The most well-known biological theory is that women feel their sex drive kick into highest gear during ovulation at mid-cycle, approximately 14 days before they get their next period. The surge in estrogen and the added testosterone bonus that accompany ovulation explain why some women experience heightened libido during this time. This change makes logical sense when viewed within the context ...

Similar with the CLF method, Wieland and Allgöwer in [8] have proposed the construction of Control Barrier Functions (CBF), where the Lyapunov function is interchanged with the Barrier certificate studied in [3]. Using a CBF as in [8], one can design a universal feedback law for steering the states from the set of initial conditions to the set of terminal conditions, without violating the set o...

In this paper stabilization of nonlinear systems with quadratic multi-input is considered. With the help of control Lyapunov function (CLF), a constructive parameterization of controls that globally asymptotically stabilize the system is proposed. Two different cases are considered. Firstly, under certain regularity assumptions, the feasible control set is parameterized, and continuous feedback...

This research examined at diagnosing the existing and preferred organizational culture of the Eritrean Center for Organizational Excellence (Ercoe) and indicated the cultural practice that fits to implement its strategic plan. Organizational culture is a commonly held in-the-mind of organizational members. It’s reflected by basic assumptions, rituals and values. These will be the basis how to p...

Susan: Look at that algebra. Is it cylindric? Tom: Don’t ask me. I don’t know what a cylindric algebra is. Susan: But I’ve heard Michael telling you something about them. Tom: Frankly, I didn’t understand a word of his explanation. But wait! ... I remember him saying that this algebra is cylindric. And he’s an expert on such matters. Susan: So, it’s cylindric?! Tom: Yes, I believe it is because...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE To examine the risk of undergoing another cervical spine surgery after single-level posterior cervical foraminotomy (PCF) and analyze the costs of such reoperations. METHODS Using the PearlDiver database, we created database algorithms to identify cohorts of patients who underwent single-level PCF and also had various reoperations of intere...

How to get advantages of MVC model without making applications unnecessarily complex? The full-featured MVC implementation is on the top end of ladder of complexity. The other end is meant for simple cases that do not call for such complex designs, however still in need of the advantages of MVC patterns, such as ability to change the look-and-feel. This paper presents patterns of MVC implementa...

Two new classes of theories have been developed giving the expected complexities of three ConsistentLabeling Problem (CLP), or Constraint-Satisfaction, algorithms: Backtracking, Forward Checking and Word-wise Forward Checking. Apart from giving the exact expected complexity for these algorithms for the underlying CLP distribution and domain, these theories provide useful approximations for the ...

In order to creatively interact with robots we need to understand how creative thinkers work with objects to explore new ideas physically. Our approach involves comparing the model-making strategies of architects with students to expose the creative extras architects bring to working with physical models. To study this we coded students and architects performing a design task. Architects differ...

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