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Dynamical Model of Mobile Robot Including Slipping of Carrying Objects Mamoru Minami∗1, Takeshi Ikeda∗2 and Motoya Takeuchi∗3 ∗1 Dep. of Human and Artificial Intelligence Systems, Faculty of Engineering, University of Fukui 3-9-1, Bunkyo, Fukui 910-8507, Japan TEL/FAX : +81-776-27-8527 ∗2 Dep. of System Design Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui 3-9-1, Bunkyo, Fukui...

We use magnetic thin film hard/non/soft-magnetic trilayer systems to probe the nature of the hard–soft phase interaction and the role played by dipolar fields in onedimensional (d) magnetic systems. We have systematically A.J. Zambano ( ) · H. Oguchi · I. Takeuchi Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Center for Superconductivity Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD...

PURPOSE To identify the causative mutation of canine progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) segregating as an adult onset autosomal recessive disorder in the Basenji breed of dog. METHODS Basenji dogs were ascertained for the PRA phenotype by clinical ophthalmoscopic examination. Blood samples from six affected cases and three nonaffected controls were collected, and DNA extraction was used for a ...

exchange-coupled Fe/CoPt systems H. Oguchi, A. Zambano, M. Yu, J. Hattrick-Simpers, D. Banerjee, Y. Liu, Z. L. Wang, J. P. Liu, S. E. Lofland, D. Josell, and I. Takeuchi Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA Advanced Materials Research Institute, University of New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA School of Materials Science and E...

Poor dark adaptation is a not uncommon symptom and may occur in a wide variety of diseases but its occurrence in one eye only is far less frequent. When it occurs unilaterally, an obvious ocular disease is generally present to account for it and visual functions other than that of dark adaptation are also depressed. Some subjects with poor dark adaptation may have no demonstrable ocular lesion ...

Blindness from retinal disease is often the consequence of extensive damage to the photoreceptor cell population, while other cell types which form the neural retina are relatively spared. In this setting, transplantation of photoreceptor cells could offer hope for the restoration of some degree of visual function. We tested the feasibility of this approach by transplanting immature retinal cel...

Invertebrates are sensitive to a broad spectrum of light that ranges from UV to red. Color sensitivity in the UV plays an important role in foraging, navigation, and mate selection in both flying and terrestrial invertebrate animals. Here, we show that a single amino acid polymorphism is responsible for invertebrate UV vision. This residue (UV: lysine vs blue:asparagine or glutamate) correspond...

The extent of visual processing that occurs outside of awareness is an unresolved issue of broad importance to the field of cognitive neuroscience. Research examining this question is predicated on the notion that any information that is represented in the brain, whether an individual is aware of it or not, holds the potential to affect subsequent behavior in a relevant way. Identifying the inf...

The inability of night-blind persons to see at low levels of illumination is usually attributed to a defect involving the biosynthesis of the visual pigment, rhodopsin. Accordingly, it has been assumed that the retinal rods of the congenital nyctalope are deficient in rhodopsin or its precursors. To test this hypothesis, fundus refiectometry was performed on two subjects, each having a differen...