General anaesthetics: why have two when one will do?

When only the last one will do

An unknown positive number of items arrive at independent uniformly distributed times in the interval [0, 1] to a selector, whose task is to pick online the last one. We show that under the assumption of an adversary determining the number of items, there exists a game-theoretical equilibrium, in other words the selector and the adversary both possess optimal strategies. The probability of succ...

Why Robots Will Have Emotions

Emotions involve complex processes produced by i n te rac t i ons between motives/ b e l i e f s / percepts , e t c . E.g. real or imagined f u l f i l m e n t or v i o l a t i o n of a mot ive/ or t r i g g e r i n g of a 'mot ive-genera tor ' / can d i s tu rb processes produced by other mot ives. To understand emotions/ t he re fo re / we need to understand motives and the types of processes...

Why UML will not do ?

Why do cannabinoid receptors have more than one endogenous ligand?

The endocannabinoid system was revealed following the understanding of the mechanism of action of marijuana's major psychotropic principle, Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, and includes two G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs; the cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors), their endogenous ligands (the endocannabinoids, the best studied of which are anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG)), and the prot...

Why do cannabinoid receptors have more than one endogenous ligand?

The endocannabinoid system was revealed following the understanding of the mechanism of action of marijuana’s major psychotropic principle, D-tetrahydrocannabinol, and includes two G-proteincoupled receptors (GPCRs; the cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors), their endogenous ligands (the endocannabinoids, the best studied of which are anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG)), and the proteins...