The motion after-effect (MAE) can be elicited by adapting observers to global motion of randomly distributed dots before they view a display containing dots moving in random directions, but no global motion. Experiments by others have shown that if the adaptation stimulus contains two directions of motion, the MAE points opposite to the vector sum of the adapting directions. The present study i...

Fuzzy logic has been a useful tool for modeling complex problems, with the use of fuzzy variables and fuzzy rules, and in this paper we use a fuzzy system for parameter adaptation in the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO metaheuristic). In this case we perform the dynamic adaptation of Alpha and Rho parameters; this is to control the abilities of ACO to perform a global and local search. Simulation ...

The specificities of multinational corporations (MNCs) have to date not been a focus area of IS research. Extant literature mostly proposes IS configurations for specific types of MNCs, following a static and prescriptive approach. Our research seeks to explain the dynamics of global IS design. It suggests a new theoretical lens for studying global IS design by applying the structural adjustmen...

Patients with hemispatial neglect (‘neglect’) following a brain lesion show difficulty responding or orienting to objects and events on the left side of space. Substantial evidence supports the use of a sensorimotor training technique called prism adaptation as a treatment for neglect. Reaching for visual targets viewed through prismatic lenses that induce a rightward shift in the visual image ...

Patients with hemispatial neglect ('neglect') following a brain lesion show difficulty responding or orienting to objects and events on the left side of space. Substantial evidence supports the use of a sensorimotor training technique called prism adaptation as a treatment for neglect. Reaching for visual targets viewed through prismatic lenses that induce a rightward shift in the visual image ...

Bradford et al. (2008) conclude that thermal adaptation will reduce the response of soil microbial respiration to rising global temperatures. However, we question both the methods used to calculate mass-specific respiration rates and the interpretation of the results. No clear evidence of thermal adaptation reducing soil microbial activity was produced.

This project studies the use of language and cultural adaptation of Web sites of forty-one Global Fortune 500 companies from the developed world and emerging markets. Companies were selected from the Big Five (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) and BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). The study investigates the extent to which English is the language of the Web for global companies, an...

This study examined whether the acculturation of ethnic identity is first evident in more public situations with greater opportunity for intercultural interaction and eventually penetrates more intimate situations. It also investigated whether situational variations in identity are associated with cross-cultural adaptation. First-generation (G1), second-generation (G2) and mixed-parentage secon...

Escalating climate risks to critical infrastructures in Europe Climate hazard damages to critical infrastructures in Europe will escalate as a result of global warming, with an uneven territorial distribution of future impacts and adaptation needs. This calls for (i) an EU commitment to continue supporting adaptation action in Member States (e.g. through Cohesion Policy investments) and to coor...

Motion onset evoked visual potentials are dominated by a negativity (N2) at occipital electrodes and a positivity (P2) at the vertex. The degree of true motion processing reflected by N2 and P2 was estimated from the direction specificity of motion adaptation. Adapting stimuli moved to the right and test stimuli (random dot patterns of 26 degrees diameter; 10% contrast; 10.5 degrees /s velocity...