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In Luxembourg and other European countries, school placement decisions made at the end of primary school determine the track a student will follow in secondary school. About one- third of the students in Luxembourg come from immigrant families. Research has shown that this demographical factor influences school placement decisions, as students with...
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Existing research gives an inconsistent picture of the nature of the cognitive processes underlying memory for musical information. A study was conducted to investigate the stability and accuracy of long-term memory for pitch amongst individuals who have not had musical training. Excerpts from well-known pop songs were used as stimuli. Participants...
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This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of two different drugs in their effects on memory and discrimination learning in a dual, controlled mouse model of amnesia, and to relate the findings to their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics profiles. It also aims at validating a sub-acute scopolamine dose protocol as a model of rodent amnesia, specifi...
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The purpose of this research was to examine whether capacity building and developmental outcomes would be advanced if appropriate organization structures, effective HRM systems and employee compensation policies were implemented in public service organizations in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. A historical comparative case study method was select...
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A modificated version of experimental scheme “double step” was used to study the decision-making process in saccade programming. Two short visual stimuli were presented sequentially in opposite hemifields (scheme pulse overshoot). The “pattern” of response (double saccade or single saccade at the second target) and latency of the first saccade depe...
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Danish engineers living and working abroad have – over an 8 year period – been asked about their employment and family conditions. Survey data show that both before and after the World financial crisis they tend to have (top) management positions coupled with a high pay and benefits. Some variations exist concerning spouses attachment to the local ...
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Abstract- Background: Centella asiatica is herbaceous plant that has medicinal value to improve learning and memory. Brain- derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has a significant role in memory formation process, while oxidative stress causes memory impairment. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of ethanol extracts of Centella asi...
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Interoceptive awareness is defined as the awareness of stimuli originating inside one’s own body such as the heartbeat. The emergence of new brain imaging techniques like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) or magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has increased our knowledge of neural substrates underlying interoceptive awareness. In parti...
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This study investigates the relationship between personality factors, cultural practices, and innovativeness at the national level. It is shown that the relationship between the nationally aggregated personality factors of openness to experience and agreeableness and national innovation is mediated by the national cultural practice dimensions of fu...
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Abstract Background:Few studies address the rationality of utilization of instrumental tasking and maze learning in neuropsychological research evaluations; this is apparent from the literature search in biomedical databases with appropriate keywords yielding nil hits for rationality of such usage. Furthermore, how could such rationality be interpr...
