We tested three mathematical models of associative recall that differ in the assumed structure of the memory trace (direct or indirect connections between parts) and the interdependence of the connections (independent or correlated). The three models compared are the "horizontal" model with direct, independent connections, the "schema" model with indirect, independent connections, and the "frag...

Managing the firm’s product line offerings is one of the most important tasks that managers undertake. The composition and quality of the products that the firm offers significantly affect its market share, reputation, and ultimately, the organization’s financial performance and prospects for survival in the market. Managing product lines, moreover, is difficult, and both development and mainte...

In the late Victorian era, due to bourgeoisie’s profit-oriented material supremacy and collapse of traditional religious value system, Wilde advocates aestheticism in order find meaning life. At same time, a new hedonism fit with crowd, expecting world liberate itself enjoyment beauty. But process, Wilde’s heart is torn between two sides his interpersonal relationships are disrupted. The Pictur...

This paper examines patterns and trends in motor vehicle safety recalls using a dataset based on 23.1 million vehicles registered in the UK between 1992 and 2002. A safety recall occurs when vehicle manufacturers call vehicles that have been sold and are in use back to their dealerships for safety-related remedial work. Safety recalls can be costly for car makers, and potentially harmful to bra...

In interactive computer games and computer animation, intuitively controlling the motion of an articulated character is considered as a difficult task. One of the reasons is that, typically, an articulated model used in the field has a high degree-of-freedom (DOF) for joints so that it is challenging to devise an easy-to-use interface to control the individual DOF. In this paper, as an alternat...

The Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.), devised by Sir James Pitman as a simplified alphabet for beginning readers, consists of 44 characters plus a set of rules for standard spellings of English words using these characters. The characters and rules are designed to ensure easy transition from i.t.a. to traditional orthography (T.O.). In September 1969 the British Schools Council published a co...

C. Ichino, N. Soonthornchareonnon, W. Chuakul, H. Kiyohara, A. Ishiyama, H. Sekiguchi, M. Namatame, K. Otoguro, S. Omura and H. Yamada* The Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand Oriental Medicine Research Center, The Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan Research Center for Tropical Diseases, Institute...

The Social-Moral Pedagogical Message of Cardinal Stefan Wyszy?ski Taking into account the specificity pedagogical message in teaching field social-moral upbringing, author recalls arguments confirming its objective and timeless value. Striving for a synthetic view actuality attractiveness Primate’s thought, he draws attention to following: What kind man teacher was Primate Wyszy?ski? How did un...