We propose a theory of immediate inferences from assertions containing a single quantifier, such as: All of the artists are bakers; therefore, some of the bakers are artists. The theory is based on mental models and is implemented in a computer program, mReasoner. It predicts three main levels of increasing difficulty: (a) immediate inferences in which the premise and conclusion have identical ...

Samples of Banded Iron Formation (BIF) with different quartz and hematite contents were deformed in axial compression experiments in a Griggs-type apparatus, at T = 900oC, P =1.5 GPa and strain rates of 10-5 and 10-6 s-1. The aim is to investigate the mineral phase that controls the rheology of multi-phase rocks and to determine the processes that control the observed rock strength. BIF samples...

Computational theories of mind assume that participants interpret information and then reason from those interpretations. Research on interpretation in deductive reasoning has claimed to show that subjects' interpretation of single syllogistic premises in an "immediate inference" task is radically different from their interpretation of pairs of the same premises in syllogistic reasoning tasks (...

"Myiasis" is a parasitic infestation of live human or vertebrate animal tissues or cavities caused by dipterous larvae (maggots) which feed on the host's dead or living tissue, liquid body substances or ingested food. They are extremely rare in Western countries, especially in E.N.T. practice, and to the best of our knowledge, only two cases of myiasis in a tracheostomy wound have been reported...

The present paper continues the work begun by Anstee, Ferguson, Griggs and Sali on small forbidden configurations. We define a matrix to be simple if it is a (0,1)-matrix with no repeated columns. Let F be a k× l (0,1)-matrix (the forbidden configuration). Assume A is an m×n simple matrix which has no submatrix which is a row and column permutation of F . We define forb(m,F ) as the largest n, ...

A.D. Forbes, M.J. Grannell and T.S. Griggs Department of Mathematics The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA UNITED KINGDOM [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Abstract In [8], Quattrochi and Rinaldi introduced the idea of n−1 isomorphism between Steiner systems. In this paper we study this concept in the context of Steiner triple systems. Th...

Despite demonstrated relationships between activity and clinical change, we lack effective measures of time use in psychosis. Existing time budget measures of activity are demanding to complete, and thus unsuited to routine clinical use as measures of change. Less burdensome 'check-box' measures are prone to bias and omission in the activities selected. We recently devised a simplified time bud...

The effects of water and iron content on the relative creep strengths of garnet and olivine were investigated by shear deformation experiments. arnet and olivine samples were sandwiched together between alumina pistons in a simple shear geometry and were deformed at P= 1–2 GPa, = 1473 K and strain rates ranging from 10−5 to 10−3 s−1 using a Griggs-type solid-medium apparatus. The stressand stra...

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