How do people cope with setbacks and persist with their goals? We examine how perceiving control over setbacks alters neural processing in ways that increase persistence through adversity. For example, a student might retake a class if initial failure was due to controllable factors (e.g., studying) but give up if failure was uncontrollable (e.g., unfair exam questions). Participants persisted ...

Macroporous scaffolds with controllable pore structure and mechanical properties were fabricated by a porogen fusion technique. Biodegradable material poly (d, l-lactide) (PDLLA) was used as the scaffold matrix. The effects of porogen size, PDLLA concentration and hydroxyapatite (HA) content on the scaffold morphology, porosity and mechanical properties were investigated. High porosity (90% and...

At the phenomenal level, consciousness arises in a consistently coherent fashion as a singular, unified field of recursive self-awareness (subjectivity) with explicitly orientational characteristics —that of a subject located both spatially and temporally in an egocentrically-extended domain. Understanding these twin elements of consciousness begins with the recognition that ultimately (and mos...

At the phenomenal level, consciousness arises in a consistently coherent fashion as a singular, unified field of recursive self-awareness (subjectivity) with explicitly orientational characteristics--that of a subject located both spatially and temporally in an egocentrically-extended domain. Understanding these twin elements of consciousness begins with the recognition that ultimately (and mos...

We study the possibility of nullifying time-varying systems with memoryless output feedback. The systems we examine are linear single-input single-output finite-dimensional time-varying systems. For generic completely controllable and completely observable discrete-time systems, we show that any state at any time can be steered to the origin within finite time. An algorithm for nullification an...

introduction thermal processing has a huge impact on the textural attribute of the final food product and texture is a major factor contributing the overall quality of food. ohmic heating is an advanced thermal processing method in which heat is internally generated within foods by passing an alternating electric current through them. ohmic heating can volumetrically heat the entire mass of a f...

This paper considers proactive scheduling in response to stochastic machine breakdown under deteriorating production environments, where the actual processing time of a job gets longer along with machine’s usage and age. It is assumed that a job’s processing time is controllable by allocating extra resources and the machine breakdown can be described using a given probability distribution. If a...

This paper describes an installation created by LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots) in January, 2005. The installation included over 30 robotic musical instruments and a multi-projector real-time video projection and was controllable and programmable over a MIDI network. The installation was also controllable remotely via the Internet and could be heard and viewed via room mics an...

In this article, we discuss which controllability properties of classical Hamiltonian systems are preserved after quantization. We some necessary and sufficient conditions for small-time quantum using the WKB method. particular, investigate conjecture that if system is not controllable, then corresponding controllable either.