New Yorker film critics, including John Mosher, generally found foreign films, particularly those of German or Russian origin, to be superior to the treacle produced in Hollywood, and Jannings was a particular favorite, delivering often heart-wrenching performances in such silent dramas as The Last...
TELLERS OF TALES…As the New York Stock Exchange headed toward collapse, President Herbert Hoover, Thomas Lamont (head of the Morgan Bank) and prominent journalist Arthur Brisbane offered assurances that all was well. (Wikipedia/bhg.com) …and expressed schadenfreude over “a fat land quivering ...
Survey Participants completed surveys upon completing sensory tasks (Experiments 2–3). The survey asked “Did stimulation cause you any discomfort?” and provided two response options: “Yes” and “No”. If “Yes”, participants rated their discomfort using a Likert scale: 1 = Slight, 2...
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For analysis, CometScore [http://rexhoover.com/index.php?id=cometscore] was used with doublets or comets at slide edges discarded from analysis. The length and intensity of DNA “tails” relative to “heads” were used as proxies for the amount of DNA damage in individual nuclei. ...
Novelist and art criticRobert M. Coates(1897–1973) paid a visit to theMachine Artexhibition and wrote of the experience in “The Talk of the Town.” Coates was no stranger to the avant garde, having himself embraced literary innovation and experimentation as a novelist.James Thurberis credited...
HEAVYWEIGHTS…Both PresidentHerbert Hooverand retired prizefighterGene Tunneyoffered signs of stability to a nation reeling from economic collapse. At right,GeneandMary Tunneyreturn to New York on the ocean liner Vulcania after 14 months in Europe. (Wikipedia/AP) ...
Redox signaling and cardiac function are tightly linked. However, it is largely unknown which protein targets are affected by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in cardiomyocytes that underly impaired inotropic effects during oxidative stress. Here, we combine a chemogenetic mouse model (HyPer-DAO mice) and ...
The use of serious games may be an appealing and complementary way to motivate curriculum-based social and emotional learning (SEL); still, investigation into this potential usefulness is scarce. This study aims to address the usefulness of serious games
(39%) had used an electronic device to record their diet in the past (Table 2). Participants were fairly familiar with using the internet, with 20 (91%) reporting usual daily use; the mean (SD) score for self-rated confidence in using technology was 8.2 (2.4) on a scale of 1–10,...