Human-cooperative robots (HCRs) are expected to benefit various industries, and many studies related to physical human-robot interactions have been conducted (Moore et al., 2003; Kim et al., 2005; Tsuji et & Tanaka, 2005); some HCRs have been gradually introduced in manufacturing and welfare fields. For instance, power-assist systems in manufacturing assist workers in carrying heavy modular par...

The cellular electrophysiological properties of the pulmonary vein sleeves (PVS), the intersection between pulmonary veins and left atrium, were reported few decades ago. However, the clinical significance of pulmonary vein sleeves was not found until recently. In patients with atrial fibrillation, it was found that ectopic foci existed in the pulmonary vein sleeves. Therefore, electrophysiolog...

The Eshamy suite plutons (ESP) are in the midst of the Sanak-Baranof (SB) belt, a series of neartrench, Paleocene to Eocene granitic intrusions into the Chugach-Prince William (CPW) terrane flysch along the southern margin of Alaska (Fig.1, Garver and Davidson, this volume and references therein). Intruded from 62-48 Ma, west-to-east migration of a subducting north-south-striking mid-ocean ridg...

Xu et al. (2003) presented results of a reaction-transport model for calcite deposition in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, and compared the model results to measured abundances in core from a surface-based borehole. Marshall et al. (2003) used the calcite distribution in the Topopah Spring Tuff to estimate past seepage into lithophysal cavities as an analog for seepage into the potentia...

Adult seabirds experience predation by many species. At sea, they are taken by predatory fish such as white sharks Carcharodon carcharias (Johnson et al. 2006), and by marine mammals including killer whales Orca orcinus (Dahleim & White 2010), true seals (Penny & Lowry 1967, Cobley & Bell 1998), fur-seals and sealions (McHugh 1952, Long & Gilbert 1997, David et al. 2003, Lalas et al. 2007, Char...

Dr. Márlio Oliveira is a graduate student, Master of Science in Dentistry Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and in the private practice of orthodontics at Rua Mato Grosso, 450 Universal, Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil; e-mail: marlio_ [email protected]. Dr. Pithon is a Professor of Orthodontics, Southwest Bahia State University, Jequié,...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In the last decade, genomic studies using DNA markers have strongly influenced the current phylogeny of angiosperms. Genome size and ploidy level have contributed to this discussion, being considered important characters in biosystematics, ecology and population biology. Despite the recent increase in studies related to genome size evolution and polyploidy incidence, only a ...

Robots have been used in several new applications. In recent years, both academic and commercial research has been focusing on the development of a new generation of robots in the emerging field of service robots. Service robots are individually designed to perform tasks in a specific environment for working with or assisting humans and must be able to perform services semior fully automaticall...

We study representations of compact surface groups on Hermitian symmetric spaces and characterize those with maximal Toledo invariant. To cite this article: M. Burger et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).  2003 Académie des sciences/Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved. Résumé Nous étudions les représentations d’un groupe de surface compacte sur un...