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Neo-Despotism as Anti-Despotism
(Sage Publications, 2021)
I treat despotism as a virtual concept. Thus it is necessary to expose its actualizations even when it appears as its opposite, refusing to recognize itself as despotism. I define despotism initially as arbitrary rule, in ...
Maternal behaviors mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and joint attention
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021)
Socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly related to parental behaviors and the quality of parent-child interactions. We examined whether through maternal behaviors, SES is linked to joint attention (JA), an important form ...
Number and type of toys affect joint attention of mothers and infants
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021)
Establishing joint attention with a caregiver on a physical object provides an optimal environment for language learning for infants. In the present study, we investigated whether 12-month-olds and their mothers establish ...
A Comparative Study of Metaheuristic Algorithms for Wave Energy Converter Power Take-Off Optimisation: A Case Study for Eastern Australia
(MDPI, 2021)
One of the most encouraging sorts of renewable energy is ocean wave energy. In spite of a large number of investigations in this field during the last decade, wave energy technologies are recognised as neither mature nor ...
Fractal measures of sea, lake, strait, and dam-reserve shores: Calculation, differentiation, and interpretation
(ELSEVIER, 2021)
The fractal dimensions d(f) of the shore lines of the Mediterranean, the Aegean, the Black Sea, the Bosphorus Straits (on both the Asian and European sides), the Van Lake, and the lake formed by the Ataturk Dam have been ...
The Dead Are Alive: The Exotic Non-Place of the Bondian Runaway Production
(AMSTERDAM UNIV PRESS, 2021)
This chapter dissects the opening sequences of Skyfall (2012) in Istanbul and Spectre (2015) in Mexico City in order to argue that Eon's predilection for runaway productions has begun began to influence the textual composition ...
Facial attractiveness and preference of sexual dimorphism: A comparison across five populations
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)
Despite intensive research, evolutionary psychology has not yet reached a consensus regarding the association between sexual dimorphism and attractiveness. This study examines associations between perceived and morphological ...
How organizational and geographic complexity influence performance: Evidence from European banks
(Elsevier B.V., 2021)
We empirically investigate how bank internationalization, organizational complexity, and geographical complexity stemming from foreign-affiliate type and geographic dispersion affect parent bank stability and profitability. ...
Affective Modulation of Working Memory Maintenance: The Role of Positive and Negative Emotions
(UNIV ECONOMICS, 2021-05)
The present study investigated the impact of task-irrelevant emotional images on the retention of information in spatial working memory (WM). Two experiments employed a delayed matching-to-sample task where participants ...
Nodal Sensitivity-Based Smart Inverter Control for Voltage Regulation in Distribution Feeder
(IEEE Electron Devices Society, 2021)
Overvoltage is one of the issues in distribution grids with high penetration of photovoltaics (PVs). Centralized or droop-based methods of active power curtailment (APC) and/or reactive power control of PVs are viable ...