The aim of General Game Playing (GGP) is to create intelligent agents that automatically learn how to play many different games at an expert level without any human intervention. One of the main challenges such agents face is to automatically learn ...

Many studies have found a relationship between social media use and symptoms of emotional distress, such as depression and anxiety. However, the existing research lacks longitudinal analyses, a thorough understanding of the possible mechanisms involved ...

This Perspective reviews the fundamental physics of space–charge interactions that are important in various media: vacuum gap, air gap, liquids, and solids including quantum materials. It outlines the critical and recent developments since a previous ...

The availability of engineered biological tissues holds great potential for both clinical applications and basic research in a life science laboratory. A prototype standalone perfusion/compression bioreactor system was proposed to address the osteogenic ...

Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have been reported as experiencing higher levels of stress and poorer physical health than parents of typically developing children. However, most of the relevant literature has been based on ...

This article investigates the material behavior within multiple-component systems. Specifically, a structural concrete element strengthened to flexure with externally-bonded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) material is considered. Enhancements of mechanical ...

Superheated steam from high enthalpy vapor dominated geothermal fields offers an opportunity to extract greater exergy per unit flow with higher thermodynamic output efficiency compared to conventional geothermal wells. The first full scale well drilled ...

A simulation-based optimization approach to design of phase excitation tapers for linear phased antenna arrays is presented. The design optimization process is accelerated by means of Surrogate-Based Optimization (SBO); it uses a coarse-mesh surrogate ...

The dissertation is a collection of the three leading publications, which result from the doctoral research project ‘Sustainable Energy Supply in Remote Arctic Areas - Analysis of resources, technology and policies for developing energy systems’. ...

Abstract Background: Balance impairments are the leading causes of falls in older adults. Aquatic-based exercises have been broadly practiced as an alternative to land-based exercises; however, the effects on dynamic balance have not been comprehensively ...