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Game of Patterns and Genetic Algorithms Under a Comparative Study.

In this article we present a comparison of the performance between a metaheuristic optimization method, Game of Patterns (GofP), so-called by the author, and the well-known genetic algorithms (GAs), through two implementations, namely: the GA of Scilab (SGA); and the GA of the R Project for Statistical Computing (RGA). For this purpose, we have selected a set of multimodal objective functions in the n-dimensional Euclidean space \(\mathbb {R}^{n}\) with a unique global minimum. For comparing both metaheuristic optimization approaches, a performance indicator of quality, denoted Q(p, n, s), was defined, which allows us to measure the quality of the obtained global optimal solution for each pth problem, in the n-dimensional space, when it is solved by each metaheuristic optimization method \(s\in \{\texttt {GofP},\texttt {SGA},\texttt {RGA}\}\). The indicator Q(p, n, s) then depends on: the number of evaluations of the pth optimization problem in the Euclidean space \(\mathbb {R}^{n}\), which has required the s metaheuristic optimization method for identifying the global minimum; and the distance between the location of its respective unique global minimum and the location of the minimum that has been identified by the s metaheuristic optimization method. The paper also offers a brief explanation of the GofP method, which has been developed for solving unconstrained mixed integer problems in the \(n\times m\)-dimensional Euclidean space \(\mathbb {R}^{n}\times \mathbb {Z}^{m}\).
Study on the differences of Chinese handwriting characteristics among different population

ObjectiveTo investigate the differences of handwriting characteristics among different genders, educational backgrounds and ages.MethodsThe ESP1020 was used to collect 1 474 handwriting samples throughout the country, and the collected handwriting samples were quantized by the self-developed  HCAS software.The system could automatically extract 36 objective handwriting features, such as the average character area, at the same time, 4 subjective handwriting features such as the overall beauty are quantified by the  overall impression evaluation method . Finally, forty handwriting characteristics data were introduced into SPSS23.0 for statistical analysis.ResultsThere were statistically significant differences in 11 handwriting characteristics between male and female, such as average Chinese characters height ((6.960±1.843) mm, (6.757±1.762) mm, t=2.16, P<0.05). There were statistically significant differences in 21 handwriting characteristics between the groups with different educational backgrounds, including the average Chinese characters area in primary school and junior high school((52.175 6±33.989 5)mm2), in senior high school and technical secondary school((64.320 7±63.123 5)mm2) and in junior college or above((63.815 3±58.147 4)mm2)(t=5.42, P<0.01). There were statistically significant differences in 28 handwriting characteristics in different age groups, such as writing time, pen pressure and Chinese characters area(P<0.05, P<0.01).ConclusionsDemographic variables such as gender, education background and age have different effects on different aspects of handwriting characteristics.Key words: Chinese characters; Handwriting characteristics; Handwriting analysis; Group comparison
Usability Testing: Creative Techniques for Answering Your Research Questions

Half-day course which utilizes both lectures and interactive activities to demonstrate the practical UX research methodology of usability testing. Experts from UEGroup, a Silicon Valley research and design company, will lead an interactive discussion and give practical suggestions for developing usability testing methodologies including: understanding the available metrics for measuring; writing a test plan, recruiting participants, insuring the participant is engaged and comfortable, as well as moderating, data analysis and reporting guidance. Given that technology and methodologies are constantly changing, this course will focus on ways to be creative with the resources available, in order to best satisfy research needs.
Genetic Fuzzy Single and Collaborative Tasking for UAV Operations

Abstract: Fuzzy logic is used in a variety of applications because of its attributor as a universal approximator attribute and nonlinear characteristics. However, it takes a lot of trial and error to come up with the best set of membership functions and rulebase that will effectively work for a specific application. This process can be simplified by using a heuristic search algorithm such as the genetic algorithm (GA). In this chapter, genetic fuzzy logic is applied to the task assignment of cooperating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) classified as the polygon visiting multiple traveling salesman problem (PVMTSP). The PVMTSP has a lot of applications, including UAV swarm routing. This chapter discusses a method of genetic fuzzy clustering that would be specific to PVMTSPs and hence more efficient compared to k-means and c-means clustering. Two different algorithms based on genetic fuzzy logic are discussed: one evaluates the distance covered by each UAV to cluster the search space and the other uses a cost function that approximates the distance covered, thus resulting in a reduced computational time. The two approaches are compared to each other as well as to an already benchmarked fuzzy clustering algorithm. This chapter also discusses the scalability of our algorithm to increasing numbers of targets. The results are compared for small and large polygons.
Identification and Ranking the Potential Fields of Investment in Advanced Technologies in Golestan Province

The current study aims to identify and rank the potential field of investment in the advanced technologies in Golestan Province. This is an applied and developmental research and the method for data gathering is descriptive and survey. The target society (decision-making team) includes all the industry elites of Golestan Province including ‘Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade’, ‘The Industrial Towns Company’, ‘Standard Organization’, ‘Department of Environment’, and the deputy governors of Golestan Province. They were 15 people in total. A questionnaire was used to collect the data of the research. In order to analyze the data of descriptive statistics frequency distribution tables, frequency percentage, mean and charts were used. Also, in order to answer the research questions Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the different types of software like Excel, SPSS, and Expert Choice were used. The findings imply that “Biology-related elements” and “Nano-related industries” stand in the first and second ranks of investment in advanced technologies of Golestan Province respectively.
Determining Early Childhood Professionals’ Perspectives on Provider-Caregiver Nutrition Communication Strategies

Explore early childcare providers’ perceptions on the barriers and facilitators to effective provider-caregiver communication practices to address child nutrition. A mixed-methods design was utilized to interview childcare professionals working with children 0–3 years of age in Florida. Semi-structured interviews containing questions based on key Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) constructs were conducted along with a short demographic questionnaire. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts were coded by two researchers using a thematic analysis approach and major themes were summarized. Participants (n = 10) were female, early childcare providers with an average of seven years of experience and serving families with infants and toddlers ages 0 to 3 years old. While childcare professionals emphasized having the intention to convey nutrition-related information to the caregivers, major themes revealed barriers including time, parental provision of unhealthy foods, parent receptiveness and overall nutrition knowledge, and culture and language. Overall, participants described the nutrition communication practices at their center to be effective and suggested daily communication via mobile app as one of their best practices. Although, interactions with caregivers were often brief and revolved around sensitive and timely dietary information. All participants mentioned being open to receiving both nutrition education and communication strategies training to improve their current practices with caregivers. While childcare professionals have the intention to convey nutrition-related information to the caregivers, they are often constrained by a variety of barriers. Further research will also be conducted to examine caregivers’ perceptions on this topic. None.
Cryptography for #MeToo

Reporting sexual assault and harassment is an important and difficult problem. Since late 2017, it has received increased attention as the viral #MeToo movement has brought about accusations against high-profile individuals and a wider discussion around the prevalence of sexual violence. Addressing occurrences of sexual assault requires a system to record and process accusations. It is natural to ask what security guarantees are necessary and achievable in such a system. In particular, we focus on detecting repeat offenders: only when a set number of accusations are lodged against the same party will the accusations be revealed to a legal counselor. Our solution ensures the confidentiality of the accuser and the accused as well as the traceability of false accusations using various cryptographic techniques. The protocol design emphasizes practicality, preferring fast operations that are implemented in existing software libraries.
The V3C1 Dataset: Advancing the State of the Art in Video Retrieval

Standardized datasets are of vital importance in multimedia research, as they form the basis for reproducible experiments and evaluations. In the area of video retrieval, widely used datasets such as the IACC, which has formed the basis for the TRECVID Ad-Hoc Video Search Task and other retrieval-related challenges, have started to show their age. For example, IACC is no longer representative of video content as it is found in the wild. This is illustrated by the figures below, showing the distribution of video age and duration across various datasets in comparison with a sample drawn from Vimeo and Youtube.
Library Twitter Data 2017

Despite the vast amount of research into social media use by libraries, no research has been made into its use by smaller UK libraries. Although many statements have been made regarding the time- and cost-saving nature of social media, there is a lack of comparative research about its usefulness in different types of libraries. To address these points, this study gathered statistics from 1,425 library accounts on the social media tool Twitter. Five smaller libraries were selected for a more in-depth metric analysis and interview regarding their accounts and their measuring of return on investment. The study found that while many libraries are using Twitter, academic libraries were the first to sign up en masse. Despite clear ‘best practice’ criteria, many accounts are not utilising Twitter to its fullest capacity. The two greatest influencing factors on followers were found to be the amount of time since the accounts registration and the type of library. When interviewed, the smaller libraries in this study were shown to be following the ‘best practice’ criteria, while also working outside these parameters to create unique initiatives. However, the five interviewed libraries have not been recording any metrics, data or examples of successful tweets on social media, making it difficult to measure return on investment. Furthermore, the libraries interviewed have been reaching followers which are not library users. This alters libraries social media strategies and is something that should be part of the discussion surrounding library use of social media.
Application value of augmented reality technology in pancreatoduodenectomy

ObjectiveTo investigate the application value of augmented reality (AR) technology in pancreatoduodenectomy (PD).MethodsThe retrospective and descriptive study was conducted. The clinicopathological data of 3 male patients who underwent PD in Tsinghua University Affiliated Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital from June 2018 to February 2019 were collected. The 3 patients were aged from 52 to 63 years, with a median age of 57 years. Digital imaging and communication standard format data of enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan were collected, the three-dimensional (3D) images of abdominal arteries, portal vein, descending duodenum, pancreatic body and tail, pancreatic head, common bile duct, and pancreatic duct were reconstructed. The results were imported into the AR software. Optical tracking based on two-dimensional codes and manual interactive rigid registration were adopted for intraoperative navigation. Observation indicators: (1) surgical and postoperative conditions; (2) postoperative pathological examination; (3) follow-up. Follow-up using outpatient examination or telephone interview was conducted to detect survival of patients and tumor metastasis and recurrence up to June 2019. The measurement data with skewed distribution were expressed as M (range). Count data were expressed as absolute numbers.Results(1) Surgical and postoperative conditions: all the 3 patients underwent PD with AR technology as intraoperative navigation successfully. The operation time, volume of intraoperative blood loss, and duration of postoperative hospital stay were 6 hours (range, 5-8 hours), 700 mL (range, 300-900 mL), 11 days (range, 9-12 days). There was no perioperative death or complication occured. After surgery, the patients who underwent PD combined with superior mesenteric vein (SMV) resection and reconstruction had patent SMV on the enhanced computed tomography examination. (2) Postoperative pathological examination: results of pathological examination showed 1 case of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) of the pancreas with invasive adenocarcinoma (neoplasm invading SMV), 1 case of insulinoma, and 1 case of periampullary neuroendocrine carcinoma, respectively. (3) Follow-up: 3 patients were followed up for 4-12 months, with a median follow-up time of 6 months. During the follow-up, the patient with IPMN of the pancreas and invasive adenocarcinoma had liver metastasis at 3 months after surgery, and received chemotherapy at other hospital. After 4 cycles of chemotherapy, the metastatic nodule shrank, and the patient was still in follow-up up to deadline of follow-up. Other 2 patients had no recurrence or metastasis.ConclusionAR technique assisted PD is safe and feasible, which is helpful to indentify vascular branches and tracks.Key words: Pancreatic neoplasms; Augmented reality technology; Three-dimensional reconstruction; Pancreatoduodenectomy; Surgical navigation
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CNN-SIM: A Detailed Arquitectural Simulator of CNN Accelerators

In this work we provide a quick overview of our ongoing effort to derive an open-source framework for detailed architectural simulation of the inference procedure of CNN hardware accelerators. Our tool, called CNN-SIM, exposes the values computed during the inference procedure of any CNN model using real inputs, which allows the investigation of architectural techniques for optimized inference. As a use case, we show the percentage of communicated zero values for two possible dataflows.
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정삼투 공정의 저에너지 고효율 세정을 위한 최적 유속 평가

Forward osmosis (FO) is operated at a lower pressure than reverse osmosis (RO), which has great advantages in terms of fouling control, maintenance, membrane cleaning, and potential energy reduction. In particular, since the membrane fouling layer of the forward osmosis process has a relatively loose and dispersed property, it is possible to control the membrane fouling by physical cleaning, unlike the reverse osmosis process. However, existing studies do not apply the proper cleaning flow rate for forward osmosis physical cleaning, and thus there is a limit that the optimal operation can not be performed. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the justification of proper flow rate that can show high efficiency cleaning with economical energy amount. The membrane fouling experiments of the forward osmosis process were maintained at a circulating flow rate of 8.54 cm/s and the recovery rates were compared with the three cleaning flow rates. As a result of this experiment, it was confirmed that the 2 × speed cleaning showed the same efficiency as the water permeability recovery rate of the 3 × speed cleaning, and it was confirmed that the 2 × speed cleaning was an appropriate flow rate with high cleaning efficiency and economical SEC.
The Round Complexity of Perfect MPC with Active Security and Optimal Resiliency.

In STOC 1988, Ben-Or, Goldwasser, and Wigderson (BGW) established an important milestone in the fields of cryptography and distributed computing by showing that every functionality can be computed with perfect (information-theoretic and error-free) security at the presence of an active (aka Byzantine) rushing adversary that controls up to $n/3$ of the parties. We study the round complexity of general secure multiparty computation in the BGW model. Our main result shows that every functionality can be realized in only four rounds of interaction, and that some functionalities cannot be computed in three rounds. This completely settles the round-complexity of perfect actively-secure optimally-resilient MPC, resolving a long line of research. Our lower-bound is based on a novel round-reduction technique that allows us to lift existing three-round lower-bounds for verifiable secret sharing to four-round lower-bounds for general MPC. To prove the upper-bound, we develop new round-efficient protocols for computing degree-2 functionalities over large fields, and establish the completeness of such functionalities. The latter result extends the recent completeness theorem of Applebaum, Brakerski and Tsabary (TCC 2018, Eurocrypt 2019) that was limited to the binary field.
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메타분석을 이용한 뇌졸중 연하장애에 적용된 반복적 경두개 자기자극(rTMS), 경두개 직류자극(tDCS)과 신경근전기자극치료(NMES)의 효과

Objective: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using neuromuscular electronic stimulation (NMES) and non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) were applied for early access to clinicians included in a post-stroke swallowing intervention. A meta-analysis of the research will provide concrete effects and suggestions for improvement. Methods: We searched articles from 2008 to 2019 published in Pubmed, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Psycinfo, Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS), and the Research Information Sharing Service (RISS). The main key words are “stroke OR CVA OR cerebrocascular accident OR vascular accident” AND “dysphagia OR swallowing disorder OR deglutition disorder” AND “tDCS OR transcranial direct current stimulation OR rTMS OR repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation OR NMES OR neuromuscular electronic stimulation” AND “RCT OR randomized control trial,” “뇌졸중” AND “연하장애,” AND “경두기 자기자극 OR 경두개 직류자극 OR 신경근전기자극” AND “무작위대 조실험.” The inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied to a total of 11 studies. Results: The electrical stimulation intensity of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was 1 mA, the electrical stimulation intensity of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was 3-5 Hz, the neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) varied from 8 to 15 mA, tDCS and rTMS showed large effect sizes, and NMES demonstrated a medium effect size. Conclusion: This study confirmed the effects of three treatments through a meta-analysis and confirmed the various results according to the patients' characteristics and mediation direction. However, three treatments are deemed effective for the recovery of swallowing disorder after a stroke in Korea and are considered safe. In addition, it is necessary to study various factors leading to a recovery of a swallowing disorder.
Neural Models for Predicting Celtic Mutations

The Celtic languages share a common linguistic phenomenon known as initial mutations; these consist of pronunciation and spelling changes that occur at the beginning of some words, triggered in certain semantic or syntactic contexts. Initial mutations occur quite frequently and all non-trivial NLP systems for the Celtic languages must learn to handle them properly. In this paper we describe and evaluate neural network models for predicting mutations in two of the six Celtic languages: Irish and Scottish Gaelic. We also discuss applications of these models to grammatical error detection and language modeling.
Suggestion of Improved Coastal Waste Management System for Islands

Unlike land, it is particularly difficult to manage wastes such as marine wastes as well as household wastes in island area. In this study, the improved management system for coastal wastes in islands was proposed. As a result, similar to a land-based street cleaner, a coastal cleaner, charging the collection and monitoring of wastes, a dedicated vehicle, a dedicated ship and a storage facility are suggested to place to collect and transport the wastes. Finally, specific measures were proposed to ensure efficient collection, transportation and disposal of coastal wastes. In particular, the concept of the number of daily work storage facilities for ship (SDS, service/day/ship) and the time required for working per storage facility (SHS, ship·hour/service) was introduced in the analysis of the collection system for coastal wastes.