Adaptive bias — is the idea that the human brain has evolved to reason adaptively, rather than truthfully or even rationally, and that cognitive bias may have evolved as a mechanism to reduce the overall cost of cognitive errors as opposed to merely reducing the … Wikipedia
Adaptive quality of service — Quality of Service (QoS) Routing Protocols have become increasingly poplular and have numerous applications. One application in which it is extremely useful is in Ad Hoc networks. The United States Air Force is determining the best way to employ… … Wikipedia
Adaptive immune system — The adaptive immune system is composed of highly specialized, systemic cells and processes that eliminate or prevent pathogenic challenges. Thought to have arisen in the first jawed vertebrates, the adaptive or specific immune system is activated … Wikipedia
Adaptive grammar — An adaptive grammar is a formal grammar that explicitly provides mechanisms within the formalism to allow its own production rules to be manipulated. Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Early history 1.2 Collaborative efforts … Wikipedia
adaptive routing — A mechanism that allows a network to reroute messages dynamically, using the best available path, if a portion of the network fails. See also alternative route … Dictionary of networking
Euler-Liljestrand mechanism — The Euler Liljestrand mechanism describes the connection between ventilation and blood circulation (perfusion) of the lung. If the ventilation in a part of the lung decreases, this leads to local hypoxia and to vasoconstriction in that part. This … Wikipedia
Pachypodium — Taxobox name = Pachypodium image width = 250px image caption = The pachycaule trunk of Pachypodium lamerei regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Apocynaceae genus = Pachypodium genus… … Wikipedia
dormancy — /dawr meuhn see/, n. the state of being dormant. [1780 90; DORM(ANT) + ANCY] * * * ▪ biology Introduction state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when… … Universalium
Sensory gating — is a process by which the brain adjusts its response to stimuli. It is a largely automatic process. When one stimulus is presented, there is a response. But when it is followed by a second stimulus soon after, the response to the second stimulus… … Wikipedia
radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… … Universalium
Culture theory — This article is about culture. For Cultural Theory, see Cultural Theory of risk. Culture theory is the branch of anthropology and semiotics (not to be confused with cultural sociology or cultural studies) that seeks to define the heuristic… … Wikipedia