Factorization of integrals, defining the beta-function, into integrals of total derivatives in N=1 SQED, regularized by higher derivatives

Some calculations in supersymmetric theories, made with the higher derivative regularization, show that the beta-function is given by integrals of total derivatives. This is qualitatively explained for the N=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics in all orders.Comment: 14 page

Measuring collective action intention toward gender equality across cultures

Collective action is a powerful tool for social change and is fundamental to women and girls’ empowerment on a societal level. Collective action towards gender equality could be understood as intentional and conscious civic behaviors focused on social transformation, questioning power relations, and promoting gender equality through collective efforts. Various instruments to measure collective action intentions have been developed, but to our knowledge none of the published measures were subject to invariance testing. We introduce the gender equality collective action intention (GECAI) scale and examine its psychometric isomorphism and measurement invariance, using data from 60 countries (N = 31,686). Our findings indicate that partial scalar measurement invariance of the GECAI scale permits conditional comparisons of latent mean GECAI scores across countries. Moreover, this metric psychometric isomorphism of the GECAI means we can interpret scores at the country-level (i.e., as a group attribute) conceptually similar to individual attributes. Therefore, our findings add to the growing body of literature on gender based collective action by introducing a methodologically sound tool to measure collective action intentions towards gender equality across cultures.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Gendered self-views across 62 countries: a test of competing models

Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal theorists suggest that gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in more egalitarian countries, reflecting the greater autonomy support and flexible self-construction processes present in these countries. Using data from 62 countries (N = 28,640), we examine binary gender gaps in agentic and communal self-views as a function of country-level objective gender equality (the Global Gender Gap Index) and subjective distributions of social power (the Power Distance Index). Findings show that in more egalitarian countries, gender gaps in agency are smaller and gender gaps in communality are larger. These patterns are driven primarily by cross-country differences in men’s self-views and by the Power Distance Index (PDI) more robustly than the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI). We consider possible causes and implications of these findings

Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations

Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard to earn, easy to lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on a brief measure of precarious manhood beliefs (the Precarious Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) that covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies and with country-level indices of gender equality and human development. Using data from university samples in 62 countries across 13 world regions (N = 33,417), we demonstrate: (1) the psychometric isomorphism of the PMB (i.e., its comparability in meaning and statistical properties across the individual and country levels); (2) the PMB’s distinctness from, and associations with, ambivalent sexism and ambivalence toward men; and (3) associations of the PMB with nation-level gender equality and human development. Findings are discussed in terms of their statistical and theoretical implications for understanding widely-held beliefs about the precariousness of the male gender role

VALIDATION METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF THE SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE IN PLASMA SAMPLES OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

A new GCMS-based method for quantitative determination of active substance of new contrast drug based on sulfur hexafluoride (SH) in the rat blood plasma is produced. A ratio plot of peak area of sulfur hexafluoride to peak area of internal standard toluene [y, S(SH)/S(toluene)] versus concentration of sulfur hexafluoride (x, µL/mL) was linear over 0.003-0.500 µL/mL. The calibration graph can be described by the equation y=0.9526x+0.0037 (r2=0.9990). Limit of quantitation (LOQ) (signal-to-noise 10,12) was 0.003 µL/mL. Inter- and intra-serial accuracy related to nominal concentrations were 100.40-101.20% and 86.67-110.0%, respectively. The RSD values for inter- and intra-serial accuracy were 3.68-4.15% and 1.23-10.68%, respectively. The samples of the same series with SH concentrations 0.01 µL/mL and 0.50 µL/mL were analyzed in order to determine the stability. Samples were stored for 24 hours to determine the short-term stability. To determine the long-term stability Samples were stored for 25 days. Short-term stability at room temperature were 0.52% and 1.86% and long-term stability at -20 °C were -90.43% and -81.81% for SH concentrations 0.01 µL/mL and 0.50 µl/ml, respectively. Accuracy during freezing and thawing of samples were 102.30% and 100.10% and RSD values were 5.40% and 1.50%, respectively