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Author : Hertkorn, Katharina
Publisher : KIT Scientific Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783731504023
Author : Claudia Gianelli,Maurizio Gentilucci
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889456000
Author : Hans Lenk
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789812795571
Grasping Reality addresses the methodology of a sophisticated realistic approach to scientific as well as everyday recognition by using schemes and interpretative constructs to analyze theories and the practice of recognition from a hypothesis-realistic vantage point. The three main theses are: (1) Any OC graspingOCO of real objects, processes, entities etc. is deeply dependent on scheme interpretations and interpretative constructs OCo in short, on using schemes and constructs; the same applies to any sophisticated actions encroaching on reality; (2) a sophisticated interpretation-dependent realism is sketched out and defended from a methodological, non-foundational, epistemological point of view called pragmatic realism; (3) the most provocative thesis is generalized from the role of the well-known preparationist interpretation of quantum theory to everyday knowledge OCo the interpretative structuring and preparing of the experimental make-up as known in quantum mechanics is not just a special case but the rather general case of gaining any knowledge in science and everyday recognition. An appendix provides an overview regarding a realistic and pragmatic philosophy of technology, including the so-called new information technologies. Contents: OC GraspingOCO as Interpretation and Impregnation; Methodological Outline of the Systematic Scheme Interpretationism; Short Note about OC GraspingOCO in Traditional Philosophy; OC TruthOCO as a Metatheoretic Interpretative Construct; A Reappraisal Regarding OC TheoriesOCO and OC Theoretical ConceptsOCO: Towards an Action-Theoretical and Technology-Oriented Philosophy of Science and Epistemology; Reality Constructs and Different OC RealismsOCO From a Kantian Towards a Problematistic-Interpretationist Approach; Referential Realism as an Interactionist Interpretationism; Interpretation of Reality and Quantum Theory; R(r)sum(r): OC GraspingOCO as Acting in (Re)cognizing; Appendix OCo Progress and Characteristics of Traditional and New Technologies: Regarding a Realistic and Pragmatic Philosophy of Technology. Readership: Graduate and higher level undergraduate students as well as researchers in epistemology."
Author : Katharina Hertkorn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1013283120
''Shared Grasping'' describes a new approach to shared autonomy for grasping and manipulation tasks to be used in a telepresence system. It is realized with two assistance functionalities, which simplify the grasping, and a user interface, which merges haptic feedback and visual assistance. User studies confirm a reduction in operator workload and an increase in task performance while maintaining a high immersion of the operator into the remote environment when using the assistance functions. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.
Author : K.M.B. Bennett,U. Castiello
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994-02-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0080867596
This volume presents a variety of studies relating to the reach to grasp movement and provides a necessary and valuable contribution to the field of motor control. The professions covered in this book range from those interested in the basic sciences to those more interested in practical application. Neurophysiologists and biomechanists join with therapists and neural modelers to present an extensive overview of current developments. Evolutionary and developmental aspects are included together with descriptions of how this movement is affected by central nervous system damage. Purely theoretical aspects of the motor control of this movement are interspersed with treatment applications and robotics.
Author : Donald Le Roy Stults
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227903162
When Lesslie Newbigin returned to Britain in 1974 after years of missionary service, he observed that his homeland was as much a mission field as India, where he had spent the majority of his missionary career. He concluded that the Western world needed a missionary confrontation. Instead of the traditional approach to missions, however, Newbigin realized that the Western world needed to be confronted theologically. From his earliest days at Cambridge University, Newbigin developed the theological convictions that shaped his understanding of the Christian faith, and he used these theological convictions as criteria to evaluate the belief system of Western culture and to provide an answer to its dilemma. The Enlightenment reintroduced humanism and dualisminto Western culture, which resulted on the loss of purpose and the rise of scepticism. This book discusses Newbigin's theological convictions and how they factored into both his critique of and his solution to Western culture's spiritual and worldview problems. Donald Le Roy cleverly explains Newbigin's solution to reintroduce the Christian belief system into Western culture in order to restore purpose and truth to Westerners and put them back in contact with true reality through Jesus Christ.
Author : Roi Cohen Kadosh,Ann Dowker
Publisher : Oxford Library of Psychology
Page : 1217 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199642342
How do we understand numbers? Do animals and babies have numerical abilities? Why do some people fail to grasp numbers, and how we can improve numerical understanding? Numbers are vital to so many areas of life: in science, economics, sports, education, and many aspects of everyday life from infancy onwards. Numerical cognition is a vibrant area that brings together scientists from different and diverse research areas (e.g., neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, comparative psychology, anthropology, education, and neuroscience) using different methodological approaches (e.g., behavioral studies of healthy children and adults and of patients; electrophysiology and brain imaging studies in humans; single-cell neurophysiology in non-human primates, habituation studies in human infants and animals, and computer modeling). While the study of numerical cognition had been relatively neglected for a long time, during the last decade there has been an explosion of studies and new findings. This has resulted in an enormous advance in our understanding of the neural and cognitive mechanisms of numerical cognition. In addition, there has recently been increasing interest and concern about pupils' mathematical achievement in many countries, resulting in attempts to use research to guide mathematics instruction in schools, and to develop interventions for children with mathematical difficulties. This handbook brings together the different research areas that make up the field of numerical cognition in one comprehensive and authoritative volume. The chapters provide a broad and extensive review that is written in an accessible form for scholars and students, as well as educationalists, clinicians, and policy makers. The book covers the most important aspects of research on numerical cognition from the areas of development psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and rehabilitation, learning disabilities, human and animal cognition and neuroscience, computational modeling, education and individual differences, and philosophy. Containing more than 60 chapters by leading specialists in their fields, the Oxford Handbook of Numerical Cognition is a state-of-the-art review of the current literature.
Author : Peter Eckman
Publisher : Singing Dragon
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780857013101
A scholarly yet practical account for modern clinicians of some of the key difficult questions arising from obscure passages in the classics of Chinese medicine. This book offers an interpretation of crucial sections from the classical Chinese texts which have continued to puzzle Western clinicians, and serves as a basis for more effective acupuncture treatments. The author discusses Sasang medicine interpretations of specific phenomena, showing where Korean medicine diverged from Chinese, and how the two traditions can inform each other, and the modern acupuncturist. Elsewhere, he discusses the Daoist roots of Chinese medicine, the fundamental differences between Oriental and Western medical approaches, as well as various important issues in pulse diagnosis, all of which have practical application for modern clinicians and students.
Author : Eris Chinellato,Angel P. del Pobil
Publisher : Springer
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319203034
This book presents interdisciplinary research that pursues the mutual enrichment of neuroscience and robotics. Building on experimental work, and on the wealth of literature regarding the two cortical pathways of visual processing - the dorsal and ventral streams - we define and implement, computationally and on a real robot, a functional model of the brain areas involved in vision-based grasping actions. Grasping in robotics is largely an unsolved problem, and we show how the bio-inspired approach is successful in dealing with some fundamental issues of the task. Our robotic system can safely perform grasping actions on different unmodeled objects, denoting especially reliable visual and visuomotor skills. The computational model and the robotic experiments help in validating theories on the mechanisms employed by the brain areas more directly involved in grasping actions. This book offers new insights and research hypotheses regarding such mechanisms, especially for what concerns the interaction between the dorsal and ventral streams. Moreover, it helps in establishing a common research framework for neuroscientists and roboticists regarding research on brain functions.
Author : P. Kyle Stanford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198038801
The incredible achievements of modern scientific theories lead most of us to embrace scientific realism: the view that our best theories offer us at least roughly accurate descriptions of otherwise inaccessible parts of the world like genes, atoms, and the big bang. In Exceeding Our Grasp, Stanford argues that careful attention to the history of scientific investigation invites a challenge to this view that is not well represented in contemporary debates about the nature of the scientific enterprise. The historical record of scientific inquiry, Stanford suggests, is characterized by what he calls the problem of unconceived alternatives. Past scientists have routinely failed even to conceive of alternatives to their own theories and lines of theoretical investigation, alternatives that were both well-confirmed by the evidence available at the time and sufficiently serious as to be ultimately accepted by later scientific communities. Stanford supports this claim with a detailed investigation of the mid-to-late 19th century theories of inheritance and generation proposed in turn by Charles Darwin, Francis Galton, and August Weismann. He goes on to argue that this historical pattern strongly suggests that there are equally well-confirmed and scientifically serious alternatives to our own best theories that remain currently unconceived. Moreover, this challenge is more serious than those rooted in either the so-called pessimistic induction or the underdetermination of theories by evidence, in part because existing realist responses to these latter challenges offer no relief from the problem of unconceived alternatives itself. Stanford concludes by investigating what positive account of the spectacularly successful edifice of modern theoretical science remains open to us if we accept that our best scientific theories are powerful conceptual tools for accomplishing our practical goals, but abandon the view that the descriptions of the world around us that they offer are therefore even probably or approximately true.
Author : AQEEL AHMED
Publisher : AQEEL AHMED
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781998240968
To sum up: A witch out for revenge curses a once-beautiful mirror that stands proudly in the market square. This changes everything in the normally calm town of Eldoria in a strange way. Everyone loves this beautiful mirror, but it changes into a dangerous portal to a scary and dark world. It's the start of an exciting adventure that tries the limits of bravery, love, and the unwavering will of good over evil. One starry night, Alex's brave and loyal favorite, Jamie, goes missing for no obvious reason, upsetting the peace of the villagers. People who saw it say that a scary shadow pulled Jamie into the cursed mirror. Alex, who is sad but determined, takes the brave step to enter the mirror's evil realm, which starts an amazing trip to save Jamie from evil. Alex asks Eldoria's wise elder for help because he knows how bad things are, and the elder gives them a special amulet. This charm is a sign of hope and show that the people in the village believe in their goal because it might protect Alex from the witch's evil spell. Alex looks at himself in the mirror. The hopes of the town and the amulet around their necks. The world outside the mirror is very different from how warm and bright Eldoria is. Along Alex's path, there are many problems that test their strength at every turn. From the scary River of Reflections, which shows Alex's worst fears, to the mysterious Forest of Whispers, where trees talk to each other through puzzles, each obstacle brings them closer to Jamie while also pulling them deeper into the darkness. At the Witch's Lair, a castle filled with darkness and hate, and the Mountain of Fire, where demons dance in the flames, Alex's strength and the magical amulet's power are put to the test. At the end of the book, there is a dramatic fight of wills between Alex and the witch. Alex is stronger because she loves Jamie so much and Eldoria and she are both hopeful. Because he is strong, determined, and has the power of the amulet, Alex breaks the curse and breaks the crystal that blocks Jamie. So, they go back to Eldoria together. Their love and the village's newfound unity shine like lights of hope, showing the beauty of the world through the free mirror once more. The story takes place in the magical town of Eldoria and is a vivid account of bravery, love's victory over evil, and the unchanging power of good over evil. It will leave an indelible mark on everyone who sees the end of the trip. Chapter 1: The Haunted Mirror In the quiet town of Eldoria, everyone was drawn to a mirror. It wasn't just any mirror standing tall and proud in the marketplace; it was the most beautiful mirror in the whole town. The glass inside shone in the sun, showing how happy the people who walked by it every day also were. The frame was made out of gold. Adults would smile and straighten their clothes or fix their hats as they looked at their images. Kids, on the other hand, would laugh as they made funny faces at them. The people who lived there thought the mirror was a sign of happiness and beauty. A strange thing did happen, though, one day. A witch thought it was time to get back at people who had hurt her in the past. She had been planning her revenge for years and waiting for the right time to get angry. The village's most valuable mirror gave her a chance. Under the cover of darkness, she crept into the market square with a sparkle in her eyes. She swore at the mirror and said mean things in a whisper. The mirror, which used to be very bright and shiny, turned cold and scary, and the air around it cracked with evil energy. From that day on, the mirror was no longer a source of happiness and beauty. Instead, it changed into a doorway to a terrible and dark world. The people went back to the glass because they didn't know it was cursed, but they couldn't see themselves in the reflections. In the mirror, they saw horrifying, twisted versions of their own faces that were full of pain and sorrow. Even worse, some of the peasants who looked into the mirror for too long disappeared. The cursed glass ate them up, and they were locked up in the dark land beyond. The village's happiness quickly turned to fear. People were telling their kids to stay away from Eldoria's once-bustling market center because it was so quiet there. The pretty mirror, which used to be the pride of the hamlet, stood empty and alone, a scary reminder of the witch's wrath. There was still hope, though. One of the kids in the town was brave. He was a little kid with courage in his heart and determination in his mind. They couldn't stand the thought of leaving this child behind in that dark world where a close friend had died because of the cursed glass. They had to make the hard choice to go on a dangerous trip to break the curse and free their friend and anyone else who might have been captured. It was clear to the child that the trip would be dangerous. They would have to face the evil forces that lived in the dark world of the mirror and get through tough situations that would test how brave and determined they were. But his love for his friend made them stronger, as did their determination to make Hamlet happy again. They took a deep breath and a calm heart as they walked up to the cursed mirror. They were ready to face whatever was on the other side and break free from the witch's evil grip. From this point on, an epic journey would begin that would show bravery, friendship, and the fight between good and evil. It would be a long and hard trip for the kid, but they would not be alone. They would be guided by the town's spirit, their friend's love, and the hope of all the people who had died because of the mirror's curse. Their final goal was to break the curse and make the mirror shine again as a symbol of beauty and joy in the heart of Eldoria. Chapter 2: The Disappearing The pretty town of Eldoria had a market square with a mirror that stood for the community's pride. It was surrounded by green hills and trees that whispered. This wasn't just any mirror; it was a stunning work of art, framed in fine silverwork with delicate patterns that sparkled in the soft sunlight. Kids would often stop and laugh at their own reflections, and adults would look and respect the skill that went into making them. It was a sign of peace and beauty that matched the lively way of life in Eldoria and among its people. But one terrible day, the peace was broken when a witch, still angry at the people for an offense long forgotten, chose to put a deadly spell on the valuable mirror. In the past, the mirror was a source of beauty. But when the witch whispered old curses in the dark, black, ominous clouds gathered around its shiny surface, turning it into a scary entrance to a world of darkness. The witch's laughter could be heard all through the night after the spell was over and the mirror was changed forever. The next morning, when everyone in the area met in the market square, they saw that the beloved mirror had turned a scary shade of green. The relaxed days of reflection were over, and in their place was a doorway to a strange realm. The surface of this realm no longer showed off Eldoria's beauty, but instead seemed to lure people who weren't careful. The locals began to whisper with fear and discomfort as they thought about what had happened to their valuable mirror. They didn't know that the witch's curse had changed the mirror's look and given it a dark, evil power that could swallow anyone who looked too long into it. A fog grew over Eldoria as word spread about the mirror that was cursed. People left the market area because they were afraid of the evil they thought was there. It was once very busy. The mirror, which used to bring people together and make them happy, had turned into a scary sight that reminded Hamlet every day of the witch's revenge. Even though everyone was scared and worried, there was a small chance that the mirror could be fixed, and the curse would be lifted. The villagers had no idea how hard it would be to break the witch's spell or how brave and dedicated they would have to be. It would be a test to the very foundations of their community. A town called Eldoria that used to be calm was now in the middle of a war between light and darkness. The cursed mirror led them to a scary test that would decide their fate.
Author : Roger W. Bowen,Joseph Moses Botbol,Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Information storage and retrieval systems
ISBN : ERDC:35925000329729
A portable data-retrieval system requiring minimal user training.
Author : Peter Simon Sapaty
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030683412
This book investigates new important applications of the Spatial Grasp Technology (SGT) allowing us to effectively simulate and manage large distributed dynamic systems on semantic and holistic levels. This patented technology, developed for decades and in different countries, is based on a completely different philosophy and model allowing us to directly operate in united distributed physical and virtual spaces and provide system solutions much simpler and more compact than under other approaches. The described applications include basic operations suitable for solving many network-related problems, simulation of such mysterious concept as consciousness so important for the design of advanced intelligent systems, modelling the spread of viruses and distribution of antivirus vaccine, and also implementation of the latest decision-centric and mosaic-based organizational concepts important for modern defence and industrial systems. The described technology version with its Spatial Grasp Language can be implemented even within university environments, with communicating language interpreter copies, potentially numbering millions to billions, easily embedded into any existing systems, including Internet, thus converting the whole world into a powerful symbiotic simulation management engine. The book is oriented on system scientists, application programmers, industry managers, and also university students interested in advanced M.Sc. and Ph.D. projects related to distributed system management.
Author : Glenn H. Varney, Ph.D.
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781491767221
You'd think that leaders and managers would seek to understand what's broken before trying to fix anything, but many changes are implemented without all the facts. The results are disastrous: profits fall, expenses go up, and morale gets destroyed. In almost every instance, failure can be traced back to leaders who champion solutions without fully studying the problems at hand. In this guidebook to change leadership, you'll discover how to develop effective solutions by learning from the successes and failures of others. The authors present real-life scenarios so you can get better at diagnosing the problems plaguing your organization. Learn how to • identify the subtle symptoms that sicken your organization; • avoid placing your trust in the wrong people; • design training programs to fix problem behaviors; and • get leaders to lead and motivate the troops to change. Without a rigorous diagnostic process, consultants and organizational leaders will continue to choose the wrong solutions to problems. Take the time you need to implement effective change by learning the lessons in Grasp the Situation.
Author : David Reed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136566318
Despite decades of macroeconomic reforms, poverty reduction plans and rural growth strategies, poverty is persistent and environmental degradation is accelerating in the developing world. Though traditional economic indicators have improved in some countries, little has worked to open enduring economic and ecological opportunities to the rural poor. This unacceptable outcome grows, in large part, from the failure to place the needs of the poor at the centre of national development strategies and to link local level changes to urgently needed changes in national development policies. This book is designed to change all of that by showing how change must begin at the local level and, from there, push upwards to change policies and institutions at higher levels to remove political, economic and institutional impediments that stifle opportunities for the rural poor and improved environmental management. This approach challenges the notion that poverty reduction and improved natural resource management can originate with design masters in international organizations or national capitals.Working with teams in China, Indonesia, El Salvador, South Africa and Zambia, WWF devised the revolutionary '3xM' - micro (local), meso (sub-national) and macro (national) - Approach to analysing and intervening to change the poverty dimensions in a country. This approach helps improve the local environment and community livelihoods, and promotes policy and institutional changes at state/provincial and national levels that are essential for the sustainable, equitable development. This book provides both the tools and successful case studies to show practitioners how to adopt the 3xM Approach in diverse developing country contexts. Published with WWF