Understanding hereditary diseases using the dog and human as companion model systems

The Dog as a Model for Understanding Human Social Behavior

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AIBO as a Needs-Based Companion Dog

In this paper we describe the architecture that allows the modeling of an emotionally intelligent robotic companion dog. We chose to implement this architecture for AIBO, which is a dog-like autonomous robot, developed by Sony. AIBO was developed as an entertainment robot and its ‘mind’ is programmable. The focus of this paper is on creating a complex personality model that provides a realistic...

A review of hereditary diseases of the German shepherd dog

Needs-based Companion Dog

Needs-based Companion Dog José María Blanco Calvo (1294148) Man-Machine Interaction Group Faculty of EEMCS Delft University of Technology September 2007 Graduation committee: Dr. drs. L.J.M. Rothkrantz Ir. H.J.A.M. Geers Dr. ir. C.A.P.G. van der Mast This thesis describes a project carried out at the Man Machine Interaction research group which is part of Mediamatics at the Delft University of ...

Fly Models of Human Diseases: Drosophila as a Model for Understanding Human Mitochondrial Mutations and Disease.

Mitochondrial diseases are a prevalent, heterogeneous class of diseases caused by defects in oxidative phosphorylation, whose severity depends upon particular genetic mutations. These diseases can be difficult to diagnose, and current therapeutics have limited efficacy, primarily treating only symptoms. Because mitochondria play a pivotal role in numerous cellular functions, especially ATP prod...