A step towards assumption-free self-organization is proposed. We address the problem of learning a stable representation of the environment from inputs continuously changing at an unpredictable rate. The vulnerability of competitive Hebbian learning to low rate changes is assessed. It is shown that anti-Hebbian suppression of the feed-forward Hebbian weights broadens the range of rates in which...

Wildfires are of the forest-related disasters caused by inhumane factors.  Spreading of these fires is due to the increase of the density of flammable plants. Two important approaches to prevent this occurrence are fuel treatment and fire suppression resources preparedness. In this paper, a mixed integer programming model is proposed based on the covering location and assignment problems which ...

The application of water, or water mixed with suppressants, to combat wildfires is one the most common firefighting methods but rarely studied for smouldering peat wildfire, which largest type fire worldwide in term fuel consumption. We performed experiments by spraying suppressant top a burning sample inside reactor. A plant-based wetting agent was at three concentrations: 0% (pure water), 1% ...

conclusions probable mechanism of suppression of energy generation is suppression of the rise in glucose. results listeria monocytogenes was controlled using 2 mm of osthole. treatment of l. monocytogenes by 2 mm osthole had no effect on the atp level. objectives osthole has antibacterial properties, but its mechanisms of action is still unknown. materials and methods two millimoles of osthole ...