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A predictive safety filter for learning-based racing control
The growing need for high-performance controllers in safety-critical
applications like autonomous driving has been motivating the development of
formal safety verification techniques. In this paper, we design and implement a
predictive safety filter that is able to maintain vehicle safety with respect
to track boundaries when paired alongside any potentially unsafe control
signal, such as those found in learning-based methods. A model predictive
control (MPC) framework is used to create a minimally invasive algorithm that
certifies whether a desired control input is safe and can be applied to the
vehicle, or that provides an alternate input to keep the vehicle in bounds. To
this end, we provide a principled procedure to compute a safe and invariant set
for nonlinear dynamic bicycle models using efficient convex approximation
techniques. To fully support an aggressive racing performance without
conservative safety interventions, the safe set is extended in real-time
through predictive control backup trajectories. Applications for assisted
manual driving and deep imitation learning on a miniature remote-controlled
vehicle demonstrate the safety filter's ability to ensure vehicle safety during
aggressive maneuvers
Überinfusion von Verbrennungsopfern: häufig und schädlich
Zusammenfassung: Hintergrund: Schwerbrandverletzte (mehr als 20% verbrannter Körperoberfläche bei Erwachsenen) weisen in der ersten Phase (8-48h) einen durch das massive Kapillarleck bedingten Verbrennungsschock auf, der einer Infusionstherapie bedarf, um die Hämodynamik wieder herzustellen. Bis in die 80erJahre stellte eine unzureichende Flüssigkeitstherapie (Unterinfusion) die Haupttodesursache von Verbrennungspatienten dar. Seither ist die übermäßige Flüssigkeitstherapie (Überinfusion) zu einer beachtenswerten Quelle von Komplikationen geworden: abdominales Kompartmentsyndrom, Entlastungsschnitte (Escharotomie), Verschlechterung des Gasaustauschs, Verlängerung der künstlichen Beatmung und des Spitalaufenthalts. Die Überinfusion hat Ende der 90erJahre begonnen, wo innerhalb der ersten 24h Flüssigkeitsmengen zugeführt wurden, die weit über den 4ml/kg/%BSA ("burn surface area") der Parkland-Formel lagen. Ziel: Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Faktoren, welche zu einer Überinfusion führen können und zeigt Möglichkeiten, dem durch eine strikte Kontrolle der präklinischen Infusionstherapie sowie durch eine permissive Hypovolämie vorzubeuge
Weighted norm inequalities, off-diagonal estimates and elliptic operators. Part IV: Riesz transforms on manifolds and weights
This is the fourth article of our series. Here, we study weighted norm
inequalities for the Riesz transform of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on
Riemannian manifolds and of subelliptic sum of squares on Lie groups, under the
doubling volume property and Gaussian upper bounds.Comment: 12 pages. Fourth of 4 papers. Important revision: improvement of main
result by eliminating use of Poincar\'e inequalities replaced by the weaker
Gaussian keat kernel bound
Lp-cohomology of negatively curved manifolds
We compute the -cohomology spaces of some negatively curved manifolds.
We deal with two cases: manifolds with finite volume and sufficiently pinched
negative curvature, and conformally compact manifolds
Evaluation of the Clinical Rule for Endocarditis in the Emergency Department Among Patients With Suspected Infective Endocarditis.
Propagation of gamma rays and production of free electrons in air
A new concept of remote detection of concealed radioactive materials has been
recently proposed \cite{Gr.Nusin.2010}-\cite{NusinSprangle}. It is based on the
breakdown in air at the focal point of a high-power beam of electromagnetic
waves produced by a THz gyrotron. To initiate the avalanche breakdown, seed
free electrons should be present in this focal region during the
electromagnetic pulse. This paper is devoted to the analysis of production of
free electrons by gamma rays leaking from radioactive materials. Within a
hundred meters from the radiation source, the fluctuating free electrons appear
with the rate that may exceed significantly the natural background ionization
rate. During the gyrotron pulse of about 10 microsecond length, such electrons
may seed the electric breakdown and create sufficiently dense plasma at the
focal region to be detected as an unambiguous effect of the concealed
radioactive material.Comment: 27 pages, 10 figure
Dynamics of light propagation in spatiotemporal dielectric structures
Propagation, transmission and reflection properties of linearly polarized
plane waves and arbitrarily short electromagnetic pulses in one-dimensional
dispersionless dielectric media possessing an arbitrary space-time dependence
of the refractive index are studied by using a two-component, highly symmetric
version of Maxwell's equations. The use of any slow varying amplitude
approximation is avoided. Transfer matrices of sharp nonstationary interfaces
are calculated explicitly, together with the amplitudes of all secondary waves
produced in the scattering. Time-varying multilayer structures and
spatiotemporal lenses in various configurations are investigated analytically
and numerically in a unified approach. Several new effects are reported, such
as pulse compression, broadening and spectral manipulation of pulses by a
spatiotemporal lens, and the closure of the forbidden frequency gaps with the
subsequent opening of wavenumber bandgaps in a generalized Bragg reflector
Development and validation of an inventory to assess conflict in sport teams: the Group Conflict Questionnaire
Culture change in elite sport performance teams: Examining and advancing effectiveness in the new era
Reflecting the importance of optimizing culture for elite teams, Fletcher and Arnold (2011) recently suggested the need for expertise in culture change. Acknowledging the dearth of literature on the specific process, however, the potential effectiveness of practitioners in this area is unknown. The present paper examines the activity's precise demands and the validity of understanding in sport psychology and organizational research to support its delivery. Recognizing that sport psychologists are being increasingly utilized by elite team management, initial evidence-based guidelines are presented. Finally, to stimulate the development of ecologically valid, practically meaningful knowledge, the paper identifies a number of future research directions
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