In this thesis a visual servoing approach for uncalibrated systems with 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) is evaluated. Assuming weak perspective, the observed motions of the robot end-effector are constrained to affine trans-formations in the image space. This allows us to express the control error directly in terms of an affine transformation in the camera images. By this approach, visual servoing i...

A few studies on outdoor human thermal comfort (HTC) have been conducted in the tropical region a hot and humid climate; however, there is paucity of discussions how exactly different spatial settings influence HTC. Thus, this paper aims to examine land use cover (LULC) affects HTC basis simulation Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET) indices via ENVI-met Rayma...

Introduction: Recent studies have shown that astrocytes play major roles in normal and disease condition of the central nervous system including multiple sclerosis (MS). Molecular target therapy studies in MS have revealed that connexin-43 (Cx43) and Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) contents of astrocytes undergo expression alteration. Fluoxetine had some effects in MS patients unrelated to its known antidep...

The confluence of factors driving urban growth is highly complex, resulting from a combination of ecological and social determinants that co-evolve over time and space. Identifying these factors and quantifying their impact necessitates models that capture both why urbanization happens as well as where and when it happens. Using a database that links five satellite images spanning 1976–2001 to ...

evaporation. Taking the mean density and Bond albedo of a typical Vulcanoid to be the same as that of Mercury, we ®nd that objects with radii z satisfying 0:1 ( z ( 50 km can evade both drag and evaporation in the Vulcanoid belt. This is one of the most dynamically stable regimes in the entire Solar System. If further searches do not detect any intra-mercurial objects, this is a strong indicato...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of polymorphisms of the flavin-containing mono-oxygenase 3 (FMO3) and flavin-containing mono-oxygenase 6 (FMO6) genes on the pharmacokinetics of sulindac sulfide, the active metabolite of sulindac, in patients with preterm labor. Ten single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped, and plasma sulindac sulfide concentrations were measured at 0, 1...

We propose a general framework of a hierarchical structure, consisting of several levels of activities, for typical software related corporate hierarchy using multi-agent system. This work identifies the functionality of each level. Each and every level is considered as agent who is described further using fuzzy analysis. Our framework consists of six levels within which first five levels are c...

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