If autonomous agents like humans and robots act in physical space, several types of conflicts can occur that result from the fact that actions occupy space. To avoid such conflicts, social robots must have the capacity to consider the actions taken by other robots and by humans. This thesis proposes a conceptual framework which can be used to specify knowledge about spatial needs of activities ...

inadequate attention to the products having shelf life limitation leads to form a new branch of supply chain (sc) called cold chain (cc). cold chain management (ccm) is referred to handle activities related to perishable products. this research investigates the role of information technology (it) in improving the human resource efficiency, planning and logistic in the cc organizations. the numb...

background: epileptic seizures would result in embarrassment in society and have some negative impact on the patients' social activities. the aim of this study was to show the perceived impact of epilepsy by patients on different aspect of their social activities including occupation, marriage and education. methods: we studied 179 epileptic patients aged 16 years and over using face to face in...

In vitro selection experiments show first and foremost that it is possible that functional nucleic acids can arise from random sequence libraries. Indeed, even simple sequence and structural motifs can prove to be robust binding species and catalysts, indicating that it may have been possible to transition from even the earliest self-replicators to a nascent, RNA-catalyzed metabolism. Because o...

Sustainable development is the result of fundamental changes in social, economic and cultural elements which will guide itself through cyberspace So that tomorrow man will direct most of his social and economic activities through cyberspace using human beings and there will be no need for people to be present in the field of economic and social interactions, among which banks have been in line ...