psychological and neural perspectives on human face recognition

... Examination of Fetoscopy Ronald Cole-Turner, ed., Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification Design and Destiny Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human ... multiplicity of religions and even of Christianities, insisting upon the one he calls traditional On the basis Religion and the Question of Human Germline Modification 23 of traditional Christianity, ... dimensions of reflection on the meaning of our humanity Is This Book Really Needed? Even so, many may think that a book on religious perspectives on human germline modification is not needed One reason...

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... psychology and the study of human behaviour should be based on an understanding of biology and the concepts of variation, heredity, and adaptation did have an impact A HISTORY OF EVOLUTION AND HUMAN ... to say on human evolution (Bonner and May, 1981) With characteristic caution, Darwin eventually brought forth The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871) and The Expression of the ... evolution to shed light on human nature? The reality is that evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour frequently incite controversy, even amongst the scientists themselves Evolutionary theory...

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... 10.2% and 14.1%, respectively CONCLUSION In order to reduce the negative effect of noise, corruptions, and variations in face images, we have proposed a pairwise neural- network system for face recognition ... Georghiades, P N Belhumeur, and D J Kriegman, “From few to many: illumination cone models for face recognition under variable lighting and pose,” IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, ... lowdimensional space of principal components, is a common technique for image representation in face recognition systems; see, for example, [1–3] Resultant principal components make different contribution...

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... THOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION 4.1 Definition of an International Convention 4.2 20 Purposes and typical legal characteristics of the International Convention on Human Rights 20 4.2.1 ... of discourse structure and some major linguistic features of the International Convention on Human Rights in comparison with those of the International Declaration on Human Rights 21 21 4.3.1.2 ... Declaration and its realization 18 3.3.3.2 Remarks 19 CHAPTER IV THE DISCOURSE STRUCTURE AND SOME MAJOR LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE...

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... Evidence and Justification, Relation of Cause, Purpose, Condition and Otherwise, Interpretation and Evaluation, Restatement and Summary, and lastly Sequence and Contrast The types of relation between ... THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION 20 4.1 DEFINITION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 'International Convention' generally is defined ... Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict (Convention on the Rights of the Child) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Convention against Discrimination in Education) *...

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... security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural ... provisions of the Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally; ... destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein Convention on the Rights of the Child VII Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution...

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... boiling water containing lead and nitrate Boiling water that contains lead and nitrate actually increases its concentration and therefore poses as a greater risk for infection and poisoning It is ... limited and the population is high In water distribution centers, different methods are used to treat drinking water: flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection: • • • • Flocculation: ... supply and spread through the population through person-toperson contact Infections caused by pathogens are diarrheal diseases such as E coli, giardia and the typhoid fever Some populations are...

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... common law rests on a transaction that involves the interests of donor, charitable organisation, recipient and the State in an amalgam of private and public law concerns Arbitration on any conflict ... Reform Process and Implications for the Future of the Support Function and Social Policy Institutional Change and the Support Function The Inland Revenue and the Charity ... gathering of information and the profiling of functions and policy in respect of Australia and New Zealand, the United States, Singapore and Canada Part IV, the final section, reflects on the findings...

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... research on the nature and timing of perception, response initiation, and consciousness Perception is not the arrival of pre-processed information at some central brain location; nor does response ... definitive ‘stream of consciousness’, only a parallel stream of conflicting and continuously revised contents’’ ‘‘[A]ll perceptual operations, and indeed all operations of thought and action, are accomplished ... Progression 2.3 Redefining Supervenience 2.4 The Contextualization of Brain Events 2.4.1 Mind on the Hoof: From Animals on Up 2.4.2 Action and Cognition: The Same Neurobiology 2.4.3 Conceptual Considerations...

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... research on false confession and on suggestibility during police interrogation has had a significant impact on procedure in British courtrooms (Kapardis 1997; Gudjonsson and Hayward 1998; Gudjonsson ... Interpersonal contexts of property offending Moods, cognitions and crime Personal violence Family interactions Situational factors and social signals Cognition and violence Substance use and social ... juries and legal decision-making, aspects of criminal responsibility, mistaken convictions, employment and discrimination, family law and child protection, and scientific and ethical aspects of...

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... slavery, conscripted 2898_book.fm Page Monday, July 26, 2004 12:14 PM PERSPECTIVES ON GOLD AND GOLD MINING and convict labor, unhealthy and shortened life span, and degraded living conditions (Anikin ... emphasis on jewelry, bullion and coinage, medicine, dentistry, and electronics; properties, including geological, physical, chemical, and biological; sources and production; concentrations in field ... Biogeochemical, Health, and Ecotoxicological Perspectives on Gold and Gold Mining Ronald Eisler, Ph.D CRC PR E S S Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C 2898_C00.fm Page iv Friday,...

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... approximately million dollars (Petralia 1996) Fluctuations in the price of gold are considered irrational and based on fear, greed, and anxiety rather than on industrial production and associated ... deposition are considered to be particularly favorable for either the liberation, concentration, transport, or precipitation of gold and, hence, for the formation of large deposits When considering ... and iron content However, it can also be mobilized by hydrothermal solutions and granitic intrusion; deep crustal faults are important in the accumulation and transport of ore-bearing solutions...

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... J., A von Bohlen, F Alt, and R Klockenkamper 2000 Separation and enrichment of palladium and gold in biological and environmental samples, adapted to the determination by total reflection X-ray ... absorption spectrometry [AAS] (Brown and Smith 1980; Kehoe et al 1988; Niskavaara and Kontas 1990; Ohta et al 1995; Begerow et al 1997), fire assay (Gasparrini 1993), and neutron activation [NA] and ... metal–metal bonds in which it is difficult to assign formal oxidation states Additional information on stereochemistry, stability of complexes, oxidation– reduction potentials, current theories, and other...

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... 2004 12:14 PM GOLD CONCENTRATIONS IN FIELD COLLECTIONS 57 Table 5.2 Gold Concentrations in Selected Plants and Animals* Taxonomic Group, Species, and Other Variables Concentration Referencea Plants ... Students Construction workers 2898_book.fm Page 59 Monday, July 26, 2004 12:14 PM GOLD CONCENTRATIONS IN FIELD COLLECTIONS Table 5.2 (continued) 59 Gold Concentrations in Selected Plants and Animals* ... 12:14 PM 62 PERSPECTIVES ON GOLD AND GOLD MINING Hannington, M., P Herzig, S Scott, G Thompson, and P Rona 1991 Comparative mineralogy and geochemistry of gold-bearing sulfide deposits on the mid-ocean...

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... macdonaldi) was severely inhibited in a dose-dependent fashion by monovalent gold ions and other strongly oxidizing metal ions — especially Ag+, Cu+2, and Hg+2 — at concentrations of 100 mg/L and ... sulfur and sulfide oxidation by ferric ions from bacterial oxidation of ferrous ions The maximum concentration of attached Thiobacillus increases with increasing concentration of Fe+2 and decreases ... (Ag+)-induced contractions in skeletal muscle and that intracellular Au+3 activates the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca+2 release channel to partially contribute to the tonic contractions (Nihonyanagi and Oba...

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... union personnel, and others, also lack information about mercury transformations in the environment Education on the toxicological properties of mercury and its transformation products is strongly ... ago (de Lacerda and Salomons 1998) Contamination is reflected by elevated mercury concentrations in air, water, and diet, and in hair, urine, blood, and other tissues However, only a few studies ... order to conform to recognized safe occupational levels, implementation of more frequent medical examinations with emphasis on early detection and treatment of disease states, and continuation of...

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... affects eosinophil differentiation, adhesion, effector function, and survival, and is considered the most important cytokine in eosinophil regulation High concentrations of sodium gold thiomalate ... of his hands and fingers (Suarez et al 2000) At work, he handled, without gloves, a solution containing 5% gold trichloride and 0.006% cobalt and nickel He had no dental restorations and no previous ... Goldschlager (one of several brands of a cinnamon-flavored 2898_book.fm Page 122 Monday, July 26, 2004 12:14 PM 122 PERSPECTIVES ON GOLD AND GOLD MINING schnapps containing 53% ethanol and 10 to 23...

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... massive and often contain acid-forming rocks and metal contaminants, they pose environmental hazards when exposed to air and water At present, billions of tons of waste rock left on the American landscape ... Environ Contam Toxicol., 61, 548–556 U.S National Academy of Sciences (USNAS), National Research Council, Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands 1999 Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands National ... erosion and sedimentation, acidic mine drainage, and tailings wastes Suspended solids in wastewater and runoff 2898_book.fm Page 184 Monday, July 26, 2004 12:14 PM 184 PERSPECTIVES ON GOLD AND...

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... cyanide concentrations >20 µg/L and adverse effects on swimming and reproduction at >5 µg/L Exclusion from cyanide solutions or reductions of cyanide concentrations to nontoxic levels are the only ... of evapoconcentrated water containing high concentrations of toxic constituents (Atkinson 2002) Questions that commonly arise about pit lake hydrology concern the number and amounts of contaminants ... ultraviolet radiation, aldehyde treatment, ozonization, acidification–volatilization–neutralization, ion exchange, activated carbon absorption, electrolytic decomposition, catalytic oxidation, treatment...

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