In this paper, I present a version of a sense-data approach to perception, which differs to a certain extent fromwell-knownversions like the one put forward by Jackson. I compare the sense-data view to the currently most popular alternative theories of perception, the so-called Theory of Appearing (a very specific form of disjunctivist approaches) on the one hand and reductive representationali...

Network Quality of Service (QoS) criteria of interest include conventional metrics such as throughput, delay, loss, and jitter, as well as new QoS criteria based on power utilization, reliability and security. In this paper we suggest a theoretical framework for the characterization and comparison of adaptive routing algorithms which use QoS as the criterion to select between different paths th...

An ins t rument for determining the shape and in tens i ty distribut ion of particle and X-ray beams has been developed using an image intensifier tube together wi th a bundle of filaments of scintillator. A description of the use of such a device in high energy, low intensity, secondary meson and proton beams is given. I t is shown t h a t the sensi t ivi ty of th is instrumen t represents a s...

We discuss some sets of g r a m m a r s whose generat ive power l ies between that of the set of contextf ree g r a m m a r s and that of the set of contextsensit ive g r a m m a r s . These sets a re developed by subjecting genera to rs of context-sensi t ive g r a m m a r s to abs t rac t vers ions of a "hardware" res t r i c t ion to which the u s e r s of natural languages, unlike the d e s...

Adapta on is a ubiquitous mechanism by which sensory cells and neurons match their response proper es to the currently prevailing features of their input s muli. Visual mo on-sensi ve neurons in the fl y brain have been used as a valuable model system for the in vivo analysis of physiological mechanisms underlying neuronal adapta on. In this model system the func onal signifi cance of adapta on...

For many, death and its aftermath is a distasteful subject; a subject to be ignored or avoided until suddenly it demands attention. Those who lose a close relative or friend are often left in a state of shock and grief, They are illprepared to handle arrangements for a funeral or burial or cremation—yet they often nzu~t attend to the myriad social and financial details. My own mother’s death la...

Enhanced Heat Release Rate (HRR) methodology has been extended to the Mass Loss Calorimeter (MLC) and the Modified Schlyter flame spread test to evaluate fire retardant effectiveness used on wood based materials. Modifications to MLC include installation of thermopile on the chimney walls to correct systematic errors to the sensible HRR calculations to account for radiant energy losses to the c...

As good mobile phones, so referred to as sensible phones, are becoming plenty of difficult and plenty of powerful to efficiently provide additional functionalities problems unit increasing concerning security threats against the sensible phone users. Since sensible phones use constant package style as in PCs, they\'re liable to similar classes of security risks like viruses, Trojans and worms. ...