Recent findings in neuroscience suggest an overlap between brain regions involved in the execution of movement and perception of another's movement. This so-called "action-perception coupling" is supposed to serve our ability to automatically infer the goals and intentions of others by internal simulation of their actions. A consequence of this coupling is motor interference (MI), the effect of...

Raw and laccase-treated kenaf fibre (KF) were used individually to reinforce recycled polypropylene (RPP) using extrusion and injection moulding. Laccase was used to modify the surface of the fibre to improve the compatibility between fibre and matrix. Enzyme concentration and soaking time were considered as the treatment parameters. Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) was used with a...

The distributed dual ascent is an established algorithm to solve strongly convex multi-agent optimization problems with separable cost functions, in the presence of coupling constraints. In this letter, we study its asynchronous counterpart. Specifically, assume that each agent only relies on outdated information received from some neighbors. Differently existing randomized and block-coordinate...

In this paper, a new shape memory alloy (SMA) hybrid basalt fibre reinforced polymer (BFRP) composite laminate was fabricated and a new surface modification method with both silane coupling agent KH550 and Al₂O₃ nanoparticles was conducted to enhance the interface performance. The mechanical performance of BFRP composite laminates with and without SMA fibres and the influence of SMA surface mod...

In this paper we take a second look at agents that help users monitor URLs. More specifically, we present a system which enables the collaborative evaluation of URL content changes via a recommender agent. The recommender agent on its own helps users share URLs of interest within a community. A document monitoring agent is coupled with the recommender agent to alert members of a community when ...

There has been an increasing interest in developing computational theories of agents which are typically reactive. However theoretical foundations of such agents are less developed. It is also not clear what combination of bottom up and top down approaches is the best. We develop a formal model of reactive agency and use it to analyze the interactions among complexities of goals, multi-agent sy...

We report the highly selective assembly of unprecedented eta5-1-methylene-1,2-dihydronaphthalenide ligands from the stoichiometric coupling of a phenyl group and two equivalents of disubstituted propargylic alcohols; in this reaction, tetraphenylborate acts as a phenylating agent.

Efficient functionalisation of the non-reducing end of uronic acid derivatives and glycosaminoglycan-derived disaccharides using peptide coupling has been achieved, mediated by the water-soluble agent DMT-MM.

Carbon dots were used as a reducing agent for the synthesis of Pd nanoparticles coated with ultrathin carbon dot shells of ca. 4 nm. The resulting composite nanoparticles showed high catalytic activity for the Heck and Suzuki coupling reactions.