriers. Based on a segmented ion trap with mK laser cooled ions we have realized a deterministic single ion source which could operate with a huge range of sympathetically cooled ion species, isotopes or ionic molecules. We have deterministically extracted a predetermined number of ions on demand and have measured a longitudinal velocity uncertainty of 6.3m/s and a spatial beam divergence of 0.6 mrad. We show in numerical simulations that if the ions are cooled to the motional ground state (Heisenberg limit) nanometre spatial resolution can be achieved.Comment: 4 pages 4 figures. to be published in pr

Проектирование системы пожарной сигнализации и разработка системы оповещения автомобильной станции техобслуживания

Объектом исследования является предприятие: Автосервис на Шоссейной. Станция технического обслуживания легковых автомобилей, находиться в городе Юрга, по адресу ул. Шоссейная, д.33 с общей площадью территории предприятия равной 108 м2. Цель работы – Спроектировать оборудование автоматической пожарной сигнализацией и систему оповещения людей о пожаре для станции технического обслуживания «Автомастерская». В процессе исследования проводились анализ; систематизация; проектирование. В результате исследования: на объекте исследования спроектирована система установки автономных тепловых пожарных извещателей «ИП101-1А-А1», в полной мере соответствуюшая предъявляемым требованиям.The object of research is the enterprise: Service at highway. The station maintenance cars, located in the town of Yurga, at ul. Highway, d.33 with a total area of the territory of the enterprise equal to 108 m2. Purpose - designed equipment automatic fire alarm system and warning people about the fire to the service station "body shop". The study carried out an analysis; systematization; design. As a result of the study: on-site study designed mounting system of autonomous heat fire detectors "IP101-1A-A1", fully sootvetstvuyushaya requirements

Cracking the code of oscillatory activity

Neural oscillations are ubiquitous measurements of cognitive processes and dynamic routing and gating of information. The fundamental and so far unresolved problem for neuroscience remains to understand how oscillatory activity in the brain codes information for human cognition. In a biologically relevant cognitive task, we instructed six human observers to categorize facial expressions of emotion while we measured the observers' EEG. We combined state-of-the-art stimulus control with statistical information theory analysis to quantify how the three parameters of oscillations (i.e., power, phase, and frequency) code the visual information relevant for behavior in a cognitive task. We make three points: First, we demonstrate that phase codes considerably more information (2.4 times) relating to the cognitive task than power. Second, we show that the conjunction of power and phase coding reflects detailed visual features relevant for behavioral response-that is, features of facial expressions predicted by behavior. Third, we demonstrate, in analogy to communication technology, that oscillatory frequencies in the brain multiplex the coding of visual features, increasing coding capacity. Together, our findings about the fundamental coding properties of neural oscillations will redirect the research agenda in neuroscience by establishing the differential role of frequency, phase, and amplitude in coding behaviorally relevant information in the brai