A distribution of anaphoric elements roughly like that found in English occurs in languages around the world: There are certain lexical items that occur only with antecedents which ccommand them and which are located in the same local domain (roughly, clause) as the anaphoric elements. In contrast, other anaphoric elements are unable to take c-commanding antecedents within the local domain. The...

Robots are versatile mechanical devices equipped with actuators and sensors under the control of a computing system They perform tasks by executing motions in the physical space This space is populated by various objects and is subject to the laws of nature A typical task consists of achieving a goal spatial arrangement of objects from a given initial arrangement for example assembling a produc...

Fire-tower is effectively applied in forest fire prevention and commanding system, especially in fire monitor and position. After explaining the significance of scientific planning of fire-tower, this paper analyzes GIS`s functions in building forest fire prevention system. This paper uses case study method, which designs a model, fire tower planning and analysis, based on MapGIS platform. Afte...

Why research Raoul Hoffmann and the evolution of external skeletal fixation? [1] As a young surgeon assigned to duty on the Hospital Ship Sanctuary during the Vietnam War, I was flown in and reported to the Commanding Officer. The Captain said my assignment was in Orthopedics. I replied ‘my main interest is in Neurosurgery.’ He said there were no neurosurgeons on the hospital ship so he could s...

Dr. J. L. Hendley, Civil Medical Officer, Balasore, is allowed furlough for one year, under Article 371 of the Civil Service Regulations, with effect from the 13th April 1S96, or any subsequent date on which he may avail himself of it. The services of Surgeon-Lieutenant L. Rogers, M.B., F.R.C.S., Indian Medical Service (Bengal), are placed temporarily at the disposal of the Chief Commissioner o...

In this paper we developed a control scheme for a Quanser Flexible Link experiment. The purpose of the paper is to design a controller which reduces (eliminates) the undamped oscillations of the tip of the beam while commanding the tip to a desired position. First, we design a control scheme with a model predictive controller. Model predictive control (MPC) is a well-known technique used to (su...

The music is able to awaken the most varied emotions in humans. According to Robert et al. (1988), listening to music, the ear transforms sound into electrical signals reaching the brain leading to increased production of endorphins. This hormone causes a sensation of wellbeing and relaxes the body, reducing heart rate and blood pressure. Human organism is endowed with a sound system capable of...

In October 2013 the MARLANT N02OR team of DRDC, Centre for Operational Research and Analysis (CORA) was asked by Commander Canadian Fleet Atlantic (COMCANFLTLANT) to collaborate with the Commanding Officer (CO) and Weapons Officer (WpnsO) from HMCS Charlottetown on a high-level analysis of the change – if any – in the scope and complexity of the fleet’s operations over time. More concisely, the...

Operating a rover on Mars is not possible using teleoperations due to the distance involved and the bandwidth limitations. Instead, rovers are autonomous and go about their operations in an unsupervised mode. To operate these rovers requires sophisticated tools to make operators knowledgeable of the terrain, hazards, features of interest, and rover state and limitations, and to support building...

The Plan Execution Interchange Language (PLEXIL) is an open source synchronous language developed by NASA for commanding and monitoring autonomous systems. This paper reports the development of the PLEXIL’s Formal Interactive Verification Environment (PLEXIL5), a graphical interface to the formal executable semantics of PLEXIL. Among its main features, PLEXIL5 provides model checking of plans w...