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The persistence of wishful thinking: Response to "Updated thinking on positivity ratios"
This is a response to Barbara Fredrickson's comment [American Psychologist
68, 814-822 (2013)] on our article arXiv:1307.7006.
We analyze critically the renewed claims made by Fredrickson (2013)
concerning positivity ratios and "flourishing", and attempt to disentangle some
conceptual confusions; we also address the alleged empirical evidence for
nonlinear effects. We conclude that there is no evidence whatsoever for the
existence of any "tipping points", and only weak evidence for the existence of
any nonlinearity of any kind. Our original concern, that the application of
advanced mathematical techniques in psychology and related disciplines may not
always be appropriate, remains undiminished.Comment: LaTeX2e, 10 pages including 6 Postscript figure
Positive psychology and romantic scientism: Reply to comments on Brown, Sokal, & Friedman (2013)
This is a response to five comments [American Psychologist 69, 626-629 and
632-635 (2014)] on our article arXiv:1307.7006.Comment: PDF, 9 page
New X-ray Detections of WNL Stars
Previous studies have demonstrated that putatively single nitrogen-type
Wolf-Rayet stars (WN stars) without known companions are X-ray sources.
However, almost all WN star X-ray detections so far have been of earlier WN2 -
WN6 spectral subtypes. Later WN7 - WN9 subtypes (also known as WNL stars) have
proved more difficult to detect, an important exception being WR 79a (WN9ha).
We present here new X-ray detections of the WNL stars WR 16 (WN8h) and WR 78
(WN7h). These new results, when combined with previous detections, demonstrate
that X-ray emission is present in WN stars across the full range of spectral
types, including later WNL stars. The two WN8 stars observed to date (WR 16 and
WR 40) show unusually low X-ray luminosities (Lx) compared to other WN stars,
and it is noteworthy that they also have the lowest terminal wind speeds
(v_infty). Existing X-ray detections of about a dozen WN stars reveal a trend
of increasing Lx with wind luminosity Lwind = (1/2) M_dot v_infty^2, suggesting
that wind kinetic energy may play a key role in establishing X-ray luminosity
levels in WN stars.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figure
Global Competence in Canadian Teacher Candidates
The purpose of the study was to determine the global competence of 115 Canadian
teacher candidates using a new measurement tool. Non-parametric tests indicated
several differences in self-reported global competence within individual indicators
across the three areas of Exploring, Engaging, and Acting with global competence.
Two indicators showed that male teacher candidates reported higher levels of global
competence than did females in the Exploring and Acting areas. Teacher candidates
intending to teach in middle and senior high school reported higher levels in one
indicator within the Acting area. Moreover, Canadian-born teacher candidates reported
higher levels of Engaging and Acting than did non-Canadian-born students across
six indicators total. While there were no differences across the three areas by age,
results showed that higher levels of experience in their teacher education program
were associated with greater global competence across all three areas as indicated
by five indicators total, with three at the Acting stage. Implications for teacher education
are discusse
Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth's Surface Electrons
Environmental medicine generally addresses environmental factors with a negative impact on human health. However, emerging scientific research has revealed a surprisingly positive and overlooked environmental factor on health: direct physical contact with the vast supply of electrons on the surface of the Earth. Modern lifestyle separates humans from such contact. The research suggests that this disconnect may be a major contributor to physiological dysfunction and unwellness. Reconnection with the Earth's electrons has been found to promote intriguing physiological changes and subjective reports of well-being. Earthing (or grounding) refers to the discovery of benefits—including better sleep and reduced pain—from walking barefoot outside or sitting, working, or sleeping indoors connected to conductive systems that transfer the Earth's electrons from the ground into the body. This paper reviews the earthing research and the potential of earthing as a simple and easily accessed global modality of significant clinical importance
Spatial autocorrelation in biology 2. Some biological implications and four applications of evolutionary and ecological interest
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72158/1/j.1095-8312.1978.tb00014.x.pd
Spatial autocorrelation in biology 1. Methodology
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/74811/1/j.1095-8312.1978.tb00013.x.pd
Biologic interactions determining geographic range size : a one species response to phylogenetic community structure
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