In the past decade neuroscience has witnessed major advances in the field of multisensory interactions. A large body of research has revealed several new types of cross-sensory interactions. In addition, multisensory interactions have been reported at temporal and spatial system levels previously thought of as strictly unimodal. We review the findings that have led to the current broad consensu...

This paper explores the historical and ideological meanings of organized sports for the politics of gender relations. After outlining a theory for building a historically grounded understanding of sport, culture, and ideology, the paper argues that organized sports have come to serve as a primary institutional means for bolstering a challenged and faltering ideology of male superiority in the 2...

Numerical simulations of charged particle beams require an approximation to the particle distribution being simulated. We present a mathematical formalism for approximating two-dimensional (2D) particle distribution using a basis composed of scaled and translated Gauss-Hermite (STGH) functions. It is computationally efficient, because it only requires the values of the particle distribution at ...

In this paper we present the Virtual Park (or VPARK) system. This includes a Networked Virtual Environment (NVE) System, called W-VLNET and an Attraction Building System, able to create and modify attractions used in the NVES. Both systems have been developed in the Windows NT environment. The paper outlines the techniques for communication, scene management, facial and body animation, and gene...

In contrast to the pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs) which are able to give rise to all cell types of the body, mammalian adult stem cells (ASCs) appeared to be more limited in their differentiation potential and to be committed to their tissue of origin. Recently, surprising new findings have contradicted central dogmas of commitment of ASCs by showing their plasticity to differentiate a...

Numerical simulations of charged particle beams require an approximation to the particle distribution being simulated. We present a mathematical formalism for approximating two-dimensional (2D) particle distribution using a basis composed of scaled and translated Gauss-Hermite (STGH) functions. It is computationally efficient, because it only requires the values of the particle distribution at ...

Of the processes that make up a transaction of selling a physical product for money over the Internet, those that presume some form of physical product handling are most problematic. These include the process of determining product utility and the delivery phase. The difficulties that the latter poses for the spread of on-line shopping and e-commerce-enabled disintermediation are well known, wh...

The rearrangement of T and B lymphocyte Ag receptor loci occurs within a highly complex chromosomal environment and is orchestrated through complex mechanisms. During the past decade, a large body of literature has highlighted the significance of chromatin architecture at Ag receptor loci in supporting the genomic assembly process: in preparation for recombination, these loci tend to contract a...

nowadays, given different definitions and conceptions on development, territorial planning lends to for various economic, social and geographical aspects, however its defensive and security perspectives have been taken into account to less extent. the present research is aimed to specify passive defense legal requirements in territorial planning through outlining the most important rules on pas...

This paper presents a review of object-based image classification, outlining recent developments, assessing current capabilities and signposting future implications. Object-based classification methods are described, outlining advantages over other forms of classification, and limitations in the object-based approach. Examples are provided from the UK, drawing in particular on the national Land...