We have experimented with a bio-inspired selforganizing texture and hardness perception system which automatically learns to associate the representations of the two submodalities with each other. To this end we have developed a microphone based texture sensor and a hardness sensor that measures the compression of the material at a constant pressure. The system is based on a novel variant of th...

Hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticle was synthesized using organometallic compound - ferrocene carboxaldehyde through solventless solid state thermal decomposition technique. The crystal structure, magnetic and morphological properties of the decomposed material were studied using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometry, ...

The application of phylogenetic techniques to the documentation of cultural history can present a distorted picture due to horizontal transmission and blending. Moreover, the units of cultural transmission must be communicable concepts, rather than conveniently measurable attributes, and relatedness between elements of culture often resides at the conceptual level, something not captured by phy...

Longitudinal linkages between intentional exposure to x-rated material and sexually aggressive behavior were examined among youth 10-15 year olds surveyed nationally in the United States. At Wave 1 in 2006, participants (n = 1,588) were queried about these exposures and outcomes in the preceding 12 months. Wave 2 data (n = 1,206) were collected approximately 12 months after Wave 1 and Wave 3 da...

In a certain sense, teaching systems in the article play role of atutor and help each student to find most convenient way learn foreign language based on such methods as demonstrating, explaining situation, organizing exercises practical application educational material speech.

BACKGROUND The serum Krebs von der Lungen-6 (KL-6) level is a useful marker correlated with the severity of various interstitial lung diseases. There have been few reports about the clinical characteristics of organizing pneumonia (OP) associated with the serum KL-6 levels. OBJECTIVE This study was performed to determine whether the serum KL-6 levels can help determine the optimal treatment f...

Problems labeled ! are important and must be mastered. are harder and cover interesting advanced material that is not properly part of this course. are tangential to the course but cover material that is useful elsewhere. Background A (binary) relation is a set of ordered pairs Two important types of relations are equivalences and (partial) orders: • Equivalence relations are – reflexive (∀x)(x...