purpose: the cognitive domains are assessed by cognitive tests and these assessments are different between man and woman in every test, this study assessed brain function by cognitive domains among men and women. methods : a cross-sectional study was done on a sample of 15 to 75 years old of 80 female and 80 male. all participants did neuro-cognitive computer battery (nccb) after training and c...

This study examines how analogy affects problem-solving in ideation phase of design among architects and engineers. For this purpose, a design problem was given to master and Ph.D. students of engineering and architecture. They were given two optional analogy sources to choose and be inspired by one. From the analysis of design sessions, using different coding groups and the application of the ...

Commercially available prosthetic hands are simple grippers with one or two degrees of freedom; these pinch type devices have two rigid fingers in opposition to a rigid thumb. This paper focuses on an innovative approach for the design of a myoelectric prosthetic hand. The new prosthesis features underactuated mechanisms in order to achieve a natural grasping behavior and a good distribution of...

Image analogies is a framework for processing images by example. Image analogies uses training data A and A′ in order to learn a filter that can be applied to an unfiltered target image B to produce an analogous image B′. This means that B′ relates to B the same way A′ relates to A. The framework is general and can be applied to many different applications. Typical applications for image analog...

This report makes a case for the need to examine the methodological foundations of AI. Many aspects of AI have not yet developed to a point of general agreement. The goals of AI work, the methods for acheiving these goals, the presentation of results, and the assessment of claims are all highly contentious issues. All aspects of AI methodology are subject to debate The Workshop on the Foundatio...

Problem 1. Infinite Products and Coproducts in Ab. We have seen that finite products and coproducts agree in Ab. However, the same is not true for infinite products and coproducts. Let I be a set and let {Ai}i∈I be a family of abelian groups, each equal to some fixed group A. (a) Show that the set AI := HomSet(I, A) is an abelian group. Furthermore, show that we can think of this group as the i...

We hypothesize generic models to be central in conceptual change in science. This hypothesis has its origins in two theoretical sources. The first source, constructive modeling, derives from a philosophical theory that synthesizes analyses of historical conceptual changes in science with investigations of reasoning and representation in cognitive psychology. The theory of constructive modeling ...

Abstract A straight elastic fibre is usually perceived as a one-dimensional structural component, and its similarity with cylindrical rod makes concept analogous, if not equivalent the of an spring. This analogy enables this communication to match response relevant viscoelastic that spring and, hence, describe behaviour in light new, generalised model. The model shares simultaneously properties...