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Backpropagation Through Soft Body: Investigating Information Processing in Brain–Body Coupling Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study explores how information processing is distributed between brains and bodies through a codesign approach. Using the “backpropagation through soft body” framework, brain–body coupling agents are developed and analyzed across several tasks in which output is generated through the agents’ physical dynamics.
Hiroki Tomioka, Katsuma Inoue, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kohei Nakajima   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Muscle Control of an Extra Robotic Digit

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study compares muscle‐ and movement‐based control for operating a supernumerary robotic thumb. While movement control performs better in the proposed tasks, muscle‐based (EMG) control promotes broader motor learning. The results highlight the promise and challenges of using biosignals for human augmentation, offering new insights into intuitive ...
Julien Russ, Lucy Dowdall, Francesco Cenciarelli, Kitty Goodridge, Mabel Ziman, Hristo Dimitrov, Danielle Clode, Tamar R. Makin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of Publicly-Funded Molecular Testing in Surgical Management of Thyroid Nodules within Canadian Medicare: Clinical Assessment of ThyroSeqv3 Molecular Test Pilot Project at McGill University

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Importance Recently, the Québec public health care system established a pilot project to cover costs of molecular testing for select patients with cytologically-indeterminate thyroid nodules. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the clinical utility of
Saruchi Bandargal DEC, Jessica Hier MD, Mawaddah Abdulhaleem MD, Véronique-Isabelle Forest MD, Maryse Brassard MD, Geneviève Rondeau MD, Orr Dimitstein MD, Marco A. Mascarella MD, Alex Mlynarek MD, Michael P. Hier MD, Keith Richardson MD, Nader Sadeghi MD, Karen M. Kost MD, Anthony Zeitouni MD, Marc Philippe Pusztaszeri MD, Pierre Fortier MD, Danielle Beaudoin MD, Marie-Helene Massicotte MD, Andree Boucher MD, Richard J. Payne MD   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multimodal Human–Robot Interaction Using Human Pose Estimation and Local Large Language Models

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A multimodal human–robot interaction framework integrates human pose estimation (HPE) and a large language model (LLM) for gesture‐ and voice‐based robot control. Speech‐to‐text (STT) enables voice command interpretation, while a safety‐aware arbitration mechanism prioritizes gesture input for rapid intervention.
Nasiru Aboki, Ilche Georgievski, Marco Aiello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomy and Financial Sources, Key Factors in the Performance of Health Insurance Scheme: Case of Albania

Romanian Economic Journal, 2013
Autonomy of public health insurance scheme comprises political, financial, organizational, normative and contractual aspects. The paper analyses the role and position of a health insurance scheme (HIS) within the overall healthcare system in Albania, the
Enkelejda Avdi
doaj  

Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current state and prospects of taxation and accounting of agribusiness in Ukraine

Соціальна економіка, 2017
In the conditions of crisis phenomena in the domestic economy and the decline of incomes of the state, issues of the prospects of taxation of agribusiness are becoming acute.
Tetiana V. Ponomarova, Tatyana G. Chala
doaj  

The Consolidation of Risk Pools in the National Health Insurance Program of the Republic of Korea: Analysis of the Political Processes

Health Systems & Reform
South Korea is one of the few countries that has successfully consolidated its national risk pools into a single-payer health insurance system. This study analyzes national health insurance (NHI) consolidation in South Korea between 1980 and 2003 ...
Green Bae, Minah Kang, Michael R. Reich
doaj   +1 more source

Paternal Circadian Disruption Impairs Offspring Cognition via Sperm microRNAs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Paternal circadian disruption remodels the sperm small RNA payload, elevating miR‐92a‐3p/miR‐25‐3p levels and perturbing early embryonic gene regulatory programs. Microinjection experiments and single‐embryo transcriptomics reveal sex‐specific developmental vulnerabilities, ultimately impairing offspring hippocampal synaptic plasticity and cognition ...
Kexin Zou, Sisi Luo, Binliang Tang, Zhiqiang Liu, Yuchuan Zhou, Yicong Meng, Zhengmu Wu, Zheng Sun, Weihui Shi, Jianzhong Sheng, Chuanjin Yu, Zhenhua Li, Siyi Wei, Mo Zhang, Yujie Luo, Jing Yan, Xueyun Qin, Jiahang Mo, Chengliang Zhou, Jinsong Li, Hefeng Huang, Yifu Ding, Guolian Ding   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Saying goodbye to Canada's single-payer system.

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 1995
Cost shifting, in which governments transfer the cost of certain health care services to patients or private insurance companies, is increasing rapidly, and Dr. Christopher Carruthers thinks it will spell an end to Canada's single-payer system. The signs are already there: the private sector is offering more services and employers are keeping a closer ...
openaire   +1 more source