Sometimes humans have a need for storing long sequences of information in memory. Several experiments show that grouping the items in the sequence helps storing the sequence in auditory short-term memory. One architecture used by connectionist cognitive researchers when representing and processing sequences is Recursive Auto-Associative Memory. One of the aspects of it is that its capacity for ...

This paper extends Imbens and Manski’s (2004) analysis of confidence intervals for interval identified parameters. For their final result, Imbens and Manski implicitly assume superefficient estimation of a nuisance parameter. This appears to have gone unnoticed before, and it limits the result’s applicability. I re-analyze the problem both with assumptions that merely weaken the superefficiency...

Emotional memories are vivid and lasting but not necessarily accurate. Under some conditions, emotion even increases people’s susceptibility to false memories. This review addresses when and why emotion leaves people vulnerable to misremembering events. Recent research suggests that pregoal emotions—those experienced before goal attainment or failure (e.g., hope, fear)—narrow the scope of peopl...

This study aims at investigating the parent-adolescent communication of Finnish families from a multiinformant perspective. Thirteenand fourteen-year-old adolescents (n = 171) and their parents were asked to complete a questionnaire examining positive and problematic communication between the two parties. Information about their family structure was collected. The results indicated an interrela...

Continuing our earlier work on write{eecient memories (WEM) we introduce now models, where several persons use the same storage device. At any time instant exactly one of a prescribed set of users has access to the memory, but there is no protocol, which determines the moving order. Among the constraints we analyse the most interesting one is a complete privacy protection. While a user stores n...

More than 3,000 individuals from seven US cities reported on their memories of learning of the terrorist attacks of September 11, as well as details about the attack, one week, 11 months, and/or 35 months after the assault. Some studies of flashbulb memories examining long-term retention show slowing in the rate of forgetting after a year, whereas others demonstrate accelerated forgetting. The ...

in the early of 1st millennium bc, in the region of lorestan, iran, the ellipi kingdom formed and played a significant role in regional developments, particularly in relation with two rival governments, assyria and elam. the political history reconstruction of the ellipi kingdom is more reliant on assyrian resources which cover just very short and particular part of its life. the first recorded...

The Quranic statement that Jesus predicted Muhammad by name is examined in light of the expectation of what the “kingdom of God” was. The concept of the kingdom of God as being the light or fire of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is contrasted with the Sufi concept of the “Light of Muhammad.” Pentecost could be the Light of Muhammad coming upon the apostles of Christ; the Light is the same, but kn...

day surgery (also called ambulatory or outpatient surgery), the practice of performing surgery without an overnight hospital stay, is not new- indeed it can trace its origins back to the early 1900s- but it only really became popular from about the 1980s. north america, the united kingdom and northern europe were amongst some of the earliest advocates, but the practice has since spread far wide...

Financial Statement of a company is a reflection of the operational and financial position of a company. The comparative analysis of two companies similar in nature, size, work, location and objectives etc., facilitates an understanding of the operational and financial soundness of the companies. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is aiming for rapid industrialization in its economy. Sahara Petrochemi...