This document describes a proposed app called "Mission: Recovery" that is intended to help people in eating disorder recovery. The app would send daily messages giving the user permission to enjoy one everyday activity without feeling guilty. According to one user's story, receiving these daily permissions from an external source helped take their mind off troubles and allowed them to enjoy activities they normally wouldn't. The conclusion is that getting permission from a tangible outside source may be key in the early stages of eating disorder recovery.
نحو القرآن التدبري الحركي: المدرسة الباديسية (نموذجا)صالح الدين عزيز
وقال إيميل كومب ( Combes emile) وهو يصف حالة التعليم العربي قبل القرن 19 في تقرير قدمه إلى مجلس الشيوخ الفرنسي في 2 فيفري 1894: كان التعليم العالي في أرض الجزائر يشتمل جمهورا غفيرا من الناس المتعطشين للعلم والمعرفة يجلسون حول شيوخ علماء لا يتلقون عنهم علوم الشريعة وقوانينها فحسب، بل يتلقون أيضا علوم الرياضيات، الآداب والهيئة. فكانت نتيجة انتصار أسلحتنا أن تفرق الشيوخ و اضمحل التعليم العالي.
فقد كتب الجنرال فالز سنة 1834م بأن كل العرب (الجزائريين) تقريبًا يعرفون القراءة والكتابة، حيث إن هناك مدرستين في كل قرية...
أما الأستاذ ديميري، الذي درس طويلاً الحياة الجزائرية في القرن التاسع عشر، فقد أشار إلى أنه قد كان في قسنطينة وحدها قبل الاحتلال خمسة وثلاثون مسجدًا(35) تستعمل كمراكز للتعليم، كما أن هناك سبع مدارس(7) ابتدائية وثانوية يحضرها بين ستمائة وتسعمائة طالب(600-900)، ويدرّس فيها أساتذة محترمون لهم أجور عالية .
وقد أحصيت المدارس في الجزائر سنة 1830م، بأكثر من ألفي مدرسة (2000)ما بين ابتدائية وثانوية وعالية.
وكتب الرحالة الألماني (فيلهلم شيمبرا) حين زار الجزائر في شهر ديسمبر 1831م، يقول: (لقد بحثتُ قصدًا عن عربي واحد في الجزائر يجهل القراءة والكتابة، غير أني لم أعثر عليه، في حين أني وجدت ذلك في بلدان جنوب أوروبا، فقلما يصادف المرء هناك من يستطيع القراءة من بين أفراد الشعب).. وخير المثال ما شهد به الأعداء.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
نحو القرآن التدبري الحركي: المدرسة الباديسية (نموذجا)صالح الدين عزيز
وقال إيميل كومب ( Combes emile) وهو يصف حالة التعليم العربي قبل القرن 19 في تقرير قدمه إلى مجلس الشيوخ الفرنسي في 2 فيفري 1894: كان التعليم العالي في أرض الجزائر يشتمل جمهورا غفيرا من الناس المتعطشين للعلم والمعرفة يجلسون حول شيوخ علماء لا يتلقون عنهم علوم الشريعة وقوانينها فحسب، بل يتلقون أيضا علوم الرياضيات، الآداب والهيئة. فكانت نتيجة انتصار أسلحتنا أن تفرق الشيوخ و اضمحل التعليم العالي.
فقد كتب الجنرال فالز سنة 1834م بأن كل العرب (الجزائريين) تقريبًا يعرفون القراءة والكتابة، حيث إن هناك مدرستين في كل قرية...
أما الأستاذ ديميري، الذي درس طويلاً الحياة الجزائرية في القرن التاسع عشر، فقد أشار إلى أنه قد كان في قسنطينة وحدها قبل الاحتلال خمسة وثلاثون مسجدًا(35) تستعمل كمراكز للتعليم، كما أن هناك سبع مدارس(7) ابتدائية وثانوية يحضرها بين ستمائة وتسعمائة طالب(600-900)، ويدرّس فيها أساتذة محترمون لهم أجور عالية .
وقد أحصيت المدارس في الجزائر سنة 1830م، بأكثر من ألفي مدرسة (2000)ما بين ابتدائية وثانوية وعالية.
وكتب الرحالة الألماني (فيلهلم شيمبرا) حين زار الجزائر في شهر ديسمبر 1831م، يقول: (لقد بحثتُ قصدًا عن عربي واحد في الجزائر يجهل القراءة والكتابة، غير أني لم أعثر عليه، في حين أني وجدت ذلك في بلدان جنوب أوروبا، فقلما يصادف المرء هناك من يستطيع القراءة من بين أفراد الشعب).. وخير المثال ما شهد به الأعداء.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
8. A User’s Story
“I like that it allows me to do
things I don’t allow myself
to do.”
“...took my mind away from
any troubles...”
“Instead of yelling at my
daughter I grabbed the
ball...it’s nice to ground mysel
in something.”
-personally in recovery from an ED….have seen effects when relapse prevention either not done well or doesn’t exist
-our mission throughout
-> relapse prevention for EDs
-> something fun and that excited about b/c relapse prevention tools out there now often as rigid as ED mentality itself
Kat
-initial stressor: adapting to the spontaneity of life outside the rigid structure of treatment is difficult, and often leads to relapse
-initial POV: break the rigidity of relapse prevention plan in a way that makes user feel prepared to adapt to spontaneity of life outside treatment
-gathered from further user interviews that concept of spontaneity not as widely applicable to all ED diagnoses
-also that people who haven’t been in formal treatment don’t necessarily have a plan in the first place to break
-found something even more compelling….concept of giving self permission
-> may sound foreign, but in across all EDs mentality about self-deprication and that don’t deserve
-pinpointing this and flipping it on its head proved very powerful to our users
-new stressor: across all ind w/an ED, allowing oneself/giving self permission to do things is incredibly hard, and if don’t do this, can be road to relapse
-new POV: users need a way to give themselves permission to enjoy everyday activities in a way that doesn’t make them feel guilty
Ji
SBTM
-Once a day, turn a rigid aspect of your relapse prevention plan into something spontaneous.
-Why 1x/day?
-on the motivation vs. implementation (is that the correct other axis?) scale motivation is higher if it’s your ‘mission’ each day
-might forget about it if it’s farther apart than every day
-implementation is too hard if it’s more than 1x/day due to the nature of the tasks as well as where the users are at in phase of recovery
-3 categories:
-> food/meal plan spontaneity
-> social spontaneity
-> somatic spontaneity
Ji
-need to give examples of messages (emphasize that they are actionable) -> we iterated from 3 original groups based on feedback
Kat
Kat
Ji
-2 users in recovery
-1 therapist/clinician, who shared with other therapists and 15-20 clients
-Day 1: “I get to reach out to a friend I haven’t spoken to in a while.”
-Day 2: “I get to do one spontaneous thing that’ll make me laugh.”
-Day 3: “I get to say hello to a random stranger today.”
-Day 4: “I get to treat my body! Think: massages, pedicures, etc.”
Kat
Ji
*overall
-physical prototype
-> loved tactile features, although yarn kept coming apart so wanted it to be more durable
->
User 1
-multiple therapists/clinicians + about 15-20 clients in recovery
-not one of the clients didn’t comment about how much they liked the tactile features (all were constantly playing with the ball)
-all also commented that screen too small (text hard to read)
-really like that the messages are actionable vs. just an inspirational quote that often fails to motivate clients to move forward in recovery
-> kept comparing it to Recovery Record (app that tracks clients progress, but doesn’t have a feature to encourage action, so they really liked this)
-clinicians especially liked that couldn’t skip messages b/c encourages pushing clients slightly out of their comfort zone in a healthy way
-clinicians want the ability to track whether their clients are completing the daily prompts (not sure if we need to mention this?)
User 2 ***can mention quantitative data here***
-(she couldn’t find her charger so she only got messages on 2 of the days, and didn’t do them b/c the wording didn’t speak to her)
-Messages didn’t speak to her
-Didn’t like the phrase “I get to,” suggested changing it to “I deserve to~”/ “I’m worthy enough to” watch the sunset -> we need to personalize based on different stages of recovery
-Felt little uncomfortable carrying around, afraid someone would ask what it is
-Start with simple things, speak straightforward, otherwise felt like another task on top of her regular work
-> even just something like 5 minutes out of her day to take time for herself
-said she would wait for a new message to come (good!!)
-> wanted one in the morning and the evening (needs to be personalized b/c some people get triggered at certain times of the day, and if they can have a message/outside stimulus at that time it will really help
- “I think this will really help people” “There’s nothing else like it out there”
User 3 ***can mention quantitative data here*** (I’m going to say a lot of this in user’s story...so I can cut some later)
-carried the ball on all 4 days and completed all 4 messages
-carried a bigger purse just because she wanted to have the ball with her
-loved that it allowed her to do things she wouldn’t normally do (i.e. get a pedicure, etc.) b/c she feels she doesn’t deserve to do things for herself
-> could do these things without feeling guilty
-liked that it didn’t have any food-related messages so she could still follow her meal plan
-squeezed it in moments when she felt she was losing control (b/c EDs are all about control), but b/c of the physical prototype she was afraid it might fall apart
-> something physical to focus on
- “It’s something physical you can grab for...I punch pillows, but you can’t do that in public!”
-also said screen to small
-would like to have option to skip just 1-2 times
-> in case prompt requires more time than she has but still wants to do one
- “I see it [the loss of control/ED bxs] in my daughter...this would be great for teens”
-also really likes keychain/pillow ideas
Kat
-having something outside the self that can give you permission to do things you wouldn’t otherwise do is key in ED recovery
-something physical that can double as a stress release when feeling out of control
-key = outside the self b/c don’t yet have permission/control to do it themselves
-concept of someone else holding recovery for you in early stages
Kat
1) Larger, longer trial w/more participants
-to see if really is effective in improving outcomes in recovery
-see if still see same general feedback
2) Personalization
-some want different wording on messages
-some get triggered during certain parts of the day and want a message during that time...ability to set that
3) Size
-smaller so it can fit inconspicuously in a purse
-so people don’t ask questions
4) Functionality
-pillow w/a new message every morning when you wake up
-eliminates concerns about other people knowing if aren’t yet ‘out’