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To become a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas you will need to:

Fill in the blank with the correct phrase, either до того́, как or по́сле того́, как. Don’t copy and paste. Type in.  Я собира́ю свои́ ве́щи _____ я одева́юсь.

A weight W is resting as shown in the figure. The rod CD is in the following loading condition:  Rod CD with W on top.png

The graph below shows an ROC curve produced using Textor’s negative selection algorithm. The solid blue line shows the false positive rate plotted against the true positive rate for different threshold values (θ in the assignment). The dotted orange line plots the function x=y.  Which of the following observations about the ROC curve are correct? (Select all that apply)

Consider the social insects assignment in which an agent-based model was used to simulate how an ant colony chooses between two available food sources. How would the model need to be adjusted if the ants deposited pheromones instead of tandem running?

For which of the following problems are swarms of robots an appropriate solution? (Select all that apply)

Human tumors are believed to contain hypoxic cells which: can make tumors more radio resistant than normal tissues can reoxygenate if the cells can relocate next to a blood supply may cause radiotherapy to fail locally if all cells are not reoxygenated

Radiation-induced deterministic effects can be produced as a consequence of either medical or accidental radiation exposures. Which of the following statements concerning deterministic effects is FALSE?

A person who received a total body dose of radiation of 3000 cGy would receive treatment to combat the effects of the radiation.  During treatment the individual would be receive which of the following? Whole blood replacement Alimentary fluids with electrolytes Complete decontamination for removal radioactive substances Antibiotics comprised of several drugs to combat all possible infections

In the paper, “A neural algorithm for a fundamental computing problem,” the authors describe how the fly olfactory system recognizes odors and can make associations between similar odors. The fly “stores” odors using a system in which a unique tag is generated for each odor. The authors describe this system as “locally sensitive.” Why is local sensitivity beneficial for similarity search in computer science?