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Imitation in Animals and Artifacts

The effort to explain the imitative abilities of humans and other animals draws on fields as diverse as animal behavior, artificial intelligence, computer science, comparative psychology, neuroscience, primatology, and linguistics. This volume represents a first step toward integrating research from those studying imitation in humans and other animals, and those studying imitation through the construction of computer software and robots. Imitation is of particular importance in enabling robotic or software agents to share skills without the intervention of a programmer and in the more general context of interaction and collaboration between software agents and humans. Imitation provides a way for the agent -- whether biological or artificial -- to establish a "social relationship" and learn about the demonstrator's actions, in order to include them in its own behavioral repertoire. Building robots and software agents that can imitate other artificial or human agents in an appropriate way involves complex problems of perception, experience, context, and action, solved in nature in various ways by animals that imitate.
Effective design of optical fiber code-division multiple access networks using the modified prime codes and optical processing

In optical fiber code-division multiple access (CDMA) networks using the well-known prime code, the code weight w is always fixed to the maximum number of users N (i.e., the code size). When N becomes very large, the resulting cost and optical power losses of the optical CDMA encoder/decoder can be very high. To overcome this difficulty, an efficient design is presented for optical fiber CDMA networks, which is based on the modified prime (MPR) codes. The use of MPR codes can maintain the fixed w for a given bit error rate and any N, while MPR codes still preserve the same cross-correlation constraint (i.e., two) as the original prime codes. Furthermore, the code-design procedure described in this paper can be easily used to construct variable length and nonconstant-weight MPR codes as well as 2/sup n/-MPR codes.
At Home With Computers

1 Introduction 2 The Relationship of Ownership 3 The Information Appliance 4 Acquiring a Handle on the Future 5 Computing in the Domestic Pattern of Life 6 Temporal Rhythms of the Computerized Home 7 Negotiations of Ownership 8 Is the Home Computer Pink or Blue? 9 The Domestic Ecology of Objects 10 Machines for Living 11 Constructing the Self through Objectification Appendix The Study Participants Bibliography
A cross-cultural investigation into customer satisfaction with internet banking security

Consumer Internet banking has been fairly successful in South Africa, with all major retail banks providing this service to customers. Approximately one million Internet users make use of this channel, with the profile tending to be those with higher incomes and occupying managerial and professional jobs. Recent media attention given to security breaches with Internet banking provides an opportunity to assess what impact this has had on perceptions of security across different cultural groups. In a study examining cultural values of managers from different ethnic groups in South Africa, it was found that groups differed mainly on the dimension of uncertainty avoidance. In this study therefore it was posited that those groups with higher scores for uncertainty avoidance would react more strongly to perceived security threats given the uncertainty that this created, and would therefore be less satisfied with security than those lower in uncertainty avoidance. In order to investigate this proposition, data gathered from a survey of postgraduate and MBA students at two leading business schools in South Africa was analysed. Respondents were surveyed as to their banking habits, cultural values and satisfaction with Internet banking. The findings confirm the above proposition as those groups with higher uncertainty avoidance were less satisfied with security than those groups with lower uncertainty avoidance. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Dynamic behavior arbitration of autonomous mobile robots using immune networks

Conventional artificial intelligence systems have been criticized for their brittleness under dynamically changing environments. Therefore, in recent years, much attention has been focused on reactive planning systems (e.g. behavior-based AI, emergent computation, and so on). In this paper, we propose a new inference/consensus-making system inspired by immune systems in living organisms, and we apply our proposed method to the behavior arbitration of an autonomous mobile robot as a practical example. Furthermore, we try to evolve affinities among antibodies using genetic operators. To confirm the validity of our method, we carry out some simulations.
The Coefficient of Variance as an index of L2 lexical processing skill

The Coefficient of Variance (mean standard deviation/mean Response time) is a measure of response time variability that corrects for differences in mean Response time (RT) (Segalowitz & Segalowitz, 1993). A positive correlation between decreasing mean RTs and CVs (rCV-RT) has been proposed as an indicator of L2 automaticity and more generally as an index of processing efficiency. The current study evaluates this claim by examining lexical decision performance by individuals from three levels of English proficiency (Intermediate ESL, Advanced ESL and L1 controls) on stimuli from four levels of item familiarity, as defined by frequency of occurrence. A three-phase model of skill development defined by changing rCV-RT.values was tested. Results showed that RTs and CVs systematically decreased as a function of increasing proficiency and frequency levels, with the rCV-RT serving as a stable indicator of individual differences in lexical decision performance. The rCV-RT and automaticity/restructuring account is discussed in light of the findings. The CV is also evaluated as a more general quantitative index of processing efficiency in the L2.
Receiver Front-End Architectures – Analysis and Evaluation

In today's world, the exponential growth from communications between people/companies in different places (at same time), the increasing requirement to measure and control all processes, the analysis in real time, the mandatory requirement to provide of information and entertainment data to electronic devices that must be increasingly smaller and more complex, requires a continuous and nonstop searching for new technologies with greater capacity, lower cost, reduced size and improved reliability. The communications systems based on radio-frequency (RF) transmission are one of the greatest examples of this challenging demand. These systems, present in almost all equipment used in daily life as mobile phones, notebooks, wireless sensors, among other, require an increasing versatility and ability to storage of data, huge transmission rates of information and size reduction. All this need for more sophisticated equipment, along with a greater number of services available in a single equipment (preferably portable), besides the drastic size reductions from the electronic components, requires a constant search for new architectures and new materials in order to maximize the features offered. One of the most important parts from a RF system device is this receiver architecture. In receivers, the entry block has a key role in performance and reliability of the system. Any unresolved issue caused by this block, generates enormous problems in the following blocks of the receiver’s architecture. For this reason, considering the constant increase of services available for the same frequency bands, associated with the growing number of users for each service, the entry receiver architecture must be capable to resolve issues such as blocking problems, peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) problems, among others. In other hand, must be capable to offer good selectivity, sensitivity, lower energy consumption for a small price. This chapter is organized in the following way. Firstly, a general review about the most common receiving architectures is done, emphasizing its main advantages and drawbacks. Moreover, some enhancements to these architectures are also presented and its principal benefits are explained, such as Hartley and Weaver configurations. This section ends with 25
Empty Categories in Sentence Processing

This book reports a research program into one of the most controversial questions in the syntax — processing interface: The behavior of the parser at gap positions. While the work done is largely experimental, the results are analyzed both for their relevance to sentence processing and for their implications for competing syntactic frameworks. In particular the differing predictions of PPT and HPSG for structures with dislocated constituents are tested for their empirical adequacy. The author addresses a broad range of questions about gap processing and uses a broad range of methodologies to cut through the confounds which prevent previous work providing clear answers. Wh-movement, scrambling, raising, and equi structures are all addressed, and all current accounts of the experimental evidence evaluated. The results move the debate forward significantly, and provide clear confirmation of some non-trivial claims of generative grammar.
Software Techniques for Good Practice in Audio and Music Research

In this paper we discuss how software development can be improved in the audio and music research community by implementing tighter and more effective development feedback loops. We suggest first that researchers in an academic environment can benefit from the straightforward application of peer code review, even for ad-hoc research software; and second, that researchers should adopt automated software unit testing from the start of research projects. We discuss and illustrate how to adopt both code reviews and unit testing in a research environment. Finally, we observe that the use of a software version control system provides support for the foundations of both code reviews and automated unit tests. We therefore also propose that researchers should use version control with all their projects from the earliest stage.
Correction active des discontinuités pupillaires des télescopes à miroir segmenté pour l’imagerie haut contraste et la haute résolution angulaire

La recherche de signes de vie extraterrestre par l'observation et la caracterisation d'exoplanetes est, entre autres, l'un des enjeux majeurs de l'astrophysique moderne. Cette quete se traduit de maniere instrumentale par le developpement de telescopes fournissant des resolutions angulaires superieures a celles obtenues a l'heure actuelle. C'est pourquoi les projets de futurs tres grands telescopes font usage de miroirs primaires depassant les 30 metres de diametre. Leur conception est alors inevitablement basee, pour des raisons techniques et technologiques, sur une geometrie segmentee. De ce fait, la segmentation du miroir primaire implique une complexification des structures pupillaires du telescope. Dans le but d'atteindre les niveaux de qualite optique necessaires aux applications scientifiques visees, la prise en compte et la correction des effets introduits par un mauvais alignement des segments est de prime importance puisque la resolution angulaire d'un telescope non cophase serait equivalente a celle obtenue avec un segment individuel. Dans ce contexte, je developpe dans cette these deux analyseurs de cophasage permettant de mesurer et de corriger les aberrations de piston, tip et tilt presentes sur une pupille segmentee. Le premier, nomme Self-Coherent Camera - Phasing Sensor (SCC-PS), est base sur une analyse du signal en plan focal. Le second, nomme ZELDA - Phasing Sensor (ZELDA-PS), repose quant a lui sur une analyse du signal en plan pupille. Sont presentes dans ce manuscrit les resultats obtenus a l'aide de simulations numeriques ainsi que ceux issus de l'implementation de la SCC-PS sur un banc d'optique d'essai.
The Impact of Modeling Instruction within the Inverted Curriculum

Achievement in science is a national concern, and graduating students who are college and career ready is a national imperative. In this study, we examine student achievement on the ACT science test in the presence of the modeling instruction pedagogy and the inverted curriculum. Data were gathered over an eight year period as a single high school transitioned from teaching biology, chemistry and physics with a teacher-centric pedagogy (the traditional instructional context) to the inverted curriculum (teaching physics, chemistry and biology with a teacher-centric pedagogy) to using the modeling instruction pedagogy within the inverted curriculum (teaching physics/chemistry/biology in a student-centric inquiry-based pedagogy). Data for students graduating under these three instructional contexts were analyzed to determine if there are potential relationships between student achievement and the instructional context. On average, ACT science scores and the percentage of students graduation college ready are higher for students learning in the two non-traditional instructional contexts.
Automatic labeling of unpitched percussion sounds

We present a large-scale study on the automatic classification of sounds from percussion instruments. Different subsets of temporal and spectral descriptors (up to 208) are used as features that several learning systems exploit to learn class partitions. More than thirty different classes of acoustic and synthetic instruments and near twothousand different isolated sounds (i.e. not mixed with other ones) have been tested with ten-fold or holdout crossvalidation. The best performance can be achieved with Kernel Density estimation (15% of errors), although boosted rule systems yielded similar figures. Multidimensional scaling of the classes provides a graphical and conceptual representation of the relationships between sound classes, and facilitates the explanation of some types of errors. We also explore several options to expand the sound descriptors beyond the class label, as for example the manufacturer-model label and confirm the feasibility of doing that. We finally discuss methodological issues regarding the generalization capabilities of usual experiments that have been done in this area.
The Mystical Elements in Javanese Short Stories as a Local Wisdom Manifestation

This study examined the mystical elements of five critacekak(cerkak) (short stories) in the Panjebar Semangat magazine in 2011. This research aims to reveal the Javanese belief about mysticism in the collection of cerkak Alaming Lelembut in Panjebar Semangat. This research is qualitative with the interpretive method and objective approach. This study is expected to provide an overview of Javanese mysticismand to add references to the Javanese literary research. The results of this study conclude that the mystical elements within the five cerkak of Panjebar Semangat in 2011 have proven the existence of the belief onmysticism still inherent in the Javanese society and provide a description of mysticism in the Javanese society that is still relevant to the present.
Librarians’ Use of Images on LibGuides and Other Social Media Platforms

This study compared the use of librarians’ profile images across Web platforms designed for librarian-patron communication. The primary focus was LibGuides profiles at a peer group of Association of Research Libraries institutions. Librarians are currently using a variety of options, including professional head shots, casual head shots, other photos, alternate images, avatars, and no image. Where possible, results were also analyzed by gender. For a smaller selection of libraries, LibGuides photos were compared with Facebook photos to see if different images were used for a professional versus a personal social media setting. This research was done in December 2010 and duplicated in May 2012 to track changes over time. The later study also reviews profile images for the smaller selection of libraries in LinkedIn and ALA Connect. The findings provide a baseline for further comparative research, could also inform individual librarians’ image choices based on patterns among their peers, and gives the profession a starting point for discussions about the types of images librarians use.
Motif discovery using linear-PSO with binary search

This paper presents a hybrid algorithm where a ‘Linear-Particle Swarm Optimization’ algorithm is hybrid with Binary Search for discovering a motif in DNA sequences. Previously, Linear-PSO was used linear selection and linear search in order to compare all possible motifs existing in DNA sequences. Instead of using a linear search for searching motifs, this hybrid algorithm will incorporate Binary Search for searching purposes. In this study, five DNA sequences from the same species were collected from the Genbank online database. The results show that the hybrid algorithm is faster than Linear-PSO and consistently discovered the same motif during each execution. Keywords: Particle Swarm Optimization; Linear-PSO; Motif discovery; Binary Search; species specific;
Creating Electronic Tutorials: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

As library patrons move online, librarians must move instructional content online to join them. One means of educating library users is to meet them on their computers with electronic tutorials. Electronic tutorials may be used for various instructional tasks such as teaching users about the basic elements of a library catalog, pointing out the finer features of a specialty database, or providing a step-by-step procedure for a specific task. In addition to the complexity of creating content, developing an electronic tutorial may be an intimidating task to some librarians, especially to those less comfortable with technology. This article seeks to ease concerns by streamlining the tutorial creation process. First, the article will discuss strategies and initial issues to be considered. Issues include identifying the staff available, the audience, the objectives and outcomes, the desired level of interactivity, the instruction style, informational content, design content, storyboarding, target length, and evaluation. Next, the article proposes a set of criteria for evaluating tutorial creation software and then applies the criteria to selected user-friendly products. The software falls into three categories: movie-based, Web-based, and podcasting. Movie-based software to be evaluated includes Camtasia, Captivate, Snapz, iShowU, and Wink. Web-based software includes Microsoft Producer and ReadyGo Mobile. Podcasting tools Audacity and Hipcast are also reviewed. The article concludes with suggested tips for tutorial creation. By identifying the initial considerations, developing an eye for critiquing software, reviewing software currently on the market, and following best practices, the author hopes to guide the librarian to a successful electronic tutorial.
In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 12

We describe a new incremental algorithm for training linear threshold functions: the Relaxed Online Maximum Margin Algorithm, or ROMMA. ROMMA can be viewed as an approximation to the algorithm that repeatedly chooses the hyperplane that classifies previously seen examples correctly with the maximum margin. It is known that such a maximum-margin hypothesis can be computed by minimizing the length of the weight vector subject to a number of linear constraints. ROMMA works by maintaining a relatively simple relaxation of these constraints that can be efficiently updated. We prove a mistake bound for ROMMA that is the same as that proved for the perceptron algorithm. Our analysis implies that the more computationally intensive maximum-margin algorithm also satisfies this mistake bound; this is the first worst-case performance guarantee for this algorithm. We describe some experiments using ROMMA and a variant that updates its hypothesis more aggressively as batch algorithms to recognize handwritten digits. The computational complexity and simplicity of these algorithms is similar to that of per-ceptron algorithm, but their generalization is much better. We describe a sense in which the performance of ROMMA converges to that of SVM in the limit if bias isn' t considered.
Dynamic Economics: Quantitative Methods and Applications

In part I the authors first review the formal theory of dynamic optimization; they then present the numerical tools and econometric techniques necessary to evaluate the theoretical models. In language accessible to a reader with a limited background in econometrics, they explain most of the methods used in applied dynamic research today, from the estimation of probability in a coin flip to a complicated nonlinear stochastic structural model. These econometric techniques provide the final link between the dynamic programming problem and data. Part II is devoted to the application of dynamic programming to specific areas of applied economics, including the study of business cycles, consumption, and investment behavior. In each instance the authors present the specific optimization problem as a dynamic programming problem, characterize the optimal policy functions, estimate the parameters, and use models for policy evaluation. The original contribution of Dynamic Economics: Quantitative Methods and Applications lies in the integrated approach to the empirical application of dynamic optimization programming models. This integration shows that empirical applications actually complement the underlying theory of optimization, while dynamic programming problems provide needed structure for estimation and policy evaluation.
Türk Kütüphaneciliği Dergisi, 1987-2001

The journal Turk Kutuphaneciligi (Turkish Librarianship) has been published since 1987. A continuation of the Turk Kutuphaneciler Dernegi Bulteni (Bulletin of the Turkish Librarians’ Association) that was published between 1952 and 1986, Turk Kutuphaneciligi became a refereed journal in 1995. Based on a review of 238 articles published in the journal between 1987-2001 (135 of which were published before it became refereed, 103 after), this study compares some bibliometric features (number of pages in each issue, the length of articles, authors, topics, citations, etc.) of articles that were published before the journal became refereed with those after. The average number of pages in each issue increased 81% after the journal became refereed. The average length of an article increased 75% (from 8 pages to 14 pages). The number of citations per article increased 65% (from 11 citations to 171 citations). The percentage of articles having abstracts in Turkish and English increased from 24% to 96%. Articles were written by 94 different authors representing 42 institutions. Overwhelming majority of articles were written by a single author. Researchers affiliated with the departments of librarianship have authored the majority of articles. More than 20% of articles that appeared in the journal are on libraries (including public, academic, and special libraries), followed by 12% on information retrieval and bibliographic control (cataloging and classification), and 8% on information technology and library automation. More than half (53%) of all citations (3204) were for books while 42% for journals and 5% for “other publications” (e.g., unpublished manuscripts, web sites, among others). Turk Kutuphaneciler Dernegi Bulteni, Turk Kutuphaneciligi, Resmi Gazete (Turkish Official Gazette), Library Trends, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Information Technology and Libraries and College & Research Libraries are among the most frequently cited journals. Majority of citations were for articles appeared in a few core journals, which fits Bradford’s Law of Scattering (1934). The problems facing Turk Kutuphaneciligi are also discussed along with some recommendations.