Background The SOLAR and HELIOSPHERIC ...............operations. Large radio dishes around the world, OBSERVATORY (SOHO) project [SOHO Web which form NASA's Deep Space Network Page] is being carried out by the European Space (DSN), are used to track the spacecraft beyond Agency (ESA) and the US National Aeronautics .... the Earth's orbit. Mission control is based at and Space Administration (NA...

This is a concept paper and it is an update of earlier papers on autonomous intelligent control systems by the author and collaborators. In the present paper the emphasis is on simplifying and explaining important concepts on autonomy and neither completeness of exposition is sought nor supporting documentation is included beyond the sources of this conceptual framework.. It is important to not...

Given an assembly task as specified by a sequence of subtasks, an autonomous assembly system is capable to achieve the specified goal within a known or unknown environment, without human interaction, from an initial unknown location, with uncertain sensing, uncertain execution, and uncertain actuation. Given an automotive general assembly task and its associated environment, autonomous assembly...

and social issues related to adjustable autonomy and its applications. Second, Dimensions of Adjustable Autonomy discussed the varied dimensions and interpretations of adjustable autonomy, seeking a core definition and theme statement. Third, Future Directions discussed the future research directions for adjustable autonomy systems, including challenge problems, practical applications, and metr...

Professional nurse autonomy, an essential attribute of a discipline striving for full professional status, is often confused with personal autonomy, work autonomy or aggregate professional autonomy. Using Walker & Avant's (1995) model for concept analysis, this paper presents an analysis of professional nurse autonomy. Professional nurse autonomy is defined as belief in the centrality of the cl...

This paper uses robot experience to explore key concepts of autonomy, life and being. Unfortunately, there are no widely accepted definitions of autonomy, life or being. Using a new cognitive agent architecture we argue that autonomy is a key ingredient for both life and being, and set about exploring autonomy as a concept and a capability. Some schools of thought regard autonomy as the key cha...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation of behavioral autonomy to psychological, behavioral, and physical health among emerging adults with and without type 1 diabetes. METHODS High school seniors with (n = 118) and without type 1 diabetes (n = 122) completed online questionnaires for three consecutive years. Behavioral autonomy, psychological health, risk behaviors, and diabetes outcomes were asse...

We investigated the structural requirements for bombesin (BB)-like peptides to stimulate amylase secretion in rat pancreatic acini and examined the responsible intracellular signal transduction pathways. The tetradecapeptide BB-(1-14) was a full agonist, whereas the heptapeptide BB-(8-14) did not evoke amylase secretion. The mammalian BB analog neuromedin C decapeptide [NMC-(5-14)] was as poten...