This paper introduces a new approach to the problem of simultaneously localizing a team of micro aerial vehicles (MAV) equipped with inertial sensors able to monitor their motion and with exteroceptive sensors. The method estimates a delayed state containing the trajectories of all the MAVs. The estimation is based on an Extended Information Filter whose implementation is distributed over the t...

Abstract Background The choice of aortic valve prosthesis in stenosis patients is based on patient preference, preoperative age, life expectancy, need for anticoagulant therapy and durability. Major uncertainties remain regarding optimal prosthetic dialysis patients. Objectives aim the study was to compare clinical outcomes after replacement with mechanical (MAV) or bioprosthetic valves (BAV) M...

Abstract Purpose Doping remains a significant issue in cycling, leading to potential health, economic or mediatic consequences. The role of sociocognitive variables doping is well identified and the 2 x model achievement goals theory suggests that mastery-approach (MAp) are protective whereas mastery-avoidance (MAv), performance (approach PAp, avoidance PAv) maladaptive. Previous research has s...

We propose a solution toward the problem of autonomous flight and exploration in man-made indoor environments with a micro aerial vehicle (MAV), using a frontal camera, a downward-facing sonar, and an IMU. We present a general method to detect and steer an MAV toward distant features that we call vistas while building a map of the environment to detect unexplored regions. Our method enables aut...

Holland's (1975) genetic algorithm is a minimal computer model of natural selection that made it possible to investigate the effect of manipulating specific parameters on the evolutionary process. If culture is, like biology, a form of evolution, it should be possible to similarly abstract the underlying skeleton of the process and develop a minimal model of it. Meme and Variations, or MAV, is ...

Bionic micro-air vehicles (MAV) having the maneuverability of dragonflies would be capable of fast forward flight, hovering and even backward flight. In order to achieve desirable designs for high performing MAVs, it is essential to understand the aerodynamics and structures of the insect wings and more importantly, the interactions between the operating flows and flexible structural wings. Her...