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IMAGE: The team trained the algorithm on videos from YouTube, mostly coming from documentaries and reality shows, such as Trauma: Life in the ER and Boston EMS. The set of. view more
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Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a more accurate navigation system that will allow robots to better negotiate busy clinical environments in general and emergency departments more specifically. The researchers have also developed a dataset of open source videos to help train robotic navigation systems in the future.
The team, led by Professor Laurel Riek and Ph.D. student Angelique Taylor, detail their findings in a paper for the International Conference on Robotics and Automation taking place May 30 to June 5 in Xi an, China.
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Mutations that occur in certain DNA regions, called tandem repeats, may play a significant role in autism spectrum disorders, according to research led by Melissa Gymrek, assistant professor in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science and Engineering and School of Medicine. The study, which was published in
Nature on Jan. 14, was co-authored by UCLA professor of human genetics Kirk Lohmueller and highlights the contributions these understudied mutations can make to disease. Few researchers really study these repetitive regions because they re generally non-coding they do not make proteins; their function is unclear; and they can be difficult to analyze, said Gymrek. However, my lab has found these tandem repeats can influence gene expression, as well as the likelihood of developing certain conditions such as ASD.