Initially described as task-induced deactivations during goal-directed paradigms of high attentional load, the unresolved functionality of default mode regions has long been assumed to interfere with task performance. However, recent evidence suggests a potential default mode network involvement in fulfilling cognitive demands. We tested this hypothesis in a finger opposition paradigm with task...

We present results from a search for gravitational-wave bursts coincident with two core-collapse supernovae observed optically in 2007 and 2011. We employ data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), the Virgo gravitational-wave observatory, and the GEO 600 gravitational-wave observatory. The targeted core-collapse supernovae were selected on the basis of (1) proxim...

This paper studies the level 1 cache performance of Java programs by analyzing memory reference traces of the SPECjvm98 applications executed by the Latte Java Virtual Machine. We study in detail Java programs’ cache performance of different access types in three JVM phases, under two execution modes, using three cache configurations and two application data sets. We observe that the poor data ...

Abstract This paper shares a vision that sustainable water supply requires resilient infrastructures which are presumably in the centralized control and decentralized execution (CCDE) mode with multiscale resilience. The CCDE should be planned based on structure of infrastructures, systems divided into number hierarchically organized subsystems. allows independent all subsystems under normal si...

Motor imagery requires that actual movements are prevented (i.e., inhibited) from execution. To investigate at what level inhibition takes place in motor imagery, we developed a novel action mode switching paradigm. Participants imagined (indicating only start and end) and executed movements from start buttons to target buttons, and we analyzed trial sequence effects. Trial sequences depended o...

This paper describes a solution for bus scheduling of distributed multi-mode TDL (Timing Definition Language) components. The TDL component model is based on the concept of Logical Execution Time (LET), which abstracts from physical execution time and thereby from both the execution platform and the communication topology. The TDL component model allows the decomposition of hard real-time appli...

The aim of a multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem (MRCPSP) is to assign resource(s) with the restricted capacity to an execution mode of activities by considering relationship constraints, to achieve pre-determined objective(s). These goals vary with managers or decision makers of any organization who should determine suitable objective(s) considering organization strategi...

The traditional execution mode of CHR is bottom-up, that is, given a goal, the result is computed by exhaustively applying rules. This paper proposes a result-directed execution mode for CHR, to be used when both the goal and the result are known, and the task is to find all corresponding derivations. Result-directed execution is needed in the context of CHRiSM, a probabilistic extension of CHR...