In a centralized radio access network (RAN), the signals from multiple radio access points (RAPs) are processed centrally in a data center. Centralized RAN enables advanced interference coordination strategies while leveraging the elastic provisioning of data processing resources. It is particularly well suited for dense deployments, such as within a large building where the RAPs are connected ...

This paper gives a brief overview of the Animate Agent Project at the University of Chicago, describing skills, RAPs, and a recently added spatial planning module. The RAP system takes in symbolic goals and refines them into sequences of continuous skills that move the robot in real-time. The RAP system uses the spatial module as an assistant when spatial problems arise during goal refinement. ...

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a potential role in the development of end-organ damage, and tissue RAS activation has been suggested as a risk factor of several diseases including diabetes. So far, using animal disease models, we have shown molecular mechanisms, in which tissue RAS stimulates retinal angiogenesis, and the critical roles of (pro)renin receptor [(P)RR] in retinal RAS ac...