In this paper we present the application of a particular neuro-fuzzy system, named KERNEL, to the problem of differential diagnosis of erythematosquamous diseases, which represents a major problem in dermatology. A multistep learning strategy is adopted to obtain, starting directly from available data, a fuzzy rule base that can be used to identify the particular disease. The obtained classific...

We describe two applications of refinement operators that can generalise and specialise concepts expressed in the ALC description logic language. The first application addresses the problem of analysing the joint coherence of some given concepts w.r.t. a background ontology. To this end, we apply Thagard’s computational theory of coherence, in combination with semantic similarity between concep...

This paper introduces a framework for quantum exact learning via queries, the so-called quantum protocol. It is shown that usual protocols in the classical learning setting have quantum counterparts. A combinatorial notion, the general halving dimension, is also introduced. Given a quantum protocol and a target concept class, the general halving dimension provides lower and upper bounds on the ...

Concept learning from examples in first-order languages has been widely studied recently. Specifically, many systems that integrate inductive learning and explanationbased learning have been proposed. However, concept learning is only a subproblem of the problem of knowledge base (which is referred to as a theory in first-order logic) revision. This is mainly because concept learning methods ut...

Trafficking of the chitin synthase Chs2p from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the bud-neck in late mitosis is tightly regulated by the cell cycle via phosphorylation of serine residues in the N-terminus of the protein. Here, we describe the effects of Chs2p phosphorylation on the interaction with coat protein complex II (COPII). Identification of a cdc5(ts) mutant, which fails to transport Ch...

Here, we present a new aqueous biphasic system (ABS) with near neutral pH and containing highly soluble organic/organometallic active species that avoids crossover due to the thermodynamic separation of species. This ABS become best example “Static” Membrane-Free Battery highest maximum theoretical energy density (21.7 Wh L−1), enhanced coulombic efficiency (96%) stable performance over 250 cyc...

Palladium doped silica membranes were synthesized by the sol-gel method using two different procedures. The first palladium-doped silica membrane (M1) was synthesized with a coating of four layers of silica-palladium sol. The second membrane (M2) was synthesized with a coating of two silica layers followed by a coating of two silica-palladium layers. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) proved th...