This paper extends Imbens and Manski’s (2004) analysis of confidence intervals for interval identified parameters. For their final result, Imbens and Manski implicitly assume superefficient estimation of a nuisance parameter. This appears to have gone unnoticed before, and it limits the result’s applicability. I re-analyze the problem both with assumptions that merely weaken the superefficiency...

Emotional memories are vivid and lasting but not necessarily accurate. Under some conditions, emotion even increases people’s susceptibility to false memories. This review addresses when and why emotion leaves people vulnerable to misremembering events. Recent research suggests that pregoal emotions—those experienced before goal attainment or failure (e.g., hope, fear)—narrow the scope of peopl...

The evolution of the defense innovation system in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been shaped by the overall development of the country’s science and technology, education, and industrial systems. The defense innovation system has experienced three stages of evolution from the perspective of civil-military integration (CMI): an initial development stage under Mao Zedong, a period of re...

Following learning, a memory is fragile and undergoes a protein synthesis-dependent consolidation process in order to become stable. Established memories can again become transiently sensitive to disruption if reactivated and require another protein synthesis-dependent process, known as reconsolidation, in order to persist. Here, we show that, in the basolateral amygdala (BLA), protein synthesi...

The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe and is a part of the forebrain. It plays a critical role in formation of declared memories. The hippocampus is banana­-shaped and communicates with all parts of neocortex. Reptiles and birds have structures like hippocampus that potentially serve as navigation functions. During the mammalian evolution, the neocortex has a large expansio...

The nature of near-death-experiences (NDEs) is largely unknown but recent evidence suggests the intriguing possibility that NDEs may refer to actually "perceived," and stored, experiences (although not necessarily in relation to the external physical world). We adopted an integrated approach involving a hypnosis-based clinical protocol to improve recall and decrease memory inaccuracy together w...

The research will concentrate on techniques for implementing invariances in the local transition functions of cellular automata based on cells comprising ensembles of asso-ciative memories.

Cloud computing technology offers a new way to develop workflow system. Migrating workflow system based on cloud computing paradigm (MWfSCC) can obtain high system performance and service quality in cloud computing environment, where an agent (called CMI) is deployed to fulfill several tasks by migrating to other computers (called work machines). In general, task execution involves several inpu...

Background The Quantiferon-CMV assay is a test for Cell Mediated Immune (CMI) responses to peptide antigens that simulate CMV proteins. Individuals infected with CMV usually have CD8+ lymphocytes in their blood that recognize these antigens. This recognition process involves the generation and secretion of the cytokine and interferon (IFN). The detection and subsequent quantification of IFN for...