This work offers a new paradigm for building intelligent software systems that facilitate on-line learning. The research investigated effects of adopting intelligent agent techniques to an on-line learning environment. ...

This examination of the rhetorical form and logic of 2 Corinthians 10–13 accounts for the macro-rhetoric of the discourse, showing how it responds coherently and potentially effectively to the criticism that Paul is a weak ...

The role of communication among mobile robots remains one of the most important issues in multi-agent robotics system design. There are many research groups currently working on communication and cooperation among robots. ...

We tested the prediction that resting frontal brain asymmetry would be a marker of vulnerability for depression among adolescents. Baseline electroencephalographic (EEG) activity was recorded from 12-14 year-old adolescent ...

The objective of this research was to design and develop a system capable of displaying cortical brain function during image-guided neurosurgery. Brain function was determined using a cortical stimulator, classified according ...

This dissertation is a genealogical examination of the construction, representation, and disputation surrounding the meaning of sexual acts identified under the rubric of sadomasochism. I argue for an enlargement and ...

A tremendous effort has been devoted to finding the deep physical reason for the existence of the mass hierarchy and weak mixing among the quarks and leptons. Despite the enormous amount of data accumulated during the past ...

The increasing demands of modern society and the modern workforce has resulted in added importance being placed on graduating students' psychosocial development. One well-established comprehensive theory, Chickering's ...

A new inter-modality surface registration algorithm that uses textured point clouds and mutual information is presented within the context of model-updated image guided procedures. The algorithm has been developed to ...