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Long-term effects of brand placement disclosure on persuasion knowledge and brand responses
Various studies have examined the short-term effects of brand placement disclosures. This study aims to (1) replicate previously identified short-term effects of brand placement disclosures on persuasion knowledge and brand responses, and, more importantly, (2) examine whether these effects persist, diminish, or grow in the long-term. We conducted an online experiment (N = 208) in which we compared the effects of including a disclosure (vs. no disclosure) in two waves (short-term, measured directly after watching the programme vs. long-term, measured two to three weeks later). Our results show that a disclosure increases ad recognition (i.e. conceptual persuasion knowledge) immediately after exposure, and that this effect persists even a few weeks after watching the programme. Moreover, a disclosure enhances brand memory via ad recognition, in both the short- and the long-term. However, resistance effects on skepticism (attitudinal persuasion knowledge), brand attitude and purchase intention are neither replicated in the short-term nor found in the long-term
Prosocial behavior in students with intellectual disabilities: Individual level predictors and the role of the classroom peer context
Prosocial behavior at school, such as helping and sharing, contributes to positive individual development, peer relations, and classroom climate. Students with intellectual disabilities (ID) may have difficulty to demonstrate prosocial behavior, but little is known about the levels of prosocial behavior and its predictors in this population. This study aims to describe the prosocial behavior of students with ID attending special needs schools and related individual (i.e., age, sex, and general functioning) and classroom level (i.e., classmates’ mean prosocial behavior) predictors. School staff members assessed prosocial behavior of 1022 students with ID (69.5% boys; Mage = 11.34 years, SD = 3.73, range: 4–19 years) at the beginning and the end of a schoolyear. We found that students with ID on average demonstrated moderate levels of prosocial behavior, this was lower compared to norms of typically developing students. Correlations within each timepoint proved that prosocial behavior was more present in older students, girls, and students with higher general functioning. Using a longitudinal multilevel model, we found that, prosocial behavior increased more over the schoolyear in older students and in students with higher general functioning. Classmates’ mean levels of prosocial behavior did not affect later individual prosocial behavior. We conclude that prosocial behavior in students with ID depends on several individual characteristics, but less on the levels of prosocial behaviors in their special needs classroom peer context
Biostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic synthesis of the Celebes and Sulu Seas, Leg 124
During ODP Leg 124, late middle Eocene to Quaternary sediment sequences were recovered from 13 holes
drilled at five sites in the Celebes and Sulu basins. Paleomagnetic measurements and biostratigraphic studies using
calcareous nannofossils, planktonic and benthic foraminifers, radiolarians, and diatoms were completed and
summarized here. Two Neogene sediment sections recovered in the Sulu Basin yielded excellent core recoveries
and magnetic reversal records, allowing direct magnetobiostratigraphic correlations for the Pliocene and Quaternary
at Site 768 and for the middle Miocene to Quaternary at Site 769. The interpolated ages of biohorizons are not
consistent between sites and only a few of them are in good agreement with previous calibrations. The differences
may be the results of redeposition by turbidity currents and selective dissolution of key fossils
Spin Excitations in La2CuO4: Consistent Description by Inclusion of Ring-Exchange
We consider the square lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet with plaquette ring
exchange and a finite interlayer coupling leading to a consistent description
of the spin-wave excitation spectrum in La2CuO4. The values of the in-plane
exchange parameters, including ring-exchange J_{\Box}, are obtained
consistently by an accurate fit to the experimentally observed in-plane
spin-wave dispersion, while the out-of-plane exchange interaction is found from
the temperature dependence of the sublattice magnetization at low temperatures.
The fitted exchange interactions J=151.9 meV and J_{\Box}=0.24 J give values
for the spin stiffness and the Neel temperature in excellent agreement with the
experimental data.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, RevTe
Rotating Resonator-Oscillator Experiments to Test Lorentz Invariance in Electrodynamics
In this work we outline the two most commonly used test theories (RMS and
SME) for testing Local Lorentz Invariance (LLI) of the photon. Then we develop
the general framework of applying these test theories to resonator experiments
with an emphasis on rotating experiments in the laboratory. We compare the
inherent sensitivity factors of common experiments and propose some new
configurations. Finally we apply the test theories to the rotating cryogenic
experiment at the University of Western Australia, which recently set new
limits in both the RMS and SME frameworks [hep-ph/0506074].Comment: Submitted to Lecture Notes in Physics, 36 pages, minor modifications,
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Matrix theory of gravitation
A new classical theory of gravitation within the framework of general
relativity is presented. It is based on a matrix formulation of
four-dimensional Riemann-spaces and uses no artificial fields or adjustable
parameters. The geometrical stress-energy tensor is derived from a matrix-trace
Lagrangian, which is not equivalent to the curvature scalar R. To enable a
direct comparison with the Einstein-theory a tetrad formalism is utilized,
which shows similarities to teleparallel gravitation theories, but uses complex
tetrads. Matrix theory might solve a 27-year-old, fundamental problem of those
theories (sec. 4.1). For the standard test cases (PPN scheme,
Schwarzschild-solution) no differences to the Einstein-theory are found.
However, the matrix theory exhibits novel, interesting vacuum solutions.Comment: 24 page
Role of Orbital Degeneracy in Double Exchange Systems
We investigate the role of orbital degeneracy in the double exchange (DE)
model. In the limit, an effective generalized ``Hubbard''
model incorporating orbital pseudospin degrees of freedom is derived. The model
possesses an exact solution in one- and in infinite dimensions. In 1D, the
metallic phase off ``half-filling'' is a Luttinger liquid with
pseudospin-charge separation. Using the solution for our effective
model, we show how many experimental observations for the well-doped () three-dimensional manganites can be qualitatively
explained by invoking the role of orbital degeneracy in the DE model.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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