Sentences with phrase «simple circuits of»

Eve Marder used the simple circuits of crustaceans to elucidate the dynamic interplay between flexibility and stability in the nervous system.

If you can't schedule those full - blown sweat sessions, still schedule 20 minutes at home where you do a simple circuit of sit - ups, lunges and push - ups, for example.

Lucky's desert shack, style of dress and laconic affect all scream «cowboy,» and he is indeed a rugged individualist, albeit one whom advanced age has reduced to a fairly simple circuit of activities.

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There's a simple reason why Tom Kite, 55 and a Hall of Famer, traded the sure - thing senior circuit for a long - shot return to the PGA Tour: He might not get another chance

Just one example: When you have to explain your cut in terms of a «circuit breaker,» you know you are not moving to a cleaner, simpler tax code.

Working with the Wilson - Cowan model, a widely - used model in computational neuroscience that describes the average activity of populations of interconnected neurons, Alonso has designed a new mathematical tool to help other neuroscientists explore the broad spectrum of responses possible from a simple neural circuit.

Spagnolo and colleagues argue that simple circuits among these neurons can also account for the sensations of harmony and dissonance.

Yet, as Collins, a biologist at the University of Miami's College of Arts and Sciences who studies the mechanics of neural circuits, notes, «Even the simplest animal with the simplest neural circuits have so much going on.»

«Whether this is the case or not, it is interesting that a simple circuit with just two populations of interconnected neurons can produce a similarly diverse repertoire of activity.»

Wörgötter and his colleagues designed RunBot to walk almost automatically, with a simple set of control circuits analyzing data from sensors in the legs and making minor adjustments along the way — a process similar to that of human walking, some neuroscientists believe.

For simple circuits the design process can often be done by one person without needing a planed or structured design process, but for more complex designs, teams of designers following a systematic approach with intelligently guided computer simulation are becoming increasingly common.

Researchers are also developing rudimentary models of signaling networks in cells and simple brain circuits.

Di Ventra's team took advantage of the development this year of memristors — electrical resistors that retain a memory of earlier voltages or currents applied and vary their resistance accordingly — to design a simple circuit that models the amoeba's gel - sol system.

He cautions there is a huge gap between the simple response of single - celled animals and the cognitive abilities of developed species, but adds there is no doubt that a combined set of simple circuit models will have more complex behaviour.

The group has built a simple electronic circuit that is capable of the same «intelligent» behaviour as Physarum, a unicellular organism — and say this could help us understand the origins of primitive intelligence.

They do not correspond to a simple stimulus / response linkage, but arise from the networking of different neural circuits.

They then attached strips of gold to both ends of each nanotube, creating a transistor, and linked up to three such devices in various ways to make circuits that would execute simple logical functions: flipping a signal from off to on or vice versa, turning two off signals into an on, storing a unit of information or creating an oscillating signal.

Nokia of Finland has redesigned the infrared sensor, putting a simple circuit with one function between the mains lead and the transformer and degaussing coil.

Even though it consumed almost three times as much power as the simplest circuit, it generated far fewer false positives; the simpler circuits often chewed through their energy savings by spuriously activating the rest of the chip.

Chemist Charles Lieber and co-workers at Harvard University created simple logic circuits incorporating up to six transistors by crisscrossing nanometer - wide wires of silicon and gallium - nitride, each junction of which forms a transistor.

They also hope to use what they learn from simple models of different tissue types to ultimately build functional human tissues like lung and kidney and neural circuits using larger - scale techniques.

«We are exploring this through modelling information processing in parts of the insect brain, and we find that often, exceedingly difficult tasks, for example in visual pattern recognition or floral scent learning, can be solved with extremely simple neural circuits.

On the circuit level, since a transistor is the most basic component in digital circuits, the improved uniformity in device characteristics, plus the beneficial effects from individual transistors eventually result in improved performance of a five - stage complementary ring oscillator circuit, one of the simplest digital circuits.

Neuroscientists at Duke University have introduced a new paradigm for brain - machine interfaces that investigates the physiological properties and adaptability of brain circuits, and how the brains of two or more animals can work together to complete simple tasks.

They connected three simple mechanical «flip - flops,» versions of the electronic circuits computers use to store RAM in a way that allowed cylindrical pegs to be either pushed or blocked from moving.

According to Porath, «This research paves the way for implementing DNA - based programmable circuits for molecular electronics, a new generation of computer circuits that can be more sophisticated, cheaper and simpler to make.»

The new memory, known as MRAM, is based on cheap materials and simple electrical circuits: a domestic fridge, a walkie - talkie, a car radio and a gallon of a common laboratory chemical.

This system of simple sensors and controllers provides three critical functions — data acquisition, control of power plants, and alarm display — and allows operators who sit at central control stations to perform certain tasks, such as opening or closing a circuit breaker.

The defensive siphon and gill withdrawal reflex of Aplysia is a simple reflex mediated by a well - defined neural circuit.

A team of IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland with support from colleagues in Yorktown Heights, New York has developed a relatively simple, robust and versatile process for growing crystals made from compound semiconductor materials that will allow them be integrated onto silicon wafers — an important step toward making future computer chips that will allow integrated circuits to continue shrinking in size and cost even as they increase in performance.

The results take the form of «quantum circuits,» which are sequences of physical operations that prepare a state of interest from a simple initial state.

Instead of the simple manipulation of single genes, he wants to engineer many genes to work together, like transistors wired in a circuit.

As he demonstrates the swimming behavior of robots, made from Tupperware and simple circuits, in the large pool in his laboratory at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, he almost seems to float a few inches off the floor.

To make one of their simplest circuits, Wong's team inserted four extra snippets of DNA after a promoter.

The circuit, which can be customized to respond to different types of tumor, is based on the simple AND gates used in electronics.

In a subsequent Nature paper, the Caltech researchers showed off the power of their technique by building a DNA - based circuit that could play a simple memory game.

«Simulated honeybees can use simple brain circuits for complex learning: Bees lacking insect equivalent of the cerebral cortex may still be able to learn odors.»

The circuit board, known as an Arduino, runs simple software programs, like the one Cooper wrote to flash short bursts of blue light at dishes of cells.

Like the Tour lab's previous discovery of silicon oxide memories, the new devices require only two electrodes per circuit, making them simpler than present - day flash memories that use three.

Plenary Address: Scot Waddell Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK Bending the not so simple mind of the fly

With improvements of coherence times by over 5 order of magnitude, it is now possible to implement simple quantum algorithms with these circuits.

The workouts are super simple — each consists of two different circuits that you repeat twice (at seven minutes each).

Even if it's just a quick Tabata, or just a quick little weightlifting circuit where you kinda do upper - lower, upper - lower and just kind of a simple circuit for 15 - 20 minutes.

After that, perform three simple set of the below - mentioned circuit.

Circuit Basics will give you that information and provide a simple and comprehensive way to start your journey into the fascinating world of electronics.

These materials later become a cardboard ship with a pulley system of sails, including simple circuits and LED lights.

A lighting system can also act as a simple, but effective means of reducing the opportunity for people to hide in the grounds and supports the capture of good quality images on a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system.

Students learn how simple scientific principles can be used in sophisticated applications, how electric circuits can be switched on and off, and the factors that can affect the strength of an electromagnet.

An engaging activity students will make a simple infrared circuit to develop their understanding of this technology.

Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram