The paper describes a mechanism whereby agents generate perceptual distinctions through a series of adaptive discrimination games and share these distinctions through adaptive language games. Results from computer simulations as well as experiments on robotic agents are presented.

the industrial design is a two or three-dimensional aesthetic creation related to industrial products. according to the definition of the iranian law, for the realization of the legal protection of industrial designs there are three necessary components: combine lines or colors, runs on industrial products and change product appearance. in iran, only the registered designs are supported. while ...

Most academics agree that emotions and moods are related but distinct phenomena. The present study assessed emotion-mood distinctions among a non-academic population and compared these views with distinctions proposed in the literature. Content analysis of responses from 106 participants identified 16 themes, with cause (65% of respondents), duration (40%), control (25%), experience (15%), and ...

BACKGROUND State parties to human rights conventions and declarations are often faced with the seemingly contradictory problem of having an obligation to protect people from harmful practices while also having an obligation to enable access to culturally appropriate effective healing. As people increasingly migrate across the globe, previous distinctions between 'traditional' and 'complementary...

BACKGROUND Internet surveys that draw from traditionally generated samples provide the unique conditions to engage adolescents in exploration of sensitive health topics. METHODS We examined awareness of unwanted pregnancy, abortion behaviour, methods, and attitudes toward specific legal indications for abortion via a school-based internet survey among 378 adolescents aged 12-21 years in three...

Recent studies from our laboratory involving syncytial preparations have delineated electrophysiological distinctions between epicardium, endocardium, and a unique population of cells in the deep subepicardial to midmyocardial layers (M region) of the canine ventricle. In the present study, we used standard microelectrode, single microelectrode switch voltage-clamp, and whole-cell patch-clamp t...

The Social Credit system (SCS) in China is being applied an increasing number of areas everyday life. This built around rewarding and punishing specific forms social behavior. question arises whether this a new challenge to the right privacy. study, which supported by literature, sheds light on how novel thought is. paper uses comparative method, normative legal-logical methods induction deduct...