Devising a strategy to make system mimic behaviors from another is problem that naturally arises in many areas of Computer Science. In this work, we interpret the context intelligent agents, perspective ltlf , formalism commonly used AI for expressing finite-trace properties. Our model consists two separated dynamic domains, DA and DB, an LTLf specification formalizes notion mimicking by mappin...

Recently, many interventional centres have adopted intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) in preference to transoesophageal echocardiography to guide percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure. ICE obviates the need for general anaesthesia, facilitating earlier hospital discharge, and gives superior imaging capability, particularly of the inferior interatrial septum. 2 The advent of real-time...

Adaptive closed-loop control is used to optimize the lift-to-drag ratio of post-stall separated flow over a NACA 0025 airfoil using multiple amplitudemodulated (AM) or burst-modulated (BM), zero-net-mass-flux (ZNMF) actuators that cover the central 33% span of the airfoil. A simplex optimization approach uses the lift and drag measured by a strain-gauge balance for feedback and searches for the...

A set A ⊆ {1, 2, . . . , n} is said to be k-separated if, when considered on the circle, any two elements of A are separated by a gap of size at least k. We prove a conjecture due to Holroyd and Johnson [3],[4] that an analogue of the Erdős-Ko-Rado theorem holds for k-separated sets. In particular the result holds for the vertex-critical subgraph of the Kneser graph identified by Schrijver [7],...

Interest is arising in the possible use of higher plants as the source of naturally occurring antibiotic substances. The use of higher plants in the treatment of disease is as old as the art of healing itself. Isaiah of Biblical times suggested that a plaster of figs be placed on boils as a treatment of this form of infection. Hyssop and cedarwood were used in the cleansing of lepers. The Orien...

It has become evident (Osborn, 1943; Lucas and Lewis, 1944) that higher plants are potential sources of antibiotic agents. Several investigators (Little and Grubaugh, 1946; Atkinson and Rainsford, 1946; Sanders, Weatherwax, and McClung, 1945) have reported antibiotic effects of juices and of crude extracts of plants on various microorganisms. The active materials can be separated in some degree...

Results rSO2b increased at 12 hours (p = 0.0039), and rSO2s did not change compared to data immediately after surgery. Deficit base decreased (p = 0.016) and standard bicarbonates increased (p = 0.016) on POD1, lactate decreased (p = 0.0001) and diuresis increased (p = 0.013) on POD2, heart rate decreased (p = 0.035) on POD3. There was no change in systemic arterial blood pressure, left atrial ...

Biosphere 2 is a 3.15-acre space containing an ecosystem that is energetically open (sunlight, electric power, and heat) but materially closed, with air, water, and organic material being recycled. Since September 1991, eight subjects (four women and four men) have been sealed inside, living on food crops grown within. Their diet, low in calories (average, 1780 kcal/day; 1 kcal = 4.184 kJ), low...

BACKGROUND Closure of PDA can be associated with echocardiographic changes including deterioration of LV systolic function. Although PDA is commonly encountered in dogs, few comprehensive reports of echocardiographic changes in dogs with PDA closure are available. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the short-term echocardiographic changes observed after PDA closure in dogs using strain analysis. ANIMAL...