146 research outputs found

    How does response inhibition influence decision-making when gambling? (dataset)

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    Behavioural data, skin-conductance data, eye movement data, and R scripts (analyses) for eight behavioural experiments.Dataset relating to 'How does response inhibition influence decision-making when gambling?’research paper published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. The paper is available in ORE: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15841Behavioural data, skin-conductance data, eye movement data, and R scripts (analyses) for eight behavioural experiments. Experiment documentation is included as well.​ This data is related to the article 'How does response inhibition influence decision-making when gambling?' published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)European Research Council (ERC)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)British Academy/Leverhulme Gran

    Cultural robotics : The culture of robotics and robotics in culture

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    Copyright 2013 Samani et al.; licensee InTech. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citedIn this paper, we have investigated the concept of "Cultural Robotics" with regard to the evolution o social into cultural robots in the 21st Century. By defining the concept of culture, the potential development of culture between humans and robots is explored. Based on the cultural values of the robotics developers, and the learning ability of current robots, cultural attributes in this regard are in the process of being formed, which would define the new concept of cultural robotics. According to the importance of the embodiment of robots in the sense of presence, the influence of robots in communication culture is anticipated. The sustainability of robotics culture based on diversity for cultural communities for various acceptance modalities is explored in order to anticipate the creation of different attributes of culture between robot and humans in the futurePeer reviewe

    Abscisic Acid Induces the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene in Arabidopsis

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    Le palĂ©olithique infĂ©rieur et moyen en Midi toulousain : nouvelles donnĂ©es et perspectives de l’archĂ©ologie prĂ©ventive

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    Depuis quelques annĂ©es, les opĂ©rations d’archĂ©ologie prĂ©ventive menĂ©es en Midi toulousain ont permis de rĂ©actualiser certaines donnĂ©es relatives Ă  la gĂ©omorphologie des sites palĂ©olithiques infĂ©rieur et moyen. Ainsi, plusieurs contextes peuvent ĂȘtre considĂ©rĂ©s comme plus favorables que d’autres pour la conservation du matĂ©riel. Par ailleurs, les rĂ©sultats prĂ©liminaires d’études typo-technologiques des industries mises au jour rĂ©cemment, offrent de nouvelles perspectives de recherche pour la constitution d’un cadre chrono-culturel plus prĂ©cis.In the last years, preventive archeology projects conducted in the Midi toulousain Region (southern France) allowed to update data concerning the geomorphology of Early and Middle Palaeolithic sites. It became apparent that certain contexts can be considered as more favorable to vestige conservation than others. Besides, preliminary results of typo-technological studies of recently discovered artifacts offer new research perspectives for the definition of a more precise chrono-cultural frame

    Le palĂ©olithique infĂ©rieur et moyen en Midi toulousain : nouvelles donnĂ©es et perspectives de l’archĂ©ologie prĂ©ventive

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    Depuis quelques annĂ©es, les opĂ©rations d’archĂ©ologie prĂ©ventive menĂ©es en Midi toulousain ont permis de rĂ©actualiser certaines donnĂ©es relatives Ă  la gĂ©omorphologie des sites palĂ©olithiques infĂ©rieur et moyen. Ainsi, plusieurs contextes peuvent ĂȘtre considĂ©rĂ©s comme plus favorables que d’autres pour la conservation du matĂ©riel. Par ailleurs, les rĂ©sultats prĂ©liminaires d’études typo-technologiques des industries mises au jour rĂ©cemment, offrent de nouvelles perspectives de recherche pour la constitution d’un cadre chrono-culturel plus prĂ©cis.In the last years, preventive archeology projects conducted in the Midi toulousain Region (southern France) allowed to update data concerning the geomorphology of Early and Middle Palaeolithic sites. It became apparent that certain contexts can be considered as more favorable to vestige conservation than others. Besides, preliminary results of typo-technological studies of recently discovered artifacts offer new research perspectives for the definition of a more precise chrono-cultural frame

    The atlas of StW 573 and the late emergence of human-like head mobility and brain metabolism

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    Functional morphology of the atlas reflects multiple aspects of an organism’s biology. More specifically, its shape indicates patterns of head mobility, while the size of its vascular foramina reflects blood flow to the brain. Anatomy and function of the early hominin atlas, and thus, its evolutionary history, are poorly documented because of a paucity of fossilized material. Meticulous excavation, cleaning and high-resolution micro-CT scanning of the StW 573 (‘Little Foot’) skull has revealed the most complete early hominin atlas yet found, having been cemented by breccia in its displaced and flipped over position on the cranial base anterolateral to the foramen magnum. Description and landmark-free morphometric analyses of the StW 573 atlas, along with other less complete hominin atlases from Sterkfontein (StW 679) and Hadar (AL 333-83), confirm the presence of an arboreal component in the positional repertoire of Australopithecus. Finally, assessment of the cross-sectional areas of the transverse foramina of the atlas and the left carotid canal in StW 573 further suggests there may have been lower metabolic costs for cerebral tissues in this hominin than have been attributed to extant humans and may support the idea that blood perfusion of these tissues increased over the course of hominin evolution.The DST-NRF for sponsoring the Micro-XCT facility at Necsa, and the DST-NRF and Wits University for funding the microfocus X-ray CT facility in the ESI. The Ghent University Special Research Fund (BOF-UGent) for the financial support of the Centre of Expertise UGCT (BOF.EXP.2017.0007), the Sterkfontein excavations and MicroCT scanning work have been provided by National Research Foundation and by PAST.http://www.nature.com/srepam2021Anatom

    «La relation de limitation et d’exception dans le français d’aujourd’hui : exceptĂ©, sauf et hormis comme pivots d’une relation algĂ©brique »

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    L’analyse des emplois prĂ©positionnels et des emplois conjonctifs d’ “exceptĂ©â€, de “sauf” et d’ “hormis” permet d’envisager les trois prĂ©positions/conjonctions comme le pivot d’un binĂŽme, comme la plaque tournante d’une structure bipolaire. PlacĂ©es au milieu du binĂŽme, ces prĂ©positions sont forcĂ©es par leur sĂ©mantisme originaire dĂ»ment mĂ©taphorisĂ© de jouer le rĂŽle de marqueurs d’inconsĂ©quence systĂ©matique entre l’élĂ©ment se trouvant Ă  leur gauche et celui qui se trouve Ă  leur droite. L’opposition qui surgit entre les deux Ă©lĂ©ments n’est donc pas une incompatibilitĂ© naturelle, intrinsĂšque, mais extrinsĂšque, induite. Dans la plupart des cas (emplois limitatifs), cette opposition prend la forme d’un rapport entre une « classe » et le « membre (soustrait) de la classe », ou bien entre un « tout » et une « partie » ; dans d’autres (emplois exceptifs), cette opposition se manifeste au contraire comme une attaque de front portĂ©e par un « tout » Ă  un autre « tout ». De plus, l’inconsĂ©quence induite mise en place par la prĂ©position/conjonction paraĂźt, en principe, tout Ă  fait insurmontable. Dans l’assertion « les Ă©cureuils vivent partout, sauf en Australie » (que l’on peut expliciter par « Les Ă©cureuils vivent partout, sauf [qu’ils ne vivent pas] en Australie »), la prĂ©position semble en effet capable d’impliquer le prĂ©dicat principal avec signe inverti, et de bĂątir sur une telle implication une sorte de sous Ă©noncĂ© qui, Ă  la rigueur, est totalement inconsĂ©quent avec celui qui le prĂ©cĂšde (si « les Ă©cureuils ne vivent pas en Australie », le fait qu’ils « vivent partout » est faux). NĂ©anmoins, l’analyse montre qu’alors que certaines de ces oppositions peuvent enfin ĂȘtre dĂ©passĂ©es, d’autres ne le peuvent pas. C’est, respectivement, le cas des relations limitatives et des relations exceptives. La relation limitative, impliquant le rapport « tout » - « partie », permet de rĂ©soudre le conflit dans les termes d’une somme algĂ©brique entre deux sous Ă©noncĂ©s pourvus de diffĂ©rent poids informatif et de signe contraire. Les valeurs numĂ©riques des termes de la somme Ă©tant dĂ©sĂ©quilibrĂ©es, le rĂ©sultat est toujours autre que zĂ©ro. La relation exceptive, au contraire, qui n’implique pas le rapport « tout » - « partie », n’est pas capable de rĂ©soudre le conflit entre deux sous Ă©noncĂ©s pourvus du mĂȘme poids informatif et en mĂȘme temps de signe contraire : les valeurs numĂ©riques des termes de la somme Ă©tant symĂ©triques et Ă©gales, le rĂ©sultat sera toujours Ă©quivalent Ă  zĂ©ro

    Response of Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 to metals

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    Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 displays resistance to a plethora of metals. Its response and underlying genetic determinants are dissected and detailed metal by metal (from arsenic to zinc). An important role for its megaplasmids pMOL28 and pMOL30 is shown, with high level resistance to cadmium, chromate, cobalt, copper, mercury, nickel, lead and zinc mediated by well-known genes for detoxification often accompanied by other functions linked to acute or chronic stress. Nevertheless, metal resistance determinants are also found on the chromid (e.g. to chromate, copper and zinc) as well as on a large genomic island integrated in the chromosome (e.g. to cadmium, lead and mercury), even the core genome participates in certain responses such as to gold or selenium. Next, we summarized the environmental applications, which were developed based on the knowledge gained by studying these different determinants, and in particular biosensors and soil and water bioremediation. Finally, the general transcriptional response of C. metallidurans to sixteen different metals supplied at different concentrations (including acute stress) is discussed within the framework of its intricate regulatory network
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