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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"NAO"”.
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Facial expressions emotional recognition with NAO robot
… research; it has been specifically applied to NAO humanoid robot.
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The Joint Influence of ENSO and NAO on US Landfalling Hurricanes and their Origination Points
… (ENSO) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Global atmospheric anomalies were then examined in addition to hurricane landfall and origination locations (i.e., the position hurricane strength is achieved) to see if atmospheric anomalies could account for relationships between ENSO and …
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Ativismo, ajuda mútua e assistencia: a atuacao das Organizacoes Nao-Governamentais na luta contra a aids
By establishing the general goal of reflecting upon cooperation forms generated by the AIDS pandemic, I have tried to: 1) Rebuild the configuration of the groups organized in the struggle against AIDS in Brazil and Canada, focusing on the cases of Rio de Janeiro and Quebec; 2) Observe how …
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Humanoid Robot Soccer Locomotion and Kick Dynamics: Open Loop Walking, Kicking and Morphing into Special Motions on the Nao Robot
… towards the use of the Aldebaran walk for the Nao robot. The solution we develop involves the design of a central pattern generator to allow for controlled steps with realtime accuracy, and a phase locked loop method to synchronise with the Aldebaran walk so that precise step length control can …
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A reducao de pelotas de minerio de ferro pela utilizacao de carvoes nao desgaseificados e desgaseificados com diferentes relacoes cfix/fetot
Através de ensaios isotérmicos de redução (950°C) e com velocidade de aquecimento constante, estuda-se o comportamento do sistema carvão-pelota de minério de ferro (CVRD, tipo RD) sob o ponto de vista dos graus de redução e respectivamente graus de metalização obtidos. Os ensaios de redução foram …
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Credenciamento de laboratórios de ensaios de construção civil segundo a NBR ISO/IEC 17025 : avaliação das dificuldades e nao-conformidades envolvidas no processo
A globalização, a busca pela qualidade e produtividade, a competitividade do mercado, fizeram com que a Construção civil iniciasse a busca pela melhoria nos processos, visando diminuir o desperdício e as perdas. Por outro lado, as empresas construtoras têm buscado a certificação dos seus sistemas …
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Key mechanisms of surface water pCO2 variability in the North Atlantic Ocean
… with the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index, statistical analysis has been applied to understand the key mechanisms of surface water partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) variability, both on the seasonal and inter-annual timescale. With respect to the seasonal amplitude of surface pCO2 …
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Sea level variability: examples from the Atlantic coast of Europe
… by mean sea level. Sea level response to the NAO has been analysed. The NAO was found to influence extreme levels in the meteorological residual (standard deviation), at stations where the NAO´s centre of action are known to be strongest. Mean sea levels, detrended sea levels and non-tidal …
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DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF LOW-Cu AND Cu-FREE AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE FRICTION MATERIALS
… by modifying a typical Non Asbestos Organic (NAO) (T-Baseline) formulation and a typical Semi-Metallic (M-Baseline) formulation. The NAO Cu-free brake friction materials contain geopolymer and natural hemp fibers as a partial replacement of phenolic resin and synthetic Kevlar fibers, …
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The Hydroclimatology of West Virginia Spatial and Temporal Trends and their Relationship with the North Atlantic Oscillation
… local scales. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is another important factor contributing to climate variability by influencing the intensity of storms entering the eastern US. The Southeastern US is receiving less precipitation and streamflow is decreasing while the northeastern US is …
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Relationships between wintertime modes of atmospheric variability on intermediate and long timescales
… to resemble the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Pacific-North America (PNA) pattern. The intermediate timescale variability is best described by large-scale, zonally-oriented patterns: In the Atlantic sector the leading pattern is a dipole with centers of action over Greenland and …
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Geochemistry of slow-growing corals : reconstructing sea surface temperature, salinity and the North Atlantic Oscillation
… to phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a meridional oscillation in atmospheric mass. Much uncertainty remains about the relationship between the NAO and the ocean, and one critical outstanding question is whether anthropogenic changes are perturbing the system. Using winter Sr/Ca …
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Development of a Locomotion and Balancing Strategy for Humanoid Robots
… develop a walking engine for the humanoid robot, NAO, which is the official robotic platform used in the RoboCup Spl. Aldebaran Robotics, the manufacturing company of NAO provides a walking module that has disadvantages, such as being a black box that does not provide control of the gait as well …
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Synoptic Scale Weather Patterns Associated with Annual Snow Accumulation Variability in North-Central Greenland
… are mostly associated with negative/neutral NAO index. In dry years (less accumulation), prevailing patterns are characterized by cyclones positioned a long distance away in the Atlantic Ocean south of Greenland, which are mainly associated with a positive NAO index. Extreme wet year …
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Influence of Climate Variability on Terrestrial Hydrology in North America
… correlated with climate anomalies, such as ENSO, NAO and PNA. It is found that the terrestrial hydrology has a delayed response to the ENSO signal, as compared to the precipitation, and the delay may range from a month to a season or longer. The soil moisture storage plays a very vital role in …
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The interacting hydrologic responses to changing climate, watershed physical characteristics, river regulation, and land development in the northeastern United States
… over 0-80°N) and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO: metric of Sea-Level Pressure anomalies over the Atlantic sector 20°-80°N, 90°W-40°E) regime shifts on hydrologic responses to evaluate whether the intensified inter-annual variability in discharge is explained by natural climate cycles. I …
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Enabling, Managing, and Leveraging Organizational Learning for Innovation - A Case Study of the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research Program Network
… focuses on network administrative organizations (NAOs) delegated official responsibility for the management of government-funded multi-institutional programs, to understand how organizational learning for innovation takes place in an NAO-led network. This research explored the USAID Feed the …
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Robot-Assisted Physical Therapy for cognition and motor skill enhancement in people with dementia.
… robot-assisted therapies, facilitated by the NAO robot, can improve physical functioning, motor skills, cognitive skills, and overall well-being among dementia patients. We used NAO robot to perform 3 sets of physical exercises over a period of 10 days on participants affected with dementia …
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Analysis of Roanoke Region Weather Patterns Under Global Teleconnections
… Oscillation (AO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), and the Pacific North American (PNA) pattern to synoptic-scale weather patterns and precipitation in the Roanoke, Virginia region. The first chapter describes the behavior of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) by implementing …
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All The Small Things: Contingent Mereological Nihilism
… call the ‘Nomological Account of Objecthood’ or ‘NAO’ for short. If I’m right, NAO gives us answers to the SCQ and the Simple Question, which asks what the necessary and jointly sufficient conditions are for being a simple. I argue that if we assume the aforementioned methodology and that simples …
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