scholarly journals What causes IOR? Attention or perception? – Manipulating cue and target luminance in either blocked or mixed condition

2014 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Zhao ◽  
Dietmar Heinke
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Condition ◽  
Target Luminance

scholarly journals Two matrix methods for solution of nonlinear and linear Lane-Emden type equations with mixed condition by operational matrix

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behrooz Basirat ◽  
Mohammad Amin Shahdadi
Keyword(s):  
Bernstein Polynomials ◽  
Operational Matrix ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Operational Matrices ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Mixed Condition ◽  
Matrix Methods ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Linear Algebraic Equations ◽  
The Given

<p>The aim of this article is to present an efficient numerical procedure for solving Lane-Emden type equations. We present two practical matrix method for solving Lane-Emden type equations with mixed conditions by Bernstein polynomials operational matrices (BPOMs) on interval [<em>a; b</em>]. This methods transforms Lane-Emden type equations and the given conditions into matrix equation which corresponds to a system of linear algebraic equations. We also give some numerical examples to demonstrate the efficiency and validity of the operational matrices for solving Lane-Emden type equations (LEEs).</p>

scholarly journals Inclusion of a Mixed Condition Makes the Day/Night Task More Analogous to the Adult Stroop

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alleyne P. R. Broomell ◽  
Martha Ann Bell
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Condition

Occurrence and elimination of antibiotics at four sewage treatment plants in Japan and their effects on bacterial ammonia oxidation

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopal Chandra Ghosh ◽  
Takashi Okuda ◽  
Naoyuki Yamashita ◽  
Hiroaki Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Nalidixic Acid ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Ammonia Oxidation ◽  
Oxygen Uptake Rate ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Secondary Treatment ◽  
Mixed Condition ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plants

The occurrence and elimination of seventeen antibiotics (three macrolides: azithromycin, clarithromycin and roxithromycin; five quinolones: ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, levofloxacin, nalidixic acid and norfloxacin; five sulfonamides: sulfadimethoxine, sulfadimizine, sulfamerazine, sulfamethoxazole and sulfamonomethoxine; and others: tetracycline, lincomycin, salinomycin and trimethoprim) were investigated at four full-scale sewage treatment plants in Japan. The highest concentration was recorded for clarithromycin (1,129 to 4,820 ng/L) in influent, followed by azithromycin (160 to 1,347 ng/L), levofloxacin (255 to 587 ng/L) and norfloxacin (155 to 486 ng/L). A vary inconsistence picture was obtained with negative to over 90% removal. Nalidixic acid (53 to100%) exhibited higher removal efficiency followed by norfloxacin (75 to 95%), levofloxacin (40 to 90%), ciprofloxacin (60 to 83%) and enrofloxacin (38 to 74%). Among macrolides, clarithromycin (50 to 88%) and azithromycin (34 to 86%) showed relatively higher removal efficiency than roxithromycin (−32 to 59%). For most of the antibiotics removal efficiency was higher in A2O and AO based secondary treatment process than CAS process. The effect of the antibiotics on bacterial ammonia oxidation determined by oxygen uptake rate presented that there was no significant effect below 0.05 mg/L of each antibiotics. Even at the same concentration, antibiotics in mixed condition had higher inhibition effects than individuals.

scholarly journals A grey area: How does image hue affect unfamiliar face matching?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna K Bobak ◽  
Viktoria Roumenova Mileva ◽  
Peter Hancock
Keyword(s):  
Matching Task ◽  
Mixed Condition ◽  
Face Matching ◽  
Matching Test ◽  
Unfamiliar Face Matching ◽  
Unfamiliar Face ◽  
Matching Performance ◽  
Small Decline ◽  
Clear Shift

The role of image colour in face identification has received little attention in research despite the importance of identifying people from photographs in identity documents (IDs). Here, in two experiments, we investigated whether colour congruency of two photographs shown side by side affects face matching accuracy. Participants were presented with two images from the Models Face Matching Test (Experiment 1) and a newly devised matching task incorporating female faces (Experiment 2) and asked to decide whether they show the same person, or two different people. The photographs were either both in colour, both in grayscale, or mixed (one in grayscale and one in colour). Participants were more likely to accept a pair of images as a “match”, i.e. same person, in the mixed condition, regardless of whether the identity of the pair was the same or not. This demonstrates a clear shift in bias between “congruent” colour conditions and the mixed trials. In addition, there was a small decline in accuracy in the mixed condition, relative to when the images were presented in colour. Our study provides the first evidence that the hue of document photographs matters for face matching performance. This finding has important implications for the design and regulation of photographic ID worldwide.

Legendre Collocation Method to Solve the Riccati Equations with Functional Arguments

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 2050011
Author(s):  
Şuayip Yüzbaşı ◽  
Gamze Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Approximate Solutions ◽  
Coefficient Matrix ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Matrix Form ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Mixed Condition ◽  
Collocation Points ◽  
Nonlinear Algebraic Equations ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Legendre Collocation Method

In this study, a method for numerically solving Riccatti type differential equations with functional arguments under the mixed condition is presented. For the method, Legendre polynomials, the solution forms and the required expressions are written in the matrix form and the collocation points are defined. Then, by using the obtained matrix relations and the collocation points, the Riccati problem is reduced to a system of nonlinear algebraic equations. The condition in the problem is written in the matrix form and a new system of the nonlinear algebraic equations is found with the aid of the obtained matrix relation. This system is solved and thus the coefficient matrix is detected. This coefficient matrix is written in the solution form and hence approximate solution is obtained. In addition, by defining the residual function, an error problem is established and approximate solutions which give better numerical results are obtained. To demonstrate that the method is trustworthy and convenient, the presented method and error estimation technique are explicated by numerical examples. Consequently, the numerical results are shown more clearly with the aid of the tables and graphs and also the results are compared with the results of other methods.

The Inferior Temporal Lobe Mediates Distracter-Resistant Visual Search of Patients with Spatial Neglect

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 788-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radek Ptak ◽  
Nathalie Valenza
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Parietal Lobe ◽  
Spatial Neglect ◽  
The Other ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Search Performance ◽  
Mixed Condition ◽  
Attentional Processes ◽  
Core Deficit

Although impaired visual search is a core deficit of patients with spatial neglect, current evidence is not conclusive about the mechanisms underlying this failure. We present evidence from 14 neglect patients searching for a target defined by two perceptual features that visual search is mediated by mechanisms of attentional competition. Participants were tested in three search conditions with constant target and distracter positions: Distracters did not share any feature with the target; distracters shared one feature with the target; two distracters shared one feature and one distracter shared the other feature with the target (mixed condition). Whereas search performance of healthy participants was comparable across conditions, neglect patients had a significant contralesional slowing in the mixed condition compared with the other two conditions. A detailed lesion analysis revealed that involvement of the parietal lobe did not predict the degree of distractibility in visual search. In contrast, neglect patients with high distractibility had more frequent damage to the inferior temporal lobe, suggesting a preliminary role of this region for competitive attentional processes involved in visual search of spatial neglect patients.

Mechanical Fabrication of Si-Ge-B Bulk Samples with Superior Thermoelectric Power

2008 ◽  
Vol 1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Abe ◽  
Hiroaki Takiguchi ◽  
Yoichi Okamoto ◽  
Hisashi Miyazaki ◽  
Jun Morimoto
Keyword(s):  
Thermoelectric Power ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Fine Particles ◽  
Amorphous State ◽  
Diffraction Measurement ◽  
Bulk Materials ◽  
Mixed Condition ◽  
State Measurement ◽  
Milling Method ◽  
Roller Milling

AbstractWe have already reported that Au or B doped SiGe amorphous thin films have superior thermoelectric properties which are attribute to amorphous phase. For the practical use, the bulk materials are required. In this work, we have tried and succeeded to fabricate Si-Ge-B amorphous bulk samples. First, fine particles were prepared by three kinds of mechanical process, such as roller milling method, mechanical alloying method and planetary milling method. It was intended to introduce a large amount of defects and strain into samples and/or gamorphouslization'h. Then, the prepared fine particles were pressed and formed into 2 x 5 x 15 mm^3 samples. Thermoelectric power and electrical resistivity of samples were measured by steady state measurement and four terminal method with temperature range of room temperature to 873 K in N2 flow at atmosphere pressure, respectively. Thermal conductivity was measured by photo-pyroelectric method in room temperature. Some samples have maximum value of thermoelectric power over 10-3 V/K. therefore≤ we were succeeded to prepare bulk materials which have higher thermoelectric power than that of conventional crystal materials. X-ray diffraction measurement and scanning electron microscope observation were performed on fabricated samples. From XRD measurement and SEM observation, the samples were in mixed condition of disordered microcrystals and amorphous state.

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