No abstract

No abstract

In 2 experiments (N = 111 children), a suggestive technique for interviewing child witnesses called "inviting speculation" was examined. Children were presented with atypical actions for common objects in a clown show. One week later, the children were asked to speculate (e.g., "What else could he have done with the knife?") in a between-subjects design on all or none of the items (Experiment 1) and in a within-subjects design on part of the items (Experiment 2), thereby getting highly probable speculations (e.g., "to cut"). After a 3-week delay, the experimenters found more highly probable but not more other false answers for the experimental items (Experiment 2). After a 5-6-month delay, the rate of (unspecified) false answers increased compared with the baseline (Experiments 1 and 2). The short-term effect is explained by a speculation-as-misinformation assumption, whereas the long-term effect is explained by the use of a metastrategy.

CT-HDRBT is an effective therapy to attain local tumor control in patients with unresectable HCC. Prospective randomized studies comparing CT-HDRBT with the standard treatments like Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and chemoembolization (TACE) are mandatory.

In the high‐production‐drop‐forging of parts for automobile and truck engines the classical quench and tempering (QT) of low‐alloyed steels is nowadays ‐ in a lot of plants in Europe ‐ substituted by direct continuous cooling (CC) of microalloyed steels without the necessity of additional heat treatment and expensive straightening as well as stress relieving cycles. Nevertheless, there are some limitations on strength and toughness achievable by this technique. On two commercial medium‐carbon (0.3%C) steels microalloyed with vanadium or vanadium and titanium, modified deformation parameters were applied. The mechanical properties, determined by the tensile test, can be improved by decreasing the deformation temperature. Nevertheless, the values of yield strength (resp. 0.2%‐proof stress) as well as reduction of area remain inferior to those after QT of the same steels.