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SWAP ADJACENT GEMS TO MAKE SETS OF THREE: A HISTORY OF MATCHING TILE GAMES

Abstract From sales figures and interviews, we know that many people outside the typical video game audience play small downloadable video games like Zuma, Diner Dash, or Bejeweled. Such small video games are known as casual games, and have unsuspectedly become a major industry during the last few years. However, video game studies have so far mostly focused on foundational issues (“what is a game”) and on AAA games, big games purchased in stores. In this article, I try to remedy the situation by examining the historical development of the casual game sub-genre of matching tile games, to see how their game design has evolved over time, and to discuss the opposing perspectives that players and developers have on video game history,
PROMPT3-a cell-based transistor sizing program using heuristic and simulated annealing algorithms

PROMPT3, an innovative cell-based transistor sizing program, automatically sizes logic cells to meet the desired timing goal and to minimize the total active area. The optimization includes both heuristic and simulated annealing algorithms. To satisfy the timing specification, PROMPT3 iteratively uses a sensitivity-based heuristic algorithm to reduce gate delays and to derive a performance-optimized circuit configuration. Using this initial circuit configuration, PROMPT3 then applies a simulated annealing algorithm to minimize active chip area while maintaining the specified timing constraints. Preliminary results indicate that the speed of the circuit can be doubled. Using only the heuristic algorithm increases the total active chip area by 25%. However, this increase can be reduced to 15% after applying the simulated annealing algorithm. The authors discuss the algorithms and preliminary test results of PROMPT3
BlindCanSeeQL: Improved Blind SQL Injection For DB Schema Discovery Using A Predictive Dictionary From Web Scraped Word Based Lists

SQL Injections are still a prominent threat on the web. Using a custom built tool, BlindCanSeeQL (BCSQL), we will explore how to automate Blind SQL attacks to discover database schema using less requests than the standard methods, thus helping avoid detection from overloading a server with hits. This tool uses a web crawler to discover keywords that assist with autocompleting schema object names, along with improvements in ASCII bisection to lower the number of requests sent to the server. Along with this tool, we will discuss ways to prevent and protect against such attacks.
A monolithic surface micromachined accelerometer with digital output

A single-chip accelerometer with digital output is fabricated in a surface micromachining technology that uses standard silicon processing to fabricate both mechanical sensor and associated electronic circuitry on a single substrate. Compared to conventional multi-chip solutions this approach simplifies packaging and has the advantages of smaller size and potentially lower cost.
Simple Algorithm of Arterial Blood Gas Analysis to Ensure Consistent, Correct and Quick Responses!

Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is a crucial part of diagnosing and managing a patient’s state of oxygenation, ventilation as well as acid-base balance. The practicability of this diagnostic tool is dependent on being able to correctly interpret the results. Disorders of acid-base balance can create complications in many disease processes, and occasionally underlying disorders may be so severe that might cause life-threatening risk. So, thorough understanding of acid-base balance is vital for any physician, intensivist, and anesthesiologists are not exception.
Stability of inverted pendulum by neuro-PID control with genetic algorithm

We consider stabilization of an inverted pendulum which can be controlled by moving a cart in an intelligent way. Here, we adopt a PID (proportional plus integral plus derivative) control method to stabilize the pendulum. We propose a method to use neural networks to tune the PID gains such that human operators can tune the gains adaptively according to the environmental condition and systems specification. In order to avoid the local minimum problem, we use the genetic algorithm to find the initial values of connection weights of the neural network.
Frequency offset estimation for GPS enabled Wi-Fi access points.

ii PREFACE . iv TABLE OF CONTENTS . v LIST OF TABLES . xi LIST OF FIGURES . xii LIST OF SYMBOLS . xv ABBREVIATIONS . xix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . xxi DEDICATION. xxiii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND THESIS ORGANIZATION . 1 1.1 MOTIVATION . 2 1.2 OBJECTIVE . 3 1.3 THESIS ORGANIZATION . 3 CHAPTER 2: PREVIOUS WORK ON INDOOR POSITIONING, INDOOR CHANNEL MODELS AND SOME IMPORTANT PARAMETERS . 5 2.1 IPS (INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM): AN OVERVIEW . 5 2.2 DIFFERENT IPS TECHNOLOGIES, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES . 6 2.2.1 Trilateration . 6
Modeling and analysing the performance of a wireless mesh network

Zhou-Kangas, Yue Modeling of a wireless mesh network Jyvaskyla: University of Jyvaskyla, 2014, 60 p. Mathematical Information Technology, Master’s Thesis Supervisors: Professor Hamalainen, Timo Dr. Petrov, Dmitry As an emerging technology for the future internet, the wireless mesh networks can provide fast-configure low-cost and scalable wireless networks to large areas. The wireless community networks are based on the wireless mesh network technology as a new solution for internet access, game, internet radio and VoIP services for the users. This thesis presents the wireless mesh network technology in details including the related routing protocols and standards. The topology data (in CNML) of Guifi.net, an open access community network deployed in Spain, was also analyzed. Based on the topology information parsed from the CNML file, a small zone of Guifi.net was modeled. The performance of the modeled zone was studied via the simulations with the 802.11s mesh module in NS-3. By analyzing the simulation results, the network efficiency and the instantaneity of the modeled zone were shown as decreasing with the increasing of the network load. The simulation results also indicated that the efficiency of the links in the modeled zone was not dependent on the hop count distance. From the analysis of the simulation results for peer links, the key factors that affect the performance of the links were identified: the antenna transmission gain of the radio and the distance between the nodes. At the end of the thesis, the idea of the topology generation scheme for Guifi.net is demonstrated. The results from this thesis can provide reference bases for the further steps of the research of the topology generation scheme.
Robust motion and force control of robot manipulators in the presence of environmental constraint uncertainties

Due to task kinematic modeling inaccuracy, the constraint function imposed on robot manipulators may not be known exactly. A variable structure control (VSC) method is developed for robust motion and constrained force control of robot manipulators in the presence of parameter uncertainties, external disturbances, and constraint function uncertainties. The method is based on the particular structure of the constrained robot, in which motion control and force control are treated together. The proposed VSC controller can also provide the sliding mode and the reaching transient response with prescribed qualities. A sufficient condition to guarantee that the robot does not lose contact with the constraint surface is given. Detailed simulation results illustrate the proposed method. <<ETX>>
Breastfeeding Duration and Anogenital Distance in 2-Year-Old Infants

Abstract Background: The anogenital distance (AGD) is an anthropometric marker determined by exposures to androgens in utero and throughout the first few months of life. Early exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates have been significantly associated with shortened AGD in boys. Limited studies have explored phthalate concentrations in breast milk and infant formula. Objective: To explore the associations between breastfeeding duration and AGD measures in infants. Materials and Methods: MALAMA (Medio Ambiente y Lactancia Materna) is a follow-up study of 430 mother–child pairs, from birth to 2 years, from two population-based cohorts in Murcia, Spain. Data were collected through medical visits and telephone surveys from birth to 2 years of age. World Health Organization breastfeeding definitions were used. AGD measurements were assessed in a subsample of 71 boys and 49 girls at the 2-year visit. Descriptive analyses, Pearson correlations, and linear regressions were calculated between.
Bioidentical Estrogen for Menopausal Depressive Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

BACKGROUND Proponents of bioidentical estrogens claim that they are superior for treating menopausal symptoms, including depressive symptoms. Small trials examining the effects of bioidentical estrogens on depressive symptoms show conflicting results. We conducted a systematic review to assess the effectiveness and safety of bioidentical estrogens for treatment of depressive symptoms in peri- and postmenopausal women. METHODS We searched the scientific literature for randomized controlled trials of at least 4 weeks duration, comparing bioidentical estrogen with placebo for depressive symptoms in menopausal women. The main outcome measure was improvement in depressive symptoms on a validated scale. RESULTS We found 12 clinical trials that met inclusion criteria, two of which contained insufficient data for quantitative analysis. In the 10 studies (inclusive of 1208 subjects) for which complete data were available for inclusion in the meta-analysis, bioidentical estrogen had no clinically significant effect on depressive symptoms (standardized mean difference [SMD] -0.02; confidence interval [95% CI] -0.41 to +0.38). Pooled studies were highly heterogeneous, and numerous approaches to reducing heterogeneity were unsuccessful. Subgroup analyses showed no significant difference in effect for women treated with adjunctive progestogen, women treated with unopposed estrogen, perimenopausal, or postmenopausal and mixed populations. A possible benefit in perimenopausal women treated with unopposed estradiol may have been diluted by studies including older postmenopausal women whose depressive symptoms were unrelated to menopause. CONCLUSIONS In this first systematic review of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, we found that bioidentical estrogen has no clear benefit in treating depressive symptoms in menopausal women, but heterogeneity of available studies limits the potential for definitive conclusions. Future research should compare bioidentical estrogen with nonbioidentical estrogen for treatment of depressive symptoms in perimenopausal women.
The design of a high performance low power microprocessor

The StrongARM 11O/sup TM/ is the first example of a new generation of very high performance embedded processors. Developed by UK-based ARM Ltd. approximately ten years ago, the ARM microprocessor architecture is exclusively focused on low-cost and low-power applications. It is used extensively in consumer-oriented applications such as mobile phones, PDAs, organizers, and video games.
Factored Language Models for Statistical Machine Translation

Machine translation systems, as a whole, are currently not able to use the output of linguistic tools, such as part-of-speech taggers, to effectively improve translation performance. However, a new language modeling technique, Factored Language Models can incorporate the additional linguistic information that is produced by these tools. In the field of automatic speech recognition, Factored Language Models smoothed with Generalized Parallel Backoff have been shown to significantly reduce language model perplexity. However, Factored Language Models have previously only been applied to statistical machine translation as part of a second-pass rescoring system. In this thesis, we show that a state-of-the-art phrase-based system using factored language models with generalized parallel backoff can improve performance over an identical system using trigram language models. These improvements can be seen both with the use of additional word features and without. The relative gain from the Factored Language Models increases with smaller training corpora, making this approach especially useful for domains with limited data.
Automatic Keyword Extraction Algorithm and Implementation

Search engines can bring a lot of benefit to the website. For a site, each page’s search engine ranking is very important. To make web page ranking in search engine ahead, Search engine optimization (SEO) make effect on the ranking. Web page needs to set the keywords as “keywords" to use SEO. The paper focuses on the content of a given word, and extracts the keywords of each page by calculating the word frequency. The algorithm is implemented by C # language. Keywords setting of webpage are of great importance on the information and products
Therapeutic value of renal denervation in cardiovascular disease?

Several experimental and clinical studies have suggested favorable effects with renal denervation (RDN) in hypertension and renal disease. However, controversies exist and additional studies are therefore warranted to validate its therapeutic potential and also to further characterize the underlying mechanism(s). In this context, Lu et al. investigated the effect of bilateral RDN on cardiac angiogenesis during prolonged pressure overload in a rat model with transverse aortic constriction (TAC) (Lu et al., 2016). This novel and important study provides additional support for therapeutic effects of RDN, demonstrating that RDN can promote cardiac angiogenesis during pressure overload. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Performance Comparison between Classic and Intelligent Methods for Position Control of DC Motor

Controlling DC motors is mainly done by controlling either voltage or field of their armature. Numerous methods have been proposed so far for this purpose. Some intelligent methods such as XCSR and machine learning systems are used to control position of a separately excited DC motor. Having set output position of the motor to its basic position, voltage of armature becomes zero and the motor stops working. Characteristic features of the methods in this paper are resistance against changing friction and moment of inertia. Meanwhile, time to reach stability in this type of controllers is considerably lower than that of PID controller with no oscillations being observed in the responses. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.11591/ijece.v4i3. 5355
Randomized Intervention Trial to Decrease Bisphenol A Urine Concentrations in Women: Pilot Study.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that women have higher concentrations of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA), but an intervention to reduce BPA is lacking in women. To test the hypothesis that an intervention to reduce BPA would decrease urinary BPA concentrations over 3 weeks, 24 women (mean ± standard deviation [SD]; 22.1 ± 2.8 kg/m2 body mass index, 20.9 ± 1.5 years) were randomly assigned to an intervention or control. MATERIALS AND METHODS The intervention included weekly face-to-face meetings to reduce BPA exposures from food, cosmetics, and other packaged products. Women were provided with BPA-free cosmetics, hygiene, glass food/water containers, and daily self-monitored major sources of BPA. Fasting urine BPA and creatinine concentrations, and weight were assessed at study entry and after 3 weeks. RESULTS A significant (p = 0.04) treatment × time interaction effect was observed on creatinine-adjusted BPA concentrations. From study entry to 3 weeks, women in the intervention significantly decreased geometric mean creatinine-adjusted urinary BPA by -0.71 ng/m, whereas women in the control significantly increased urinary BPA by 0.32 ng/mL (p = 0.04). Additionally, from study entry to 3 weeks, women in the intervention significantly lost weight -0.28 ± 0.44 kg, whereas women in the control significantly gained weight +1.65 ± 0.74 kg (p = 0.03). Changes in creatinine-adjusted BPA concentrations and weight were not significantly related (p = 0.67). CONCLUSION In this pilot study, a 3-week intervention decreased urinary BPA concentrations in women. Future clinical trials are needed to confirm these results and to examine whether a similar BPA intervention positively impacts risk markers in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Creating a Culture of Assessment: A Catalyst for Organizational Change

In the rapidly changing information environment, libraries have to demonstrate that their services have relevance, value, and impact for stakeholders and customers. To deliver effective and high quality services, libraries have to assess their performance from the customer point of view. Moving to an assessment framework will be more successful if staff and leaders understand what is involved in organizational culture change. This paper describes the new paradigm of building a culture of assessment, and places it in the framework of organizational culture change, utilizing a learning organization and systems thinking approach.
Religiously-Integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Major Depression in Chronic Medical Illness: Review of Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial

A randomized clinical trial was conducted over a three year period to compare the effectiveness of religiously-integrated cognitive behavioural therapy (RCBT) with conventional CBT (CCBT) for the treatment of a major depressive disorder (MDD). A total of 132 participants with chronic medical illness and MDD were enrolled in the trial (CCBT=67, RCBT=65). Ten 50-minute treatment sessions were delivered by master’s level certified counsellors over 12 weeks. All sessions were delivered remotely, largely over the telephone. In this review, we describe the findings from this trial, including the effects on depressive symptoms, positive emotions, and immune and endocrine markers in blood and urine. We also examine the effects of treatment based on genotype, in particular polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter, serotonin receptor, and monoamine oxidase genes. Lessons learned from conducting this trial are also discussed. Although not designed as a non-inferiority trial, the results suggest that RCBT is as effective as standard CBT in the treatment of major depression in this setting, especially among highly religious clients, and can be delivered by appropriately trained chaplains.
Preoperative fasting for elective surgery in a regional hospital in Oman.

BACKGROUND A fasting period before anesthesia is necessary to avoid the aspiration of stomach contents, which can be threatening to the patient's life. Guidelines from professional societies in the USA and UK recommend that healthy patients fast for 6 hours from solid food and 2 hours from liquids. Despite this, many institutions still practice nil-by-mouth after midnight. This can affect the patient's recovery after surgery, and increase the length of stay in hospital. The aim of this study was to assess the duration of fasting before elective surgery on the part of adult patients. METHODS A prospective study was conducted to identify the fasting time and complications among surgical patients undergoing elective surgery over a 4-month period. The patients were asked for preoperative fasting times, and the complication. The demographic data were taken from the patients' files. RESULT A total of 169 patients were included in the study, 88 male and 81 female. The minimum and maximum fasting hours with regard to food were 7 hours and 19 hours, respectively; all the patients fasted from food for longer than the recommended time. The minimum and maximum fasting hours for fluids were 4 hours and 19 hours, respectively; all the patients fasted from fluid for longer than the recommended time. CONCLUSION Most of the patients fasted from food and fluids for more than the time recommended by the American Society of Anaesthesiologists, the Royal College of Nursing, the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland and the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Excessive fasting could lead to discomfort and possible morbidity in surgical patients. The surgical team needs to collaborate to reduce the fasting time by revising the operative list.
Laparoscopic-Assisted Approach for Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: An Underutilized Technique.

INTRODUCTION Diagnostic laparoscopy is well accepted in the management of penetrating abdominal trauma (PAT). Therapeutic laparoscopy, on the other hand, remains controversial. In patients with multiple hollow viscera injuries, laparoscopy is usually converted to laparotomy. We aim at describing the laparoscopic-assisted technique in the management of patients with PAT. Using our experience with laparoscopy, we tailored the technique to the setting of PAT. METHODS The laparoscopic-assisted approach (LAA) was adapted to a trauma setting and prospectively evaluated. The technical details and indications for the technique were investigated. The distinctive steps of the technique were identified and described descriptively. The decision-making process was described as a separate step in the technique. TECHNIQUE After having established pneumoperitoneum and ports placement, the source of bleeding is identified and controlled. Systematic inspection of intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal organs is done. In the case of multiple injuries, the hollow viscera are exteriorized via the 4-8 cm incision and extracorporeal inspection, repair, resection, and anastomosis are performed. The other part of the procedure is completed intracorporeally. Over a 2-year period, 23 patients were managed with LAA, 13 patients with stab wounds, and 10 patients with gunshot wounds. Commonly performed procedures were hollow viscera repairs, resections, and anastomoses. There were neither missed injuries nor conversion among patients managed with LAA. CONCLUSION The LAA is underutilized for PAT. This technique can be successfully used as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in the management of stable patients. It offers the advantages of minimally invasive surgery and the speed and versatility of an open procedure.