# Applications

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## [About the Applications category](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/about-the-applications-category/132)

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**Author:** [@forumControlSystem](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/forumControlSystem)\
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**Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/about-the-applications-category/132 "2019-10-31T22:06:18Z")

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This category is for discussion of Practical Applications of PCT.

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## [Rapid diagnosis of autism](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/rapid-diagnosis-of-autism/16156)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/rapid-diagnosis-of-autism/16156 "2025-02-06T14:50:52Z")

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Childhood autism is difficult to distinguish from ADHD, which commonly co-occurs with it, and often difficult to diagnose as distinct from neurotypical development. A quick video game session invites the child to imitat…

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## [PCT & MOL In Dog Behavior](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/pct-mol-in-dog-behavior/16153)

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**Author:** [@BrianFleming](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/BrianFleming)\
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**Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 2:05am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/pct-mol-in-dog-behavior/16153 "2025-01-11T02:05:18Z")

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Hello PCT Community! Some of you may recognize me from correspondence late last year. I’m excited to have discovered this forum! I am pleased to announce that my colleague and I’s lecture proposal to bring PCT to the L…

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## [Boston Dynamics: model predictive control](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/boston-dynamics-model-predictive-control/16140)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
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**Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 1:38am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/boston-dynamics-model-predictive-control/16140 "2024-11-02T01:38:26Z")

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The question has arisen occasionally whether Boston Dynamics got their secret sauce from Bill, because he sent them some code and documentation at an early stage of their development. Boston Dynamics has recently said …

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## [How SpaceX's Starship Caught Its Booster: A Control Engineering Masterpiece](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/how-spacexs-starship-caught-its-booster-a-control-engineering-masterpiece/16132)

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**Author:** [@Abbott](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/Abbott)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 1:16am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/how-spacexs-starship-caught-its-booster-a-control-engineering-masterpiece/16132 "2024-10-25T01:16:57Z")

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How SpaceX’s Starship Caught Its Booster: A Control Engineering Masterpiece This YouTube video discusses the kinds of control systems that SpaceX employed to bring the Starship booster back to the launch tower for a pin…

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## [Chinese robotics](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/chinese-robotics/16124)

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**Author:** [@bnhpct](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/bnhpct)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/chinese-robotics/16124 "2024-09-11T21:05:57Z")

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Any connection with the 2005 CSG conference in China? Hangzhou is south of Shanghai.

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## [New Hypothesis for Parkinson's Disease Questions the Recommended Treatment](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/new-hypothesis-for-parkinsons-disease-questions-the-recommended-treatment/16120)

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**Author:** [@Abbott](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/Abbott)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 2:04am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/new-hypothesis-for-parkinsons-disease-questions-the-recommended-treatment/16120 "2024-08-06T02:04:06Z")

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Dr. Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein presents evidence that the standard treatment to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease (L-dopa) may be doing more harm than good in the long run. According to the standard view, deaths …

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## [Help I can't use my phone to login](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/help-i-cant-use-my-phone-to-login/15965)

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**Author:** [@Shelley\_Roy](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/Shelley_Roy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 3:51am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/help-i-cant-use-my-phone-to-login/15965 "2022-10-10T03:51:19Z")

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I added the discourse application on my phone and it asks me to follow sites - no matter what I type in I can’t find the IAPCT site. Can anyone help?

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## [PCT & Education](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/pct-education/15955)

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**Author:** [@hugocristo](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/hugocristo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 7:44am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/pct-education/15955 "2022-08-22T07:44:45Z")

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Hi everybody, I created my first topic in this forum a month ago and received incredible feedback. That discussion eventually shifted to PCT applications to education, so I thought this subcategory should be the right o…

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## [Propositional logic and PCT](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/propositional-logic-and-pct/15946)

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**Author:** [@hugocristo](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/hugocristo)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/propositional-logic-and-pct/15946 "2022-08-13T13:33:04Z")

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Hello everyone! First time poster here. I’ve been searching for PCT-oriented propositional logic empirical studies. I found this thread at the CSGnet Archive, where Bill argued propositional logic operates at the 9th l…

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## [Programming and PCT](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/programming-and-pct/15819)

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**Author:** [@wmansell](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/wmansell)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/programming-and-pct/15819 "2021-06-12T20:53:50Z")

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Asking for a colleague: Do you have any great resources on how perceptual control theory relates to programming paradigms, like imperative, functional, or logical programming?

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## [Nature Engagement](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/nature-engagement/15775)

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**Author:** [@wmansell](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/wmansell)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/nature-engagement/15775 "2021-04-03T23:52:16Z")

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Hi folks, if you love nature (who doesn’t?!), you might like this new article. Don’t expect any TCVs though! Warren

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## [Universal basic income](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/universal-basic-income/15768)

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**Author:** [@rsmarken](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/rsmarken)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/universal-basic-income/15768 "2021-03-08T22:19:06Z")

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Here’s a nice article describing how providing a universal basic income might work as a social policy. I think the results described in the article pose a significant challenge to most psychological and economic theories…

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## [Management, Leadership and PCT](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/management-leadership-and-pct/15566)

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**Author:** [@richardhpfau](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/richardhpfau)\
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**Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/management-leadership-and-pct/15566 "2020-03-30T20:17:00Z")

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One way to spread PCT is to share its ideas in order to improve management and leadership practices. I have just carefully read Dag Forssell’s 92 page booklet titled Management and Leadership: Insight for Effective Prac…

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## [An Application of PCT](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/an-application-of-pct/15690)

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**Author:** [@FredNickols](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/FredNickols)\
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**Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 11:42am UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/an-application-of-pct/15690 "2020-11-03T11:42:50Z")

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My November Knowledge Worker column focuses on five questions that were derived from PCT and used to resolve an operational problem. https://www.nickols.us/KWNov2020.pdf

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## [PCT and Older Adults](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/pct-and-older-adults/142)

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**Author:** [@richardhpfau](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/richardhpfau)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/pct-and-older-adults/142 "2020-01-16T15:00:18Z")

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\[Richard Pfau (2019.11.25 18:00 EST)\] Are there any articles or papers relating PCT to the lives of older adults? If you are aware of any, please let me know. I have come across some articles dealing with control and e…

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## [A Workplace Story](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/a-workplace-story/101)

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**Author:** [@FredNickols](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/FredNickols)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/a-workplace-story/101 "2019-09-24T17:20:10Z")

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I was doing some work with a field sales force when the manager asked me to look into a puzzling situation. It seems one of his best sales reps would call in sick every now and then, even in the middle of a hot streak. …

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## [Deci's Self Determination Theory](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/decis-self-determination-theory/99)

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**Author:** [@Shelley\_Roy](http://discourse.iapct.org/u/Shelley_Roy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](http://discourse.iapct.org/t/decis-self-determination-theory/99 "2019-09-24T15:57:42Z")

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I am facilitating a session on " Character Education" the group is using Deci’s work as a foundation and is unfamiliar with PCT. I’m wondering what others who know PCT think about Deci’s work. SummaryThis text will be h…