introduction recently, the presence of residents and their behavior in the urban space have become so important that manycontemporary urban theorists view the presentera as the “turn of urban space and what is happening in it”. the importance of urban behaviors and activities could be discussed from different points of view. in the contemporary literature of urban design, the mutual interaction...

While techniques exist for simulating group behaviors, these methods usually only provide simplistic navigation and planning capabilities. In this work, we explore the benefits of integrating roadmap-based path planning methods with flocking techniques. We show how group behaviors such as exploring can be facilitated by using dynamic roadmaps (e.g., modifying edge weights) as an implicit means ...

BACKGROUND To examine the effects of a short-term weight reducing program on body composition, eating behaviors, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) of sedentary obese women characterized by different obesity degrees. METHODS 44 women with a BMI under 34.9 kg/m(2) and 39 women with a BMI above 35 kg/m(2) were studied. Fat mass and lean mass (electrical bioimpedance), eating behaviors (T...

Alcohol dependence is a chronic relapsing disorder similar to other major psychiatry disorders. Alcoholism is considered to be stressful to the family members. This study attempted to examine the behaviors family members report more distressful in frequency and also in their severities. Family members, mostly spouses of fifty males with alcohol dependence were interviewed for the behaviors whic...

Youth in rural areas are exposed to all-terrain vehicles, but little is known about their knowledge of vehicle safety and likelihood apply such knowledge. The purpose this needs assessment was determine what 4-H youth Georgia knew operating procedures. A total 287 fourth through sixth grade completed a previously validated behavior test administered during regularly scheduled afterschool club m...

The Delta4 biplanar diode array dosimeter was validated for helical tomotherapy delivery QA. The basic detector characteristics were found to be satisfactory in terms of short-term reproducibility (0.1%), linearity (<0.1%), dose rate dependence (0.4%), and absolute calibration accuracy (0.4% in the center of the phantom compared with the independently calibrated diode). Relative calibration of ...

This paper presents a multiagent framework designed to animate groups of synthetic humans that properly balance task oriented and social behaviors. The work presented in this paper focuses on the BDI agents and the social model integrated to provide socially acceptable decisions. The social model provides rationality, to control the global coordination of the group, and sociability, to simulate...