Utilitarian, Kantian and Aristotelian ethics are explained. They di er, but because they address di erent problems, it is possible to see each as contributing to an overall understanding of ethics as integrity.

Philosophers of science increasingly recognize the importance of idealization: the intentional introduction of distortion into scientific theories. Yet this recognition has not yielded consensus about the nature of idealization. e literature of the past thirty years contains disparate characterizations and justifications, but little evidence of convergence towards a common position. Despite th...

This paper investigates dynamic language model adaptation for Mandarin broadcast news recognition. A topical mixture model was presented to dynamically explore the long−span latent topical information for language model adaptation. The underlying characteristics and different kinds of model structures were extensively investigated, while their performance was verified by comparison with the con...

In order to improve students' teaching/learning processes computational systems have been developed allowing to adapt virtual courses based on the students' profiles. There are currently various kinds of adaptation such as instruccional adaptation of plans, assessments adaptation, and adaptation of educational contents, among others.The aim of this paper is to propose a fuzzy inference model fo...

Changes in neuronal spontaneous activities after prolonged optic flow stimulation (using the three basic flow modes: translation, radiation and rotation) were inve stigated by extracellular single-unit recording in cortical area PMLS of the cat. The results showed that the evoked responses decreased with the prolongation of visual stimuli, and the spontaneous activities usually dropped to a low...

Users of software often complain that many software solutions only insufficiently support them in solving their problems and performing their tasks. This phenomenon occurs with all kinds of software. It can also be seen with tools that are especially developed to support users in performing specific tasks. Working on a tool supporting users in performing so called adaptation processes we found ...

background and aims: the ectodomain of matrix protein of influenza virus is a weak immunogen that is highly conserved among all subtypes of influenza a virus. tandem repeats of these genes along with linker were used to enhance immunogenicity of m2e protein and so it can be served as a universal vaccine in both humans and livestock. materials and methods: in this study, the sequences of extra-d...

most people have experienced anxiety in their lives. anxiety is necessary to continue the life but intense anxiety can be reduced person’s efficiency and avoided rational thinking and decision making. the goal of this study was to determine the relationship between levels of anxiety and social adaptation in female students of science and research branch, islamic azad university, tehran, iran. 1...