The circuit mechanisms behind shared neural variability (noise correlation) and its dependence on neural state are poorly understood. Visual attention is well-suited to constrain cortical models of response variability because attention both increases firing rates and their stimulus sensitivity, as well as decreases noise correlations. We provide a novel analysis of population recordings in rhe...

In the process of designing and understanding complex electrical, mechanical, structural, biological, economic and social systems metamodeling techniques have become indispensable. Due to the increasing computational complexity of current simulation codes multivariate approximation models (polynomials, Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, ...) are often used to gain insight into...

Successfully building complex service robotic systems that robustly operate in real-world environments gives a lot of insights into what are valuable patterns in architecting such systems. In this paper, we describe some of our insights with respect to robot control architectures and robotics software systems engineering. The focus of the paper is not on discussing specific functionalities but ...

the article depicts the situation before cold war in which developing countries (dcs) and least developed countries (ldcs) found themselves big loser, as they were deprived from participation in trade negotiation process, leading into establishment of gatt . therefore, they resorted to unctad  as the sole defender of their interests against developed countries in trade negotiations. unctad has ...

With energy resource scarcity and energy crisis in the world, energy efficiency has become a subject of great importance. In warm and humid climates as well as cold and mountainous ones, annual energy consumption is too high to achieve desirable living conditions in built environments, and hence energy efficiency measures and practices in such buildings is of utmost priority. Given the direct r...

positive education focuses on helping students not only achieve academically, but also to thrive. this workshop will consider what well-being and flourishing is and how well-being science applies to education. core constructs and positive interventions that can be used with individuals, groups, and organizations to build well-being and resilience will be explored. specific activities that can b...

Demand of energy is more sensible now because of population growth and economic growth of countries. In order to increase of energy consumption around the world and environment pollution, attention to the renewable energy such as solar energy is inevitable. Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) electric power systems not only produce electricity, they are also part of the building. For exam...