This paper describes the utilization of software design patterns and plan-based mission specification in the definition of AUVs missions. Within this approach, a mission is described in terms of a set of task-oriented plans in order to simplify mission definition…

This paper reviews the state of the art in coordinated multi-robot exploration and proposes a new exploration objective based on a practical scenery, reducing the difference of waiting time among different regions of a workspace, which has not been still…

The main goal of this paper is to show the main threats and ethical controversies associated with the application of molecular biology in sport. Such ethical reservations are presently the most important obstacle to wider application of genetics in training…

The aim of this study was to identify the dry land strength and power tests that can better relate with sprint swimming performance in young competitive swimmers. Twenty-eight (16 boys and 12 girls) young competitive swimmers of national level (12.01…

This qualitative study explored the narratives used by clients and family members to explain the process of developing schizophrenia. Specifically, the research questions addressed the narratives used to explain the development of schizophrenia, how this impacted on the client’s sense…

Most parents or carers who separate or divorce are able to make arrangements themselves about where their children will reside and how the children’s contact with the non-resident parent will be managed. A further group of parents or carers are…

Since coming to power, New Labour has embarked on a programme of modernization. Few areas of state activity have been more visibly subjected to New Labour’s modernization agenda than the personal social services. Local authority social services departments have largely…

This paper studies the stability of the set containment problem. Given two non-empty sets in the Euclidean space which are the solution sets of two systems of (possibly infinite) inequalities, the Farkas type results allow to decide whether one of…

This paper analyzes the learning experiences and opinions obtained from a group of undergraduate students in their interaction with several on-line multimedia resources included in a free on-line course about Computer Networks. These new educational resources employed are based on…

The behaviour of a desolvation system based on microwave heating (termed a microwave desolvation system, MWDS) with low acid concentration solutions was evaluated in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Studies included water, sulfuric acid, perchloric acid, nitric acid and hydrochloric…