WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU ARE CONSCIOUS? AN AGNOSTICIST MANIFESTO

What makes you think you are conscious? An agnosticist manifesto

The qualitative character of consciousness, its what-it-is-likeness, is a contested issue, both in philosophy and psychology.I argue that, rather than by conceptual analyses, the status of what-it-is-likeness has to be decided by empirical investigation.Pending the outcome, we should maintain an agnostic stance, in order to remove the bias in favor

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Theory analyses and applications of magnetic fluids in sealing

Abstract Magnetic fluids are the suspensions composed of magnetic nanoparticles, surfactants, and non-magnetic copyright liquids.Magnetic fluids are widely used in various fields, especially in sealing, because of their excellent features, including rapid magnetic Wheels response, flexible flow ability, tunable magneto-viscous effect, and reliable

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Improved Deep Transfer Auto-Encoder for Fault Diagnosis of Gearbox Under Variable Working Conditions With Small Training Samples

It is considerable to solve practical fault diagnosis task of gearbox under variable working conditions by introducing sufficient auxiliary data.For this purpose, a new approach called improved deep transfer auto-encoder is proposed for intelligent diagnosis of gearbox faults under variable working conditions with small training samples.First, mult

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Tawny owl Strix aluco as a potential transmitter of Enterobacteriaceae epidemiologically relevant for forest service workers, nature protection service and ornithologists

Established taxa Home Diagnostic Kits within the Enterobacteriaceae wereisolated from cloacal swabs of Strix aluco chicks in nest boxes located at five research sites.ChromID ESBL medium (bioMerieux) was used to select a pool of Enterobacteriaceae strains producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.Drug sensitivity of the chosen strains was determi

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