Distributed Intelligent Agents Katia Sycara Keith Decker Anandeep Pannu Mike Williamson Dajun Zeng The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh‚ PA 15213‚ U.S.A. Voice: (412) 268-8825 Fax: (412) 268-5569 URL: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/ softagents/ Abstract We are investigating techniques for developing distributed and adaptive collections of agents that coordinate to retrieve‚ lter and fuse information relevant to the user‚ task and situation‚ as well as anticipate
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philippine studies Ateneo de Manila University • Loyola Heights‚ Quezon City • 1108 Philippines Agents of Apocalypse‚ by De Bevoise Review Author: David Keck Philippine Studies vol. 45‚ no. 3 (1997): 431–433 Copyright © Ateneo de Manila University Philippine Studies is published by the Ateneo de Manila University. Contents may not be copied or sent via email or other means to multiple sites and posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s written permission. Users may download and print
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Overview of Antifungal Agents George R.Thompson III‚ MD‚ FACPa‚b‚*‚ Jose Cadena‚ MDa‚b‚ Thomas F. Patterson‚ MDa‚b KEYWORDS Fungal infection Invasive mycoses Triazoles Echinocandins Amphotericin Flucytosine The number of agents available to treat fungal infections has increased by 30% since the year 2000‚ yet still only 15 agents are currently approved for clinical use. The greater number of medications now available allows for therapeutic choices; however‚ differences in antifungal
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Agents of Socialization Each of us as individuals is unique in different aspects of our characters. The agents of socialization aid further and play a central role in moulding us as social figures amongst society. In order for us to become well-functioning citizens in society there must be certain steps one must take. At the end of the day the focus is creating an expert society for us to benefit and for the society to function properly. We all exhibit our own personality in some way
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individual’s athletic career: sport agents. In order to understand what a sport agent is‚ we must first understand the concept of an agent. An agent is defined as “a person authorized by another to act for him‚ one entrusted with another’s business” (Staudohar‚ 2006); thus‚ a sport agent represents most individuals involved in the sport industry‚ including athletes in sports such as football‚ baseball‚ or figure skating‚ and also coaches and sport broadcasters. A sport agent has many responsibilities and
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DELA CRUZ‚ CYNTHIA GRACE C. 2008-13749 FS 125 March 10‚ 2012 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS 1. Introduction Food preservation has long been practiced since the olden times with processes such as heating ‚ drying‚ fermentation and refrigeration. In spite of this‚ physical methods are not enough to eliminate all microorganisms found in foods. Therefore‚ antimicrobial agents are needed to destroy these foodborne pathogens‚ so that the food will have a longer shelf-life. As technology progresses‚ improvements
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Antiknock agent An antiknock agent is a gasoline additive used to reduce engine knocking and increase the fuel’s octane rating by raising the temperature and pressure at which ignition occurs. The mixture known as gasoline‚ when used in high compression internal combustion engines‚ has a tendency to ignite early before the correctly timed spark occurs (pre-ignition ordetonation) causing a damaging "engine knocking" (also called "pinging" or "pinking") noise. Research[edit] Early research into this
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Many people watch television as part of their everyday routine‚ and according to Kerry Ferris‚ in The Real World‚ “The average American watches between two to seven hours of television per day.” The television is a common agent of socialization and is used to depict many different identities and social statuses. After looking in depth at the messages we are all receiving from television shows; it is very obvious that television makes these messages appear to be “the norm.” I chose to take a closer
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Antimicrobial Agents Lisette Vazquez October 27‚ 2013 Antimicrobial Agents Antimicrobial agents are utilized to kill microorganisms that cause infections. In order to be able to kill these microorganisms we must have an understanding of the factor associated with the infection. The purpose of this paper is to explore the different types of antimicrobial agents and the differences between viral and bacterial infections. Antimicrobial Agent Categories There are several antimicrobial agents to treat
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specific agents of socialization and how they have changed in American culture. These four agents include family‚ community‚ religion‚ and media. The first agent family‚ I focus on the significant differences between single parent families‚ and two parent families‚ as well as same sex marriages and different sex marriages. With the second agent community‚ I focus on neighbors relationships not being strong‚ increased crime rates‚ and significant changes in the community. In the third agent religion
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