This paper focuses on the uncouscious mechanisms underlying the process of acquisition of belief through perception. We outlines the basics of a formal theory of belief that is sensitive to the way in which beliefs are formed through perception. The process of formation of beliefs involves a form of inference that is defeasible. We represent this kind of inference by means of well-known techniq...

abstract background: natural delivery is the most painful event that women experience in their lifetime. that is why labor pain relief has long been as one of the most important issues in the field of midwifery. thus, the present study aims to explore the perception of primiparous mothers on comfortable resources for labor pain. materials and methods: in the present study, qualitative content a...

PURPOSE To investigate evidence-based visual field size criteria for referral of low-vision (LV) patients for mobility rehabilitation. METHODS One hundred and nine participants with LV and 41 age-matched participants with normal sight (NS) were recruited. The LV group was heterogeneous with diverse causes of visual impairment. We measured binocular kinetic visual fields with the Humphrey Fiel...

emphasis on sustainable agriculture in iran like the other developing countries, is responsedto the adverse environmental and economic impacts of conventional agriculture. thisproblem, particularly about “greenhouse production” is considerable. the perceptions ofgreenhouse owners about the environmental, economical and social aspects of sustainableagriculture was discussed in this article. the ...

Robot perception has traditionally been addressed as a passive and incidental activity, rather than an active and task-directed activity. Consequently, although sensor systems are essential to provide the information required by the decision-making and actuation components of a robot system, no explicit planning and control of the sensory activities of the robot is performed. This has lead to t...

canola producers in the province of qazvin were surveyed in order to explore their perceptionabout technical skills influencing the production of canola. based on the perception ofrespondents, the results showed that the contact with agricultural service centers would encouragefarmers to produce canola. the results showed that there were relationship between perception ofrespondents about canol...

We study the effects of preselection on an expert’s incentive to give truthful advice. In a decision environment in which certain decisions yield more precise estimates about the expert’s expertise, a mediocre expert’s advice is biased. We show that this bias can be undone by the introduction of a preselection stage, where the decision maker himself sometimes studies the case, and thereby alter...