This paper introduces the four-wheel-drive vehicle REMI, a testbed developed by SAGEM for research purposes in mobile robotics and intelligent car systems. The motion control architecture of the robot is presented, with an emphasis on the guidance and piloting modules. The latter relies on neural network techniques, and the principles underlying its design are outlined. A robust neural control ...

shear-wave velocity ( ) is an important parameter used for site characterization in geotechnical engineering. however, dispersion curve inversion is challenging for most inversion methods due to its high non-linearity and mix-determined trait. in order to overcome these problems, in this study, a joint inversion strategy is proposed based on the particle swarm optimization (pso) algorithm. the ...

BACKGROUND The increasing demand for anesthetic procedures in the gastrointestinal endoscopy area has not been followed by a similar increase in the methods to provide and control sedation and analgesia for these patients. In this study, we evaluated different combinations of propofol and remifentanil, administered through a target-controlled infusion system, to estimate the optimal concentrati...

BACKGROUND Deliberate hypotension is one way to achieve a bloodless surgical field in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). We compared two anaesthesia regimens to induce deliberate hypotension and attempted to determine the most efficient one. METHODS Fifty-nine patients undergoing ESS were minimized into two groups. In the CLO group, patients received I.V. sufentanil 0.15 µg/kg together with I.V....

ABSTRACT Fusarium graminearum is an important pathogen of small grains and maize in many areas of the world. To better understand the molecular mechanisms of F. graminearum pathogenesis, we used the restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI) approach to generate random insertional mutants. Eleven pathogenicity mutants were identified by screening 6,500 hygromycin-resistant transformants. Ge...

BACKGROUND The population is ageing rapidly and the proportion of patients aged ≥ 80 years undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is rising, but clinical trials have primarily been performed in younger patients. METHODS Patients undergoing primary PCI between 2003 and 2008 were subdivided into 3 groups: < 60, 60-79, and ≥ 80 years. Endpoints at 3-year follow-up included a...

a School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia e-mail: [email protected] 1 Department of Mathematics, Hasanuddin University, KM 10 Tamalanrea Makassar, Indonesia b Department of Applied Physics, University of Fukui, 910-8507 Fukui, Japan e-mail: [email protected] c Division of Mathematical Sciences, Osaka Kyoiku University, Osaka 582-8582, Japa...

Remi A. Carmigniani1,†, Michel Benoit2, Damien Violeau3 and Morteza Gharib4 1Saint-Venant Hydraulics Laboratory, Joint Research Unit EDF – Cerema – Ecole des Ponts, 78401 Chatou, France 2Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors-Equilibre (IRPHE, UMR 7342), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, 13013 Marseille, France 3EDF and Saint-Venant Hydraulics Laboratory, Joint Research...

Life-threatening side effects such as profound bradypnea or apnea and variable upper airway obstruction limit the use of opioids for analgesia. It is yet unclear which sites containing μ-opioid receptors (μORs) within the intact in vivo mammalian respiratory control network are responsible. The purpose of this study was 1) to define the pontine region in which μOR agonists produce bradypnea and...