In multi-agent systems, stereotypical trust models are widely used to bootstrap a priori trust in case historical trust evidences are unavailable. These models can work well if and only if malicious agents share some common features (i.e., stereotypes) in their profiles and these features can be detected. However, this condition may not hold for all the adversarial scenarios. Smart attackers ca...

background: stigma is one of the obstacles in the treatment and regaining the mental health of people with mental illness. the aim was determination of mental illness stigma among nurses in psychiatric wards. this study was conducted in psychiatric wards of teaching hospitals in tabriz, urmia, and ardabil in the north-west of iran. materials and methods: this research is a descriptive analysis ...

objectives: the incidence of stereotyped behaviors is one of the major symptoms of diagnosis of individuals with autism spectrum disorder that causes disruption in daily life. this study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of ball exercises on the reduction of stereotypical behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder. methods: in this study, 16 children (boys) with autism spectrum diso...

We used a novel apparatus with three hinged finger pads to characterize collaborative multifinger interactions during dynamic manipulation requiring individuated control of fingertip motions and forces. Subjects placed the thumb, index, and middle fingertips on each hinged finger pad and held it-unsupported-with constant total grasp force while voluntarily oscillating the thumb's pad. This task...

Previous research, for example in English, French, German, and Spanish, has investigated the interplay between grammatical gender information and stereotype gender information (e.g., that secretaries are usually female, in many cultures), in the interpretation of both singular noun phrases (the secretary) and plural nouns phrases, particularly so-called generic masculines-nouns that have mascul...

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are associated with specific atypical postural or motor behaviors, of which Stereotypical Motor Movements (SMMs) may severely interfere with learning and social interactions. Wireless inertial sensing technology offers a valid infrastructure for automatic and real-time SMM detection, which would provide support for tuned intervention and possibly early alert on ...