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“…Virgin Islands / Daniel S. D'Arpa -- Puerto Rican Evaluations of Varieties of Spanish Eva-María Suárez Büdenbender -- Aquí no se cogen las guaguas: Language and Puerto Rican Identity in San Diego / Ana Celia Zentella -- Caribbean Spanish Influenced by African-American English: U.S. …”
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“…Anderson -- An exploration of cyberspace security R & D investment strategies for DARPA / Robert H. Anderson and Anthony C. Hearn.…”
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“…Preface -- Background And History: -- Defining robots and drones -- Early descriptions and imagined machines -- Automata -- Power systems and precedents -- Industrial robotics -- World War II -- Cold War robotics -- Robots in popular culture -- Academic centers -- Fielding military robots -- References -- Problems And Controversies: -- Artificial intelligence -- Robots and drones in asymmetrical wars -- Mass production and specialty design -- Gold plating and requirements creep -- Special vulnerabilities of robotic systems -- Autonomous robots and lethal force -- Robots and the laws of war -- Integration of the human-machine team -- References -- Worldwide Perspective: -- Europe: -- United Kingdom -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Other European countries -- Asia: -- China -- Russia -- India -- Pakistan -- Japan -- South Korea -- Other Asian countries -- South Pacific Region -- Middle East: -- Israel -- Jordan -- Turkey -- Iran -- UAE -- North America -- South America -- Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- Chronology -- Biographical Sketches: -- Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992) -- Brooks, Rodney (1954-) -- Bush, George W (1946-) -- Cebrowski, Arthur (1942-2005) -- Gates, Robert M (1943-) -- Greiner, Helen (1967-) -- Kurzweil, Raymond (1948-) -- McCarthy, John (1927-) -- Minsky, Marvin (1927-) -- Moravec, Hans (1948-) -- Obama, Barack (1961-) -- Panetta, Leon (1938-) -- Reddy, Raj (1937-) -- Simon, Herbert A (1916-2001) -- Turing, Alan (1912-1954) -- Vaucanson, Jacques de (1709-1782) -- Warwick, Kevin (1954-) -- Whittaker, William "Red" (1948-) -- Wilson, Daniel (1978-) -- Data And Documents: -- BigDog -- Dragon Eye -- Dragon Runner -- Fire Fly / Lightning Bug -- Fire scout -- Gladiator -- Global Hawk -- MARCbot -- MULE -- PackBot -- Pioneer -- Predator -- Raven -- Reaper -- ScanEagle -- Shadow -- TALON -- Warrior -- Documents: -- Missile Technology Control Regime -- National Defense Authorization, fiscal year 2001 -- International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation, 2002 -- Department of Defense Reports to Congress on Development and Utilization of Robotics and Unmanned Ground Vehicles, October 2006 -- US Department of State legal advisor Harold Koh, speech to the American Society of International Law Annual Conference, 2010 -- Aircraft Procurement Plan Fiscal Years (FY) 2012-2041, US Air Force, 2011 -- Policy options for unmanned aircraft systems, Congressional Budget Office, 2011 -- References -- Directory Of Organizations: -- Government agencies: -- Air Force Research Laboratory -- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -- Robotic Systems Joint Project Office -- Research Organizations: -- Boston Dynamics -- Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute -- Foster-Miller Company -- General Atomics -- Honda Motor Company -- iRobot Corporation -- MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory -- RAND Corporation -- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) -- Defense Conglomerates: -- BAE Systems -- Boeing -- European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company -- Lockheed Martin Corporation -- Northrop Grumman Corporation -- QinetiQ North America -- Raytheon Company -- Print And Nonprint Resources: -- Books and articles -- Journals, bulletins, and newsletters -- Government documents and agency publications -- Web sites -- Glossary -- Index -- About the author.…”
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“…Dynamic generation of surgery specific simulators - a feasibility study -- Haptic laparoscopic skills trainer with practical user evaluation metrics -- Desktop and conference room VR for physicians -- A biologically derived approach to tissue modeling -- Grid enabled remote visualization of medical datasets -- Surface scanning soft tissues -- Validation of a bovine rectal palpation simulator for training veterinary students -- Predictive biosimulation and virtual patients in pharmaceutical R & D -- Simulating surgical incisions without polygon subdivision -- 3D real-time FEM based guide wire simulator with force feedback -- Determining the efficacy of an immersive trainer for arthroscopy skills -- Teaching intravenous cannulation to medical students: comparative analysis of two simulators and two traditional educational approaches -- Validation of SimPL - a simulator for diagnostic peritoneal lavage training -- Challenges in presenting high dimensional data to aid in triage in the DARPA virtual soldier project -- A web-based remote collaborative system for visualization and assessment of semi-automatic diagnosis of liver cancer from CT images --…”