Perceiving at a distance: enaction, exteriority and possibility – a tribute to John Stewart

2021 ◽  
pp. 105971232110310
Author(s):  
Charles Lenay

The aim of this article is to offer a new approach of perception regarding the position of a distant object. It is also a tribute to John Stewart who accompanied the first stages of this research. Having already examined the difficulties surrounding questions of the perception of exteriority within the framework of enactive approaches, we will proceed in two stages. The first stage will consist of an attempt to explain distal perception in terms of individual sensorimotor invariants. This poses the problem but fails to solve it. The second stage will propose a new pathway to account for spatial perception; a pathway that does not deny the initial intuitions of the autopoietic enactive approaches, but one which radically changes the conception of cognition by considering, from the perceptual stage, the need to take into account interindividual interactions. The protocol of an original experimental study will characterize this new approach considering the perceptual experience of objects at a distance, in exteriority, in a space of possibilities without parting from the domain of interaction. To do this, we have to work at the limits of the perceptual crossing, that is, at the moment when the perceptual reciprocity between different subjects begins to disappear.

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Ewa Rollnik-Sadowska ◽  
Marta Jarocka

The aim of the article is to assess real changes taking place on CEE labour markets over the last fifteen years, taking into account as the initial point of analysis – 2004, i.e. the moment of extension of the EU by the first CEE countries and as a final point of analysis – 2019. The research was conducted in two stages. The authors made comparisons with the use of the TOPSIS method, which allowed for creating rankings of CEE countries in terms of labour market situation in the analysed years. The second stage of the study involved the analysis of relations between employment and GDP by an estimation of the multiple regression model. The conducted analysis proves that CEE countries are diversified when it comes to the labour market situation. These countries are also characterized by significant dynamics of changes in the labour market.


2006 ◽  
Vol 932 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S. Aloy ◽  
T.I. Koltsova ◽  
E.N. Kovarskaya ◽  
M.Yu. Silin

ABSTRACTThe iron phosphate cement (IPC) structure formation process has been studied by Mossbauer spectroscopy. The IPC is formed as a result of interaction of iron oxides with orthophosphoric acid and could be used as a matrix for immobilization of low-level radioactive waste.The structural formation process has been shown may be considered to consist of two stages. The first stage lasts to the moment of setting, when the diffusion process goes on in the liquid phase. At this stage the main fragments of the structural polymeric frame of the IPC are developed consisting of iron (+2) and (+3) phosphates. The rate of the oxides-with-phosphoric-acid reaction as well as the time of hardening depends on the bivalent iron content.The second stage begins from the moment of setting when the diffusion becomes slower. At this stage the process is characterized by the negligible increase in the iron phosphates (+2), (+3) content and transformation of the previously formed phosphates.The nuclear gamma-resonance (NGR) parameters have been determined of FeH3(PO4)2·2.5H2O, forming in the hematite (Fe2O3) based IPC: isomeric shift (IS) = 0.46 mm/s, quadrupole splitting (QS) = 0.197 mm/s, FWHM =0.282 mm/s.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 874-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Bulzak ◽  
Zbigniew Pater ◽  
Janusz Tomczak ◽  
Łukasz Wójcik

A method for determining the critical value of the Cockcroft–Latham damage criterion is presented using the example of R260 railway steel. The determinations were performed using a rotary compression test specially developed for that purpose. The main object of the proposed test was to provide the best possible representation of the state of stress generated by cross-wedge rolling. The rotary compression test was performed in two stages: in the first stage, experimental tests were conducted to establish the moment of cracking of the specimen, and in the second stage, numerical modeling was used to determine the critical value of the Cockcroft–Latham criterion for the experimentally established cracking moment. The critical value of the Cockcroft–Latham criterion was determined under hot forming conditions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 652-654 ◽  
pp. 2584-2589
Author(s):  
Qing Mei Jia ◽  
Feng Jiu Li ◽  
Yun Long Qu

On the basis of study on the ore property of magnetic ores containing apatite,The experiment results show that a magnetic concentrate having a recovery of 58.04%,a concentrate containing 60.38%Fe and yield of 10.90% after by means of two-stages magnetic separation at a grinding fineness of 75%-200 mesh of the first stage , grinding fineness of 85%-200 mesh of the second stage After the first magnetic separation. Based conditional experiment and open-circuit test, under a grinding fineness of 50%-200 mesh, through a flotation flowsheet of "one-stage rough flotation, three-stage cleaning and one-stage cleaning" with the first magnetotail ,a apatite concentrate with P2O5 33% , The yield of apatite was 10.90% , the recovery of apatite reaches to 85% and can be obtained in which the total iron content is lower than 2%.


2011 ◽  
Vol 117-119 ◽  
pp. 975-979
Author(s):  
Haider A. F. Almurib ◽  
Haidar Fadhil Al-Qrimli ◽  
Nandha Kumar

This paper describes the materials and the methods used to make a tensile test of composite materail. The experimental study is conducted to observe the crashing behavior of composite material using different types of material namely; glass/epoxy carbon/epoxy and jute/epoxy specimens. Then, the behavior of the composite specimens is observed to determine the best material that produced the highest mechanical properties to be used as a material for a straight bevel gear in robotic arm application. The experimental work has been divided into two stages. The first stage is the experimental process, which involves fabrication of the specimens for the tensile test. The second stage is the preparation of specimens for the tensil test.


Author(s):  
Тишков ◽  
Nikolay Tishkov ◽  
Пусева ◽  
Marina Puseva ◽  
Рудаков ◽  
...  

We studied the use of Ortho-SUV hexapod in the treatment of 15patients with lower limb false joints. All patients were at active working age – from 22 to 50years. In 12patients, the period from the moment of trauma was 1 to 3years, in 3patients – 3 to 6years. 5patients had femoral false joints, 10patients – shin false joints. In 98% of cases, the formation of false joints was caused by inadequate treatment of initial trauma. In 100% of cases, false joint localized at diaphyseal level and was accompanied with shortening of injured segment for 2.5±1.0cm in 13patients, and for 0.5 and 0.8cm in 2cases. We also registered recurvatum and valgus deformity in 5patients, recurvatum and varus deformity in 8patients, and antecurvatum and varus deformity in 2patients. Combined contracture in knee and ankle joint was found in 90% of patients. Using combined transosseous osteosynthesis along with Ortho-SUV hexapod allowed us to correct hip deformity for 35±10days and ankle deformity – for 20±5days on the average. When shortening of femoral bone for more than 5.0cm, the deformity was corrected in two stages. At the first stage, we reconstructed the length of a segment using methods of transosseous osteosynthesis at discrete-continuum distraction. At the second stage, we corrected deformity using Ortho-SUV hexapod within specified time limits. Duration of femoral and shin false joint consolidation was 194±16days. We registered inflammatory complications in the areas of transosseous elements contacting soft tissues in 3(0.2%)patients. These complications didn’t have an effect on the treatment results.


Author(s):  
Yevgeniy Kalinichenko ◽  
Mykhaylo Kourov ◽  
Kateryna Volovyk

The article deals with the use of active or passive braking of a ship to stop it at a given point. To substantiate the relevance of the study, an analysis of the literature on the problem of ensuring the safe maneuvering of ships was carried out, in which the issues of theoretical and experimental studies of the turnability of ships, the adequacy of the existing models of turnability to the real process of turning the ship, as well as the development of a system of autopilot control of the ship's heading using the principles of fuzzy logic were considered. Considerable attention is paid to the development of an information system for simulating the movement of ships with complex dynamic models. The necessary analytical expressions are given that characterize the dependences of the time and the distance traveled to the stop of the ship on the mode of active and passive braking, which are required to solve the problem posed in the work. A formal description of the maneuver for stopping the ship at a given point by active and passive braking is obtained. This description makes it possible to determine the moment of engine stop in case of passive braking or the moment of its reverse – in case of active braking, provided that the ship is following a heading equal to the bearing to a given point. Cases of presence and absence of current in the area of ship maneuver are considered. In the case of the presence of a current, two stages of the ship's movement are considered: from the zero moment of time until the moment of the start of braking, when the speed of the ship is unchanged, and the second stage, from the moment of the start of braking until the stop of the ship, when the speed of the ship decreases. To take into account the flow during braking with an exit to a given point, two methods are proposed. The first one is at a constant flow angle with a lateral displacement relative to the programmed trajectory of motion. And the second – with a variable flow angle at zero displacement relative to it. A successful check of the correctness of the results obtained by simulation computer modeling of maneuvers for stopping the ship at a given point of braking, taking into account the current, has been carried out


Author(s):  
Soumya Kanti Datta ◽  
Dr. Philip Morrow ◽  
Prof. Bryan Scotney

Facial feature recognition has received much attention among the researchers in computer vision. This paper presents a new approach for facial feature extraction. The work can be broadly classified into two stages, face acquisition and feature extraction. Face acquisition is done by a 4D stereo camera system from Dimensional Imaging and the data is available in ‘obj’ files generated by the camera system. The second stage illustrates extraction of important facial features. The algorithm developed for this purpose is inspired from the natural biological shape and structure of human face. The accuracy of identifying the facial points has been shown using simulation results. The algorithm is able to identify the tip of the nose, the point where nose meets the forehead, and near corners of both the eyes from the faces acquired by the camera system.


2021 ◽  
Vol 343 ◽  
pp. 10009
Author(s):  
Nicolae-Ioan Vlasin ◽  
Emilian Ghicioi ◽  
Vlad Mihai Păsculescu ◽  
Marius Simion Morar ◽  
Laurenţiu Munteanu

In the virtual environment, respectively in a rectangular tube with a hole at one end, a computational simulation was performed comprising two stages: the first stage aims at simulating a methane gas leak through a hole in the floor of the tube and its diffusion in the air of which the inner volume of the virtual environment is constituted. At the full end of the tube is arranged an electric ignition source that activates in parallel with the gas source, being observed the formation of the explosive mixture in the proximity of the ignition source and the moment of initiation of the explosive atmosphere. The second stage of the simulation is marked by a higher level of velocities characteristic of the explosive process of the airmethane mixture, which involves the use of different settings. The host of the computer simulation is the Fluent application of the ANSYS platform. Post-processing is performed both on the ANSYS platform, through the Fluent and Results applications and through the facilities offered by the Tecplot 360 application.


Author(s):  
Dale E. Bockman ◽  
L. Y. Frank Wu ◽  
Alexander R. Lawton ◽  
Max D. Cooper

B-lymphocytes normally synthesize small amounts of immunoglobulin, some of which is incorporated into the cell membrane where it serves as receptor of antigen. These cells, on contact with specific antigen, proliferate and differentiate to plasma cells which synthesize and secrete large quantities of immunoglobulin. The two stages of differentiation of this cell line (generation of B-lymphocytes and antigen-driven maturation to plasma cells) are clearly separable during ontogeny and in some immune deficiency diseases. The present report describes morphologic aberrations of B-lymphocytes in two diseases in which second stage differentiation is defective.


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