LAMA is a propositional planning system based on heuristic search. Its core feature is the use of a pseudo-heuristic derived from landmarks, propositions that must be true in every solution of a planning task. It builds on the Fast Downward Planning System, using non-binary (but finite domain) state variables, and multi-heuristic search. A weighted A∗ search is used with iteratively decreasing ...

Introduction Patients who walk out of the Emergency Department having not waited for treatment (DNW) or against medical advice (LAMA) represent an at risk group in the patient population. Previous literature has attempted to profile these patients under various parameters and to identify the factors which influence their decision to leave. Little to no research has been carried out on the relat...

This article presents an algorithm that determines safe motions for an articulated rover on rough terrains. It relies on the evaluation of a set of elementary trajectories on a digital elevation map built as the rover moves. The algorithm relies on the explicit computation of geometric constraints on the rover chassis. It has been integrated within a continuously running navigation loop on boar...

Abbreviations: Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, GOLD; forced expiratory volume in 1 second, FEV1; inhaled corticosteroid, ICS; long-acting muscarinic antagonist, LAMA; long-acting beta2-agonists, LABA; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD Citation: Balkissoon R. Journal club: Inhaled corticosteroids—refining our understanding of their role in maintenance treatment ...

We humans tend to believe that the world has always existed in the form in which we know it. History is fine as an object of study, but we rarely make the effort to really situate ourselves in the past. If we ask most pulmonologists who have started or finished their training this century about the origins of inhaled treatment for obstructive lung disease, we might be surprised to find how litt...

The paper presents an approach to reactive navigation in cross country terrains The approach relies on a particular probabilistic obstacle detection procedure that describes the area perceived by a pair of stereo cameras as a set of polygonal cells To generate the motion commands on the basis of this terrain description we present some improvements and adaptations to the classical potential eld...

Heath, D., Smith, P., Wifliams, D., Harris, P., Arias-Stella, J, and Kriiger; H. (1974). Thorax, 29, 463-471. The heart and pulmonary vasculature of the llama (Lama glama). A qualitative and quantitative histological study was made of the pulmonary trunk and muscular pulmonary arteries of a male and a pregnant female llama born and living at an altitude of 4,720 m above sea-level in the Peruvia...

Factors affecting survival of young from birth to weaning (7 mo) in alpacas (Lama pacos) were evaluated in data collected at the Estacion Experimental de Camelidos Sudamericanos La Raya in the Altiplano region of Peru. Age of dam effects on survival rate were curvilinear; survival rate increased from approximately 78% for offspring of 3-yr-old dams to about 91% for those from 9- to 11-yr-old da...

G. FORT1,*,∗ , E. MOULINES1,**,∗ , P. PRIOURET2,† , P. VANDEKERKHOVE3,‡ LTCI, TELECOM ParisTech & CNRS, 46 rue Barrault, 75634 Paris Cedex 13, France E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] LPMA, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Bôıte courrier 188 75252 PARIS Cedex 05, France E-mail: †[email protected] LAMA, Univ. Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, Cité Descarte...