Recent studies have shown that infants' face recognition rests on a robust face representation that is resilient to a variety of facial transformations such as rotations in depth, motion, occlusion or deprivation of inner/outer features. Here, we investigated whether 3-month-old infants' ability to represent the invariant aspects of a face is affected by the presence of an external add-on eleme...

Despite the functional and phyletic ubiquity of highly polymorphic genetic recognition systems, the evolution and maintenance of these remarkable loci remain an empirical and theoretical puzzle. Many clonal invertebrates use polymorphic genetic recognition systems to discriminate kin from unrelated individuals during behavioral interactions that mediate competition for space. Space competition ...

In some real-world areas, it is important to enrich the data with external background knowledge so as to provide context and to facilitate pattern recognition. These areas may be described as data rich but knowledge poor. There are two challenges to incorporate this biological knowledge into the data mining cycle: (1) generating the ontologies; and (2) adapting the data mining algorithms to mak...

3-D object recognition involves using image-computable features to identify 3-D object. A single view of a 3-D object may not contain sufficient features to recognize it unambiguously. One needs to plan different views around the given object in order to recognize it. Such a task involves an active sensor – one whose parameters (external and/or internal) can be changed in a purposive manner. In...

Archival documents are difficult to recognize because they are often damaged. Moreover, variations between documents are important even for documents having a priori the same structure. A recognition system to overcome these difficulties needs an external knowledge. Therefore we present a recognition system using an user description. To use table descriptions in analyzing the image, our system ...

This part of theoretical analysis describes the fluctuations of output signal of microbiosensors when the number of accessible molecular recognition elements (enzymes, receptors, antibodies, etc.) fluctuated under external environmental influences. The mean electric current, dispersion correlating function, as well as spectral density of output current fluctuation are analyzed, and it is shown ...

Lutein is a xanthophyll carotenoid associated with cognitive improvement (Johnson, 2012). Nevertheless, this compound is very sensitive to external agents. Encapsulation procedures are able to slow down degradation processes and enhance bioavailability. This paper aims the preparation and characterization of lutein-loaded poly(vinyl pirrolidone) nanoparticles and its effect on mice’s declarativ...

• Distributed system • Pattern recognition • Anomaly detection • Noise tolerance, robustness • Feature extraction • Diversity • Learning, memory • Adaptation ImmuneSearch Algorithm is inspired by the simple and well known concept of the humoral immune system where B cells upon external stimulation undergo proliferation and mutation to generate antibodies which track the antigens (foreign bodies).

The functions of the somatosensory system are multiple. We use tactile input to localize and experience the various qualities of touch, and proprioceptive information to determine the position of different parts of the body with respect to each other, which provides fundamental information for action. Further, tactile exploration of the characteristics of external objects can result in consciou...

The functions of the somatosensory system are multiple. We use tactile input to localize and experience the various qualities of touch, and proprioceptive information to determine the position of different parts of the body with respect to each other, which provides fundamental information for action. Further, tactile exploration of the characteristics of external objects can result in consciou...