Don’t tell me about my moral failures but motivate me to improve: Increasing effectiveness of outgroup criticism by criticizing one’s competence

Criticizing people on their prior moral failures often causes them to react defensively, especially when this is done by an outgroup. In the current research, we tested whether people become more receptive to such outgroup criticism when it refers to (failures of) their competence, rather than their morality. We conducted two studies, using a 2: Critic's group‐membership (receiving criticism from an ingroup vs. outgroup) × 2: Dimension (competence vs. morality as focal concern addressed with the criticism) mixed design. Findings showed that, regardless of source, participants made fewer negative attributions, were more motivated to improve, and more often indicated they changed their behavior after they had been criticized on their competence, instead of on their morality. Thus, criticizing past behavior for failing to show competence instead of morality might be a way to reduce defensive responses and to stimulate behavior change, even for outgroup critics

Забезпечення розвитку інноваційності промислових підприємств при активізації інтелектуального капіталу суспільства

Проаналізовано стан і умови інноваційної діяльності підприємств в Україні. Досліджено проблеми неефективності державної політики в економічній сфері щодо розвитку інноваційності промислових підприємств. Розроблено пропозиції з удосконалення структури і напрямів діяльності державної політики щодо розвитку інноваційності промислових підприємств при активізації інтелектуального капіталу суспільства.Проанализированы состояние и условия инновационной деятельности предприятий в Украине. Исследованы проблемы неэффективности государственной политики в экономической сфере относительно развития инновационности промышленных предприятий. Разработаны предложения по усовершенствованию структуры и направлений деятельности государственной политики относительно развития инновационности промышленных предприятий при активизации интеллектуального капитала.The state and terms of innovative activity of enterprises in Ukraine are analyzed. Problems of inefficiency of public policy are investigated in an economic sphere in relation to innovativeness development of industrial enterprises. Suggestions for the improvement of structure and directions public policy activity in relation to innovativeness development of the industrial enterprises during activation of the society intellectual capital are worked out

Sedimentological evidence for pronounced glacial‐interglacial climate fluctuations in NE Tibet in the latest Pliocene to early Pleistocene

The intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation (iNHG) and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau have been argued to be among the main drivers of climate change in midlatitude Central Asia during the Pliocene/Pleistocene. While most proxy records that support this hypothesis are from regions outside the Tibetan Plateau (such as from the Chinese Loess Plateau), detailed paleoclimatic information for the plateau itself during that time has yet remained elusive. Here we present a temporally highly resolved (~500 years) sedimentological record from the Qaidam Basin situated on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau that shows pronounced glacial‐interglacial climate variability during the interval from 2.7 to 2.1 Ma. Glacial (interglacial) intervals are generally characterized by coarser (finer) grain size, minima (maxima) in organic matter content, and maxima (minima) in carbonate content. Comparison of our results with Earth's orbital parameters and proxy records from the Chinese Loess Plateau suggests that the observed climate fluctuations were mainly driven by changes in the Siberian High/East Asian winter monsoon system as a response to the iNHG. They are further proposed to be enhanced by the topography of the Tibetan Plateau and its impact on the position and intensity of the westerlies

On Hirschman and log-Sobolev inequalities in mu-deformed Segal-Bargmann analysis

We consider a deformation of Segal-Bargmann space and its transform. We study L^p properties of this transform and obtain entropy-entropy inequalities (Hirschman) and entropy-energy inequalities (log-Sobolev) that generalize the corresponding known results in the undeformed theory.Comment: 42 pages, 3 figure

Interacting Particles on the Line and Dunkl Intertwining Operator of Type A: Application to the Freezing Regime

We consider a one-dimensional system of Brownian particles that repel each other through a logarithmic potential. We study two formulations for the system and the relation between them. The first, Dyson's Brownian motion model, has an interaction coupling constant determined by the parameter beta > 0. When beta = 1,2 and 4, this model can be regarded as a stochastic realization of the eigenvalue statistics of Gaussian random matrices. The second system comes from Dunkl processes, which are defined using differential-difference operators (Dunkl operators) associated with finite abstract vector sets called root systems. When the type-A root system is specified, Dunkl processes constitute a one-parameter system similar to Dyson's model, with the difference that its particles interchange positions spontaneously. We prove that the type-A Dunkl processes with parameter k > 0 starting from any symmetric initial configuration are equivalent to Dyson's model with the parameter beta = 2k. We focus on the intertwining operators, since they play a central role in the mathematical theory of Dunkl operators, but their general closed form is not yet known. Using the equivalence between symmetric Dunkl processes and Dyson's model, we extract the effect of the intertwining operator of type A on symmetric polynomials from these processes' transition probability densities. In the strong coupling limit, the intertwining operator maps all symmetric polynomials onto a function of the sum of their variables. In this limit, Dyson's model freezes, and it becomes a deterministic process with a final configuration proportional to the roots of the Hermite polynomials multiplied by the square root of the process time, while being independent of the initial configuration.Comment: LaTeX, 30 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. Corrected for submission to Journal of Physics

Improving tribological properties of cast Al-Si alloys through application of wear-resistant thermal spray coatings

Flame Spray Thermal Spray coatings are low-cost, high-wear surface-treatment technologies. However, little has been reported on their potential effects on cast automotive aluminum alloys. The aim of this research was to investigate the tribological properties of as-sprayed NiCrBSi and WC/12Co Flame Spray coatings applied to two cast aluminum alloys: high-copper LM24 (AlSi8Cu3Fe), and low-copper LM25 (AlSi7Mg). Potential interactions between the mechanical properties of the substrate and the deposited coatings were deemed to be significant. Microstructural, microhardness, friction, and wear (pin-on-disk, microabrasion, Taber abrasion, etc.) results are reported, and the performance differences between coatings on the different substrates were noted. The coefficient of friction was reduced from 0.69-0.72 to 0.12-0.35. Wear (pin-on-disk) was reduced by a factor of 103-104, which was related to the high surface roughness of the coatings. Microabrasion wear was dependent on coating hardness and applied load. Taber abrasion results showed a strong dependency on the substrate, coating morphology, and homogeneity

Influência do fornecimento de altas quantidades de leite com ou sem suplementação com feno no peso vivo de bezerros leiteiros.

O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a influência do fornecimento de altas quantidades de leite e de feno na dieta de bezerros sobre seu peso vivo (PV) e o ganho total de peso vivo (GTPV). O experimento foi conduzido na Embrapa Clima Temperado - Estação de Terras Baixas (ETB), utilizando-se 16 bezerros da raça Jersey, sendo 8 fêmeas e 8 machos, dispostos em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado. Foram utilizados 2 tratamentos, que continham o mesmo nível de inclusão de leite, sendo que o que lhes diferenciou foi a suplementação ou não com feno. No tratamento 1 (T1) os animais receberam 20% de leite de acordo com o peso ao nascimento mais concentrado ad libitum e no tratamento 2 (T2) a mesma quantidade de leite, porém com disponibilização de concentrado e feno à vontade. Ao nascer, ao desaleitamento e semanalmente durante o período experimental, os animais foram pesados individualmente utilizando balança mecânica com precisão de 100g. Para este trabalho foram consideradas as pesagens feitas ao nascimento, aos 60 dias e as ajustadas para 30 dias de idade. A inclusão de feno na dieta dos animais interferiu no PV aos 30 dias e no GTPV dos 0-30 dias, sendo maior para o tratamento T2 em relação ao T1. Os mesmos não foram observados no PV aos 60 dias e no GTPV dos 30-60 dias

Ganho de peso de bezerros Jersey submetidos a diferentes níveis de aleitamento.

Este trabalho avaliou o ganho médio diário (GMD) de peso de bezerros Jersey dos 0 - 60 dias de vida, em função de diferentes níveis de inclusão de leite na dieta. As atividades de campo foram realizadas nas instalações do Sistema de Pecuária de Leite (SISPEL), localizado na Estação Terras Baixas (ETB) da Embrapa Clima Temperado ? Pelotas/RS, utilizando 24 bezerros, divididos em mesma proporção para ambos os sexos, e em completa casualização dentro dos tratamentos. Nos tratamentos T1, T2 e T3 foram fornecidos 15%, 20% e 25% de leite, respectivamente, com base no peso vivo ao nascer (PVN) de cada animal. Água e concentrado foram disponibilizados à vontade durante todo o período experimental (60 dias). A pesagem dos animais foi realizada ao nascimento, semanalmente e também ao desaleitamento, utilizando balança mecânica com divisões de 100g. Foram encontradas diferenças do GMD durante os primeiros 30 dias de vida destes animais, ainda que de 30 a 60 dias os resultados encontrados não diferiram significativamente, a avaliação do ganho médio total de peso (de 0 aos 60 dias), ainda assim, foi diferente entre tratamentos