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Using the EMFi chair to measure the user ’ s emotion-related heart rate responses

Using the EMFi chair to measure the user's emotion-related heart rate responses Master's thesis, 55 pages, 2 appendix pages May 2005 The research reported here is part of a multidisciplinary collaborative project that aimed at developing embedded measurement devices using electromechanical film (EMFi) as a basic measurement technology. The present aim was to test if an unobtrusive heart rate measurement device, the EMFi chair, had the potential to detect heart rate changes associated with emotional stimulation. Six-second long visual, auditory, and audiovisual stimuli with negative, neutral, and positive emotional content were presented to 24 participants. Heart rate responses were measured with the EMFi chair and with earlobe photoplethysmography (PPG). Also, subjective ratings of the stimuli were collected. Firstly, the high correlation between the measurement results of the EMFi chair and PPG, r = 0.99, p < 0.001, indicated that the EMFi chair measured heart rate reliably. Secondly, heart rate showed a decelerating response to visual, auditory, and audiovisual emotional stimulation. The emotional stimulation caused statistically significant changes in heart rate at the 6 th second from stimulus onset so that the responses to negative stimulation were significantly lower than the responses to positive stimulation. The results were in line with previous research. The results show that heart rate responses measured with the EMFi chair differed significantly for positive and negative emotional stimulation. These results suggest that the EMFi chair could be used in HCI to measure the user's emotional responses unobtrusively.
Motivating Employees to Comply with Information Security policies

Noncompliance by employees with Information Systems security policies is a serious computer security threat. An employee’s extensive knowledge of the information systems, the access credentials they have been given, and the trust accorded them by their employers make them a potentially dangerous threat to computer security. The importance of this phenomenon has led to a number of research undertakings on the ‘insider threat.’ However, research on employee compliance with IS security policies has focused mainly on the role of extrinsic motivation. Few studies have focused on the role of intrinsic motivation. This study fills this gap by building a theoretical model using a grounded theory methodology. Concepts from High Performance Work Systems (HPWS) theory were used to develop the initial questions for structured interviews. This theoretical model provides a framework for how organizations can intrinsically motivate their employees to comply with organizational information security policies. Organizations can intrinsically motivate their employees through a supportive organizational culture, training, and job design.
Modeling and Simulation of Various Hybrid-Electric Configurations of the High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

Although hybrid-electric vehicles have been studied mainly with the aim of increasing fuel economy, little has been done in order to improve both fuel economy and performance. However, vehicular-dynamic-performance characteristics such as acceleration and climbing ability are of prime importance in military vehicles such as the high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV). This paper concentrates on the models that describe hybridized HMMWV vehicles and the simulation results of those models. Parallel and series configurations have been modeled using the advanced-vehicle-simulator software developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Both a retrofit approach and a constant-power approach have been tested, and the results are compared to the conventional model results. In addition, the effects of using smaller engines than the existing ones in hybrid HMMWV drive trains have been studied, and the results are compared to the data collected from an actual implementation of such a vehicle. Moreover, the integrated-starter/alternator (ISA) configuration has been considered, and the results were encouraging
Manuka: A Batch-Shading Architecture for Spectral Path Tracing in Movie Production

The Manuka rendering architecture has been designed in the spirit of the classic reyes rendering architecture: to enable the creation of visually rich computer generated imagery for visual effects in movie production. Following in the footsteps of reyes over the past 30 years, this means supporting extremely complex geometry, texturing, and shading. In the current generation of renderers, it is essential to support very accurate global illumination as a means to naturally tie together different assets in a picture.
 This is commonly achieved with Monte Carlo path tracing, using a paradigm often called shade on hit, in which the renderer alternates tracing rays with running shaders on the various ray hits. The shaders take the role of generating the inputs of the local material structure, which is then used by path-sampling logic to evaluate contributions and to inform what
 further rays to cast through the scene. We propose a shade before hit paradigm instead and minimise I/O strain on the system, leveraging locality of reference by running pattern generation shaders before we execute light transport simulation by path sampling.
 We describe a full architecture built around this approach, featuring spectral light transport and a flexible implementation of multiple importance sampling (mis), resulting in a system able to support a comparable amount of extensibility to what made the reyes rendering architecture successful over many decades.
A GA-based feature selection and parameters optimizationfor support vector machines

Support Vector Machines, one of the new techniques for pattern classification, have been widely used in many application areas. The kernel parameters setting for SVM in a training process impacts on the classification accuracy. Feature selection is another factor that impacts classification accuracy. The objective of this research is to simultaneously optimize the parameters and feature subset without degrading the SVM classification accuracy. We present a genetic algorithm approach for feature selection and parameters optimization to solve this kind of problem. We tried several real-world datasets using the proposed GA-based approach and the Grid algorithm, a traditional method of performing parameters searching. Compared with the Grid algorithm, our proposed GA-based approach significantly improves the classification accuracy and has fewer input features for support vector machines.
A Multiband RF Antenna Duplexer on CMOS: Design and Performance

An RF duplexer has been fabricated on a CMOS IC for use in 3G/4G cellular transceivers. The passive circuit sustains large voltage swings in the transmit path, and isolates the receive path from the transmitter by more than 45 dB across a bandwidth of 200 MHz in 3G/4G bands I, II, III, IV, and IX. A low noise amplifier embedded into the duplexer demonstrates a cascade noise figure of 5 dB with more than 27 dB of gain. The duplexer inserts 2.5 dB of loss between power amplifier and antenna.
Night terrors. Clinical characteristics and personality patterns.

The development and clinical course of night terrors and the personality patterns of patients with this disorder were evaluated in 40 adults who had a current complaint of night terrors. Compared with a group of adult sleepwalkers, the patients with night terrors had a later age of onset for their disorder, a higher frequency of events, and an earlier time of night for the occurrence of episodes. Both groups had high levels of psychopathology, with higher values for the night terror group. This sleepwalkers showed active, outwardly directed behavioral patterns, whereas the night terror patients showed an inhibition of outward expressions of aggression and a predominance of anxiety, depression, tendencies obsessive-compulsive/, and phobicness. Although night terrors and sleepwalking in childhood seem to be related primarily to genetic and developmental factors, their persistence and especially their onset in adulthood are found to be related more to psychological factors.
Constellation Design for Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation (BICM) Systems in Advanced Broadcast Standards

This paper presents a generic methodology to optimize constellations based on their geometrical shaping for bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) systems. While the method can be applicable to any wireless standard design it has been tailored to two delivery scenarios typical of broadcast systems: 1) robust multimedia delivery and 2) UHDTV quality bitrate services. The design process is based on maximizing the BICM channel capacity for a given power constraint. The major contribution of this paper is a low complexity optimization algorithm for the design of optimal constellation schemes. The proposal consists of a set of initial conditions for a particle swarm optimization algorithm, and afterward, a customized post processing procedure for further improving the constellation alphabet. According to the broadcast application cases, the sizes of the constellations proposed range from 16 to 4096 symbols. The BICM channel capacities and performance of the designed constellations are compared to conventional quadrature amplitude modulation constellations for different application scenarios. The results show a significant improvement in terms of system performance and BICM channel capacities under additive white Gaussian noise and Rayleigh independently and identically distributed channel conditions.
Will the experience of playing a violent role in a video game influence people's judgments of violent crimes?

The present study investigates the impact of the experience of role playing a violent character in a video game on attitudes towards violent crimes and criminals. People who played the violent game were found to be more acceptable of crimes and criminals compared to people who did not play the violent game. More importantly, interaction effects were found such that people were more acceptable of crimes and criminals outside the game if the criminals were matched with the role they played in the game and the criminal actions were similar to the activities they perpetrated during the game. The results indicate that people’s virtual experience through role-playing games can influence their attitudes and judgments of similar real-life crimes, especially if the crimes are similar to what they conducted while playing games. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Gene therapy returns to centre stage

Recent clinical trials of gene therapy have shown remarkable therapeutic benefits and an excellent safety record. They provide evidence for the long-sought promise of gene therapy to deliver 'cures' for some otherwise terminal or severely disabling conditions. Behind these advances lie improved vector designs that enable the safe delivery of therapeutic genes to specific cells. Technologies for editing genes and correcting inherited mutations, the engagement of stem cells to regenerate tissues and the effective exploitation of powerful immune responses to fight cancer are also contributing to the revitalization of gene therapy.
Gate dielectric reliability and instability in GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors for power electronics

GaN field-effect transistors with impressive power switching characteristics have been demonstrated. Preventing their widespread field deployment are reliability and instability concerns. Some emanate from the use of a dielectric in the gate stack. Under typical operation, the gate dielectric comes periodically under intense electric field. This causes trapping and detrapping of electrons and introduces transient shifts in the threshold voltage, a phenomenon known as Bias-Temperature Instability (BTI). A high electric field also results in the formation of defects inside the dielectric. Over time, the defects accumulate and eventually result in the abrupt creation of a conducting path that shorts the dielectric and renders the device inoperable. This process, known as Time-Dependent Dielectric Breakdown (TDDB), often imposes a maximum lifetime for the FET technology. This article presents a methodology for the study of BTI and TDDB in insulated-gate GaN FETs. Our findings paint a picture of BTI and TDDB that in many respects is similar to that of Si transistors but with some unique characteristics. Understanding the physics and developing appropriate lifetime models is essential to enabling the deployment of this important new power electronics technology.
Update on Post-mastectomy Lymphedema Management.

Lymphedema is a chronic, progressive condition caused by an imbalance of lymphatic flow. Upper extremity lymphedema has been reported in 16-40% of breast cancer patients following axillary lymph node dissection. Furthermore, lymphedema following sentinel lymph node biopsy alone has been reported in 3.5% of patients. While the disease process is not new, there has been significant progress in the surgical care of lymphedema that can offer alternatives and improvements in management. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive update and overview of the current advances and surgical treatment options for upper extremity lymphedema.
Towards an open science publishing platform

The way science and research is done is rapidly becoming more open and collaborative. The traditional way of publishing new findings in journals is becoming increasingly outdated and no longer serves the needs of much of science. Whilst preprints can bring significant benefits of removing delay and selection, they do not go far enough if simply implemented alongside the existing journal system. We propose that we need a new approach, an Open Science Platform, that takes the benefits of preprints but adds formal, invited, and transparent post-publication peer review. This bypasses the problems of the current journal system and, in doing so, moves the evaluation of research and researchers away from the journal-based Impact Factor and towards a fairer system of article-based qualitative and quantitative indicators. In the long term, it should be irrelevant where a researcher publishes their findings. What is important is that research is shared and made available without delay within a framework that encourages quality standards and requires all players in the research community to work as collaborators.
Controlling social dynamics with a parametrized model of floor regulation

Turn-taking is ubiquitous in human communication, yet turn-taking between humans and robots continues to be stilted and awkward for human users. The goal of our work is to build autonomous robot controllers for successfully engaging in human-like turn-taking interactions. Towards this end, we present CADENCE, a novel computational model and architecture that explicitly reasons about the four components of floor regulation: seizing the floor, yielding the floor, holding the floor, and auditing the owner of the floor. The model is parametrized to enable the robot to achieve a range of social dynamics for the human-robot dyad. In a between-groups experiment with 30 participants, our humanoid robot uses this turn-taking system at two contrasting parametrizations to engage users in autonomous object play interactions. Our results from the study show that: (1) manipulating these turn-taking parameters results in significantly different robot behavior; (2) people perceive the robot’s behavioral differences and consequently attribute different personalities to the robot; and (3) changing the robot’s personality results in different behavior from the human, manipulating the social dynamics of the dyad. We discuss the implications of this work for various contextual applications as well as the key limitations of the system to be addressed in future work.
Robust Logics

Suppose that we wish to learn from examples and counterexamples a criterion for recognizing whether an assembly of wooden blocks constitutes an arch. Suppose also that we have preprogrammed recognizers for various relationships e.g. on-top-of(z, y), above(z, y), etc. and believe that some quantified expression in terms of these base relationships should suffice to approximate the desired notion of an arch. How can we formulate such a relational learning problem so as to exploit the benefits that are demonstrable in propositional learning, such as attribute-efficient learning by linear separators, and error-resilient learning ? We believe that learning in a general setting that allows for multiple objects and relations in this way is paradigmatic of the more fundamental questions that need to be addressed if one is to resolve the following dilemma that arises in the design of intelligent systems: Mathematical logic is an attractive language of description because it has clear semantics and sound proof procedures. However, as a basis for large programmed systems it leads to brittleness because, in practice, consistent usage of the various predicate names throughout a system cannot be guaranteed, except in application areas such as mathematics where the viability of the axiomatic method has been demonstrated independently. In this paper we develop the following approach to circumventing this problem. We suggest that brittleness can be overcome by using a new kind of logic in which each statement is learnable. By allowing thesystem to learn rules empirically from the environment, relative to any particular programs it may have for recognizing some base predicates, we enable the system to acquire a set of statements approximately consistent with each other and with the world, without the need for a globally knowledgeable and consistent p*OgrUllll~~. We illustrate this approach by describing a simple logic that hzs a sound and efficient proof procedure for reasoning about instances, and that is rendered robust by having the rules learnable. The complexity and accuracy of both ~o,,yri~,,, ACM ,999 l-581 13.067.8199105...%5.00 learning and deduction are provably polynomial bounded.
ZERO-SHOT CROSS LANGUAGE TEXT CLASSIFICA-

Labeled text classification datasets are typically only available in a few select languages. In order to train a model for e.g news categorization in a language Lt without a suitable text classification dataset there are two options. The first option is to create a new labeled dataset by hand, and the second option is to transfer label information from an existing labeled dataset in a source language Ls to the target language Lt. In this paper we propose a method for sharing label information across languages by means of a language independent text encoder. The encoder will give almost identical representations to multilingual versions of the same text. This means that labeled data in one language can be used to train a classifier that works for the rest of the languages. The encoder is trained independently of any concrete classification task and can therefore subsequently be used for any classification task. We show that it is possible to obtain good performance even in the case where only a comparable corpus of texts is available.
Pathophysiology of articular chondrocalcinosis—role of ANKH

Calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal deposition (CPPD) is associated with ageing and osteoarthritis, and with uncommon disorders such as hyperparathyroidism, hypomagnesemia, hemochromatosis and hypophosphatasia. Elevated levels of synovial fluid pyrophosphate promote CPP crystal formation. This extracellular pyrophosphate originates either from the breakdown of nucleotide triphosphates by plasma-cell membrane glycoprotein 1 (PC-1) or from pyrophosphate transport by the transmembrane protein progressive ankylosis protein homolog (ANK). Although the etiology of apparent sporadic CPPD is not well-established, mutations in the ANK human gene (ANKH) have been shown to cause familial CPPD. In this Review, the key regulators of pyrophosphate metabolism and factors that lead to high extracellular pyrophosphate levels are described. Particular emphasis is placed on the mechanisms by which mutations in ANKH cause CPPD and the clinical phenotype of these mutations is discussed. Cartilage factors predisposing to CPPD and CPP-crystal-induced inflammation and current treatment options for the management of CPPD are also described.
Semi-Automatic System for Testing Dielectric Properties of Low-Voltage Busbar

One semi-automatic system is developed for testing the dielectric properties and grounding resistance of low-voltage busbar, one type of large-capacity electric power transmission equipment. The dielectric properties mainly include the insulation resistance and leakage current of busbar under occasional high voltage. The withstanding voltage and insulation resistance tester is used for testing its dielectric properties, and the earth continuity tester is used for testing its grounding resistance. GPIB is used as communication interface between computer and test instruments. The software for controlling and monitoring the testing process is developed based on .NET framework and with NI Measurement Studio. The developed software, running on Windows XP, and all hardware, integrated as a comprehensive test system, currently is deployed to production site and runs well.
The Influence of Excessive Product Packaging on Green Brand Attachment : The Mediation Roles of Green Brand Attitude and Green Brand Image

This study develops an original framework to explore the influence of excessive product packaging on green brand attachment and to discuss the mediation roles of green brand attitude and green brand image. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is applied to verify the research framework. The results from a dataset of 238 valid questionnaires show that excessive product packaging has no direct effect on green brand attachment. However, green brand attitude and green brand image fully mediate the negative relationship between excessive product packaging and green brand attachment. Managerially, this study helps firms understand that excessive product packaging may bring damage to green brand attitude and green brand image, which positively relate to green brand attachment. Thus, committing to promoting the functional benefit of green products, firms must not neglect the negative effects of excessive product packaging.
Analysis and Comparison of Image Encryption Algorithms

With the fast progression of data exchange in electronic way, information security is becoming more important in data storage and transmission. Because of widely using images in industrial process, it is important to protect the confidential image data from unauthorized access. In this paper, we analyzed current image encryption algorithms and compression is added for two of them (Mirror-like image encryption and Visual Cryptography). Implementations of these two algorithms have been realized for experimental purposes. The results of analysis are given in this paper. image encryption, image cryptosystem, security, transmission.