Autism

Impact of Clinical Parameters in the Intrahost Evolution of HIV-1 Subtype B in Pediatric Patients: A Machine Learning Approach.

Determining the factors modulating the genetic diversity of HIV-1 populations is essential to understand viral evolution. This study analyzes the relative importance of clinical factors in the intrahost HIV-1 subtype B (HIV-1B) evolution and in the fixation of drug resistance mutations (DRM) during longitudinal pediatric HIV-1 infection. We recovered 162 partial HIV-1B pol sequences (from 3 to 24 ...

Tele-Operating an Android Robot to Promote the Understanding of Facial Expressions and to Increase Facial Expressivity in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The effects of age and amplitude on wrist proprioceptive acuity.

This study examined wrist proprioception in a cross-sectional sample of 44 children aged between 8-to 14-years and a control group of 10 neurologicall...

Robotic set-up to quantify hand-eye behavior in motor execution and learning of children with autism spectrum disorder.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a persistence of social and communication impairment, an...

Feasibility of using sphero in rehabilitation of children with autism in social and communication skills.

The majority of children with autism face difficulties in social interaction and communication skills. Consequently, in this paper we present a pilot ...

Exploring the Use of a Humanoid Robot to Engage Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

We present a study aimed at exploring whether a humanoid robot may improve the effectiveness of educational interventions targeting children with auti...

Brief Report: Evaluation of an Intelligent Learning Environment for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Researchers are increasingly attempting to develop and apply innovative technological platforms for early detection and intervention of autism spectru...

The effectiveness of argumentation in tutorial dialogues with an Intelligent Tutoring System for genetic risk of breast cancer.

BRCA Gist is an Intelligent Tutoring System that helps women understand issues related to genetic testing and breast cancer risk. In two laboratory ex...

The Hyper-Modular Associative Mind: A Computational Analysis of Associative Responses of Persons with Asperger Syndrome.

Rigidity of thought is considered a main characteristic of persons with Asperger syndrome (AS). This rigidity may explain the poor comprehension of un...

Ensemble statistical and subspace clustering model for analysis of autism spectrum disorder phenotypes.

Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is complex including variability in behavioral phenotype as well as clinical, physiologic, and patholo...

Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing the Knowledge Base Related to Drug Biotransformation and Pharmacokinetics during Growth and Development.

It is generally acknowledged that there is a need and role for informative pharmacokinetic models to improve predictions and simulation as well as ind...

Novel applications of multitask learning and multiple output regression to multiple genetic trait prediction.

UNLABELLED: Given a set of biallelic molecular markers, such as SNPs, with genotype values encoded numerically on a collection of plant, animal or hum...

Mapping Robots to Therapy and Educational Objectives for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The aim of this study was to increase knowledge on therapy and educational objectives professionals work on with children with autism spectrum disorde...

[Hyperspectral Estimation of Apple Tree Canopy LAI Based on SVM and RF Regression].

Leaf area index (LAI) is the dynamic index of crop population size. Hyperspectral technology can be used to estimate apple canopy LAI rapidly and nond...

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Make a Fruit Salad with Probo, the Social Robot: An Interaction Study.

Social robots are thought to be motivating tools in play tasks with children with autism spectrum disorders. Thirty children with autism were included...

Application of a soft computing technique in predicting the percentage of shear force carried by walls in a rectangular channel with non-homogeneous roughness.

Two new soft computing models, namely genetic programming (GP) and genetic artificial algorithm (GAA) neural network (a combination of modified geneti...

Automated Tracking and Quantification of Autistic Behavioral Symptoms Using Microsoft Kinect.

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has risen significantly in the last ten years, and today, roughly 1 in 68 children has been diagnosed...

Mapping Sub-Second Structure in Mouse Behavior.

Complex animal behaviors are likely built from simpler modules, but their systematic identification in mammals remains a significant challenge. Here w...

Brief Report: A Pilot Summer Robotics Camp to Reduce Social Anxiety and Improve Social/Vocational Skills in Adolescents with ASD.

This pilot study evaluated a novel intervention designed to reduce social anxiety and improve social/vocational skills for adolescents with autism spe...

Brief Report: Development of a Robotic Intervention Platform for Young Children with ASD.

Increasingly researchers are attempting to develop robotic technologies for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This pilot study investigate...