Introduction Programming by Demonstration (PbD) is an approach to programming robots by demonstrating the desired behavior (Billard et al. 2008). Speech is a natural, hands-free way to augment demonstrations with control commands that guide the PbD process. However, existing speech interfaces for PbD systems rely on ad-hoc, predefined command sets that are rigid and require user training (Weiss...

Programming robots by unexperienced human users require methods following the Programming by Demonstration (PbD) paradigm. The main goal of these systems is to allow the unexperienced human user to easily integrate motion and perception skills or complex problem solving strategies. Unfortunately actual PbD systems are dealing only with manipulations based on Pick & Place operations. This paper ...

Both nonaffective and affective psychoses are associated with deficits in social functioning across the course of the illness. However, it is not clear how social functioning varies among diagnostic groups as a function of age. The current study examined the relationship between social functioning and age in schizophrenia (SZ), schizoaffective disorder (SZA), and psychotic bipolar disorder (PBD...

The thermal properties of cis-1,4-polybutadiene (cis-PBD) were investigated in dependence of content of cis units and of linearity of the main chain. cis-PBD grades containing a fraction of cis-segments ranging from 93 to 98 %, and with linear or branched chains, were analyzed. Upon isothermal crystallization from the melt at -26 °C for 1 h, followed by cooling to below the glass transition tem...

In this work, we report the observation on the self-assembly of beta-CD nanotube induced by 2-phenyl-5-(4-diphenylyl)1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) molecule with fluorescence microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Micrometer-sized rodlike structure is formed by the secondary assembly of cyclodextrin nanotube driven by the inter-nanotubular hydrogen bonding. The effects of pH value, urea...

We quantify labour market effects of changes in the potential benefit duration (PBD) Poland. Individual workers' PBD depends on county unemployment rate relative to national average - 12 months above a cut-off 125 per cent and 6 below. This shifted from 150 2009 reform. utilize i) natural experiment reform, ii) sharp discontinuity generated by cut-offs estimate shortening PBD. Our administrativ...

A Programming by Demonstration or PbD system allows its users to construct procedural knowledge or programs on an abstraction level highly above traditional programming languages. The acquired procedural knowledge can be used to automate repetitive tasks and to enable users to concentrate their efforts on the creative part of their work. The major application areas are interactive systems as gr...

Short-term synaptic plasticity, the activity-dependent regulation of synaptic efficacy that occurs in the timeframe of milliseconds to seconds, is a fundamental property of the synapse, mostly attributed to changes in release probability. These changes are commonly ascribed to intrinsic mechanisms in the presynaptic terminal and to different transmitters acting on the presynaptic terminal. Astr...

Short-term synaptic plasticity, the activity-dependent regulation of synaptic efficacy that occurs in the timeframe of milliseconds to seconds, is a fundamental property of the synapse, mostly attributed to changes in release probability. These changes are commonly ascribed to intrinsic mechanisms in the presynaptic terminal and to different transmitters acting on the presynaptic terminal. Astr...