It has been reported that HCV can infect not only hepatocytes but also various kinds of lymphoid cells. Although many reports have described the biological significance of lymphotropic HCV, the issue remains controversial since the target lymphoid cells might have various kinds of functions in the immune system. One of the important roles of lymphoid cells in HCV replication is being a reservoi...

The present study demonstrated that pictures of fear-relevant animals, snakes and spiders, presented among backgrounds of other animal stimuli captured attention and interfered in the detection of a neutral target to the same extent in a large sample of unselected children (N=81). Moreover, detection of a neutral target animal was slowed more in the presence of a feared fear-relevant distracter...

Snake robots are a suitable solution for various types of applications, especially in rough terrain or hardly accessible areas such as, example, pipes. This article deals with snake robot moving pipe using so-called trapezium-like travelling wave. In this paper, we present mathematical model locomotion the rectangular cross-section. Subsequently, designed control algorithm Within introduced mot...

In this paper we show how our semantic parser (Knowledge Parser or K-Parser) identifies various kinds of event mentions in the input text. The types include recursive (complex) and non recursive event mentions. KParser outputs each event mention in form of an acyclic graph with root nodes as the verbs that drive those events. The children nodes of the verbs represent the entities participating ...

Modeled f rom human neurons, various types of artificial neurons are developed and applied to control algorithm. I n this paper, the weights and structure of feedforward neural network controller are updated using new skill learning paradigm which consists of supervisory controller, chaotic neuron filter and associative memory. The pattern of system nonlinearity along the desired path is extrac...

The skin of geckos is covered with countless microscopic protuberances (spines). This surface structure causes low wettability to water. During evolution, representatives of the recent gekkotan clade Pygopodidae started slithering on the ground. This manner of locomotion affected limb reduction resulting in a snake-like body. Regarding abrasion and frictional properties, a surface covered with ...