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As we have learned, depending on the method through which cocaine is introduced into your body (either snorted, injected, or inhaled), the drug travels a quick route to its ultimate goal your brain. In the brain, cocaine ultimately undergoes a critical transformation from a source of pleasure to a desperate craving or need. 

Because the attachment has been so strong, these separations can be hard to make both for parents and only children. The little child may be reluctant to leave the security of parents for the challenges of school. The early adolescent may be reluctant to push against and pull away from parents and begin to assert social independence. The older adolescent may be reluctant to leave the security of home for the insecurity of living on one s own. Separation for parents and only children can be hard to do. The capacities for both attachment and separation are required, however, if parents are going to encourage the child to learn dependence (from attachment) and independence (from separation). 

The rate of improvement depends on the amount that can be learned. The more that can be learned, the more will be learned. The amount that can be learned depends upon two factors (1) amount of previous experience with the product and (2) extent of mechanization. Table 14 gives manufacturing progress as a function of the manual / machine ratio. Allemang (1977) estimates percent progress from... 

The selection of the most suitable types of inhibitors must be scientifically substantiated, and their proper dosing should be learned, depending on the intensity of the mechanical influences. The creation of such principles, as well as the elucidation of the interaction of photo-, thermo-, and mechanodestruction processes in pol3rmers are undoubtedly primary problems in this important and very interesting field of phenomena. 

Adequate data pre-processing. The accuracy of the function learned depends strongly on how the input patterns are represented. Data preprocessing intends to increase the robustness of classification, i.e. by normalisation, and also includes the steps of feature selection and feature reduction that reduce the dimensionality of the classification problem. 

At first, Thorndike s subjects tried various random behaviors. When a behavior resulted in no gain, the behavior was less likely to occur again. However, when a behavior was followed by success, the behavior was much more likely to be repeated. Thorndike s subjects learned to solve the problems with greater and greater ease by discovering which behavior worked and then repeating that behavior. He coined the "Law of Effect" to refer to the fact that learning depends upon the consequences of behavior. 

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Depending on the type of problem, different netw ork architectures and different learning strategics can be applied. When addressing a problem decisions on the following questions arc crucial ... 

Multiple linear regression is strictly a parametric supervised learning technique. A parametric technique is one which assumes that the variables conform to some distribution (often the Gaussian distribution) the properties of the distribution are assumed in the underlying statistical method. A non-parametric technique does not rely upon the assumption of any particular distribution. A supervised learning method is one which uses information about the dependent variable to derive the model. An unsupervised learning method does not. Thus cluster analysis, principal components analysis and factor analysis are all examples of unsupervised learning techniques. 

Discriminant emalysis is a supervised learning technique which uses classified dependent data. Here, the dependent data (y values) are not on a continuous scale but are divided into distinct classes. There are often just two classes (e.g. active/inactive soluble/not soluble yes/no), but more than two is also possible (e.g. high/medium/low 1/2/3/4). The simplest situation involves two variables and two classes, and the aim is to find a straight line that best separates the data into its classes (Figure 12.37). With more than two variables, the line becomes a hyperplane in the multidimensional variable space. Discriminant analysis is characterised by a discriminant function, which in the particular case of hnear discriminant analysis (the most popular variant) is written as a linear combination of the independent variables ... 

The drawback of the statistical approach is that it depends on a model, and models are bound to oversimplify. Nevertheless, we can learn a great deal from the attempt to evaluate thermodynamic properties from molecular models, even if the effort falls short of quantitative success. 

AVP is excitatory in the ventral hippocampus, either directly or by potentiation of glutamatergic responses. An inhibitory effect has been observed in AVP may be involved in the formation of long-term potentiation and thus learning and memory. However, AVP is proconvulsive, may augment the formation of dmg tolerance and dependence, and affects cardiovascular regulatory processes. 

The vomeronasal organ (VNO), located in the nose, is a small chemical sensing stmcture associated with odors and behavioral effects. The vomeronasal system, which is made up of the VNO and a portion of the brain s limbic system, is stmcturaHy independent of the olfactory and nervous terminalis systems in the nose. It may, however, interact with these systems in a manner dependent on prior experience or learning, and therefore be direcdy related to the association of smells and experiences. This independent chemosensory system in the nose may prove to open doors to new learning associated with the sense of smell and human behavior. 

Some important conclusions can be learned from this simple model. First, it shows that does not depend on polymer molecular weight,... 

The performance of a catalyst often depends as much on the care and method of preparation as on the identity of the active components. This fact has been learned by many who have failed to obtain reproducibiUty among catalyst preparations ia the laboratory or have been responsible for quaUty assurance ia catalyst manufacture. Also, there are many examples of strong effects of trace impurities ia raw material or catalyst support on catalyst performance. 

Once adopted, plans should be periodically reviewed (depending on the project) and evaluated for effectiveness and cost/benefit. If the scope of work or any worksite hazards change significantly or if lessons learned indicate a review, the plans should be revised promptly... 

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