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Chapter and Conference Paper
Novel Position Control for Ensuring Feasible Tension Distribution of Cable-Driven Parallel Manipulators
Cable-Driven Parallel Robots are considered an effective automated solution to tackle some open industrial problems such as the manipulation of large payloads into a large workspace. They are considered fully-...
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Mediastinal Lymphoma
There is a group of Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma that can initially manifest themselves as a primary mediastinal disease. These include nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma (NSHL); primary mediastinal large ...
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Chapter
Towards Imitation of Human Driving Style in Car Racing Games
In this chapter we focus on creating believable drivers for car racing games. We describe some racing controllers from the commercial games and the academic researchers, their particular features, what are the...
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A Machine Consciousness Approach to the Design of Human-Like Bots
This chapter introduces Machine Consciousness as a new research field applied to the development of human-like behaviour of non-player characters (NPCs) in video games. Key aspects, advantages, and challenges...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evolutionary Genetic Algorithms in a Constraint Satisfaction Problem: Puzzle Eternity II
This paper evaluates a genetic algorithm and a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm in a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). The problem that has been chosen is the Eternity II puzzle (E2), an edge-matchin...
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Open AccessFrequent promoter hypermethylation of RASSF1A and CASP8 in neuroblastoma
Epigenetic alterations and loss of heterozygosity are mechanisms of tumor suppressor gene inactivation. A new carcinogenic pathway, targeting the RAS effectors has recently been documented. RASSF1A, on 3p21.3,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design of a Neural Network Model as a Decision Making Aid in Renal Transplant
This paper presents the application of this new tool of data processing in the study of the problem that arises when a renal transplant is indicated for a paediatric patient. Its aim is the development and val...
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Rural Poverty and Development
Since 1985, Bolivia has been successful in stabilizing its economy, liberalizing its domestic markets, making its currency fully convertible and integrating its economy to international markets. Moreover, sinc...
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Article
Copper-algae interactions: Inheritance or adaptation?
This study evaluated the responses of wild, adult plants of Enteromorpha compressa, and their progeny, to various copper concentrations. Experiments were designed to test the hypotheses that: 1) individuals of E....
