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Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Recognizing the value of open-source research databases in advancing the art and science of HVAC, in 2014 the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II project was launched under the leadership of University of California ...
Cognitive Theory of Mind Influences Destination Memory: Evidence from Normal Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
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Oxford University Press
, 2019 , Article)
Objective: Theory of mind and destination memory are social abilities that require processing the attributes of interlocutors. Empirical research has demonstrated a relationship between performance on both abilities in ...
Tweet sentiment analysis with pronoun choice reveals online community dynamics in response to crisis events
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Springer Verlag
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
We describe the emergence of an online community from naturally occurring social media data. Our method uses patterns of word choice in an online social platform to characterize how a community forms in response to adverse ...
Perceptions of Women's Roles between Traditionalism and Modernity in Qatar
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Women's participation in public life in the Arabian Peninsula is affected by tradition and limits their opportunities for socio-economic development. This study focuses on the social structures that impose gender inequality. ...
Effects of perceived social support and family demands on college students' mental well-being: A cross-cultural investigation
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, 2015 , Article)
The effects of perceived social support and family demands on college students' mental well-being (perceived stress and depression) were assessed in 2 samples of Jordanian and Turkish college students. Statistically ...
Tell about yourself to improve your autobiographical memory: A study of Korsakoff's syndrome
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) has been associated with a difficulty to retrieve specific autobiographical memories. We investigated whether this difficulty can be alleviated after the retrieval of statements describing ...
Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Jordan
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The main purposes of this article were to investigate the extent and depth of child poverty and youth unemployment in Jordan. In addition, it investigates the sociocultural connotation of child poverty and youth unemployment ...
Trust in development: some implications of knowing in indigenous knowledge
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
, 2010 , Article)
The indigenous knowledge (IK) initiative in development has met with limited success. The cultural relativity of knowledge � i.e. what qualifies as justified belief � may partly explain why. Drawing on New Guinea Highlands' ...
Coping styles and symptomatic manifestation of first-episode psychosis: Focus on cognitive performance
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Cognitive deficits are widely observed in patients with psychosis and represent one of most important determinants of functional outcomes. It has been shown that patients with psychosis prefer maladaptive coping strategies ...
Not all drugs are created equal: impaired future thinking in opiate, but not alcohol, users
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
Episodic future thinking refers to the ability to travel forward in time to pre-experience an event. Although future thinking has been intimately linked with self and identity, to our knowledge, no prior research has ...