Successful Search Research Articles

Transvaporite model of ore genesis and an exploration strategy for new giant ore deposits

In the current work we stand for the revival of the transvaporite ore genesis model, which was introduced by Hungarian academician E. Szadeczky-Kardoss more than half a century ago, but has now fallen out of favor and superseded by the orthomagmatic model. Our arguments in support of the transvaporite model are based on the contemporary overpressure theory developed for Mesozoic–Cenozoic petroleum basins. We propose a new variant of the transvaporization model whereby the formation of giant ore deposits occurs in the areas where former petroleum-rich basins are intersected by Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs). At such sites, structural–magmatic activity leads to hydrocarbon deposits being destroyed and many new ore deposits being created beneath a new regional volcanic fluid seal built by rapidly accumulating (up to 3–4km in 1Ma) lava flows. In such conditions, a zone of significant overpressure that is 1.4–1.8 times higher than hydrostatic pressure develops. Subsequently, under the influence of compressive mechanism of mass transfer, gas-saturated brines of sedimentary rocks migrate toward intruding melts, and then mix with them. As a result, unusual rocks (transvaporites) are formed and giant ore deposits created.Here, we review six supergiant ore deposits of various types and ages with different associations of metals and host rocks, including the Norilsk district in Russia (Cu–Ni–Co–Pt–Pd), El Teniente–Los Bronces district in Chile (Cu–Mo), Almaden deposit in Spain (Hg), Ermakovskoe deposit in Russia (Be), Pebble Copper deposit in southern Alaska (Cu–Mo–Au), and Olympic Dam deposit in southern Australia (U–Cu–Au–REE), noting that all listed metals in each and every deposit do reach giant reserves. In all these deposits transvaporization appears to play the key role in ore genesis given the: (1) short duration of the main ore genesis stage (<0.2Ma); (2) high original porosity and permeability of the sedimentary host rocks; (3) marked fluctuations in isotopic compositions indicative of mixing between mantle and crustal components; (4) non-stoichiometric relationships between oxides in “magmatic” transvaporites as revealed by chemical analysis; (5) clear evidence of explosive activity during or immediately after the final stage of ore genesis, as expressed by the presence of abundant breccias, pyroclastics, and lapilli; (6) presence of unusual original rock types that include pseudo-breccias, pseudo-skarns, and hybrid metasomatic rocks with rare mineral associations such as, for example, simultaneous crystallization of biotite and anhydrite in the El Teniente and Pebble Copper deposits. Moreover, a compilation and analysis of a database of 416 of the world’s largest ore deposits shows that transvaporization with the aforementioned features is evident in 167 of these deposits (i.e., 40%). Furthermore, within 52 polymetallic giant ore deposits in which two to five metals reach giant reserve levels, evidence of transvaporization is present in 33 deposits (i.e., 63%).A significant practical implication of the transvaporite model is that it should modify future strategies for ore deposits exploration. Instead of pursuing just any deposit, exploration efforts should focus specifically on giant ore deposits, concentrating search efforts at the sites where former petroleum basins have been intersected by LIPs. Basin analysis of enriched oil and gas provinces is already being conducted in detail by seismic transects, involving two-dimensional cross-sections and areal surveys, followed by three-dimensional mapping of productive reservoirs. The same strategy should be applied to ore-bearing regions, but at better precision and accuracy given the smaller velocity contrast in seismic wave propagation in ore rocks compared with oil- and gas-bearing sedimentary rocks. Important advances in the ore geology of LIPs such as geological mapping and gravity and magnetic surveys have already produced significant new data. These studies can be divided into two types, which first involve a general description of the LIP, and are then followed by an investigation of major intrusions likely to be directly linked to ore genesis. A combination of these investigations into hydrocarbon basins and LIPs will lay the foundation for transvaporite exploration, which will be the key criterion for the successful search for new giant ore deposits.

Review of Recruiting good college faculty: Practical advice for a successful search

Review of Recruiting good college faculty: Practical advice for a successful search

On the performance of blind-infotaxis under inaccurate modeling of the environment

Infotaxis is an olfactory search strategy proposed in 2007 by Vergassola et al. [M. Vergassola, E. Villermaux, B.I. Shraiman, Nature 445, 406 (2007)], to locate the source of a volatile substance transported in a turbulent environment. We consider a slightly modified strategy that we call blind-infotaxis and study its performance measured by the rate of success and mean search time, under changes in the environmental parameters such as diffusivity, rate of emission or wind velocity. We also quantify the drop in performance caused by an inaccurate modeling of the environment, expressed through an imperfect knowledge of these parameters. Our findings show that without further modification of the probability prior, blind-infotaxis remains robust as long as the estimated parameters fall within a certain range around their true values, but the success rate quickly drops making the search no longer feasible if the searcher severely underestimates or overestimates the real environment parameters. Our results have practical consequences for the design of infotactic machines and for the further optimisation of infotaxis-based strategies.

Abstract A07: The RAD51 paralog complex SWS1-SWSAP1 is critical for homologous recombination in the mouse

Abstract Homologous recombination (HR), also termed homology-directed repair, is a major pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) generated by DNA damaging agents, replication fork collapse and during meiosis. Failure to repair DSBs correctly causes genomic instability, leading to mutagenesis, and developmental defects. Moreover, defects in HR impact the response to many therapeutics. Components of the HR machinery include BRCA2 and five RAD51 paralogs, which are critical for RAD51 assembly onto single-stranded DNA, an important intermediate for homologous strand invasion. Disruption of these HR genes in mice results in embryonic lethality (pre-implantation to mid-gestation defects), developmental defects (e.g., sterility), and tumorigenesis. Recently, the Shu complex, composed of SWS1 and SWSAP1 subunits, was identified in human cells as a potential RAD51 paralog complex, since it functions with RAD51 to promote mitotic HR like its ortholog in yeast. Here, we show that the mouse Shu complex interacts with the ubiquitously expressed RAD51 recombinase and also with the meiosis-specific DMC1 recombinase. Knockout mice lacking one or both Shu complex subunits are viable and show no obvious developmental defects, except in gonads of both female and male mice, which are infertile. Analyses in males demonstrate that Shu complex is required for proper homologous synapsis and for the formation of RAD51 and DMC1 foci very early in meiotic prophase I. Our preliminary results indicate that the mouse Shu complex is also important for mitotic HR. Therefore, we propose that Shu complex ensures the assembly of RAD51 and DMC1 proteins into nucleoprotein filaments on resected DSBs to promote successful homology search and strand invasion, for completion of meiotic and mitotic recombination. Citation Format: Rohit Prakash, Carla Manuela Abreu, Scott Keeney, Maria Jasin. The RAD51 paralog complex SWS1-SWSAP1 is critical for homologous recombination in the mouse [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on DNA Repair: Tumor Development and Therapeutic Response; 2016 Nov 2-5; Montreal, QC, Canada. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Mol Cancer Res 2017;15(4_Suppl):Abstract nr A07.

Combining Model-based and Heuristic Techniques for Fast Tracking the Global Maximum Power Point of a Photovoltaic String

Under partial shading conditions (PSCs), multiple maximums may be exhibited on the P-U curve of string inverter photovoltaic (PV) systems. Under such conditions, heuristic methods are invalid for extracting a global maximum power point (GMPP); intelligent algorithms are time-consuming; and model-based methods are complex and costly. To overcome these shortcomings, a novel hybrid MPPT (MPF-IP&O) based on a model-based peak forecasting (MPF) method and an improved perturbation and observation (IP&O) method is proposed. The MPF considers the influence of temperature and does not require solar radiation measurements. In addition, it can forecast all of the peak values of the PV string without complex computation under PSCs, and it can determine the candidate GMPP after a comparison. Hence, the MPF narrows the searching range tremendously and accelerates the convergence to the GMPP. Additionally, the IP&O with a successive approximation strategy searches for the real GMPP in the neighborhood of the candidate one, which can significantly enhance the tracking efficiency. Finally, simulation and experiment results show that the proposed method has a higher tracking speed and accuracy than the perturbation and observation (P&O) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) methods under PSCs.

Getting a job via career-oriented social networking markets

While career-oriented social networking markets (CSNM) such as LinkedIn or XING are increasingly appreciated by a large number of internet users, our understanding of CSNM benefits and factors influencing the intention to use CSNM for a job search is very limited. For theoretical work on CSNM I extend Venkatesh’s et al. UTAUT2 model by presenting a new concept considering a user’s ties based on Granovetter’s social network theory. The evaluation of the extended model, which asks users of CSNM about their job search behavior and their search success, shows a predictive quality increase from 19.0 percent to 80.5 percent. Post hoc analyses reveal a substantial negative relationship between the number of a user’s ties and its job search success, which supports the experience of practitioners but contradicts scholarly findings. A level of about 150 contacts is most effective in terms of getting job offers, which confirms Dunbar’s number. The results are useful for scholars and practitioners.

Discovery of an Enormous Lyα Nebula in a Massive Galaxy Overdensity at z = 2.3

Abstract Enormous Lyα nebulae (ELANe), unique tracers of galaxy density peaks, are predicted to lie at the nodes and intersections of cosmic filamentary structures. Previous successful searches for ELANe have focused on wide-field narrowband surveys or have targeted known sources such as ultraluminous quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) or radio galaxies. Utilizing groups of coherently strong Lyα absorptions, we have developed a new method to identify high-redshift galaxy overdensities and have identified an extremely massive overdensity, BOSS1441, at . In its density peak, we discover an ELAN that is associated with a relatively faint continuum. To date, this object has the highest diffuse Lyα nebular luminosity of erg s−1. Above the 2σ surface brightness limit of SB erg s−1 cm−2 arcsec−2, this nebula has an end-to-end spatial extent of 442 kpc. This radio-quiet source also has extended C iv and He ii emission on scales. Note that the Lyα, He ii, and C iv emissions all have double-peaked line profiles. Each velocity component has an FWHM of ≈700–1000 km s−1. We argue that this Lyα nebula could be powered by shocks due to an active galactic nucleus–driven outflow or photoionization by a strongly obscured source.

Probing the Deep End of the Milky Way with New Oscillating Kepler Giants

The Kepler mission has been a success in both exoplanet search and stellar physics studies. Red giants have actually been quite a highlight in the Kepler scene. The Kepler long and almost continuous four-year observations allowed us to detect oscillations in more than 15,000 red giants targeted by the mission. However by looking at the power spectra of 45,000 stars classified as dwarfs according to the Q1-16 Kepler star properties catalog, we detected red-giant like oscillations in 850 stars. Even though this is a small addition to the known red-giant sample, these misclassified stars represent a goldmine for galactic archeology studies. Indeed they happen to be fainter (down to Kp~16) and more distant (d>10kpc) than the known red giants, opening the possibility to probe unknown regions of our Galaxy. The faintness of these red giants with detected oscillations is very promising for detecting acoustic modes in red giants observed with K2 and TESS. In this talk, I will present this new sample of red giants with their revised stellar parameters derived from asteroseismology. Then I will discuss about the distribution of their masses, distances, and evolutionary states compared to the previously known sample of red giants.

Model of e-learning with electronic educational resources of new generation

Purpose of the article: improving of scientific and methodical base of the theory of the е-learning of variability. Methods used: conceptual and logical modeling of the е-learning of variability process with electronic educational resource of new generation and system analysis of the interconnection of the studied subject area, methods, didactics approaches and information and communication technologies means. Results: the formalization complex model of the е-learning of variability with electronic educational resource of new generation is developed, conditionally decomposed into three basic components: the formalization model of the course in the form of the thesaurusclassifier (“Author of e-resource”), the model of learning as management (“Coordination. Consultation. Control”), the learning model with the thesaurus-classifier (“Student”). Model “Author of e-resource” allows the student to achieve completeness, high degree of didactic elaboration and structuring of the studied material in triples of variants: modules of education information, practical task and control tasks; the result of the student’s (author’s of e-resource) activity is the thesaurus-classifier. Model of learning as management is based on the principle of personal orientation of learning in computer environment and determines the logic of interaction between the lecturer and the student when determining the triple of variants individually for each student; organization of a dialogue between the lecturer and the student for consulting purposes; personal control of the student’s success (report generation) and iterative search for the concept of the class assignment in the thesaurus-classifier before acquiring the required level of training. Model “Student” makes it possible to concretize the learning tasks in relation to the personality of the student and to the training level achieved; the assumption of the lecturer about the level of training of a particular student is formed using the reporting data of model as management. Theoretical provisions of variation e-learning, including its base tasks (teaching, learning, management), and also order, formallogical and program means of development and most important requirements for an effective electronic educational resource are grounded; it is shown that the formalization of educational resources is possible on the basis of the structural-mathematical approach using the set-theoretical representations, that allow defining the features of the educational process and the role of participants in the language of sets and mapping between them, and also to receive “pedagogical diagnostics” of the course and learning outcomes, using the intellectual potential of each trainee both personally and in the classroom. An example of practical implementation of model of variation elearning with electronic educational resource of new generation is given. Conclusion: The developed theoretical provisions and basis components for the model of variation e-learning with electronic educational resource of new generation allow the student to realize functional mastering of knowledge, abilities and skills of trainees on the base of variation approach, and also to choose a personal student-centered way of “finding concept (meaning)” of the given tasks in the process of motivated learning based on formalized information thesaurus-classifier of electronic educational resource.

Selecting a Flight Path of an UAV to the Ship in Preparation of Deck Landing

Objectives: Automatic landing of an aircraft-type Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on the ship is a complex research and engineering problem. In the general case, a set of problems must be solved subject to the initial position of the UAV and the ship, weather, visibility, reliable radio communication etc. in preparation for landing and capturing the initial point of a glide path for landing. These problems include the UAV flying to the ship location, searching for and identifying the ship, determining rolling parameters and estimating the position of landing markers on the ship deck. Method: Methods of UAV guidance to the ship search area have been compared. Conditions for the effective application of various methods of UAV guidance to the ship have been determined. Findings: It was demonstrated that insufficient attention is paid in available research to scenarios, when the ship may change its direction and a communication channel with the UAV is not stable due to the weather. The following tasks are discussed: • determining conditions of physical realizability of the successful ship search; • selecting a method to guide the UAV towards the ship, with view to ship maneuverability intensity and duration of transmission breaks to the UAV about current ship parameters according to the flight endurance minimization criteria; and • determining UAV flight endurance to the ship location subject to the duration of transmission breaks. Conditions of the successful ship search have been determined and the ratio of the initial search area and UAV flight endurance has been shown. Improvements: The results of the study can be used in the development of autopilots for autonomous UAVs based on the ships.

Free Access to Point of Care Resource Results in Increased Use and Satisfaction by Rural Healthcare Providers

A Review of:&#x0D; Eldredge, J. D., Hall, L. J., McElfresh, K. R., Warner, T. D., Stromberg, T. L., Trost, J. T., &amp; Jelinek, D. A. (2016). Rural providers’ access to online resources: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 104(1), 33-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.104.1.005&#x0D; &#x0D; Objective – To determine whether free access to the point of care (PoC) resource Dynamed or the electronic book collection AccessMedicine was more useful to rural health care providers in answering clinical questions in terms of usage and satisfaction.&#x0D; &#x0D; Design – Randomized controlled trial.&#x0D; &#x0D; Setting – Rural New Mexico.&#x0D; &#x0D; Subjects – Twenty-eight health care providers (physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists) with no reported access to PoC resources, (specifically Dynamed and AccessMedicine) or electronic textbook collections prior to enrollment.&#x0D; &#x0D; Methods – Study participants from a previously identified underserved rural area were selected and contacted by email. Interested participants were able to enroll through a link in the email invitation and then contacted by a member of the research team. Study participants were stratified by geographic region and occupation, then randomized and allocated to receive free access to either Dynamed or AccessMedicine for six months. Usage and satisfaction were determined prior to intervention and after six months of use for the allocated resource through survey data. Other survey data collected included demographic information, how long participants took on average to locate clinical information, what participants’ preferred information sources were for clinical information and patient information, willingness to pay for access to information, and usage and satisfaction of other resources including free medical websites, fee-based websites, print scientific journals, PubMed or MEDLINE, general web resources, UpToDate, etc. Participation was voluntary and those enrolled were able to withdraw at any time. Data related to the subjects/topics searched in the intervention resources were not collected and all identifying participant information was removed following the linkage of the pre-intervention survey, the resource access data, and the post-intervention survey.&#x0D; &#x0D; During the intervention period medical students on the research team provided technical support and training to study participants including phone and email support and in-house training videos.&#x0D; &#x0D; Pre- and post-intervention user satisfaction and frequency of use of 13 health resources were compared with doubly repeated ANOVA measures, adjusted using Huynh-Feldt to reduce Type 1 error rate. Cohen’s d-statistic was used to determine the effect size difference. &#x0D; &#x0D; Main Results – The authors hypothesized that clinicians would prefer and be more satisfied with the clinically oriented Dynamed rather than the textbook based AccessMedicine, and that these two resources would be preferred over other resources normally utilized by participants. Participants in the Dynamed arm reported an increase in the use of Dynamed, but no significant change in the use of AccessMedicine. Participants in the AccessMedicine arm reported an increase in use of AccessMedicine, but no increase in the use of UpToDate or Dynamed, despite the fact that these participants did not report access to UpToDate upon study enrollment. Reported usage of the other 13 resources varied across time indicating a highly significant Resource main effect. That is, the effect of the intervention, regardless of the study arm and the time of assessment, was statistically significant. Reported use of the 13 resources was higher in the Dynamed arm, though it is important to note that reported use and level of satisfaction was higher at baseline and posttest for the Dynamed arm indicating a potential randomization error. An increase in satisfaction with only AccessMedicine was reported in the AccessMedicine arm while an increase in satisfaction with UpToDate, Dynamed, and AccessMedicine was reported in the Dynamed arm. In terms of reported use, Cohen’s d indicated an increase of +1.50 for Dynamed users compared to 0.82 for AccessMedicine users. Both arms reported an increase in the number of searches, the success of searches and satisfaction with the level of information obtained from searches. Neither intervention resulted in a change from baseline related to participants’ willingness to pay for regular access to an online health information resource. &#x0D; &#x0D; Conclusion – Free access to online health information resources is a potential benefit to health professionals in terms of usage and satisfaction, and participants utilized point of care tools more heavily than the textbook-based resource thus supporting the authors’ hypothesis.

Activate your ‘it’ factor for job search success

Activate your ‘it’ factor for job search success

On retrieving information from external knowledge stores: Feeling-of-findability, feeling-of-knowing and Internet search

The ease with which individuals can access information has changed drastically with the advent of the Internet. Understanding how this change in our information landscape influences thinking represents an important question for psychological science. Research has demonstrated that we have a fairly accurate sense of the relative availability of internal information – a feeling-of-knowing. Here we examine the extent to which individuals have developed a sense of the relative availability of information stored on the Internet (i.e., externally) – a feeling-of-findability. Results demonstrate that when individuals do not know the answer to a question their feeling-of-findability accurately predicts the amount of time it takes them to locate the answer on the Internet. Furthermore, this feeling-of-findability, when individuals do not know the answer to a question, is unrelated to individuals’ feeling-of-knowing, despite the fact that the latter is also demonstrated to predict search times. Instead, feeling-of-findability appears to be predicted by intuitions about how difficult it will be to generate a successful search query and the popularity of the type of information sought.

Searching for electromagnetic counterpart of LIGO gravitational waves in theFermiGBM data with ADWO

The Fermi collaboration identified a possible electromagnetic counterpart of the gravitational wave event of September 14, 2015. Our goal is to provide an unsupervised data analysis algorithm to identify similar events in Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor CTTE data stream. We are looking for signals that are typically weak. Therefore, they can only be found by a careful analysis of count rates of all detectors and energy channels simultaneously. Our Automatized Detector Weight Optimization (ADWO) method consists of a search for the signal, and a test of its significance. We developed ADWO, a virtual detector analysis tool for multi-channel multi-detector signals, and performed successful searches for short transients in the data-streams. We have identified GRB150522B, as well as possible electromagnetic candidates of the transients GW150914 and LVT151012. ADWO is an independently developed, unsupervised data analysis tool that only relies on the raw data of the Fermi satellite. It can therefore provide a strong, independent test to any electromagnetic signal accompanying future gravitational wave observations.

A hybridisation of adaptive variable neighbourhood search and large neighbourhood search: Application to the vehicle routing problem

In this paper, an adaptive variable neighbourhood search (AVNS) algorithm that incorporates large neighbourhood search (LNS) as a diversification strategy is proposed and applied to the capacitated vehicle routing problem. The AVNS consists of two stages: a learning phase and a multi-level VNS with guided local search. The adaptive aspect is integrated in the local search where a set of highly successful local searches is selected based on the intelligent selection mechanism. In addition, the hybridisation of LNS with the AVNS enables the solution to escape from the local minimum effectively. To make the algorithm more competitive in terms of the computing time, a simple and flexible data structure and a neighbourhood reduction scheme are embedded. Finally, we adapt a new local search move and an effective removal strategy for the LNS. The proposed AVNS was tested on the benchmark data sets from the literature and produced very competitive results.

Engineering the success of quantum walk search using weighted graphs

Continuous-time quantum walks are natural tools for spatial search, where one searches for a marked vertex in a graph. Sometimes, the structure of the graph causes the walker to get trapped, such that the probability of finding the marked vertex is limited. We give an example with two linked cliques, proving that the captive probability can be liberated by increasing the weights of the links. This allows the search to succeed with probability 1 without increasing the energy scaling of the algorithm. Further increasing the weights, however, slows the runtime, so the optimal search requires weights that are neither too weak nor too strong.

Developments for resonance ionization laser spectroscopy of the heaviest elements at SHIP

The experimental determination of atomic levels and the first ionization potential of the heaviest elements (Z⩾100) is key to challenge theoretical predictions and to reveal changes in the atomic shell structure. These elements are only artificially produced in complete-fusion evaporation reactions at on-line facilities such as the GSI in Darmstadt at a rate of, at most, a few atoms per second. Hence, highly sensitive spectroscopic methods are required. Laser spectroscopy is one of the most powerful and valuable tools to investigate atomic properties. In combination with a buffer-gas filled stopping cell, the Radiation Detected Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (RADRIS) technique provides the highest sensitivity for laser spectroscopy on the heaviest elements. The RADRIS setup, as well as the measurement procedure, have been optimized and characterized using the α-emitter 155Yb in on-line conditions, resulting in an overall efficiency well above 1%. This paves the way for a successful search of excited atomic levels in nobelium and heavier elements.

Manufacturing operations outsourcing through an artificial team process algorithm

The successful applications of artificial intelligence techniques have been widely increased during recent years. Today, outsourcing is a common strategy to enhance competitive advantages particularly for manufacturing industries. When a manufacturer receives a number of orders from customers, an internal capacity shortage is inevitable, and then the manufacturer may decide to outsource a certain set of orders. To get the joint decision on order scheduling and operation outsourcing in a parallel machine shop, an intelligent decision making technique which is based on an artificial team process algorithm (TPA) is designed in current paper. TPA is a recently evolutionary tool where operations of exploration and an epitome-based learning behavior is employed, and the operation division between elite and plain groups is elaborated. For a successful global search, the TPA lets one group (elite) explore more global spaces, while, for fast convergence, another group (plain) is assigned to local search. So, TPA is an efficient computational-based algorithm with the potential of global search during reasonable computational efforts. Additionally, a neighborhood search algorithm (NSA) with three kinds of neighborhood structures is devised to further enhance the quality of solutions at each iteration of TPA. Furthermore, the List Scheduling (LS), as a conventional scheduler, a GA and a SA are also customized for the addressed problem as benchmark algorithms. The comparisons are carried out and the results reveal the superiority of suggested method.

The variety of explanations in the Higgs sector

This paper argues that there is no single universal conception of scientific explanation that is consistently employed throughout the whole domain of Higgs physics—ranging from the successful experimental search for a standard model (SM) Higgs particle and the hitherto unsuccessful searches for any particles beyond the standard model (BSM), to phenomenological model builders in the Higgs sector and theoretical physicists interested in how the core principles of quantum field theory apply to spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism. Yet the coexistence of deductive-statistical, unificationist, model-based, and statistical-relevance explanations does not amount to a fragmentation of the discipline, but allows elementary particle physicists to simultaneously pursue a plurality of research strategies and keep the field together by joint convictions about the SM and shared explanatory ideals. These convictions include that the SM both represents a successful explanation of the available particle data and contains aspects in need of further explanation. Especially in the domain of BSM physics, explanatory ideals typically appear as stories (in Hartmann’s sense) motivating the different models and linking them to the whole of the discipline.

“Moving” to a job. The role of locomotion in job search and (Re)employment

This research examined the relationship between individual differences in the tendency towards locomotion (i.e., the aspect of self-regulation concerned with movement from state to state), job search behaviors, and positive employment outcomes (i.e., number of interviews, number of job offers, employment status). Data from two studies with unemployed Italian job seekers found support for a chain reaction towards employment that is initiated by locomotion orientation: individuals who are characterized by high locomotion show more intense job search behavior; as a result, they receive more interviews and job offers, and are more likely to attain employment. These findings are consistent with the literatures on locomotion orientation (Kruglanski, Thompson, Higgins, Atash, Pierro, Shah, & Spiegel, 2000) and job search success (Saks, 2006). Implications for the effect of locomotion orientation on job search success and employment status are discussed.