In their article, Is the Brain a Quantum Computer,? Litt, Eliasmith, Kroon, Weinstein, and Thagard (2006) criticize the Penrose-Hameroff "Orch OR" quantum computational model of consciousness, arguing instead for neurocomputation as an explanation for mental phenomena. Here I clarify and defend Orch OR, show how Orch OR and neurocomputation are compatible, and question whether neurocomputation ...

The liver plays a central role in the human metabolism and so represents one of the organ systems most often affected, especially by tumorous diseases. The group of colorectal carcinomas metastatically almost exclusively attacks this organ, which, according to studies by Weiss et al., can be attributed to the venous drainage of the intestines through the portal vein [1,2]. A large number of pri...

BACKGROUND Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) represent a therapeutically challenging and heterogeneous group of malignancies occurring throughout the body, but mainly in the gastrointestinal system. PURPOSE To describe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided laser ablation of NET liver metastases and assess its role within the current treatment options and methods. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two patien...

The study of belief revision and reasoning about actions have been two of the most active areas of research in AI . Both these areas involve reasoning about change. However very litt le work has been done in analyzing the principles common to both these areas. This paper presents a formal characterization of belief revision, based on the principles of minimal change and maximal coherence. This ...

Litt le is known about the acquisition of another language modality on second language (L2) working memory (WM) capacity. Diff erential indexing within the WM system based on language modality may explain diff erences in performance on WM tasks in sign and spoken language. We investigated the eff ect of language modality (sign versus spoken) on L2 WM capacity. Results indicated reduced L2 WM sp...

Cette contribution analyse les étapes successives du montage éditorial d’un des premiers romans épistolaires français, Lettres de Babet d’Edme Boursault. Elle montre une œuvre qui se constitue en tant que telle à travers réagencements progressifs ensemble lettres au fil recueils sein desquels ces paraissent, 1669 1738. La reconstruction ce processu...