The specific contribution of object''''s origin on artifacts categorization

Gelman and Bloom found that adults and children's object naming was sensitive to how an object was created (man-made or not), but they did not reveal on which specific level of conceptual system this effect was. Using a free-naming task and a force-choice task, two experiments were conducted to test a hypothesis that this effect was specifically on domain level ("artifact/non-artifact" distinction). In Experiment 1, participants were asked to name shortly-depicted objects, rate their confidence, and report their reasons for each naming response. Results showed that most of the naming responses in "man-made" condition were in artifact domain, and most in "natural" condition were in non-artifact domain, although in both conditions names were very divergent on basic level. In Experiment 2, another group of participants were asked to choose one from two names (one in artifact domain and the other in non-artifact domain) to match the same shortly-depicted objects presented in the first experiment. Re-sults of Experiment 1 on domain level were replicated in Experiment 2. These convergent findings supported the hypothesis that the effect of object's origin is specifically on domain level of conceptual system of objects. Reasons explicitly reported for naming responses in Experiment 1 suggested that participants might automatically infer objects' functions in "man-made" condition but not in "natural" condition. Here the function-based hypothesis of artifacts classification is discussed.     

Fuzzy controller design for networked control system with time-variant delays

1.INTRODUCTIONAs a system becomes more and more intelligent andflexible,the systemrequires more sensors,actuators,and controllers,which are often referred to as fielddevices.In most cases,these field devices requiresome type of electrical connection because they aredistributed over a certain area.Conventionally thesedevices are connected with point-to-point connec-tions,whichis not suitable any more for modern in-dustrial control systems,because the number of cableis proportional tothe squ…     

Sensor management based on fisher information gain

1 .INTRODUCTIONSensor management can be described as a systemor process that provides automatic or semi-auto-matic control of a group of sensors[1]. The basicobjective of sensor management is to select rightsensors to do the right service on the right targetat right ti me based on external measurements orcriteria[2]. A variety of techniques have been pro-posed or appliedtothe area of sensor management .One of the first articles to apply opti mization tech-nique to sensor management is by …     

Multicast routing algorithm of multiple QoS based on widest-bandwidth

1 .INTRODUCTIONA mobile Ad hoc network refers to a temporal multi-hop autonomy system,whichis constituted by a groupof mobile nodes containing wireless send-receive equip-ments[1].It possesses manycharacteristics-fast-deploy-able,self-organized,acentric , movable and of multi-hop.It can be wildly applied to many fields ,such asnational defense,emergency and disaster ,scientificin-vestigation and exploration etc .,and uponthat ,it hasgreat prospects[1 ,3 6]. With the wide spread of mo-bile…     

Distribution-based CFAR detectors in SAR images

1. INTRODUCTION Many researches have been made on automatic target recognition (ATR) from SAR images in the past few years. Lincoln Laboratory has developed a complete, end-to-end ATR system[1-4]. The whole system inclu- des three stages: detection (or prescreening), discri- mination and classification. In the detection stage, a two-parameter CFAR (constant false alarm rate) detector is used as a prescreener to select candidate targets in an SAR image on the basis of local brightne…     

Comparative analysis of A,B,C and D genomes in the genus Oryza with C_0t-1 DNA of C genome

The genus Oryza includes two cultivated species, O. sativa L. and O. glaberrima Steud. and comprises more than 20 species[1]. The genomes of Oryza are classified into 10 types: AA, BB, CC, BBCC, CCDD, EE, FF, GG, HHJJ and HHKK[2,3]. Morphological variatio…     

高集成度空间机械臂模块化关节的研制

采用大中心孔设计方法成功地研制了高集成度空间机械臂模块化关节.该关节具有多种传感器,包括位置传感器、力矩传感器、温度传感器等,它的所有电气系统都集成在关节内部,包括传感系统、驱动系统、控制系统和电源系统.采用中心孔走线方式实现了关节的内部走线,避免了空间环境对导线及其传输信号的影响.针对所设计的关节进行了必要的关节性能实验,结果表明该模块化关节具有高刚度、大负载特点,其关节的位置输出能精确跟踪期望的轨迹,位置精度非常高,达到了0.01°.     

The Classification of States for Markov Chain in Random Environments and m-irreducible

First of all,we introduces the concept of m-irreducible of Markov chain in random environment. Then under the condition of m-irreducible,the relationship of recurrent and positive recurrent between two states is studied. We also give several conditions that can imply a state is recurrent and positive recurrent. And then the period of a state is discussed and we obtained that under the condition of m-irreducible,for any two states in X ,they have the same period.     

Nonlinear interactions between gravity waves and background winds

Using the nonlinear propagating gravity waves (GW) model in the two-dimensional compressible atmosphere and the linear GW theory, the process of GW propagation in different background winds, e.g. the direction of the background wind is opposite to (dead wind) or the same as (tail wind) the direction of the horizontal phase velocity of GW, is studied. The results show that the dead wind prolongs the vertical wavelength and accelerates GW propagation. Therefore, GW propagates up to a higher height becomes instable in a short time and eventually induces an inverse jet flow. Then, the vertical wavelength is becoming short due to the nonlinear interactions between GW and the inverse jet flow. The vertical wavelength and group velocity decrease after GW propagates into the tail wind. The initial instable time is delayed. Although most of GW is trapped in the instable region, some of GW propagates above the instable region. Compared with GW propagation in the tail wind, the nonlinear interactions between GW and the dead wind are also strong. In contrast, the linear GW theory predicts that GW can propagate freely in the dead wind. The vertical wavelength simulated by the nonlinear numerical model is different from that predicted by the linear theory greatly after GW propagates into the dead wind.     

^210Pbex depth distribution in soil and calibration models for assessment of soil erosion rates from ^210Pbex measurements

Throughout the past decade, the potential for using nuclear weapon-produced 137Cs ( half-life 30.2 a) fallout to quantify soil erosion rates on both cultivated and uncul- tivated lands for medium-term timescales (≈ 40 a) has been successfully demonstrated in a wide range of envi- ronments in different regions of the world[1—6]. Because in difficulties of distinguishing Chernobyl-derived compo- nent from total 137Cs input in many parts of Europe, and in measuring low activity samples of…