how the connections can be modulated and are flexible in different contexts. We approach these connections of internal representation through models of minimal cognitive systems in a bottom-up approach (Schilling and Cruse, submitted; Schilling and Cruse, 2008). An early neural network model of the own body is grounded in a biological-inspired framework that controls walking in a hexapod robot....

Adolescents engage in a wide range of risky behaviors that their older peers shun, and at an enormous cost. Despite being older, stronger, and healthier than children, adolescents face twice the risk of mortality and morbidity faced by their younger peers. Are adolescents really risk-seekers or does some richer underlying preference drive their love of the uncertain? To answer that question, we...

Homemade chemical bombs (HCBs) are made from commonly found chemicals. The volume of news reports of HCB explosions suggests they are not uncommon. To determine the number of events involving HCBs in the United States and describe the factors associated with them, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) analyzed data from its surveillance system that tracks spills and leaks...

Objectives Assessing lifetime prevalence of illegal substance use and accessibility to such substances. Determining risk factors and the protective factors linked to them. Methods This was a cross-sectional study using descriptive and bivariate analysis. th to 11th grades in the city’s schools, Results An increase in lifetime prevalence and lower age for consumption onset were found. The main r...

Although distracted drivers are claiming more and more lives each year, drivers continue to perform dangerous behaviors behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Of all driving distractions, texting and driving has proven to be one of the most dangerous. This research investigated the effect of text messaging on driver reaction, and whether the effect varied as a function of gender. Thirty-five Wic...

During this period, four successive regimes in Bangladesh have felt reluctantly compelled to set up structures for local participation in government. Each found it had to reach out beyond the support of urban and rural elites and the military if it was to move beyond mere stability to real development of the country. Despite many problems. most notably local elite takeover at local level and mi...

We developed a game-theoretic approach concerning the option pricing validity and tractability of which is ascertained by deriving the Black-Scholes formula. We also applied this approach to the welfare implications of the bailout policy. It is found that such a policy always worsens the economic welfare. This is because of the moral hazardous behavior of the buyer owing to the limited liabilit...

BACKGROUND Directive 98/8/EC harmonizes and regulates in the European market authorization and registration of biocides and establishes a period of 14 years for review of active substances. This study analyzes the most significant changes produced in the registry of biocides used as disinfectants registered since the publication of the Directive. METHOD Information was obtained from the regis...