El efecto de redundancia en el aprendizaje predictivo humano: Evidencia en contra de una interpretación proposicional.

The redundancy effect is the finding of greater learning when an X stimulus is trained in an A+ AX+ blocking procedure, than when a Y stimulus is trained in a BY+ CY- discrimination procedure. These findings are new and theoretically challenging for all conditioning theories that calculate learning based on a common error. For this reason, we alternatively examined the possibility that the phenomenon is the result of a propositional reasoning. In an experiment, we replicated the basic effect and we found out that the addition of instructions on the occurrence of the consequences at a submaximal level does not have a significant impact on the redundancy effect. These findings are discussed with regard to a propositional and associative approach based on the assumption that the experimental stimuli share a common feature.El efecto de redundancia es el hallazgo de un mayor aprendizaje a un estímulo X entrenado en un procedimiento de bloqueo A+ AX+, que a un estímulo Y entrenado en un procedimiento de discriminación BY+ CY-. Estos hallazgos son nuevos y teóricamente desafiantes para todas las teorías del condicionamiento que calculan el aprendizaje en base a un error común. Es por ello que examinamos alternativamente la posibilidad que el fenómeno sea el resultado de un razonamiento proposicional. En un experimento, replicamos el efecto básico y encontramos que la adición de instrucciones sobre la ocurrencia de las consecuencias a un nivel sub-máximo no tiene un efecto significativo sobre el efecto de redundancia. Estos hallazgos son discutidos en relación con una aproximación proposicional y asociativa basada en el supuesto que los estímulos experimentales comparten un elemento común

Bernstein-Sato functional equations, VV-filtrations, and multiplier ideals of direct summands

This paper investigates the existence and properties of a Bernstein-Sato functional equation in nonregular settings. In particular, we construct $D$-modules in which such formal equations can be studied. The existence of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial for a direct summand of a polynomial over a field is proved in this context. It is observed that this polynomial can have zero as a root, or even positive roots. Moreover, a theory of $V$-filtrations is introduced for nonregular rings, and the existence of these objects is established for what we call differentially extensible summands. This family of rings includes toric, determinantal, and other invariant rings. This new theory is applied to the study of multiplier ideals and Hodge ideals of singular varieties. Finally, we extend known relations among the objects of interest in the smooth case to the setting of singular direct summands of polynomial rings.Comment: 42 pages. A new section on Hodge ideals is included. Comments welcom

Bernstein's inequality and holonomicity for certain singular rings

In this manuscript we prove the Bernstein inequality and develop the theory of holonomic D-modules for rings of invariants of finite groups in characteristic zero, and for strongly F-regular finitely generated graded algebras with FFRT in prime characteristic. In each of these cases, the ring itself, its localizations, and its local cohomology modules are holonomic. We also show that holonomic D-modules, in this context, have finite length. We obtain these results using a more general version of Bernstein filtrations.Comment: 34 pages. Comments welcom

Supersymmetric probes on the conifold

We study the supersymmetric embeddings of different D-brane probes in the AdS_5 x T^{1,1} geometry. The main tool employed is kappa symmetry and the cases studied include D3-, D5- and D7-branes. We find a family of three-cycles of the T^{1,1} space over which a D3-brane can be wrapped supersymmetrically and we determine the field content of the corresponding gauge theory duals. Supersymmetric configurations of D5-branes wrapping a two-cycle and of spacetime filling D7-branes are also found. The configurations in which the entire T^{1,1} space is wrapped by a D5-brane (baryon vertex) and a D7-brane are also studied. Some other embeddings which break supersymmetry but are nevertheless stable are also determined.Comment: 44 pages, LaTeX; v2: typos corrected, references added, discussion of D5-brane embeddings improve

The Non-SUSY Baryonic Branch: Soft Supersymmetry Breaking of N=1 Gauge Theories

We study a non-supersymmetric deformation of the field theory dual to the baryonic branch of Klebanov-Strassler. Using a combination of analytical (series expansions) and numerical methods we construct non-supersymmetric backgrounds that smoothly interpolate between the desired UV and IR behaviors. We calculate various observables of the field theory and propose a picture of soft breaking by gaugino masses that is consistent with the various calculations on the string side.Comment: 32 pages plus many appendixes. One figur

The Structure of the Non-SUSY Baryonic Branch of Klebanov-Strassler

We study the two-dimensional space of supergravity solutions corresponding to non-supersymmetric deformations of the baryonic branch of Klebanov-Strassler. By combining analytical methods with a numerical survey of the parameter space, we find that this solution space includes as limits the softly-broken N=1 solutions of Gubser et al. and those of Dymarsky and Kuperstein. We also identify a one-dimensional family of solutions corresponding to a natural non-supersymmetric generalisation of Klebanov-Strassler, and one corresponding to the limit in which supersymmetry is completely absent, even in the far UV. For almost all of the parameter space we find indications that much of the structure of the supersymmetric baryonic branch survives.Comment: 29 pages plus appendices, 11 figure

Experimentación y validación de tecnologías adecuadas para pequeños productores ganaderos

Mineral supplementation with phosphorus and sodium was tested in cow-calf operations located in deficient areas as regards the minerals mentioned above in Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina. Supplementation was carried out in three farms for 4 years: 176 observations for the supplemented group and 155 observations for the unsupplemented group were performed. 59% pregnancy rate was obtained in the supplemented group, however, 44% was obtained without supplementation. This result was financially advantageous for the producers.Se evaluó la suplementación mineral con fósforo y sodio en rodeos bovinos de cría en un área con deficiencia de dichos elementos en el departamento Mercedes, provincia de Corrientes, Argentina. Se realizó la práctica en 3 establecimientos durante 4 años en los que se totalizaron 176 observaciones en los lotes suplementados y 155 en los no suplementados. Se obtuvo un 59% de preñez al suplementar y 44% en los lotes que no recibieron dicha práctica, lo cual resulta rentable para el productor