There are many path planning algorithms designed for mobile robots with software implementation. In the case of dynamic environments high-speed planning and recomputation of paths is necessary to avoid collision of robots with moving objects. A hardware-efficient algorithm is presented for finding a path of a mobile robot on image of an environment captured by an overhead camera. The algorithm ...

We present short proofs on the mistake bounds of the 1-nearest neighbor algorithm on an online prediction problem of path labels. The algorithm is one of key ingredients in the algorithm by Herbster, Lever, and Pontil for general graphs. Our proofs are combinatorial and naturally show that the algorithm works when the set of labels is not binary.

With the ease of appending new nodes without re-installing whole network, Internet Things (IoT) builds several smart applications on Wireless Mesh Network (WMN). One important aspects integrating WMN and IoT is to provide an energy-efficient reliable routing protocol. Seeking communication route that delivers high-quality stream quickly over issue, but maximum utilization a single path leads po...

In this work, one and two-dimensional lattices are studied theoretically by a statistical mechanical approach. The nearest and next-nearest neighbor interactions are both taken into account, and the approximate thermodynamic properties of the lattices are calculated. The results of our calculations show that: (1) even though the next-nearest neighbor interaction may have an insignificant ef...

Strong evidence suggests a role for nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) neuropeptide and its receptor (NOP) in cognition. However, the signaling mechanisms underlying N/OFQ modulation of memory are less understood. Here, we show that intracerebroventricular or intrahippocampal infusions of N/OFQ impair long-term memory formation in the mouse object recognition task. The synthetic NOP receptor agonis...

Nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ), the nociceptin opioid peptide (NOP) receptor ligand, increases feeding when injected centrally. Initial data suggest that N/OFQ blocks the development of a conditioned taste aversion (CTA). The current project further characterized the involvement of N/OFQ in the regulation of hunger vs. aversive responses in rats by employing behavioral, immunohistochemical, and...

We present a machine learning technique that recognizes patterns of normal movement, using GPS data and time stamps, to gain the ability to detect regions of time containing abnormal movement. We argue people move throughout regions of time in established patterns, and a person’s normal movement can be learned by machines. We use intelligent features extracted from raw GPS data with time stamps...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain is common in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), but the co-morbidity of fibromyalgia (FM) has yet to be investigated in MS. Objectives of the study were to evaluate, among the various types of chronic pain, the frequency of FM in MS and its impact on MS patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). MATERIAL AND METHODS 133 MS patients were investigated for the p...