Although the representation of the real numbers in terms of a base and a set of digits has a long history, new questions arise even in the binary case digits 0 and 1. A binary positional number system (binary radix system) with base equal the golden ratio (1 + √ 5)/2 is fairly well known. The main result of this paper is a construction of infinitely many binary radix systems, each one construct...

This article introduces an alternative positional number system. The advantages of this alternative system over the existing one are discussed, and an illustration of the use of the system to re-interpret apparent errors in ancient archaeological documents is presented.

Although the representation of the real numbers in terms of a base and a set of digits has a long history, new questions arise even in the binary case – digits 0 and 1. A binary positional number system (binary radix system) with base equal to the golden ratio (1 + √ 5 )/2 is fairly well known. The main result of this paper is a construction of infinitely many binary radix systems, each one con...

Here we show that our sensitivity for discriminating relative position across the visual field is limited. In experiment 1 we show that we are much worse at detecting a texture defined by the relative position of elements within an array than would be expected if we had access to multiple estimates of relative position across the visual field. In experiment 2 we show that human performance is i...

Linear scleroderma is a kind of disease that can cause complication of the central nervous system. Sometimes, ipsilateral intracerebral or white matter lesions in the brain magnetic resonance imaging are noted. Nystagmus is important for the differential diagnosis of dizziness. Positional nystagmus was classified into regular direction nystagmus, direction changing positional nystagmus (DCPN) a...

Metropolitan WiFi positioning is widely used to complement GPS on mobile devices. WiFi positioning typically has very fast time-to-first-fix and can provide reliable location information when GPS signals are too weak for a position fix. Several commercial WiFi positioning systems have been developed in recent years and most newer model smart phones have the technology embedded. This study empir...

The study examined the positional targets for lingual consonants defined using a point-parameterized approach with Wave (NDI, Waterloo, ON, Canada). The overall goal was to determine which consonants had unique tongue positions with respect to other consonants. Nineteen talkers repeated vowel-consonant-vowel (VCV) syllables that included consonants /t, d, s, z, , k, g/ in symmetrical vowel cont...

Second-order (contrast-defined) motion stimuli lead to poor performance on a number of tasks, including discriminating form from motion and visual search. To investigate this deficiency, we tested the ability of human observers to monitor multiple regions for motion, to code the relative positions of shapes defined by motion, and to simultaneously encode motion direction and location. Performan...