Goal-driven autonomy (GDA) is a reflective model of goal reasoning that controls the focus of an agent’s planning activities by dynamically resolving unexpected discrepancies in the world state, which frequently arise when solving tasks in complex environments. GDA agents have performed well on such tasks by integrating methods for discrepancy recognition, explanation, goal formulation, and goa...

A modified Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) using Great Deluge Algorithm (GDA) called MPSO for optimization is presented in this paper. In the proposed algorithm, the range for achieved answers is defined that is the same parameter used in the GDA called “water level”. Amount of this range reduces or increases regarding to algorithm’s property being used in terms of minimum or maximum during t...

BACKGROUND Glycodelin A (GdA), also known as placental protein 14 (PP14), has been detected in endometrial, cervical and ovarian carcinoma cells. It is suspected to be a marker of human ovarian cancer tissues. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated serum, tissue and cyst fluid samples of patients with an ovarian carcinoma in contrast to patients with benign and malignant diseases such as uteri...

For high-dimensional data classification such as hyperspectral image classification, feature extraction is a crucial pre-process for avoiding the Hughes phenomena. Some feature extraction methods such as linear discriminant analysis (LDA), nonparametric weighted feature extraction (NWFE), and their kernel versions, generalized discriminant analysis (GDA) and kernel nonparametric weighted featur...

The Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS), the largest ongoing longitudinal study of perinatal HIV-infected (PHIV) and HIV-exposed, uninfected (PHEU) children in the United States, comprises the Surveillance Monitoring of Antiretroviral Therapy [ART] Toxicities (SMARTT) Study in PHEU children and the Adolescent Master Protocol (AMP) that includes PHIV and PHEU children ≥7 years. Although race...

A 28-year-old man was referred from a hospital with recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis over a 7-month period. The last episode was 2 weeks before we saw him. Results of routine blood tests, and ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen were normal. He was diagnosed with idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis. Linear endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) was planned for the e...

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a cascade of tissue responses leading to cell death, axonal degeneration, and glial scar formation, exacerbating the already hostile environment and further inhibiting axon regeneration. Overcoming these inhibitory cues and promoting axonal regeneration is one of the primary targets in developing a cure for SCI. Previously, we demonstrated that tran...

In this paper we discuss some general aspects of the so-called geometrodynamical approach (GDA) to Chaos and present some results obtained within this framework. We firstly derive a näıve and yet general geometrization procedure, and then specialize the discussion to the descriptions of motion within the frameworks of two among the most representative implementations of the approach, namely the...

Character believability is one of the key requirements of a successful narrative. In order to be believable, characters must appear to act in accordance with personal motivation, which is shaped through events occurring throughout the narrative. Goal-Driven Autonomy (GDA), is a model of goal reasoning in which agents identify, reason about, and, if necessary, modify goals that they will pursue....

BACKGROUND Gastroduodenalartery (GDA) pseudo-aneurysms are very rare. Their clinical importance lies in the eventuality of rupture, causing bleeding and ultimately exsanguination. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a man, with prior history of biliary surgery, presenting with haemobilia secondary to a rupture of GDA pseudo-aneurysm eroding the main bile duct. The patient was treated with...