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David Wilkes

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[PDF][PDF] Robotic exploration as graph construction

G Dudek, M Jenkin, E Milios, D Wilkes - J. Comput., vol, 1978 - cs.dal.ca
We address the problem of robotic exploration of a graphlike world, where no distance or
orientation metric is assumed of the world. The robot is assumed to be able to autonomously …

[HTML][HTML] Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote

…, NC Elde, AP Turkewitz, DJ Asai, DE Wilkes… - PLoS …, 2006 - journals.plos.org
The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a model organism for molecular and cellular biology.
Like other ciliates, this species has separate germline and soma functions that are …

A taxonomy for multi-agent robotics

G Dudek, MRM Jenkin, E Milios, D Wilkes - Autonomous Robots, 1996 - Springer
A key difficulty in the design of multi-agent robotic systems is the size and complexity of the
space of possible designs. In order to make principled design decisions, an understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] IL-17–dependent cellular immunity to collagen type V predisposes to obliterative bronchiolitis in human lung transplants

…, S Yoshida, OW Cummings, DS Wilkes - The Journal of …, 2007 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), a process of fibro-obliterative occlusion of the small
airways in the transplanted lung, is the most common cause of lung transplant failure. We …

Clinical risk factors for primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation

…, S Arcasoy, PD Shah, DS Wilkes… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is the main cause of early morbidity and mortality
after lung transplantation. Previous studies have yielded conflicting results for PGD risk …

[HTML][HTML] Race and genetic ancestry in medicine—a time for reckoning with racism

…, RA Kittles, NA Zaitlen, DS Wilkes… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine US health inequities won’t be eliminated by
abandoning the use of race and ethnicity in research and clinical practice, since these variables …

Whole-exome sequencing of metastatic cancer and biomarkers of treatment response

…, N Greco, TJ McNary, E Herrscher, D Wilkes… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Understanding molecular mechanisms of response and resistance to anticancer
therapies requires prospective patient follow-up and clinical and functional validation of …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct classes of complex structural variation uncovered across thousands of cancer genome graphs

…, PC Galipeau, TG Paulson, BJ Reid, X Li, D Wilkes… - Cell, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer genomes often harbor hundreds of somatic DNA rearrangement junctions, many of
which cannot be easily classified into simple (eg, deletion) or complex (eg, chromothripsis) …

Secreted Frizzled-related protein 2 is a procollagen C proteinase enhancer with a role in fibrosis associated with myocardial infarction

K Kobayashi, M Luo, Y Zhang, DC Wilkes, G Ge… - Nature cell …, 2009 - nature.com
Secreted Frizzled-related proteins (sFRPs) have emerged as key regulators of a wide range
of developmental and disease processes. Most of the known functions of mammalian sFRPs …

A taxonomy for swarm robots

…, M Jenkin, E Milios, D Wilkes - Proceedings of 1993 …, 1993 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many cases several mobile robots (autonomous agents) can be used together to accomplish
tasks that would be either more difficult or impossible for a robot acting alone. Many …