Exploiting the analogy between exemplar models and population coding schemes, we characterize, by means of information theoretic tools, the efficiency of a large but finite population of cells coding for a discrete set of categories (e.g. vowels). The optimal code is shown to typically allocate more cells to class boundaries than to regions further apart. We then discuss the predicted perceptua...

Predictive analytical methods are crucial tools in the design of adsorptive gas separation processes. While they are widely used for rigid nanoporous solids, there is a lack of flexible materials, including the very topical and promising dynamic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which display such eye-catching phenomena as gate opening and breathing. We present here the osmotic framework adsorbe...

Although the burgeoning discipline of welfare economics is based on essentially utilititarian principles, the foundations of utilitarianism have received little attention in recent years. This paper seeks to reopen the debate by drawing a distinction between Harsanyi’s two defences of utilitarianism, labeling the first a teleological or ideal-observer theory, and the second a nonteleological th...

This study examined the application of modified clay mineral waste material (MCMWM) for removal of phosphorus (P) from aquatic systems including surface water and wastewater related to the application of recycled solid waste materials. The effects of ionic strength and pH on P adsorption by MCMWM were investigated at pH values of 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 with P concentrations of 10, 20, 40, 100 and 200...

This paper proposes a new algorithm for the solution of fully fuzzy Multi objective linear programming problems involving triangular fuzzy number without converting them to equivalent classical problems. Based on the fuzzy ideal and fuzzy negative ideal solution of each single fuzzy objective function we propose an algorithm which provides a fuzzy Pareto-optimal solution for the given fully fuz...

The search for adsorbents flue gas desulfurization processes is a current interest. For the first time, comparative experimental study of SO2 adsorption by porous materials including prototypical metal–organic frameworks NH2-MIL-101(Cr), Basolite F300 (Fe-1,3,5-BTC), HKUST-1 (Cu-BTC), zeolitic imidazolate (ZIF)-8, ZIF-67, alumosilicate Zeolite Y, silicoaluminumphosphate (SAPO)-34, Silica gel 60...

individual subsume the workers, women, and nonwhites who are also persons—even if, admittedly, they were not historically recognized as such? I think the problem here is a failure to appreciate the nature and magnitude of the obstacles to the cognitive rethinking required, and the mistaken move— especially easy for analytic philosophers, used to the effortless manipulation of variables, the shi...

Two solvent-controlled topological isomers of scandium-organic frameworks [Sc(Hpzc)(pzc)]·DMF·2H2O (1·DMF·2H2O) and [Sc(Hpzc)(pzc)]·DMA·4H2O (2·DMA·4H2O) were synthesized using 2,5-pyrazinedicarboxylate (pzc2-) (DMF = dimethylformamide; DMA dimethylacetamide). Despite the isomeric nature obtained metal-organic (MOFs), they possess different structural features unique adsorption properties towar...

Titania, which exhibits superwetting under light illumination, has been widely used as an ideal material for environmental solution such as self-cleaning, water-air purification, and antifogging. There have been various studies to understand such superhydrophilic conversion. The origin of superwetting has not been clarified in a unified mechanism yet, which requires direct experimental investig...