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This paper uses a light-matching tracking study to determine the human frequency band pass characteristics in the presence of significantly large external transmission delays which are introduced into the stimulus-response information loop. Such delays occur in real time operation of vehicles and other equipment which is at some distance from the operator (near earth or deep orbit, surface of the moon, etc.). When information in the visual sensory channel is delayed because of transmission times between man's controlling action and the displayed results, this interacts with the relatively short normal delay of the other sensory feedback loops such as tactual and kinesthetic information loops, causing substantial phase interference problems between otherwise in-phase parallel sensory information channels. A representative model was used for the human transfer function for the system studied, which matched the experimental data reasonably well. The maximum frequency at which a person could meaningfully accept and act on random inputs (where the cut-off point was defined as the 3 db down point) is fco = 0.16/(T + 0.15)0.85 for a T second transmission delay.

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The management and supervision of sex offenders in the community -- chapter 3 Circles of Support and Accountability -- chapter 4 From 'containment' to the 'good life' -- chapter 5 The Core Members -- chapter 6 The volunteers -- chapter 7 The professionals -- chapter 8 Communication, collaboration and information exchange -- chapter 9 Conclusions -- chapter Annex -- Methodology.

"Circles of Support and Accountability is a voluntary initiative that assists people with convictions for sexual offences to resettle in the community. People leaving prison with such convictions often have difficulties in resettling. They carry the burden of the conviction itself, which may be both stigmatising and isolating, and they are the subject of sex offender register requirements, parole and other supervisory conditions. Circles of Support and Accountability in the UK started over ten years ago and have slowly spread across the country. They work closely with the police and probation services but rely entirely on volunteers prepared to give up their time to work with people often otherwise shunned by communities. Circles offer support to the person concerned but also hold them accountable for their future behaviour. They aim to ensure there are ́ 'no more victimś';. This book is based on original research and provides a close-up picture of how these Circles of Support and Accountability work in practice. It brings together for the first time the voices of all the participants, from the offenders and the volunteers through to the Coordinators who link the volunteers to the professionals in the form of the police and probation services."--Provided by publisher.

The influential philosopher Daniel Dennett is best known for his distinctive theory of mental content, his elucidation of how the complex components of mental processing seem to come together in the relatively coherent narratives that we tell ourselves about ourselves and in his vivid accounts of how to think about minds in their evolutionary setting. The essays in this collection step back to ask: Do the complex components of Dennett's work on intentionality, consciousness, evolution, and ethics themselves come together into a coherent philosophical system?The essays, which grew out of a conference attended by Dennett, consider evolution, intentionality, consciousness, ontology, and ethics and free will. Unusually, for a collection of this kind, the authors were able to take account of Dennett's comments on their views. In the concluding essay, "With a Little Help from My Friends," Dennett offers his own thoughts on the comprehensiveness of his philosophy.ContributorsAndrew Brook, Timothy Crowe, Daniel C. Dennett, Paul Dumouchel, Timothy Kenyon, Dan Lloyd, Ruth Garrett Millikan, T. Brian Mooney, Thomas Polger, David Rosenthal, Don Ross, William Seager, David Thompson, Christopher Viger