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Japanese Webtoon: Marketing Manga Online Using South Korean Platform Designs

WebToon is a new digital means of distributing commercial cartoon content to online communities all over the world. Webtoon was first developed and commercialized by South Korean portal service providers, such as Daum and Naver, the two juggernauts that have miraculously expanded their online manga market in South Korea to $900 million by 2018. What’s interesting is that these Korean portal goliaths are penetrating the Japanese manga market. The export of Korean webtoon platforms to Japan, including Line Manga, XOY, Comico, and Piccoma, is a newfangled development in the paperbased Japanese manga market that is gradually preparing to be more transnational than ever due to the smart phone revolution in the 2010s. For example, a Japanese spin off company from Naver, Comico, has demonstrated pivotal success by publishing several Japanese WebToon works that are being exported back to Korea or other countries. Based on the two case studies of ReLife and Lookism, two of the most popular WebToon titles in Japan from Comico and XOY, respectively, we examine the competitive advantage of the WebToon platform in the Japanese manga market, explain a new rise of Comico in the global WebToon market, and evaluate WebToon’s cultural value in the Japanese manga market via intermediality (or media mix). We find that the transnational consumption of Japanese WebToon is increasingly salient all over the world, as Japanese WebToon originals adopt effective storytelling strategies. Simultaneously, the cultural value of the Japanese WebToon has also sharply increased due to intermediality. ARTICLE HISTORY Received 10 August 2018 Revised 24 September 2018 Accepted 30 September 2018
An Automatic Electrical Load Monitoring , Control and Alert System

Electricity is one of the most vital blessings that science has given to humanity. It has many uses in the day-to-day life activities of human, which include, the lighting of rooms, powering of fans, televisions, and other domestic and industrial applications. The use of electrical energy provides comfort; on the other hand, the users of electrical energy needs to monitor the actual energy consumption (kWh) and wastage (kVAR) in an electrical appliance. The traditional postpaid energy meter used for measuring the consumption of consumers do not offer such facilities. The coming of the smart energy meter (SEM) was expected to provide an enhanced service to consumers of electric energy; however, the current stage of the SEM does not offer daily consumption alert to consumers, neither does it permit the user to set a threshold value for daily or monthly consumption cutoff. This work sought to design and construct an automatic electrical load monitoring, control and alert system using an Arduino UNO (Atmega328p) microcontroller, which offers real-time alert to users on their energy consumption with no additional wiring work required. An implementation of the proposed system provided efficient monitoring, control and warning of electrical energy consumption as compared with the traditional energy meters.
Influence of urbanisation and garden plants

Urban gardens can harbour a high diversity of insects, which are critically important components of urban ecosystems. In this work, we investigate the richness and diversity of a major taxon of economic and ecological importance, the aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae), and their main insect predators, the hoverfl ies (Diptera: Syrphidae) and ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), in urban gardens. We examined how variation in environmental factors associated with urbanisation (garden host plant abundance, garden plant richness, garden size, proportion of impervious surfaces in the surrounding area) directly and indirectly (via prey and predator abundance) infl uence the local diversity and abundance of aphids, ladybirds, and hoverfl ies. Sixty-seven domestic gardens located in southern England were surveyed during the peak period of aphid abundance, and the numbers and identity of aphids and their predators were recorded. We observed 45 aphid species (179917 individuals in total), 15 hoverfl y species (494 individuals) and 8 ladybird species (173 individuals). We found that aphid species richness and abundance were positively associated with utilised host plant abundance and garden plant species richness. Hoverfl y abundance was positively correlated with garden plant richness. The abundance of ladybirds was positively correlated with aphid abundance and garden plant species richness, and negatively associated to the proportion of impervious surfaces in the surrounding environment. The difference in responses between the two major taxa of aphid predators may refl ect differences in their behaviour and natural history. Our results indicate that overall increases in urban land cover are not favourable for ladybirds as a group, and that fi ne scale habitat variables that are determined by garden owners have the potential to greatly affect the diversity of aphids and their primary predators. * Corresponding author; e-mail: m.fellowes@reading.ac. uk INTRODUCTION Urbanisation is perhaps the most extreme form of widespread anthropogenic habitat modifi cation. Following urbanisation, most environmental variables (e.g., climate, water fl ow, biological diversity) are greatly altered from what previously existed (Smith et al., 2006). As a result, urbanisation can rapidly transform fundamental ecological processes (Goddard et al., 2010), which in turn can alter ecological interactions at multiple trophic levels (Kaye et al., 2006; Shochat et al., 2006). Unsurprisingly, urbanisation is considered a signifi cant driver of species extinctions (McDonald et al., 2008; Goddard et al., 2010) and represents a major proposed cause of insect decline (McKinney, 2008; Fattorini, 2011; Jones & Leather, 2012). The magnitude of the effects of urbanisation depends to a marked degree on the composition, amount, and management of green spaces in cities (Marzluff & Ewing, 2001; Eur. J. Entomol. 115: 140–149, 2018 doi: 10.14411/eje.2018. 013
Effects of spawning time and female size on size , composition and viability of eggs and larvae

Vital statistics and embryo and larval viability were determined for winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus spawning in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA, over the course of the spawning season. Fish approaching spawning condition were collected throughout the spawning season and hand-stripped in the laboratory. Larvae were reared through the first month of life. Female size affected most of the reproductive parameters examined, including both absolute and relative measures of total reproductive output (reproductive rate and gonadosomatic index), egg size, fecundity, and viability. Spawning time was found to affect egg size, fecundity, and viability, but not reproductive rate or gonadosomatic index. Egg size increased with increasing female size and decreased as the spawning season progressed. Spawning time and female size explained 61 O/O of the observed variability in egg size among females. Female size explained 95 % of the variability in reproductive rate and 90 % of the variability in fecundity. Female size and spawning time combined explained 94% of the variability in fecundity. The effects of female size and spawning time on both fertility and hatch rate were non-additive. Embryos produced earlier in the spawning season appeared to have a survival advantage over those produced later in the spawning season. Embryos produced by small, latespawning fish appeared to be at a pronounced disadvantage.
Inhibition and Post-Collaborative Memory : Testing the Predictions of the Retrieval Strategy Disruption Hypothesis

The retrieval strategy disruption hypothesis (Basden, Basden, Bryner, & Thomas, 1997) is the most widely cited theoretical explanation for why the memory performance of collaborative groups is inferior to the pooled performance of individual group members remembering alone (i.e. collaborative inhibition). This theory also predicts that several variables will moderate collaborative inhibition. This meta-analysis tests the veracity of the theory by systematically examining whether or not these variables do moderate the presence and strength of collaborative inhibition. A total of 75 effect sizes from 64 studies were included in the analysis. Collaborative inhibition was found to be a robust effect. Moreover, it was enhanced when remembering took place in larger groups, when uncategorized content items were retrieved, when group members followed free-flowing and free-order procedures, and when group members did not know one another. These findings support the retrieval strategy disruption hypothesis as a general theoretical explanation for the collaborative inhibition effect. Several additional analyses were also conducted to elucidate the potential contributions of other cognitive mechanisms to collaborative inhibition. Some results suggest that a contribution of retrieval inhibition is possible, but we failed to find any evidence to suggest retrieval blocking and encoding specificity impact upon collaborative inhibition effects. In a separate analysis (27 effect sizes), moderating factors of post-collaborative memory performance were examined. Generally, collaborative remembering tends to benefit later individual retrieval. Moderator analyses suggest that re-exposure to study material may be partly responsible for this post-collaborative memory enhancement. Some applied implications of the meta-analyses are discussed.
Annual Review of Plant Biology Functional Status of Xylem Through Time

Water transport in vascular plants represents a critical component of terrestrial water cycles and supplies the water needed for the exchange of CO2 in the atmosphere for photosynthesis. Yet, many fundamental principles of water transport are difficult to assess given the scale and location of plant xylem. Here we review the mechanistic principles that underpin long-distance water transport in vascular plants, with a focus on woody species. We also discuss the recent development of noninvasive tools to study the functional status of xylem networks in planta. Limitations of current methods to detect drought-induced xylem blockages (e.g., embolisms) and quantify corresponding declines in sap flow, and the coordination of hydraulic dysfunction with other physiological processes are assessed. Future avenues of research focused on cross-validation of plant hydraulics methods are discussed, as well as a proposed fundamental shift in the theory andmethodology used to characterize and measure plant water use. 407 A nn u. R ev . P la nt B io l. 20 19 . 7 0: 40 743 3. D ow nl oa de d fr om w w w . a nn ua lr ev ie w s. or g A cc es s pr ov id ed b y U ni ve rs ity o f C al if or ni a D av is o n 09 /0 9/ 19 . F or p er so na l u se o nl y. PP70CH15_Brodersen ARjats.cls March 30, 2019 11:23 Xylem: the assemblage of cells responsible for long-distance water transport in vascular plants, structural support, carbon storage, and pathogen resistance
SELF-CONGRUITY : ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES 1

Sirgy et al. (1991) has shown that self-congruity affects a variety of consumer behavior (brand attitude, purchase intention, and store loyalty) directly and indirectly through functional congruity. Kressmann et al. (2006) demonstrated that self-congruity affects brand loyalty directly and indirectly through functional congruity too. The proposed model focuses on the determinants of self-congruity and its direct and indirect effects on brand satisfaction, attitude, and loyalty. The model posits that overall self-congruity (we are now calling “brand self-congruity”) is determined by “product self-congruity,” “employee selfcongruity,” “media self-congruity,” and “other customers’ self-congruity. ” The model also posits that brand self-congruity influences brand satisfaction, attitude, and loyalty directly and indirectly through functional congruity. The model was tested in two studies. Study 1 employed a survey of 391 respondents focusing on evaluations of one’s own automobile. Study 2 employed a survey of 318 respondents focusing on evaluations of one’s use of the public transportation system. The results of both studies are supportive of the model. Managerial implications of the model are discussed.
Implementation of Edge Detection Based on Autofluorescence Endoscopic Image of Field Programmable Gate Array

Abstract—Autofluorescence Imaging (AFI) is a technology for detecting early carcinogenesis of the gastrointestinal tract in recent years. Compared with traditional white light endoscopy (WLE), this technology greatly improves the detection accuracy of early carcinogenesis, because the colors of normal tissues are different from cancerous tissues. Thus, edge detection can distinguish them in grayscale images. In this paper, based on the traditional Sobel edge detection method, optimization has been performed on this method which considers the environment of the gastrointestinal, including adaptive threshold and morphological processing. All of the processes are implemented on our self-designed system based on the image sensor OV6930 and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), The system can capture the gastrointestinal image taken by the lens in real time and detect edges. The final experiments verified the feasibility of our system and the effectiveness and accuracy of the edge detection algorithm.
BEHAVIORAL FINANCE IN INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

Factor analysis and estimation on the prospects of an investment instrument are a major factor for investors in making an investment decision-making process. However, over time, some researchers suggest that psychological factors of investors have an important role in the investment decision-making process. With the psychological factors that investors have different views that will affect the results to be obtained.
Chapter 3 Reduced lymphoid lineage priming promotes human hematopoietic stem cell expansion

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Facial Expression Transfer with Machine Learning 14 April , 2019

This project aims to achieve facial expression transfer directly between 2D RGB images by deep learning. Facial expression transfer is an operation to extract facial expression from one person, namely source, and generate the extracted expression on the face of another person, namely target, while maintaining the target’s facial identity. In this project, Facial Action Coding System (FACS) [1] is used to encode facial expression in a nondiscrete and anatomical accurate manner. A website and an android mobile application were developed to provide service of facial expression transfer. The website and android application were built based on the OpenFace 2.0 toolkit [4] to extract facial expression and the GANimation model implemented by Pumarola et al. [3] to perform facial expression generation. Acknowledgement We would like to expression our deep gratitude to our supervisor, Dr. Dirk Schnieders. We changed our project topic and supervisor once in the middle of September. We would like to thank Dr. Dirk Schnieders for his patient and guidance for this project in such a hurry situation. We would also like to thank Miss Yeung Hei Tung for her advice on the user interface design of the android application.
A SCIENTIFIC PROCESS IN INFORMATION DESIGN COLLABORATE ?

This paper presents how a design process and a scientific process can collaborate and act together when we are working with design of information. The paper is based on interviews with information designers, an analysis of two relevant scientific publications, and a study among members in the research team in Information Design, at the Department of Innovation, Design and Product Development, at Mälardalen University in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Praxis and theories ought to enrich one another in Information Design research. An information designer has to be conscious about her/his design activities and the knowledge that can be used with a specific intention. How a design process and a scientific process will collaborate depend on definitions of science, scientific ideals and theories we use as well as our basic view of how to construct knowledge.
PCR-RFLP-based identification of polymorphisms in BMPR1B, GDF9 and BMP15 genes associated with litter size in Beetal and Teddy goats

The genes BMPR1B , GDF9 and BMP15 are oocyte-derived members of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily, which is essential for follicular growth and ovulation. The aim of the current study was to determine the incidence of reported mutations in exon 3 of BMPR1B gene, exon 1 of GDF9 gene, and exon 2 of BMP15 gene and their association with litter size in three parities of Beetal and Teddy goats. Based on the known mutations in these genes, PCR primers were designed to find out the polymorphism through the PCR-RFLP technique in 120 randomly selected animals of the two breeds, which vary in their prolificacy. The current results show that there were significant differences in litter size [1.708 ± 0.060 in Beetal (B) and 2.167 ± 0.056 in Teddy (T) goats] in both breeds. The results of breed x parity interaction showed significant differences in litter size in first [1.158 ± 0.061 (B); 1.861 ± 0.057 (T)], third [2.062 ± 0.078 (B); 2.583 ± 0.073 (T)] and average parity [708 ± 0.060 (B); 2.167 ± 0.056 (T)] in both breeds. All three loci in both breeds were found to be polymorphic and the results of breed x parity x genotype analysis showed that genotypes of all the three genes were significantly associated with litter size in all parities in both breeds. For the BMPR1B gene, heterozygous (CT) animals of Beetal and Teddy goats had the largest litter size in all three parities and the average (parity) litter size, showing the overdominance of the heterozygotes. Similarly, for GDF9 gene, heterozygous animals (AG) had the largest litter size in both breeds. For BMP15 gene homozygous carrier animals (CC) of both breeds had the highest number of kids, followed by the heterozygous (AC) genotypes. The current results show the importance of BMPR1B , GDF9 and BMP15 as the major genes that influence prolificacy in both Beetal and Teddy goats. It is suggested that these polymorphisms can be used as molecular markers to select the prolific animals in these breeds. Keywords: Beetal goats, Teddy goats, molecular markers, prolificacy, polymorphism
from MSI-Rapporter från MSI A Probabilistic Part-of-Speech Tagger with Suffix Probabilities

This master’s thesis deals with the problem of automatic part-of-speech tagging, where the main task is to assign the correct part-of-speech to each word in a text.A part-of-speech tagger is used in many language technology applications as a first step in a longer process such as grammar checking, machine translation, information extraction and information retrieval. The part-of-speech tagger developed in this thesis is based on probability theory. The two main probabilistic models used are the lexical model and the contextual model. To estimate the probabilities the tagger uses supervised machine learning and trains the model using a collection of texts called corpus. This thesis defines and empirically evaluates models based on suffix probabilities for dealing with the problem of unknown words part-of-speech tagger. Furthermore, it describes an efficient implementation of a part-of-speech tagger with suffix probabilities, using a trie data structure. Around 95% accuracy rate is reported and the part-of-speech tagger tags about 70000 tokens in a second.
Emphatically Lengthened Segments in Siwkolan Amis: Phonetics and Phonology

Amis (a.k.a. Pangcah) is an Austronesian language spoken on the east coast of Taiwan. We investigate the acoustic properties of the emphatically lengthened segments and to highlight some unique features of the phenomenon from cross-linguistic perspectives. In Amis, stative verbs (adjectives) undergo segmental lengthening to express at least two degrees of emphasis. Segmental lengthening may be either vowel lengthening or consonant lengthening, and it is remarkable that these two types of lengthening are not interchangeable for gradable antonyms. Regarding other stative verbs, “unexpectedness” is expressed via consonant lengthening, while vowel lengthening is used in “regular” emphasis, as the default strategy. The Amis data suggest a possible connection between phonetic naturalness and emphasis, namely that since it is more difficult to lengthen a consonant, using consonant lengthening for expressing emphasis will lead to higher “surprisal” in the signal, which, in turn, may be related to unexpectedness and other possible semantic connotations.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND SIMULATION PROJECTS : A LITERATURE ANALYSIS

The objective of this article is to analyze the relationship between Knowledge Management (KM) and computational simulation research. In spite of being separated in the literature, the two topics present a range of similar activities, such as collecting system knowledge and leveraging it in order to bring about improvements. In such a context, this work seeks to describe the relation between KM and computational simulation through an analysis of various academic research papers that have taken a look at the subject of combined applications.
ASSOCIATED WITH INTENTIONALLY DELETED USER ACCOUNTS

Digital Forensics is an evolving discipline that looks for evidence in electronic devices. It is being utilized in investigating attacks and accusing cyber criminals. As in physical crimes, a cyber criminal might try every possible technique to hide responsibility about a crime. This can be done by manipulating all kinds of traces that could lead investigators to resolve cases. For example, a criminal can delete files, images, network traces, Operating System log files, or browsing history. An easy procedure a criminal might follow to conceal crime activities is: (1) create a new user account, (2) commit a crime through the just-created account, and (3) delete the account along with all files and directories that belong to it. To counter this kind of anti-forensic actions, this paper collects evidence from deleted user accounts. We seek artifacts in Windows Event Logs, Registry hives, RAM, Pagefile, and Hard Drive. Interestingly, this paper shows that several clues about deleted accounts can be harvested. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to tackle such a problem.