Consciousness and the human mind have been pondered for centuries [1,2]. Today most fundamental, likely outlines of explanation consciousness are known, from this landscape we well-positioned to fill in basket specific theories that will include correct one. However, many errors thinking assumptions accumulated, even gained fashion, obscure our progress. It is time eliminate these, which do her...

Abstract Finding the optimal location is a relevant strategic decision for retailers. The classic theories of retail offer complementary perspectives, and later models include new variables, although they present methodological problems, these methodologies are static in time. Google Street View (GSV) allows extending analysis predictive to different fields by time-lapse collection data offerin...

the classical test theory (ctt) and item response theory (irt) are widely used in construction and analysis of exams and questionnaires. because of the various shortcomings of ctt, irt has been designed. even though irt has overcome most of the limitations of ctt and has made computer adaptive testing possible, it is still important to point out that not enough reasons exist to totally discard ...

This work proposes the application of preferences over abductive logic programs as an appealing declarative formalism to model choice situations. In particular, both a priori and a posteriori handling of preferences between abductive extensions of a theory are addressed as complementary and essential mechanisms in a broader framework for abductive reasoning. Furthermore, both of these choice me...

We introduce an elasticity-based mechanism that drives active particles to self-organize by cascading self-propulsion energy towards lower-energy modes. We illustrate it on a simple model of self-propelled agents linked by linear springs that reach a collectively rotating or translating state without requiring aligning interactions. We develop an active elastic sheet theory, complementary to th...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an important component of complementary and alternative medicine, has evolved over thousands of years with its own unique system of theories, diagnostics and therapies. TCM has been increasingly used in the last decades and become well known for its significant role in preventing and treating cancer. We believe that TCM possesses advantages over Western medic...

In theories with gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking, the scalar tau, (˜ τ 1) is the lightest observable superpartner for part of the parameter space. At LEP 2, the production of such a ˜ τ 1 pair and their subsequent decays give rise to a pair of τ leptons plus missing energy from the unobserved gravitinos. The angular distributions of the τ 's are different from those arising from the produ...

This paper conceptualises the enhancement of technological capability by firms, following international technology transfer, as an evolutionary process. During this process, the existing technological, managerial and other complementary resources may require restructuring. Since China is in transition from central planning to market orientation, the organisational and managerial practices of Ch...

In this paper, we propose a possible new approach towards solving the gauge hierarchy problem without supersymmetry and without extra spacetime dimensions. This approach relies on the finiteness of string theory and the conjectured stability of certain non-supersymmetric string vacua. One crucial ingredient in this approach is the idea of “misaligned supersymmetry”, which explains how string th...