OF THE DISSERTATION Optimal Control for Biological Movement Systems by Weiwei Li Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Sciences (Aerospace Engineering) University of California, San Diego, 2006 Professor Emanuel Todorov, Chair Professor Robert E. Skelton, Co-Chair Optimal control model of biological movement provides a natural starting point for describing observed everyday behavior, and is so fa...

Solution-based metal oxide thin films allow the achievement of ultralow-power and high-density resistive-switching (RS) devices by using low-cost simple processes being compatible with large-area manufacturing. By controlling key parameters synthesis categorized in article number 2004328 Emanuel Carlos, Asal Kiazadeh, Elvira Fortunato, co-workers, performance solution-based RS is enhanced to be...

J Am Ceram Soc. 2022;105(8):5380–94. Nils-Christian Petry, Anke Silvia Ulrich, Bo Feng, Emanuel Ionescu, Mathias Christian Galetz, Maren Lepple In Table 1, the kv-values for samples oxidized at 1300°C 100 h in synthetic air should be given 10−8 g cm−2 s−1. kp 10−10 (g2 cm−4 s−1) kv (g R250h (−) R2100h

Journal Article Dominique Kalifa. The Belle Époque: A Cultural History, Paris and Beyond. Translated by Susan Emanuel. Get access New York: Columbia University Press, 2021. Pp. 252. Paper $30.00. Michael Miller of Miami, US Email: [email protected] Search for other works this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Historical Review, Volume 128, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 1026–1027, ...

Care for vulnerable elders, many of whom may be near the end of life, has come under increasing scrutiny in the past decade. Studies demonstrate inadequate quality of care with regard to symptom control, matching of care with patient preferences, and optimal resource use at the end of life (1). Several expert panels have concluded that end-of-life care requires improvement (2–4). Their recommen...

BACKGROUND Hans Asperger drew attention to individuals who show the core symptoms of autism in the presence of high verbal intelligence. METHODS A review of the literature explores current issues concerning the diagnosis and nature of Asperger syndrome. RESULTS The behavioural and neurophysiological evidence to date suggests that Asperger syndrome is a variant of autism typically occurring ...

This special issue brings together empirical studies that investigate how bodily practices feature in action formation and ascription multilingual interaction (Schegloff, 2007; Levinson, 2013). Grounded video-based conversation analysis drawing on data from diverse sociomaterial settings, the articles contingent interactional processes through which speakers different language backgrounds accom...

BACKGROUND Creativity, religiosity and madness have long been thought to be aetiologically interrelated. METHOD Henry Maudsley's little known pathography of the 17th century Swedish philosopher and polymath, Emanuel Swedenborg, was examined. RESULTS Swedenborg developed a messianic psychosis in middle life, considered by Maudsley to be a monomania, possibly due to epilepsy. Many of Swedenbo...

The articles, representing different schools of thought, include such subjects as "Sickness or Sin?" by Barbara Wooton; "The Rooted Sorrow" by Dr. Emanuel Miller; and "Psycho-Pathology in Industrial Life" by Elliott Jacques; two others poignantly describe conditions in individual mental hospitals as experienced by an ex-patient, and by a male mental nurse. All the articles are written designedl...