- Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
- Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
- Petri Nets in System Modeling
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
- Manufacturing Process and Optimization
- Experimental Learning in Engineering
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
- Real-Time Systems Scheduling
- Digital Transformation in Industry
- Simulation Techniques and Applications
- Engineering Education and Pedagogy
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Design Education and Practice
- Mechatronics Education and Applications
- Advanced Control Systems Optimization
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- Formal Methods in Verification
- Higher Education Learning Practices
- Network Time Synchronization Technologies
University of Calgary
2015-2024
GlobalFoundries (Germany)
2023
The University of Western Australia
2022
Conestoga College
2021
Queen's University Belfast
2018
Stonehill College
2012
California State Polytechnic University
2011
Czech Technical University in Prague
2008
Tulane University
2002
Pennsylvania State University
1973-1997
Artificial Intelligence (AI) developments challenge higher education institutions’ teaching, learning, assessment, and research practices. To contribute timely evidence-based recommendations for upholding academic integrity, we conducted a rapid scoping review focusing on what is known about integrity AI in education. We followed the Updated Reviewer Manual Scoping Reviews from Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Preferred Reporting Items Systematic reviews Meta-Analysis (PRISMA-ScR) reporting...
The presence of hyperglycemia prior to stroke or cardiac arrest can increase neuronal damage caused by brain ischemia. Acute shows this effect in animal models stroke. However, chronic and with additional acute elevation blood glucose are more common premorbid states for patients. on regional cerebral flow (rCBF) is unclear but changes may play a role ischemic cell damage. We measured rCBF awake restrained rats that had induced treatment streptozotocin. This was compared made acutely...
We describe a general approach for dynamic and intelligent reconfiguration of real-time distributed control systems that utilizes the IEC 61499 function block model. This work is central to development are inherently adaptable dynamically reconfigurable. The used takes advantage artificial intelligence at planning levels achieve significantly shorter up-front commissioning times as well more responsiveness change. based on object-oriented agent-based methods, aims overcoming difficulties...
Cerebral blood flow autoregulation (CBFA) to changes in perfusion pressure has not been previously reported the rat. A modification of Kety and Schmidt technique employing 133Xenon was used measure cerebral (CBF) paralyzed adult Sprague Dawley rats passively ventilated with 70% nitrous oxide 30% oxygen. At a mean arterial (MABP) 121 +/- 19 mm Hg, PCO2 36.2 2.9 CBF 103 22 ml/min/100 gm brain. responses hypercarbia were 4.9 per Hg change PCO2. measured during steady state levels hypo-...
Abstract The presence of hyperglycemia before brain ischemia increases stroke‐related morbidity and mortality in experimantal animals humans. However, little is known the effect on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). Acute was induced awake but restrained rats by intraperitoneal injection 50% D‐glucose. Regional determined using [14C]iodoantipyrine quantitative autoradiography. Elevation plasma glucose from 11 to 39 mM associated with a 24% reduction rCBF when compared controls that...
Abstract : Cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral metabolic rates (CMR) were studied in newborn dogs during insulin‐induced hypoglycemia. Pups anesthetized, paralyzed, artificially ventilated with a mixture of 70% nitrous oxide 30% oxygen to maintain normoxia normocarbia. Experimental animals given regular insulin (0.3 units/gm IV); controls received normal saline. CBF was determined using modification the Kety‐Schmidt technique employing 133 Xe as indicator. Arteriovenous differences for...
Although a majority of reported cases cerebellar hemorrhage are subacute or chronic, an acute form occurs that results in coma within 48 hours onset and is probably always fatal without surgical intervention. Our experience with 12 consecutive patients proved summarized. Of three treated aggressive medical therapy alone, none survived more than hours. In seven nine operated cases, emergency surgery was undertaken solely on the strength clinical diagnosis radiologic confirmation. Three died...
Damage to our genome causes acute senescence in mammalian cells, which undergo growth arrest and release a secretome that elicits cell cycle bystander cells through the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Thus, is powerful tumour suppressor. <i>Salmonella enterica</i> hijacks its typhoid toxin, usurps unidentified factors stress of senescent mediate intracellular infections. Here, transcriptomics toxin-induced (txSCs) proteomics their identified secreted ligands activate TGFβ...
Merges the latest results obtained by holonic manufacturing systems (HMS) consortium with developed standards for platform interoperability released Foundation Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) to propose a novel e‐business model: e‐enterprise (HE). The HE extends both HMS and FIPA models. On one side it paradigm top level, inter‐enterprise one. other multi‐agent system (MAS) hardware (physical machine) level.
Distributed intelligent control involves matching the model more closely with physical system. This is particularly relevant to industrial systems that are required widely distributed devices in an environment prone disruptions. Although considerable work has been conducted on application of agent technology upper levels manufacturing (e.g., scheduling, planning, supply chain management, enterprise integration), these techniques level where real-time constraints prevalent relatively new....
Cerebral blood flow (CBF), CBF responses to changes in arterial CO2 tension, and cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO2) were measured newborn dogs, by means of a modification the Kety Schmidt technique employing 133Xe. Mongrel dogs 1-7 days age paralyzed passively ventilated with 70% N2O 30% O2. was derived analysis paired serial 20-microliter samples venous from superior sagittal sinus. At an PCO2 36.9 +/- 3.7 Torr mean pressure 62 10 Torr, 23 8 ml/min per 100 g. The arteriovenous...
In the current research, we examine effects of a new team-training system that can be readily integrated into postsecondary teaching and learning activities. Our training focuses on generating productive constructive conflict by invoking an evidence-supported information sharing decision-making concept known as controversy. We used 517 student teams (1,659 students) organized no-training comparison condition, classroom-only condition (partial training), classroom-plus-booster involving...
In this paper, the authors review extant natural language processing models in context of undergraduate mechanical engineering education. These have advanced to a stage where it has become increasingly more difficult discern computer vs. human-produced material, and as result, understandably raised questions about their impact on academic integrity. As part our review, we perform two sets tests with OpenAI's model (1) using GPT-3 generate text for laboratory report (2) Codex code an...
Since IEC 61499 has reached the state of an international standard and a substantial body research results exists question authors as main intention for this paper was: Do models solve all problems when thinking usability interoperability in heterogeneous system environments? The discussed within concern to execution model defined basic function blocks scheduling events block networks.
We analyzed four personal cases and 51 reported of dissecting aneurysms the arteries head neck. Subintimal dissection more commonly affects intracranial vessels before age 40. In contrast, medial tends to affect extracranial after 30. Vertebrobasilar variably either arterial plane. The reasons for these differing patterns are still not clear. young subjects, subintimal layer appears be susceptible; in media becomes increasingly vulnerable with age, particularly presence acquired disease.
This paper focuses on the important holonic manufacturing systems issue of automatic and dynamic adaptability to change at physical machine level control. We propose a model support configuration reconfiguration real-time distributed