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MuLSA: Multi-Layered Scenario Analysis for an Advanced Driver Assistance System

Safe driving is mandatory for an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). We consider that the adequacy and safety of the driver assistance services can be monitored by observing drivers’ positive and negative emotions, since, if they find a hazardous situation, he/she has a negative emotion, ”surprised” or ”dangerous. ” If they feel to be assisted by the system, they will have a positive emotion. In order to analyze requirements for the ADAS, we propose a multi-layered scenario analysis (MuLSA). MuLSA is developed by integrating a customer journey map and a service blueprint with the context of a scenario. A customer journey map consists of a scenario; as the customer’s experiences, as well as a customer’s emotions toward the services. The service blueprint represents a customer’s journey, as well as a mechanism of the services. Thus, MuLSA consists of a driver’s journey, his/her emotions, the mechanism of services, as well as the context of the service. In order to prioritize requirements for the safety of a future ADAS, we have observed driver emotions with regard to hazardous scenarios with MuLSA. This paper shows the results of the observation, and we discuss the effectiveness of MuLSA.
Spherical Triangle Algorithm: A Fast Oracle for Convex Hull Membership Queries

The it Convex Hull Membership(CHM) problem is: Given a point $p$ and a subset $S$ of $n$ points in $\mathbb{R}^m$, is $p \in conv(S)$? CHM is not only a fundamental problem in Linear Programming, Computational Geometry, Machine Learning and Statistics, it also serves as a query problem in many applications e.g. Topic Modeling, LP Feasibility, Data Reduction. The {\it Triangle Algorithm} (TA) \cite{kalantari2015characterization} either computes an approximate solution in the convex hull, or a separating hyperplane. The {\it Spherical}-CHM is a CHM, where $p=0$ and each point in $S$ has unit norm. First, we prove the equivalence of exact and approximate versions of CHM and Spherical-CHM. On the one hand, this makes it possible to state a simple version of the original TA. On the other hand, we prove that under the satisfiability of a simple condition in each iteration, the complexity improves to $O(1/\varepsilon)$. The analysis also suggests a strategy for when the property does not hold at an iterate. This suggests the \textit{Spherical-TA} which first converts a given CHM into a Spherical-CHM before applying the algorithm. Next we introduce a series of applications of Spherical-TA. In particular, Spherical-TA serves as a fast version of vanilla TA to boost its efficiency. As an example, this results in a fast version of \emph{AVTA} \cite{awasthi2018robust}, called \emph{AVTA$^+$} for solving exact or approximate irredundancy problem. Computationally, we have considered CHM, LP and Strict LP Feasibility and the Irredundancy problem. Based on substantial amount of computing, Spherical-TA achieves better efficiency than state of the art algorithms. Leveraging on the efficiency of Spherical-TA, we propose AVTA$^+$ as a pre-processing step for data reduction which arises in such applications as in computing the Minimum Volume Enclosing Ellipsoid \cite{moshtagh2005minimum}.
Genetic and environmental contributions to self-report obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Dutch adolescents at ages 12, 14, and 16.

OBJECTIVE To determine the contributions of genetic and environmental influences to variation in self-report of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms in a population-based twin sample of adolescent boys and girls. METHOD Self-report ratings on the eight-item Youth Self-Report Obsessive-Compulsive Scale were collected in Dutch mono- and dizygotic twin pairs who participated at age 12 (N = 746 twin pairs), 14 (N = 963 pairs), or 16 years (N = 1,070 pairs). Structural equation modeling was used to break down the variation in liability to OC symptoms into genetic and environmental components. RESULTS At age 12, no difference in prevalence was found for OC symptoms in boys and girls. At ages 14 and 16, the prevalence was higher in girls. At all ages, genetic factors contributed significantly to variation on OC symptom liability; 27% at the age of 12,57% at the age of 14, and 54% at the age of 16. There were no sex differences in heritability. Only at age 12, environmental factors shared by children from the same family contributed significantly (16%) to individual differences in OC symptom scores. CONCLUSIONS During adolescence, OC symptoms are influenced by genetic and nonshared environmental factors. Sex differences in prevalence, but not heritability, emerge in adolescence. At age 12, shared environmental factors are of importance, but their influence disappears at later ages. This is in line with earlier research at age 12 that used parental ratings of OC symptoms. Thus, between-family factors play a significant role in explaining individual differences in OC symptoms at this age.
Prevalence and correlates of hypertension among the Ibibio/Annangs, Efiks and Obolos: a cross sectional community survey in rural South-South Nigeria.

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to assess the public health burden of hypertension in the rural communities in southeastern Nigeria (Niger Delta region of Nigeria). DESIGN/SETTING The study was a cross-sectional study in three rural communities in the Cross River and Akwa Ibom States of Nigeria. Demographic, anthropometric information, prior history of hypertension or stroke in each participant or their parents was obtained with a questionnaire. Height, weight, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of respondents were measured by standard methods, and body mass index calculated. RESULT The N of respondents was 3869; 1608 (41.6%) males, 2261 (58.4%) females; 1120 (29.0%) Efiks, 1877 (48.5%) Ibibio/Annangs, and 872 (22.5%) Obolos. Mean SBP and DBP were significantly higher in males than in females (P < .001). Prior awareness of hypertension was 2.8%. The overall prevalence of hypertension was 914 (23.6%); 31.2% males and 18.1% females (P < .001). The prevalence of hypertension in the ethnic groups was 479 (25.5%) among Ibibio/Annangs; 287 (25.6%) among the Efiks and 130 (14.9%) among the Obolos. Prehypertension occurred in 17.2% of total population, 17.5% males and 16.9% females (P = .66). CONCLUSION Hypertension is already a major public health burden in rural communities of these two states, despite a very low incidence of obesity and cigarette smoking.
Internal correction of dead-reckoning errors with the smart encoder trailer

This paper presents an innovative method for accurate mobile robot dead-reckoning, called internal position error correction (IPEC). In previous work, the IPEC method was successfully implemented on a specially designed mobile robot with two differential drive axles, called the multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) mobile robot. Experimental results with the MDOF robot showed consistently one to two orders of magnitude better dead-reckoning accuracy than systems based on conventional dead-reckoning. Yet, the IPEC system requires neither external references (such as navigation beacons, artificial landmarks, known floorplans, or satellite signals), nor inertial navigation aids (such as accelerometers or gyros). This paper focuses on our current efforts to implement the IPEC method on a device that can be added to any existing mobile robot. This device, called the "Smart Encoder Trailer" (SET), is a small, single-axle trailer with an incremental encoder on each of its two wheels. Although the SET is not functional yet, simulation results combined with experimental results from the (similarly configured) MDOF vehicle strongly suggest the feasibility of the SET implementation. <<ETX>>
The Collegial Phenomenon: The Social Mechanisms of Cooperation Among Peers in a Corporate Law Partnership by Emmanuel Lazega

Montesquieu (1689–1755) became a celebrity on publishing his Persian Letters wherein he wrote about the difficulties of self-knowledge and those associated with different types of government. He explored this in more detail in his Spirit of Laws where in particular he focused on democratic, monarchical and despotic forms of government. Democracy imposes many requirements of self-abjuration on its members in order to maintain its stability. It is always prone to corruption. Montesquieu’s ideas permeate our thinking about social institutions to this day. How much we have learned from his ideas is another matter. For example, where there are direct lines of control and authority, there seems to be less reliance on concepts of collegiality and sharing of values. No matter how hard organisations try—even through attempts such as those inspired by Martin Lukes, Chief Personal Ethics Champion of a-b glöbâl1—resistance builds up among “co-humans”. Some organisations are able to do democracy better than others: among them are law firms. As partnerships, law firms embrace ideals of collegiality and equality that obtain in structures of collective responsibility. Corporate law firms, in particular, boast of this on their websites. Law firms are important institutions in modern society. Although they range from the tiny to the gigantic, corporate law firms are mainly in the upper reaches of the legal community. The range of work they encompass is vast, especially in relation to globalisation and private ordering where their influence can be greater than that of the nation state. They are involved in major dispute resolutions heard in public and private arenas.2 They hire the best and the brightest from the academy and pay among the highest salaries to their associates. With profiles like these, corporate law firms ought to be among the most enlightened institutions. Unfortunately not. Over the last year, Allen & Overy, a leading City of London large law firm, complained that it had a 25% associate turnover rate. Apparently making partner is becoming harder and takes longer. With more than 1,000 lawyers, a law firm can be a hard place in which to govern and create a community. In exceptional cases, law firms can fail to maintain their practices and expire, as did the multinational firm, Coudert Brothers. Despite changes in size, problems of administration and geographical spread, most corporate law firms strive to retain the ideals of partnership. Why do they do this? In a world that worships managerialism, why does the anachronism of partnership continue to endure? And, as important, how do they do this?
Children's Identity Construction in a Multicultural Setting.

The study o f cultural identity has thus far been rather unidimensional, portraying a child as a member o f a single cultural group that has a homogeneous culture. Over the past twenty-five years, much o f the research on the relationship between culture and education has looked at children's educational processes through the lens o f group membership. This study examined six children from different cultures as they constructed their own identities within the multicultural classroom environment over the period o f a year. It was designed to examine how individual children take on cultural "ways" that are associated with other cultural groups and thereby expand their concepts o f self. This multiple-case, qualitative research addressed the following questions: (a) How do students perceive their own identities in a multicultural setting? (b) To what extent do children identify with cultural roots distinct from their own? and (c) How do social identifications change over time as students become immersed in the classroom culture? Results indicated that cultural identity is an additive process, and the role o f the teacher is central in helping a diverse group find personal voice and positive interrelationships. vi Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Chapter One: Research Problem and Study Introduction Cultural Identity and Schooling Today the people o f this nation are more diverse than ever before. Both multicu/ft/ra/ and m ultiethnic education are used in the literature to describe similar strategies designed to meet the social and educational needs of all Americans. It is ethnic group membership that often identifies people with respect to culture, and most references define ethnic or cultural groups as distinguishable (i.e., set apart from one another). Through a combination o f new levels o f immigration, especially from Central and South America and Southeast Asia, and o f differential birthrates among whites and people of color, the non-white population o f this country is mushrooming. By the year 2020, only one o f two young people will be European American; SO percent o f the students in classrooms in America will be African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or NativeAmerican ( Au, 1993; Delpit, 1995). The ethnographic studies by Au (1993), who delineated the importance o f the "talk story" tradition in the education o f the Hawaiian child, in addition to the aforementioned studies by Heath (1982), and Philips (1983), made great contributions to our general understanding o f the backgrounds o f children from different cultures. Now, we can take the many studies on culturally responsive instruction further through literature and research combining ramifications o f cultural identity and individual identity that does not tie people to one identity. Multicuituralism is as controversial as it is important. Multicultural education is one o f the fundamental issues being addressed in this increasingly diverse United States,
Competitive advantage and its conceptual development

This article explores the competitive advantage of businesses. Current understanding of competitive advantage arises from the strategic management paradigm. However, the early theory that underpins this comes from optimising economic theory, the inadequacy of which led to the resource-based view. The next development came from knowledge management, which sees knowledge as a valuable strategic resource recognizing the need to look more inside the organization qualitatively. However, a new paradigm has arisen that couples knowledge processes with cybernetics. This recognizes that achieving competitive advantage requires that an organization's pathologies must be recognized and addressed.
} Shared space Source Code Supervised Model ( UNIF , CODEnn , SCS ) Query Encoder E q Code Encoder E c Unsupervised Model ( NCS ) Combined Embedding E c , E q Code Embedding Query Embedding

There have been multiple recent proposals on using deep neural networks for code search using natural language. Common across these proposals is the idea of embedding code and natural language queries, into real vectors and then using vector distance to approximate semantic correlation between code and the query. Multiple approaches exist for learning these embeddings [15, 19, 24, 26], including unsupervised techniques, which rely only on a corpus of code examples, and supervised techniques, which use an aligned corpus of paired code and natural language descriptions. The goal of this supervision is to produce embeddings that are more similar for a query and the corresponding desired code snippet. Clearly, there are choices in whether to use supervised techniques at all, and if one does, what sort of network and training to use for supervision. This paper is the first to evaluate these choices systematically. To this end, we assembled implementations of stateof-the-art techniques to run on a common platform, training and evaluation corpora. To explore the design space in network complexity, we also introduced a new design point that is a minimal supervision extension to an existing unsupervised technique. Our evaluation shows that: 1. adding supervision to an existing unsupervised technique can improve performance, though not necessarily by much; 2. simple networks for supervision can be more effective that more sophisticated sequence-based networks for code search; 3. while it is common to use docstrings to carry out supervision, there is a sizeable gap between the effectiveness of docstrings and a more query-appropriate supervision corpus. ACM Reference Format: Jose Cambronero, Hongyu Li, Seohyun Kim, Koushik Sen, and Satish Chandra. 2019. When Deep Learning Met Code Search. In Proceedings of ACM Conference (Conference’17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 11 pages. https: //doi.org/10.1145/nnnnnnn.nnnnnnn
Epithelial Haven and Autophagy Breakout in Gonococci Infection

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that in 2016, there were 87 million new cases of gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is caused by the sexually transmitted human-exclusive agent Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a Gram-negative diplococcus that causes cervicitis in females and urethritis in males and may lead to more severe complications. Currently, there is no vaccine against N. gonorrhoeae. Its resistance to antibiotics has been increasing in the past few years, reducing the range of treatment options. N. gonorrhoeae requires a surface protein/receptor (Opa proteins, porin, Type IV pili, LOS) to adhere to and invade epithelial cells. During invasion and transcytosis, N. gonorrhoeae is targeted by the autophagy pathway, a cellular maintenance process which balances sources of energy at critical times by degrading damaged organelles and macromolecules in the lysosome. Autophagy is an important host defense mechanism which targets invading pathogens. Based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis, the intracellular bacteria occupy the autophagosome, a double-membraned vesicle that is formed around molecules or microorganisms during macroautophagy and fuses with lysosomes for degradation. Most of the gonococci end up in autolysosomes for degradation, but a subpopulation of the intracellular bacteria inhibits the maturation of the autophagosome and its fusion with lysosomes by activating mTORC1 (a known suppressor of the autophagy signaling), thus escaping autophagic elimination. This mini review focuses on the cellular features of N. gonorrhoeae during epithelial cell invasion, with a particular focus on how N. gonorrhoeae evades the autophagy pathway.
Effects of Wearing Raised Heel Insoles (RHI) for a Long Term on Physical Functions: Focused on an Adult Male in Their Twenties

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the long-term wear of raised heel insoles (RHI) on the changes in overall body functions and mechanical adaption.Methods: This study measured pelvic range of motion (ROM), balance, sensory, ankle joint ROM, lower back pain (LBP), muscle tone, and the muscle stiffness and decrement of male subjects in their 20s. The subjects wore RHI (5cm) for 8 hours per day for 8 weeks (60 days) and measurements were conducted three times (0th, 30th, and 60th days from the experiment start date). Results: Pelvic ROM increased and static balance decreased when the duration of wearing the RHI increased. Moreover, when the duration of wearing the RHI increased, the sensory function of two-point discrimination (2PD) decreased, the state of tension of the medial gastrocnemius (MG) increased, and the dynamic stiffness worsened. Conclusions: This study provides baseline data for presenting guidelines for preventing the musculoskeletal deformity and degeneration of the body by revealing changes in overall physical functions due to the extended wearing of RHI.
A user-friendly method to geometrically calibrate projector-camera systems

Projector-camera systems drive applications in many fields such as measurement and spatial augmented reality. When needed, we can find their internal and external parameters via geometric calibration. For this process, we have to use both a printed pattern and a projector pattern, but they can easily interfere with each other. Current methods compensate by decoupling their calibrations or by leveraging structured light and color channels, but the required manipulations are not user-friendly. Therefore, we cannot expect normal users to execute the procedure, which can also become a burden for researchers. Although not always required, knowledge of the geometric parameters can often facilitate development of new systems. To make the calibration process easier, we propose a method that uses fiducial markers, from which we can easily derive a prewarp that, once applied to the projector calibration pattern, prevents its interference. Using our method, we confirmed that users can easily calibrate a projector-camera system in less than one minute, which we consider to be user-friendly, while still achieving typical subpixel accuracy.
XIS-UML Profile for eXtreme Modeling Interactive Systems

The first version of the XIS profile addressed the development of interactive systems by defining models oriented only towards how the system should perform tasks. However, issues such as user-interface layouts, or the capture of interaction patterns, were not addressed by the profile, but only by the source-code generation process. This originated systems that, although functional, were considered by end-users as "difficult to use". In this paper we present the second version of the XIS UML profile, which is now a crucial component of the ProjectIT research project. This profile follows the "separation of concerns" principle by proposing an integrated set of views that address the various issues detected with the previous version of XIS. In addition, this profile also promotes the usage of extreme modeling, by relying on the extensive use of model-to-model transformation templates that are defined to accelerate the model development tasks
Surveillance-to-Diagnostic Testing Program for Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections on a Large, Urban Campus in Fall 2020

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, college campuses faced uncertainty regarding the likely prevalence and spread of disease, necessitating large-scale testing to help guide policy following re-entry. Methods: A SARS-CoV-2 testing program combining pooled saliva sample surveillance leading to diagnosis and intervention surveyed over 112,000 samples from 18,029 students, staff and faculty, as part of integrative efforts to mitigate transmission at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Fall 2020. Results: Cumulatively, we confirmed 1,508 individuals diagnostically, 62% of these through the surveillance program and the remainder through diagnostic tests of symptomatic individuals administered on or off campus. The total strategy, including intensification of testing given case clusters early in the semester, was associated with reduced transmission following rapid case increases upon entry in Fall semester in August 2020, again in early November 2020, and upon re-entry for Spring semester in January 2021. During the Fall semester daily asymptomatic test positivity initially peaked at 4.1% but fell below 0.5% by mid-semester, averaging 0.84% across the Fall semester, with similar levels of control in Spring 2021. Conclusions: Owing to broad adoption by the campus community, we estimate that the program protected higher risk staff and faculty while allowing some normalization of education and research activities.