Researchers in psychology and in artificial intelligence agree on the theoretical importance of the perception of surfaces: Surface perception is crucial to any understanding of environments and to how we act within them. The two fields also agree that the area of research is complex but tractable. Moreover, there is a collective excitement that genuine progress is being made. Globally, the app...

Classification is one of the important areas of research in the field of data mining and neural network is one of the widely used techniques for classification. Present paper discusses about artificial neural network algorithm (ANN) and its variants and their use in classification. ANN has many advantages but it has some hindrances like long training time, high computational cost, and adjustmen...

The need for interoperability is dire: Knowledge representation systems employ ontologies that use disparate formalisms to describe related domains; to be truly useful to the intelligence community, they must meaningfully share information. Ongoing research [3, 4, 7, 15] strives toward the holy grail of complete interoperability, but has been hindered by techniques that are specialized for part...

1. Lung volumes, airway resistance and flow/volume curves were measured in ten asthmatic subjects at times when tightness in the chest was just sensed (threshold symptom). 2. These measurements when the threshold symptom was induced by methacholine inhalation were compared with those when a similar symptom occurred spontaneously, in the same subjects. 3. Values during the methacholine-induced t...

Abstract The article explores the potential impact of insight meditation and mindfulness practices on body’s energy system. Basic principles psychology, whose efficacy has been corroborated in current research, are surveyed from viewpoint their to help dealing with hypersensitivity resulting practices, combined presenting a set specific techniques relevant hindrances meditation.

Privacy concerns ofthe users have been listed as one ofthe hindrances in the growth of e-commerce. Understanding the consequences of privacy and its relationship with risk perceptions may help in finding solutions to this problem. Internet users may use different strategies to protect their privacy so that they can become confident in taking part in e-commerce. In this study, we investigate how...

It is well known that mathematics presents a number of hindrances to visually impaired students. In case of function graphs, for example, several assistive solutions have been proposed to enhance their accessibility. Unfortunately, both hardware tools (e.g., tactile paper) and existing software applications cannot guarantee, at the same time, a clear understanding of the graph and a full autono...

Over 20 years after the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as the Santuzzi, Waltz, Finkelstein, and Rupp (2014) focal article highlights, the employment rate for individuals with disabilities remains lackluster. Only one in five adults with disabilities has paid employment, compared to 7 in 10 adults without disabilities (Jans, Kaye, & Jones, 2012). The figure of 6.8% ...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is the only potentially curable form of pulmonary hypertension, assuming that surgical treatment is possible. However, there are hindrances to making a definitive, noninvasive diagnosis. We present the case of a 40-year-old female patient with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, confirmed in 1994. This patient developed thrombi in pulmonary ...