Special Issue on Bioelectronics

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-73
Author(s):  
Hideto Ide ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Editorial Staff ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sense Organs ◽  
Short History ◽  
Area Of Study

Recent biological approaches in robotic research and development have been advancing in two ways: 1) steady advances toward intelligent bio-systems by making sensors more integrated and functional, and 2) studies on the coordination of bio-information from various sources. For the coordination of bio-information dealt with in this special issue, its necessity was originally discussed in the area of mobile robots. For a mobile robot performing tasks autonomously, recognition of its relation with the external environment is essential. The concept perhaps came up as robotics aimed to improve robots' toughness to changing and unknown environments, by coordinating information from several sense organs (visual, tactile etc.) to obtain more accurate information. Man constructs a recognition system more reliably as a whole by coordinating various sets of sensory information. Attempts are also being made to con struct a new bio-information coordinating architecture aimed at achieving functions equivalent to those of human recognition. This special'issue was planned to present recent research and development as well as problems and trends in bio-information. This area of study is still in its infancy, with no study frameworks and methodology having been established in its short history. In contrast to other past special issues, this one stresses biological approaches, and I hope it will be helpful in developing the specific area of study mentioned here while helping robotists recognize current studies and problems. Finally, I express my sincere thanks to those who spared time to contribute to this issue, and to the editorial staff of the journal.

Preface to the Special Issue for Recent Research and Development in Fluidized Catalytic Reaction Processes

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-248
Author(s):  
Toshio TSUTSUI ◽  
Toshio NAKAMURA ◽  
Toru NAKATSUKA ◽  
Takashi USHIKUBO
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Catalytic Reaction ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Reaction Processes

Improvement in Academic Achievement through Enhancement of Perceptual and Sensory Integrative Functioning

1982 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth H. Schroeder
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Sensory Integration ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Academic Progress ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Sense Organs ◽  
Academic Problems ◽  
Perceptual Functioning ◽  
Language And Cognition

The interdependence of psychological functions such as motor skills, perception, language, and cognition has been well documented by many (Hebb, Piaget, Kephart, Johnson and Myklebust, Frostig, Ayres, and de Quiros, to name a few). It is also quite well established that disorders of perception are concomitants of early academic problems. It is reported by Crosby and Liston (1976) that at least 10 per cent and perhaps as many as 15 per cent of children entering first grade may have neurologically based problems which will inhibit their academic progress. The process of learning is highly dependent upon adequate perceptual functioning (ability to interpret stimuli from the sense organs) as well as sensory integration (ability to filter, organize and integrate sensory information).

scholarly journals Introduction to the Special Issue: Applications of Internet of Things

Symmetry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Hua Chen ◽  
Eyhab Al-Masri ◽  
Feng-Jang Hwang ◽  
Despo Ktoridou ◽  
Kuen-Rong Lo
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Cooperative Spectrum Sensing ◽  
Smart Homes ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Smart Transportation ◽  
User Classification ◽  
Novel Approach

This editorial introduces the special issue, entitled “Applications of Internet of Things”, of Symmetry. The topics covered in this issue fall under four main parts: (I) communication techniques and applications, (II) data science techniques and applications, (III) smart transportation, and (IV) smart homes. Four papers on sensing techniques and applications are included as follows: (1) “Reliability of improved cooperative communication over wireless sensor networks”, by Chen et al.; (2) “User classification in crowdsourcing-based cooperative spectrum sensing”, by Zhai and Wang; (3) “IoT’s tiny steps towards 5G: Telco’s perspective”, by Cero et al.; and (4) “An Internet of things area coverage analyzer (ITHACA) for complex topographical scenarios”, by Parada et al. One paper on data science techniques and applications is as follows: “Internet of things: a scientometric review”, by Ruiz-Rosero et al. Two papers on smart transportation are as follows: (1) “An Internet of things approach for extracting featured data using an AIS database: an application based on the viewpoint of connected ships”, by He et al.; and (2) “The development of key technologies in applications of vessels connected to the Internet”, by Tian et al. Two papers on smart home are as follows: (1) “A novel approach based on time cluster for activity recognition of daily living in smart homes”, by Liu et al.; and (2) “IoT-based image recognition system for smart home-delivered meal services”, by Tseng et al.

scholarly journals Special Issue on Photoacoustic Tomography

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
pp. 4186
Author(s):  
Xueding Wang ◽  
Xinmai Yang ◽  
Xose Luis Dean-Ben
Keyword(s):  
Photoacoustic Imaging ◽  
Active Area ◽  
Photoacoustic Tomography ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Optoacoustic Tomography ◽  
Area Of Study

Biomedical photoacoustic (or optoacoustic) tomography (PAT), or more generally, photoacoustic imaging (PAI), has been an active area of study and development in the last two decades [...]

Controlling Human Upright Posture: Velocity Information Is More Accurate Than Position or Acceleration

2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 2368-2379 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Jeka ◽  
Tim Kiemel ◽  
Robert Creath ◽  
Fay Horak ◽  
Robert Peterka
Keyword(s):  
Postural Sway ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Support Surface ◽  
Quiet Stance ◽  
Eyes Closed ◽  
Stance Control ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
Velocity Information ◽  
Multisensory Information

The problem of how the nervous system fuses sensory information from multiple modalities for upright stance control remains largely unsolved. It is well established that the visual, vestibular, and somatosensory modalities provide position and rate (e.g., velocity, acceleration) information for estimation of body dynamics. However, it is unknown whether any particular property dominates when multisensory information is fused. Our recent stochastic analysis of postural sway during quiet stance suggested that sensory input provides more accurate information about the body's velocity than its position or acceleration. Here we tested this prediction by degrading major sources of velocity information through removal/attenuation of sensory information from vision and proprioception. Experimental measures of postural sway were compared with model predictions to determine whether sway behavior was indicative of a deficit in velocity information rather than position or acceleration information. Subjects stood with eyes closed on a support surface that was 1) fixed, 2) foam, or 3) sway-referenced. Six measures characterizing the stochastic structure of postural sway behaved in a manner consistent with model predictions of degraded velocity information. Results were inconsistent with the effect of degrading only position or acceleration information. These findings support the hypothesis that velocity information is the most accurate form of sensory information used to stabilize posture during quiet stance. Our results are consistent with the assumption that changes in sway behavior resulting from commonly used experimental manipulations (e.g., foam, sway-referencing, eyes closed) are primarily attributed to loss of accurate velocity information.

scholarly journals Special Issue on Selected Papers from IEEE ICKII 2019

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1916
Author(s):  
Teen-Hang Meen ◽  
Wenbing Zhao ◽  
Cheng-Fu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Energy Carriers ◽  
Final Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion Systems

This Special Issue on “Selected papers from IEEE ICKII 2019” selected 13 excellent papers from 260 papers presented in IEEE ICKII 2019 on topics in energies. The fields include: energy fundamentals, energy sources and energy carriers, energy exploration, intermediate and final energy use, energy conversion systems, and energy research and development. The main goal of this Special Isue is to discover new scientific knowledge relevant to the topic of energies.

scholarly journals Management of Sarcoidosis, a Selection of Topical Items Updating

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 3220
Author(s):  
Dominique Valeyre ◽  
Jean-François Bernaudin
Keyword(s):  
Editorial Staff ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Selection Of

First of all, we would like to thank all the authors for their contribution and the editorial staff who enabled the achievement of this “Management of Sarcoidosis: Challenges and Solutions” Special Issue [...]

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