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Super-smart, eavesdropping dogs pick up new words like human toddlers

Spelling F-O-O-D or O-U-T might only get you so far around your dog if he or she is considered a Gifted Word Learner (GWL).
IEEE

Encoding–Decoding-Based Recursive State Estimation for Mobile Robot Localization: A Multiple Description Case

Abstract: This article irons out the issue of recursive state estimation for mobile robot localization under a multiple description coding scheme. For the sake of optimizing the utilization of channel ...
IEEE

MAP Algorithm for Frame Padding Length Estimation: A Classic Example of Decoding With Natural Redundancy in Protocols

Abstract: This letter aims to provide a general methodology for addressing forward error correction (FEC) issues in protocols. Taking the estimation of frame padding ...
NPR

Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests

Some Head Start early childhood programs are being told by the federal government to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied. That's ...