Isolation in Synchronized Drone Formations

This paper expands on a theoretical model that is used for aerial robots that are working cooperatively to complete a task. In certain situations, such as when multiple robots have catastrophic failures, the surviving robots could become isolated so that they never again communicate with another robot. We prove some properties about isolated robots flying in a grid formation, and we present an algorithm that determines how many robots need to fail to isolate at least one robot. Finally, we propose a strategy that eliminates the possibility of isolation altogether.

Isolation and characterization of microorganisms with probiotic potential

Tese de mestrado em Microbiologia Aplicada, apresentada à Universidade de Lisboa, através da Faculdade de Ciências, 2016

Maternal separation followed by isolation-housing differentially affects prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in C57BL/6 mice

Exposure to chronic stress is associated with an increased incidence of neuropsychiatric dysfunction. The current study evaluated two competing hypotheses, the cumulative stress and the match/mismatch hypothesis of neuropsychiatric dysfunction, using two paradigms relating to exposure to “stress”: pre-weaning maternal separation and post-weaning isolation-housing. C57BL/6 offspring were reared under four conditions: typical animal facility rearing (AFR, control), early handling (EH, daily 15 min separation from dam), maternal separation (MS, daily 4 hr separation from dam), and maternal and peer separation (MPS, daily 4 hr separation from dam and from littermates). After weaning, mice were either housed socially (2–3/cage) or in isolation (1/cage) and then tested for prepulse inhibition in adulthood. Isolation-housed MPS subjects displayed greater deficits in prepulse inhibition relative to socially-housed MPS subjects while socially-housed AFR subjects displayed greater deficits in prepulse inhibition relative to isolation-housed AFR subjects. The results indicate that these treatment conditions represent a potentially valuable model for evaluating the match/mismatch hypothesis in regards to neuropsychiatric dysfunction.

Using multiple landscape genetic approaches to test the validity of genetic clusters in a species characterized by an isolation-by-distance pattern

Bayesian clustering methods are typically used to identify barriers to gene flow, but they are prone to deduce artificial subdivisions in a study population characterized by an isolation-by-distance pattern (IbD). Here we analysed the landscape genetic structure of a population of wild boars (Sus scrofa) from south-western Germany. Two clustering methods inferred the presence of the same genetic discontinuity. However, the population in question was characterized by a strong IbD pattern. While landscape-resistance modelling failed to identify landscape features that influenced wild boar movement, partial Mantel tests and multiple regression of distance matrices (MRDMs) suggested that the empirically inferred clusters were separated by a genuine barrier. When simulating random lines bisecting the study area, 60% of the unique barriers represented, according to partial Mantel tests and MRDMs, significant obstacles to gene flow. By contrast, the random-lines simulation showed that the boundaries of the inferred empirical clusters corresponded to the most important genetic discontinuity in the study area. Given the degree of habitat fragmentation separating the two empirical partitions, it is likely that the clustering programs correctly identified a barrier to gene flow. The differing results between the work published here and other studies suggest that it will be very difficult to draw general conclusions about habitat permeability in wild boar from individual studies.

Confronting racial isolation in Miami : a report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

Item 288-A (microfiche)

Report of workshop on isolation, characterization, and mechanism of action of proteases and antiproteases /

Mode of access: Internet.

Isolation of flaws by use of thermal differentials on a tire under mild loading conditions. Preliminary memorandum.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Isolation thicknesses of water for UO₂F₂ solution systems /

Previously published data was used for an empirical study of critical arrays of slab and cylindrically shaped vessels interacting through water. These vessels contained an aqueous solution of UO₂F₂ and the U²³⁵ isotopic enrichment was greater than 90%. Approximate isolation thicknesses of water for each of the above two cases is given.

Issues related to the selection of U.S. Navy buildings for base isolation /

"Investigation conducted by University of California, Los Angeles; sponsored by Naval Facilities Engineering Command."

Interim data report on the geohydrology of the proposed waste isolation pilot plant site, southeast New Mexico /

Mode of access: Internet.

Maine's rural elderly [microform] : independence without isolation : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, Bangor, Maine, June 9, 1980.

CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 81 S141-4