Sixty percent of patients with posttraumatic paraor tetraplegia suffer from severe, continuous burning and/or lancinating pain. Multiple sclerosis produces pain in more than 30%. This pain can be as important as the absent mobility or sexual function as a cause of lowered quality of life. Two unique types of longstanding neuropathic pain can be recognized in persons with spinal cord injury: (1)...

objective: this research was conducted to study the effectiveness of self-regulation training among female students’ academic achievement motivation in birjand city, iran. methods: in this interventional comparative study (pretest-posttest design with control group), 84 eighth grade students (from public intermediate schools) in birjand were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. they w...

In this paper we present a Nash equilibrium problem of linear quadratic zero-sum dynamic games for descriptor system. We assume that the players give a linear feedback to the game. For the game with finite planning horizon we derive a differential Riccati type equation. For the game with infinite planning horizon we consider an algebraic Riccati type equation. The connection of the game solutio...

More and more factories operate on a just-in-time basis. In order to shorten planning cycles and minimize inventory levels in the value chain, transportation plays a critical role in the supply chain process. Collaborative Transportation Management (CTM) is based on the interaction and collaboration between trading partners and carriers on the supply chain, in order to avoid the inefficiency of...

The need for engaging treatment approaches within mental healthcare has led to the application of gaming approaches to existing behavioural training programs (i.e., gamification). Because children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) tend to have fewer problems with concentration and engagement when playing digital games, applying game technologies and design approaches to compl...

Tetris is a stochastic, open-ended board game. Existing artificial Tetris players often use different evaluation functions and plan for only one or two pieces in advance. In this paper, we developed an artificial player for Tetris using the bandit-based Monte-Carlo planning method (UCT). In Tetris, game states are often revisited. However, UCT does not keep the information of the game states ex...

1Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. 2Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan 890-0065 *J.M.S and A.O. contributed equally to this work. Correspondence should be addressed to: Alfred L. Goldberg Phone: (617) 432-1854 Fax: (617) 232-0173 e-mail: a...