The paper addresses the problem of using contextual information by neural nets solving problems of contextual nature. The model of a context-dependent neuron is unique in the fact that allows weights to change according to some contextual variables even after the learning process has been completed. The structures of context-dependent neural nets are outlined, the Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension ...

The application of Information and Communication Technologies in the classroom encourages student learning by increasing their motivation promoting collaborative teamwork. aim this study was to analyze differences on intrinsic university students considering contextual variables when working specific contents through digital tools virtual gamified strategies. Nine hundred nineteen (18–21 years ...

BACKGROUND Inequalities in the utilisation of dental services in Brazil are remarkable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of contextual and individual factors with the utilisation of dental services by Brazilian adults using the Andersen's behavioural model. METHODS Individual-level data from 27,017 adults residents in the State capitals who were interviewed in the 2013 Br...

This study is designed to show how personality dispositions and cognitive variables may combine with social norms to influence wife abuse. Prior research examining the role of individual differences in wife abuse has been sparse, unsystematic, and appear questionable for two reasons. First, these studies have not considered that contextual norms and cognitive variables are likely to interact wi...