Lucid dreaming (LD) is awareness that one is dreaming, during the dream state. However, some define and assess LD relying also on controlling dream events, although control is present only in a subset of lucid dreams. LD has been claimed to represent well-being, and has even been used as a therapeutic agent. Conversely, LD is associated with mixed sleep-wake states, which are related to bizarre...

The similarity between the influence of ions on free and on electrical endosmose through collodion membranes leads to the conclusion that this influence is due to an alteration of the density of the electrical charge of the membrane by the ions3 This conclusion rests on the assumption that the Helmholtzian theory of the double layer and the formula connecting the volume of transport of liquid w...

atomizing of medicine into a series of separate problems, in which, as Jacopo frequently showed, equally opposed positions could be maintained with equal success. His successors faced with this impasse reverted to an ever closer scrutiny of the logical methods involved in reaching these conclusions. Dr Ottoson's conclusion goes far towards explaining the appeal in the sixteenth century of the c...

It is not my intention to deal with the literature of fetishism. It is not very extensive on the analytical side ; and on the non-analytical side, although extensive, it is not very illuminating. Freud has expressed his fundamental contributions to the subject with great lucidity, and there is no doubt to my mind that they provide us with the most important line of approach. But I feel sure tha...

The present state of development of a new branch of Soft Computing (SC) developed for the adaptive control of a special class of non-linear coupled MIMO systems is reported. Its uniform structures are obtained from certain Lie groups unlike that of the traditional SC approaches. The adavantages are: a priori known and very reduced size, increase in lucidity; parameter tuning or learning is repl...

In David Sassoli, intelligence and cognitive awareness are placed at the service of primordial ethical values: in passionate defence knowledge, freedom commitment to common good. His deep strong love for life expands way he fraternises, speaks or acts, with a relentless lucidity moral demand. It is this attitude, exercising citizenship doing politics, that recognisably unique fascinating him. A...

Abstract Episodes of lucidity (EL) among individuals with advanced dementia, which are predominantly reported near end life, clinically and potentially epidemiologically significant events. Audiovisual observation offers a valuable approach to studying EL, providing opportunities characterize verbal/non-verbal features EL as well their surrounding contexts. Approaches capturing characterizing a...