Atomistic calculations of properties of self-assembled quantum dots (SAD) involve computational domains of millions of atoms and their electronic properties cannot at present be computed using ab-initio methods. We present here [1] approach consisting of three major steps: (1) calculation of equilibrium positions of atoms using valence force field model (VFF), (2) calculation of single particle...

Testing, as a form of retrieval, can enhance learning but it can also induce forgetting of related memories, a phenomenon known as retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF). In four experiments we explored whether selective retrieval and selective restudy of target memories induce forgetting of related memories with or without initial retrieval of the entire learning set. In Experiment 1, subjects stu...

A conditional parametric ARX-model is an ARX-model in which the parameters are replaced by smooth functions of an, possibly multivariate, external input signal. These functions are called coe cientfunctions. A method, which estimates these functions adaptively and recursively, and hence allows for on-line tracking of the coe cientfunctions is suggested. Essentially, in its most simple form, thi...

Injuries of the vocal folds frequently heal with scar formation, which can have lifelong detrimental impact on voice quality. Current treatments to prevent or resolve scars of the vocal fold mucosa are highly unsatisfactory. In contrast, the adjacent oral mucosa is mostly resistant to scarring. These differences in healing tendency might relate to distinct properties of the fibroblasts populati...

To understand how generalization develops across the lifespan, researchers have examined the factors of the learning environment that promote the acquisition and generalization of categories. One such factor is the timing of learning events, which recent findings suggest may play a particularly important role in children's generalization. In the current study, we build on these findings by exam...

To extend its relevance to everyday forgetting, we applied the think/no-think (TNT) suppression method devised by Anderson and Green (2001) to autobiographical memories. Dysphoric and nondysphoric participants first generated autobiographical memories and corresponding titles to neutral and emotionally positive or negative cues. During the TNT phase, participants repeatedly practiced responding...

In humans, memories for events happening early in life are forgotten more rapidly than those for events later in life. This form of accelerated forgetting in infancy is also observed in non-human species, and has been most extensively characterized in rats. Here we expand the characterization of infantile forgetting to mice, a species where a broader range of genetic tools can be used to unders...

The predominant focus in the neurobiological study of memory has been on remembering (persistence). However, recent studies have considered the neurobiology of forgetting (transience). Here we draw parallels between neurobiological and computational mechanisms underlying transience. We propose that it is the interaction between persistence and transience that allows for intelligent decision-mak...

Communication via mechanical stress feedback is believed to play an important role in the intercellular coordination of collective cellular movements. One such movement ventral furrow formation (VFF) Drosophila melanogaster embryo. We previously introduced active granular fluid (AGF) model, which demonstrated that constriction chains observed during initial phase VFF are likely result by tensil...

With the rapid development of on-line information services, information technologies for on-line information processing have been receiving much attention recently. Clustering plays important roles in various on-line applications such as extraction of useful information from news feeding services and selection of relevant documents from the incoming scientific articles in digital libraries. In ...