Neurocomputational modeling and empirical evidence suggest that losses in neuronal signaling fidelity cause senescent changes in behavior. We applied structural equation modeling to five-occasion 13-year longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study (n=447; age range at t1=70-102 years) to test whether trial-to-trial reaction time variability in perceptual speed (identical pictures) antecedes a...

This article assesses and extends Campbell’s (1960) classic theory that creativity and discovery depend on blind variation and selective retention (BVSR), with special attention given to blind variations (BVs). The treatment begins by defining creativity and discovery, variant blindness versus sightedness, variant utility and selection, and ideational variants versus creative products. These de...

This work presents a hierarchical framework that generates continuous gesture animation performance for virtual characters. As opposed to approaches that focus more on realizing individual gesture, the focus of this work is on the relation between gestures as part of an overall gesture performance. Following Calbris’ work [3], our approach is to structure the performance around ideational units...

Interpersonal metafunction is one of three components linguistic study within the Systemic Functional Linguistics framework (SFL). It concerned with how language users express ideas in texts order for their audience to perceive them. In regards political discourse, this aims unravel what PM Theresa May tries deliver her audience. By examining patterns independent clauses BBC speech regarding Br...

On the text surface the transition from one communicative goal to another can, for instance , be observed from the text layout. Where a new goal sets in, the p;i.ragral)h structure is often interrupted and a new paragraph begins. Also, the theme of the first sentence of such a new paragraph is in inost ca.ses not related to any element in the previous sentence, which is the case when subsequent...

Abstract This article contributes a securitisation-based, interpretive approach to state weakness. The long-dominant positivist approaches the phenomenon have been extensively criticised for wide range of deficiencies. Responding Lemay-Hébert's suggestion ‘Durkheimian’, ideational-interpretive as possible alternative, I base my conceptualisation on Migdal's view weakness emerging from ‘state-in...

47. Wilensky GR, Satcher D. Don’t forget about the social determinants of health. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009;28(2): w194–w198. 48. Payne L. Environmental public opinion in cross-national surveys: who’s willing to contribute? Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association; January 3, 2007; New Orleans, LA. Available at: http:// www.allacademic.com/meta/p153768_...

Eighteenth century Spain witnessed a revaluation of the Hippocratic works as a result of the growing criticism of the Galenism dominant in the Spanish University of the time. Probably the most important author in this reformist trend was Andrès Piquer y Arrufat (1711-1772), eclectic philosopher, university professor and doctor to the Kings Fernando VI and Carlos III. His desire to transform med...