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View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmyloid adhesins are β-sheet-rich extracellular proteins thought to contribute to bioflocculation. They are present in activated sludge to varying extent. However, it remains unclear which operational conditions promote their production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Lay wisdom suggests feeling negative while awaiting an upcoming stressor-anticipatory negative affect-shields against the blow of the subsequent stressor. However, evidence is mixed, with different lines of research and theory indirectly suggesting that anticipatory negative affect is helpful, harmful, or has no effect on emotional outcomes. In two studies, we aimed to reconcile these competing views by examining the affective trajectory across hours, days, and months, separating affective reactivity and recovery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrowding occurs when surrounding objects (flankers) impair target perception. A key property of crowding is the weaker interference when target and flankers strongly differ on a given dimension. For instance, identification of a target letter is usually superior with flankers of opposite versus the same contrast polarity as the target (the "polarity advantage").
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrowding is the interference by surrounding objects (flankers) with target perception. Low target-flanker similarity usually yields weaker crowding than high similarity ('similarity rule') with less interference, e.g.
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