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Evolution and Learning: Evolving Sensors in a Simple MDP Environment
2003
Natural intelligence and autonomous agents face difficulties when acting in information-dense environments. Assailed by a multitude of stimuli they have to make sense of the inflow of information, filtering and processing what is necessary, but discarding that which is unimportant. This paper aims at investigating the interactions between evolution of the sensorial channel extracting the information from the environment and the simultaneous individual adaptation of agent-control. Our particular goal is to study the influence of learning on the evolution of sensors, with learning duration being the tunable parameter. A genetic algorithm governs the evolution of sensors appropriate for the a…
Designing the Didactic Strategy Modeling Language (DSML) From PoN: An Activity Oriented EML Proposal
2018
[EN] This paper presents the design of the didactic strategy modeling language (DSML) according to the principles of Physics of Notations (PoN). The DSML is a visual and activity-oriented language for learning design characterized by the representation of different activities according to the nature of the task. Once the language is designed, a blind interpretation study is conducted to validate the semantic transparency of the learning activity iconography. The results of the paper allow to refine the icons. In addition to this, an authoring tool for DSML, which is integrated to an LMS, is presented. As a result, a model driven course was designed as a DSML pre-validation.
Wrong Hand, Wrong Children? The Education of Left-Handed Children in Soviet Latvia
2019
Left-handers have always been surrounded by stigma and controversy, and attitudes toward this group have always been rooted in the ideas and traditions of power relations existing in a given society. Thus, the goal of this study is to describe the retraining of left-handers as it was conducted in Soviet education. The impact of political power on an individual’s body-mind interaction is a significant problem in research on the creation of the “New Soviet Man.” The teaching of left-handed children in the Soviet Union is a noteworthy example of the totalitarian regime’s illusionary endeavors to change human nature. The Soviet education envisaged neither a special attitude nor any particular p…
Effect of Handedness on Mental Rotation
2018
The impact of the dominant hand on the response time and precision in mental rotational tasks seems to be controversial. The goal of this study was to compare the differences in response times of mental rotation tasks when the task is performed with the dominant or non-dominant hand. In this study, 44 right-handers and 45 left-handers participated in mental rotation tests with 2-D and 3-D figures. Findings indicate that the right-handers had shorter response times than left-handers in tests with both types of figures.
LEONARDO SONNOLI, MANY PARTICOULAR SIGNS
2006
Life of many men can simply be told by drawing lines on a map, so as to define a plot of paths and mark the borders of a new territory, where places are also performances of life's events, never before met, but lined up on a unique temporal plane. At the same way, Leonardo Sonnoli's professional and private life can be simply narrated by setting up connections of some cities, which has made him grow up as a man and a designer, in return for leaving a strong mark in himself. Trieste, a city at the boarding line between Italy and Slovene, where he was born and breathes an important graphical tradition, marked by several striking personalities, such as Dudovich and Metlicovitz. Urbino, proud a…
Pilot Study on Predictive Value of Plasmatic Levels of 9 Angiogenetic Biomarkers in Selection of Patients Candidate to Prostate Biopsy
2013
To reduce the number of negative prostate biopsies in patients with elevated PSA serum levels represents a major challenge in urological oncology. Angiogenetic factors might be involved in initial stages of prostate cancer and might represent useful tools in patients’ selection for prostate biopsy. The plasmatic levels of Angiopoietin-2, Follistatin, G-CSF, HGF, IL-8, Leptin, PDGF-BB, PECAM-1 and VEGF were measured by BioPlex immunoassay in patients undergoing prostate biopsy for palpable prostate nodule and/or elevated PSA levels (≥4 ng/mL). They were related with biopsy results. ROC curve analysis was exploited to test the diagnostic accuracy of each biomarker by AUC calculation. A poten…
La Biblioteca dell'Università
2022
Il tema di progetto della Biblioteca costituisce l’occasione suggestiva per ripensare la città e ragionare sul valore dello spazio pubblico. Da “luogo dei libri”, la Biblioteca è oggi divenuta contenitore flessibile per molteplici funzioni, dispositivo di dialogo e relazioni a servizio dell’idea di cittadinanza e della bellezza. In modo particolare la Biblioteca dell’Università - oltre ad essere luogo di comunicazione, spazio di socializzazione, centro di informazione - per il significato e il suo valore iconico, si assume la responsabilità di rappresentare l’unità e l’identità di una comunità dedita allo studio e alla formazione.
Light Dark Matter Search with Ionization Signals in XENON1T
2019
We report constraints on light dark matter (DM) models using ionization signals in the XENON1T experiment. We mitigate backgrounds with strong event selections, rather than requiring a scintillation signal, leaving an effective exposure of (22±3) tonne day. Above ∼0.4 keVee, we observe <1 event/(tonne day keVee), which is more than 1000 times lower than in similar searches with other detectors. Despite observing a higher rate at lower energies, no DM or CEvNS detection may be claimed because we cannot model all of our backgrounds. We thus exclude new regions in the parameter spaces for DM-nucleus scattering for DM masses mχ within 3–6 GeV/c2, DM-electron scattering for mχ>30 MeV/c2, a…
The problem of spatial homogeneity in an LCoS projector
2019
Abstract Video projectors allow interesting applications in vision sciences since they provide a large projection area. We have colorimetrically characterized a LCoS projector using a mathematical model requiring additivity and constancy of the primaries -a sigmoid function in our case. Significant differences in chromaticity in the CIELAB space, but not in lightness, were found between the center and the corners of the screen. The lack of spatial homogeneity led us to estimate the parameters of the model as a function of spatial position, using different strategies. The best result was obtained by interpolating the values of the parameters of the model determined from experimental measurem…
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF CONTACT BETWEEN CULTURES
2010
Monográfico con el título: 'Perspectiva educativa y cultural de 'juego de rol'. Resumen basado en el de la publicación La presencia de alumnado extranjero constituye un hecho evidente en los centros escolares en España y se debe tener en cuenta al planificar cualquier intervención educativa. Ante esta situación, hay que replantearse la estructuración y organización escolar de cara a dar respuestas adecuadas a la diversidad cultural y lingüística. A partir de una investigación llevada a cabo sobre la educación bilingüe en California, se plantean algunas reflexiones que conviene tener en consideración a la hora de trabajar en contextos escolares de diversidad cultural y lingüística. Recurrien…