Adaptive behavior in a nonstationary world requires humans to learn and track the statistics of the environment. We examined the mechanisms of adaptation in a nonstationary environment in the context of visual-saccadic inhibition of return (IOR). IOR is adapted to the likelihood that return locations will be refixated in the near future. We examined 2 potential learning mechanisms underlying ad...

It is argued that randomized, controlled trials should fulfil a critical role in the identification of practical approaches to the prevention and control of chronic diseases. Because of the great public health potential of chemopreventive and behavioural approaches to chronic disease prevention there is need for a major interdisciplinary scientific effort aimed at intervention development. Beca...

For a trial to be successful, site personnel must retain high commitment to a trial often over long periods of time. Little evidence exists, however, to guide what type of communication/training activities should be adopted to help promote long-term collaboration. In this presentation, we report the role of focus groups to inform the appropriate choice of communication/training activities for a...

T h e auth or arg ue s th at S e n’ s c ap ab il ity ap p roac h is p rim aril y a p h il osop h ic al und e rl ab ouring e x e rc ise aim e d at e l ab orating c e rtain c e ntral e c onom ic c ate g orie s, and th at th e p h il osop h ic al and m e th od ol og ic al und e rp inning s of S e n’ s ap p roac h are rad ic al l y d if f e re nt f rom th ose of c onte m p orary w e l f are e c ono...

SystemVerilog Test Bench (SVTB) is a set of language extensions to the IEEE 1800 SV LRM used to reduce the amount of time and effort required to write tests which exercise SystemVerilog (SV) RTL code. Design Verification or more correctly defined “Design Exercise” is a methodology in which pre-defined basic boundary conditions of a design must be tested before submitting code to the project‟s o...

Severa l guidance and c o n t r o l system re sea rch and development a c t i v i t i e s aimed a t improving t h e ope ra t iona l c a p a b i l i t i e s of commercial a i r c r a f t i n t h e te rmina l area are descr ibed . The guidance and c o n t r o l systems have been designed t o improve t h e capac i ty and e f f i c i e n c y of te rmina l area opera t ions , enhance t h e approach ...

Listeria (L.) monocytogenes is frequently isolated from food production environment and often persists in dairy plants despite vigorous sanitation regimes. In recent years several alert notifications were sent to Rapid Alert System for Food Products system as a consequence of Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ricotta cheese. After the alert of 2012, competent authority (Local Health Unit ...

Objectives Our aim was to study whether the acute care of frail elderly patients directly admitted to a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) unit is superior to the care in a conventional acute medical care unit in terms of patient satisfaction. Design TREEE (Is the TReatment of frail Elderly patients Effective in an Elderly care unit?) is a clinical, prospective, controlled, one-center i...

Maritime; Intangible; Heritage; Adriatic; Croatia; Tourism; Gajeta; Falkuša; Community-based management; Adaptive co-management; Experience economy; Integrated rural tourism (IRT) Abstract In the Adriatic, the importance in tourism of the small rowing and sailing boats, like the gajeta and other heritage vessels, is clearly relevant, as icons of heritage boats adorn brochures, logos, and their ...

Cheating is undesirable and unethical, but, unfortunately, sometimes it does occur. Recent events at 3 American Board of Medical Specialties specialty boards have illustrated that the medical certification industry is not immune from this phenomenon. Although there are numerous moral and professional implications involved with cheating, we wish to address the implications of cheating from a psy...