One of the most important challenges for embodied and grounded theories of cognition concerns the representation of abstract concepts, such as "freedom." Many embodied theories of abstract concepts have been proposed. Some proposals stress the similarities between concrete and abstract concepts showing that they are both grounded in perception and action system while other emphasize their diffe...

conclusions in 88% of primary osteoarthritis cases we found fai morphology on the ap pelvic radiograph, similarly to those found in the bibliography, and we considered naming primary osteoarthritis, secondary osteoarthritis caused by fai. in the majority of cases, early diagnosis with simple, cheap and easily accessible ap pelvic radiograph with low dose of radiation may also be warranted backg...

The traditional crossover operator used in genetic search exhibits a position-dependent bias called the dcfining-length bias. We show how this bias results in hidden biases that are difficult to anticipate and compensate for. We introduce a new crossover operator, shuffle crossover, that eliminates the position dependent bias of the traditional crossover operator by shuffling the representation...

In the dual-emitting Eu3+-activated Sr2NaMg2V3O12 garnet, vibrationally induced thermometric response and thermochromic luminescence are investigated for first time. Based on diverse thermal quenching of VO43? Eu3+ along with advantage variation in fluorescence intensity ratio, a potential phosphor sensitive dual-mode ratiometric colorimetric temperature sensors is proposed which maximum absolu...

We study absorbing phase transitions in the one-dimensional branching annihilating random walk with long-range repulsion. The repulsion is implemented as hopping bias such a way that particle more likely to hop away from its closest particle. strength due interaction has form $\varepsilon x^{-\sigma}$, where $x$ distance particle, $0\le \sigma \le 1$, and sign of $\varepsilon$ determines whethe...

Within both game studies and development communities, it is often argued that a game’s processes (rules and goals) are of primary significance when considering a game’s meaning. In opposition to this position, some claim that this approach denies player subjectivity by ignoring the dynamic, culturally-embedded ways in which players create, rather than receive, meaning through play. This paper c...

Long term defence planning is a complex undertaking involving many separate analytical steps and with non-trivial transitions from one step to the next. Many nations struggle with the challenge of establishing analytical rigour, structure and traceability in their defence planning processes. In this paper we will present a tool that has been developed not only to support defence planning, but w...

The Central Computing services at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) [17] have deployed an instance of the JASIG Uportal [18] system for use by a student audience of around 22,000. To achieve the requirement of a homogenous experience for the end user required a transition to a more consistent and unified Single Sign-On (SSO) and Single Sign-Off interaction with the underlying diverse infrast...