Abstract Optimization of pre-production vehicle configurations is one the challenges in automotive industry. Given a list tests requiring cars with certain features, it desirable to find minimum number that cover and obey configuration rules. In this paper, we model problem framework satisfiability solve utilizing newly introduced hybrid constrained quadratic (CQM) solver provided by D-Wave. Th...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To assess the role of specific visual subfields in collisions with oncoming cars during simulated driving in patients with advanced glaucoma. METHODS Normal subjects and patients with glaucoma with mean deviation <-12 dB in both eyes (Humphrey Field Analyzer 24-2 SITA-S program) used a driving simulator (DS; Honda Motor, Tokyo). Two scenarios in which oncoming cars turned righ...

If you mistake a model car for real car, you're going to have problems. I spent much of my life making that in thinking about atonement. had read “God's justice requires penalty be paid every sin”1 and “to atone is suffer the sins, thereby removing effects sin from repentant sinner allowing him or her reconciled God.”2 was mid-thirties when discovered this penal substitution idea one many diffe...

This paper builds an understanding of how music is currently experienced by a social group travelling together in a car—how songs are chosen for playing, how music both reflects and influences the group’s mood and social interaction, who supplies the music, the hardware/software that supports song selection and presentation. This fine-grained context emerges from a qualitative analysis of a ric...

Automotive components present unique challenges in reliability, security, performance and cost. Consolidation of different functions in multi-purpose units drives up complexity, and raises not only reliability concerns, but also the issue of liability for sub-component suppliers. It is of foremost importance to guarantee reliability and security right from the start when designing such systems....

Our goal is to develop a methodology for describing commonsense action domains on the basis of a library of actions of a general nature, such as moving an object to a new place. The use of this library in descriptions of specific domains will be similar to the use of libraries of standard subroutines in programming languages. We show how this idea can be applied to several domains familiar from...

Race car performance depends on elements such as the engine, tires, suspension, road, aerodynamics, and of course the driver. In recent years, however, vehicle aerodynamics gained increased attention, mainly due to the utilization of the negative lift (downforce) principle, yielding several important performance improvements. This review briefly explains the significance of the aerodynamic down...

By computing the probability distributions of the velocity difference between cars a time-delay r apart, the scaling properties of traffic flow can be analysed. These data display scaling behaviour thus confirming earlier results that have found 1/ /-noise in traffic flow. Furthermore, the applicability of the scaling analysis for describing the two-point statistics of traffic flow is demonstra...

OBJECTIVE To explore a possible role for activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated (Arc/Arg3.1) protein in the clinical identification of children with autism. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The plasma levels of Arc/Arg3.1 in 62 boys with autism and 32 healthy boys were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) was used to assess the severity...

The study was designed to investigate the role of the activation of class III metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) in the behavioral activity of angiotensin II (AngII). The experiments were performed on adult male Wistar rats. Stimulation of group III mGluRs was evoked by icv injection of agonist, L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (L-AP4) (5 microl of 80 mM solution of L-AP4). Fifteen minu...