A novel hybrid method for tracking multiple indistinguishable maneuvering targets using a wireless sensor network is introduced in this paper. The problem of tracking the location of targets is formulated as a Maximum Likelihood Estimation. We propose a hybrid optimization method, which consists of an iterative and a heuristic search method, for finding the location of targets simultaneously. T...

INTRODUCTION Education research and scholarship are essential for promotion of faculty as well as dissemination of new educational practices. Educational faculty frequently spend the majority of their time on administrative and educational commitments and as a result educators often fall behind on scholarship and research. The objective of this educational advance is to promote scholarly produc...

Background: The relationship between premature birth and early cognitive function as measured by eye-tracking data remains unexplored. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of prematurity on the development of object permanence and attention capacity using eye-tracking measures. Methods: We prospectively studied very low birth weight (VLBW < 1500 g) preterm infants who were admitted...

Concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), can cause persistent behavioral symptoms and cognitive impairment, but it is unclear if this condition is associated with detectable structural or functional brain changes. At two sites, chronic mTBI human subjects with persistent post-concussive symptoms (three months to five years after injury) and age- and education-matched healthy human con...

Global energy consumption is dramatically increasing due to higher standard of living and the increasing world population. The world has limited fossil and oil resources. As a consequence, the need for renewable energy sources becomes more urgent. With the fast development of renewable energy technology, it proposes increasing demand for the higher education. This project is funded by the Natio...

This paper proposes an algorithm for visual-inertialcamera pose tracking, using adaptive recursive particle filtering.The method benefits from the agility of inertial-based androbustness of vision-based tracking. A proposal distribution hasbeen developed for the selection of the particles, which takes intoaccount the characteristics of the Inertial Measurement Unit(IMU) ...

OBJECTIVE Understanding dietary tracking may help to inform interventions to improve dietary intakes and health outcomes. This study investigated how a dietary pattern (DP) associated with increased adiposity in childhood tracked from 7 to 13 years of age, in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). DESIGN AND METHODS Three-day food diaries were collected at 7, 10 and 13 ...

Over the last years eye tracking became more and more popular. A variety of new eye-tracker models and algorithms for eye tracking data processing emerged. On the one hand this multitude of hardand software brought many advantages, on the other hand the diversity of devices and measures impedes the comparability and repeatability of eye-tracking studies. While supply of eye tracking software is...

Based on dynamic modeling, robust trajectory tracking control of attitude and position of a spherical mobile robot is proposed. In this paper, the spherical robot is composed of a spherical shell and three independent rotors which act as the inner driver mechanism. Owing to rolling without slipping assumption, the robot is subjected to two nonholonomic constraints. The state space representatio...