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As the world's energy usage continues to rise while the natural energy sources continue to dwindle, it is becoming more important that the general public's awareness of energy is increased. The National Academy of Engineering, NAE, has deemed this issue so important that five out of the fourteen Engineering Grand Challenges deal with energy. Raising awareness with children about energy consumption...
The viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is essential for multiplication of all RNA viruses. The sequence diversity of an RNA virus population contributes to its ability to infect the host. This diversity emanates from errors made by the RdRp during RNA synthesis. The physical basis for RdRp fidelity is unclear but is linked to conformational changes occurring during the nucleotide-addition cycle...
This paper describes a genetic algorithm for solving the traveling salesman problem (TSP) for autonomous navigation. The method is applied to autonomous underwater vehicles for efficient path planning during underwater mine inspections, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. This method is significantly easier to implement and much more extensible to real world variants of TSP, e.g. problems incorporating...
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