“Using the 1/8th Binocularly.”

the implied reader in 18th century literary criticism

this thesis is going to delineate the concept of the reader as implied in 18th century literary theory; based on the study of the major reader oriented elements of criticism of the age-taste, the sublime, and aesthetic pleasure-its aim is to explain what sott of reader is implied and what kind of response on the part of the reader is proposed in 18th century english literary theory and aestheti...

18th May

Our session is organized around two themes 1) Coupled nonlinear neuronal masses generate large-scale neural network activity, in which the network dynamics is addressed with regard to network synchronization, information processing and global phase transitions. 2) Interplay of local and global scales of neural activity ranging from synapses to neuronal networks. Specific Questions 1. Mean field...

Segmentation and description of binocularly viewed contours

Contour segmentation is typically seen as the identification either of discondnuities'"? or of describable subsectionsIO operations which are usually treated as dual. As we are interested in providing primitive descriptions to higher processes we tend toward the latter view, though the algorithm reported here combines both approaches. Local segmentation operators are used to hypothesise discont...

The 18th Inter-Clinic Conference

Chronicle of Datura Toxicity in the 18th and 19th Century

Background: Datura stramonium is a poisonous and common flowering plant that is a member of the Solanacae family. Datura poisonings are a rare occurrence in the 21st century, making toxicological information on this plant sparse. Historical information on Datura provides useful information on the clinical symptoms and characteristics of poisonings. This review looks at the state of knowledge on...