Information Compression as a Unifying Principle in Human Learning, Perception, and Cognition by J. Gerard Wolff

“…Evidence includes the following: information compression can mean selective advantage for any creature; the storage and utilisation of the relatively enormous quantities of sensory information would be made easier if the redundancy of incoming information was to be reduced; content words in natural languages, with their meanings, may be seen as ICMUP; other techniques for compression of information—such as class-inclusion hierarchies, schema-plus-correction, run-length coding, and part-whole hierarchies—may be seen in psychological phenomena; ICMUP may be seen in how we merge multiple views to make one, in recognition, in binocular vision, in how we can abstract object concepts via motion, in adaptation of sensory units in the eye of Limulus, the horseshoe crab, and in other examples of adaptation; the discovery of the segmental structure of language (words and phrases), grammatical inference, and the correction of over- and undergeneralisations in learning may be understood in terms of ICMUP; information compression may be seen in the perceptual constancies; there is indirect evidence for ICMUP in human cognition via kinds of redundancy such as the decimal expansion of π which are difficult for people to detect; much of the structure and workings of mathematics—an aid to human thinking—may be understood in terms of ICMUP; and there is additional evidence via the SP Theory of Intelligence and its realisation in the SP Computer Model. …”
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The Passing Fads and Emergent Trends of Project Culture in Construction Industry by Qinghua He, Jin Li, Jingyuan Wan, Zhenyu Zhang, Zhen Chen

“…These findings make a firm foundation for the exploration of project culture from multiperspectives in theory and practice.…”
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Kindergarten teachers’ emotional intelligence and surface acting: the chain mediating effects of self-efficacy and work engagement by Shucun Sun, Zhonglian Yan, Caixia Sun

“…This study aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and surface acting among Chinese kindergarten teachers, focusing on the mediating role of self-efficacy and work engagement.MethodsIntegrating the conservation of resources theory and the job demands-resources model, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 1,017 Chinese kindergarten teachers using Wong & Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Self-Efficacy Scale, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and Surface Acting Scale. …”
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Looking at Abortion Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights as an Equality Issue by Kaisla Yli-Juuti

“…This topic is extremely relevant as it allows for a critical evaluation of the Court’s approach to equality and abortion judgements from the perspective of substantive equality and feminist legal theory. Access to safe and legal abortion services is an equality question because the ability to control when one has children directly influences how equally one can participate in public life. …”
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Processing Technology Based on Radar Signal Design and Classification by Jianping Ou, Jun Zhang, Ronghui Zhan

“…The conclusions obtained are beneficial to promote the further promotion applications both in theory and practice. The study work of this paper will be useful for choosing more reasonable radar signal processing technology methods.…”
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Dynamic characteristic analysis and load design of large floating structures based on experimental design by Guofeng Zhao, Shifan Zhu

“…The boundary element method based on potential flow theory is applied to calculate the frequency domain response of the structure, and the time domain response of the structure is calculated by the Fourier transform and convolution method. …”
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Recent Advances in Dimensionality Reduction Modeling and Multistability Reconstitution of Memristive Circuit by Yunzhen Zhang, Yuan Ping, Zhili Zhang, Guangzhe Zhao

“…Furthermore, the incremental integral transformation method for modeling of the memristive system is reviewed by following the idea of the incremental flux-charge analysis method. The theory and application promotion of the dimensionality reduction modeling and multistability reconstitution are proceeded, and the application prospect is prospected by taking the synchronization application of the memristor-coupled system as an example.…”
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Exhausting the (Human) Problem by Annalaura Alifuoco

“…Following theoretical threads from Deleuze to Barad, from crip theory to affect studies, this piece traces how exhaustion operates as both performative principle and performable potential. …”
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Mechanisms of Visible Light Photocatalysis in N-Doped Anatase TiO2 with Oxygen Vacancies from GGA+U Calculations by Hsuan-Chung Wu, Yu-Siang Lin, Syuan-Wei Lin

“…We have systematically studied the photocatalytic mechanisms of nitrogen doping in anatase TiO2 using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory, employing Hubbard U (8.47 eV) on-site correction. …”
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Optimal Preference Satisfaction for Conflict-Free Joint Decisions by Hiroaki Shinkawa, Nicolas Chauvet, Guillaume Bachelier, André Röhm, Ryoichi Horisaki, Makoto Naruse

“…Earlier studies examined how to conduct fair joint decision-making while avoiding decision conflicts in terms of game theory when multiple players have their own deterministic preference profiles. …”
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Employment of population of large cities of Western Siberia in 1914–1917 by E. E. Shumilova

“…From the point of view of the theory of historical everyday life, it is argued that the urban environment of Western Siberian cities faced a number of new challenges with the beginning of the World War I, which significantly worsened the social well-being and economic activity in Siberian cities. …”
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Development, validation, and reliability testing of the College Perspectives around Food Insecurity survey. by Jennette Kilgrow, Elyce Gamble, Amanda Meier, Kyle Lyman, Andrea Barney, Cade Kartchner, Paola Martinez, Kanae Lee, Carol Mathusek, Kelly Ang, Brooke M Green, Jinan Banna, Dennis L Eggett, Stephanie Grutzmacher, Jennifer A Jackson, Kendra OoNorasak, Nathan Stokes, Rickelle Richards

“…Survey items were constructed from interview data and assigned a social cognitive theory concept (environment, personal, or behavior). …”
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Wavelet Correlation Feature Scale Entropy and Fuzzy Support Vector Machine Approach for Aeroengine Whole-Body Vibration Fault Diagnosis by Cheng-Wei Fei, Guang-Chen Bai

“…The WCFSE method was derived from the integration of the information entropy theory and WTCFM, and was applied to extract the WCFSE values of the vibration signals. …”
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Creative activities as intervention – Exploring occupational therapists’ narrative reasoning by Bodil Winther Hansen, Helle Andrea Pedersen, Lene Lauge Berring, Staffan Josephsson

“…Yet few studies have explored occupational therapists’ reasoning about using CaI to trace tacit knowledge.Aims/Objectives The aim of this study was to explore occupational therapists’ reasoning on rationale and motives in co-creating a model (the CreActivity model) for CaI as a resource in mental health rehabilitation.Material and methods Co-operative inquiry and narrative theory provided the methodology for exploring eight occupational therapists’ narrative reasoning in the process of co-creating a model. …”
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Diffusion and adoption of information and communication technologies in the public sector by Blessing Mbatha, Zandi Lesame

“…The study was informed by the diffusion-of-innovations theory. Government departments considered to be central to service delivery were targeted by means of a survey. …”
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Augmentation of Tonic GABAA Inhibition in Absence Epilepsy: Therapeutic Value of Inverse Agonists at Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors by Adam C. Errington, David W. Cope, Vincenzo Crunelli

“…These results challenge the existing theory that typical absence seizures are underpinned by a widespread loss of GABAergic function in thalamocortical circuits and illustrate a vital role for astrocytes in the pathology of typical absence epilepsy. …”
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Russian System of Foreign Policy Expertise by A. A. Varfolomeev, O. P. Ivanov, I. V. Surma, Yu. A. Trefilova

“…The European scholars and experts in foreign policy analysis use the theory of international relations much more extensively than their North American counterparts.Based on the analysis, we propose to use a comprehensive integrated method, developed in the Russian Diplomatic Academy, using an interdisciplinary approach based on elements of political psychology, sociology of management, international law, structural, functional and institutional approaches, etc. …”
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Surgical procedures and techniques in robot-assisted retrograde para-aortic lymphadenectomy by Xinyou Wang, Jing Na, Ya Li, Shichao Han, Jun Wang

“…Methods: All surgical procedures are guided by the theory of membrane anatomy, operating within the intermembrane spaces of embryonic compartments. …”
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Enhancing the Out-Coupling Efficiency of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using Two-Dimensional Periodic Nanostructures by Qingyang Yue, Wei Li, Fanmin Kong, Kang Li

“…Furthermore, the phenomena was analyzed using the mode theory and it demonstrated that the overlap between the mode and PhCs was related to the distribution of vertical mode profiles. …”
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Frontières de l’humain et technologies de genre monstrueux by Kevin Lambert

“…This article uses queer theory (Butler, Preciado, Halberstam) to analyse Dennis Cooper's The Marble Swarm, and shows how that the novel reveals the mechanisms of edification of sexual norms. …”
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