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Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
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We asked LinkedIn members worldwide about their levels of interest in the latest wave of technology: whether they’re using wearables, and whether they intend to buy self-driving cars and VR headsets as they become available. We asked them too about their attitudes to technology and to the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the devices that they use. The answers were fascinating – and in many cases, surprising.
This SlideShare explores the full results of this study, including detailed market-by-market breakdowns of intention levels for each technology – and how attitudes change with age, location and seniority level. If you’re marketing a tech brand – or planning to use VR and wearables to reach a professional audience – then these are insights you won’t want to miss.
Brain, Body, and Bytes CHI 2010 Workshop PresentationsLennart Nacke
Brain and Body Interfaces (BBI) were discussed in this workshop. Its goal was to provide a platform for creating synergies between two related and emerging HCI disciplines (PC and BCI). Find out more at the workshop website: http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~agirou01/workshop/
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
Study: The Future of VR, AR and Self-Driving CarsLinkedIn
We asked LinkedIn members worldwide about their levels of interest in the latest wave of technology: whether they’re using wearables, and whether they intend to buy self-driving cars and VR headsets as they become available. We asked them too about their attitudes to technology and to the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the devices that they use. The answers were fascinating – and in many cases, surprising.
This SlideShare explores the full results of this study, including detailed market-by-market breakdowns of intention levels for each technology – and how attitudes change with age, location and seniority level. If you’re marketing a tech brand – or planning to use VR and wearables to reach a professional audience – then these are insights you won’t want to miss.
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Lloyd Irvin | Martial Art Training For the Real WorldLloyd Irvin
Lloyd Irvin is the head mentor of the eponymous Team Lloyd Irvin, a Brazilian Jiu JJiu-Jitsumixed combative techniques organization working in the Mid-Atlantic States of the U.S.
Our mission at Japan Karate Association is to make a positive difference in the lives of children, youth, men and women and our community in general, through the study of the martial arts, and in particular the JKA Karate system.
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Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
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The process of drug discovery and development is a complex and multi-step endeavor aimed at bringing new pharmaceutical drugs to market. It begins with identifying and validating a biological target, such as a protein, gene, or RNA, that is associated with a disease. This step involves understanding the target's role in the disease and confirming that modulating it can have therapeutic effects. The next stage, hit identification, employs high-throughput screening (HTS) and other methods to find compounds that interact with the target. Computational techniques may also be used to identify potential hits from large compound libraries.
Following hit identification, the hits are optimized to improve their efficacy, selectivity, and pharmacokinetic properties, resulting in lead compounds. These leads undergo further refinement to enhance their potency, reduce toxicity, and improve drug-like characteristics, creating drug candidates suitable for preclinical testing. In the preclinical development phase, drug candidates are tested in vitro (in cell cultures) and in vivo (in animal models) to evaluate their safety, efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. Toxicology studies are conducted to assess potential risks.
Before clinical trials can begin, an Investigational New Drug (IND) application must be submitted to regulatory authorities. This application includes data from preclinical studies and plans for clinical trials. Clinical development involves human trials in three phases: Phase I tests the drug's safety and dosage in a small group of healthy volunteers, Phase II assesses the drug's efficacy and side effects in a larger group of patients with the target disease, and Phase III confirms the drug's efficacy and monitors adverse reactions in a large population, often compared to existing treatments.
After successful clinical trials, a New Drug Application (NDA) is submitted to regulatory authorities for approval, including all data from preclinical and clinical studies, as well as proposed labeling and manufacturing information. Regulatory authorities then review the NDA to ensure the drug is safe, effective, and of high quality, potentially requiring additional studies. Finally, after a drug is approved and marketed, it undergoes post-marketing surveillance, which includes continuous monitoring for long-term safety and effectiveness, pharmacovigilance, and reporting of any adverse effects.
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Learning objectives:
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4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
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Kung Fu Techniques
1. Kung Fu Techniques
Kung Fu Techniques
Qigong
The qigong exercise is not a 'technique' in a true sense. It involves the process of aligning the body
movements, breath and awareness for the purpose of exercise, meditation and healing. The
phenomenon of 'qi' is described as the energy which flows through all the living beings.
There are different styles of kung fu, classified on the basis of schools, sects and families. These
styles have developed over a long period of time and are considered to be important forms of self
defense. The different kung fu styles and techniques can be broadly classified into internal and
external ones. External kung fu styles focus on the development of muscles and improvement in
cardiovascular health. Internal styles manipulate the 'qi'.
Different Styles and Techniques of Kung Fu
The important kung fu fighting styles are explained in the following paragraphs. These techniques
form the basis of the different forms of Chinese martial arts.
Monkey Style
The techniques in the monkey style involve monkey or ape-like movements. These techniques are
altogether known as 'Monkey Fist'. Specialty of the monkey style is that a variety of weapons are
used while practicing it. The important techniques of monkey-style kung fu are 'Hou Quan' and 'Tai
Shing Pek Kwar'.
Hou Quan
The Hou Quan technique is characterized by acrobatic movements like front flips, sideways flips,
back flips, hand stands, back handsprings, forward lunges, walking on hands, spinning on the butt,
backward lunges, etc. Hand strikes include clawing monkey-fist and slapping. Different monkey
expressions are also included in this technique.
Monkey
In the stone monkey technique, you get prepared to receive blows on the body in exchange of the
opportunity to target the weaker spots of the opponent. Attempts are made to look out for weak
spots without falling for the temptation of hitting at open spots.
Standing Monkey
This technique is also known as tall monkey and emphasis is placed on keeping the body upright.
Hitting at pressure points is also a feature of standing monkey.
Lost Monkey
The essence of the lost monkey technique is that you deceive the opponent by acting like you are
confused and 'lost'. You should retaliate when the opponent is least aware of the moves you are
going to make.
Wooden Monkey
Anger and ferocity are the qualities depicted with the help of this technique. Bringing down the
2. opponent by means of grappling is an important move made in this technique.
Crafty Monkey
This technique is similar to the lost monkey, however, it should be studied separately. In this
technique, you fake your emotions in order to lure the opponent to launch an attack. Only when the
opponent drops his guard, should attacks be made.
Praying Mantis
The praying mantis techniques are categorized as 'Northern Praying Mantis' and 'Southern Praying
Mantis'.
Northern Praying Mantis
This technique evolved in Shandong, a northeastern Chinese province. The Northern praying mantis
involves the techniques of deflecting attacks that are perpendicular, with circular or whip-like
movements. The praying mantis hook, made with 1-3 fingers is used for attacking the eyes and also
for blocking the attacks of opponents.
Southern Praying Mantis
It was created by the Hakka people who belong to southwest China. This technique is different from
the Northern Praying Mantis and lays emphasis on close-range fighting. The use of low kicks is
limited and hand movements are given more importance.
Dragon Style
Quick and powerful moves form an important feature of the dragon style of kung fu. The different
techniques involving clawing, fist and palm are given importance in comparison to jumps and kicks.
The dragon style, which is also known as 'Lung Ying' employs different techniques for crippling the
opponent to such an extent that he is not able to fight anymore. Damaging the joints of opponents
also is one of the important techniques of dragon style. A dragon symbolizes internal strength. The
Dragon style thus, combines internal strength with external strength in order to make extremely
powerful strikes.
Snake Style
Snake style techniques are used to bring fluidity in movements. This fluidity which resembles the
movements of snake is useful in entwining the body around that of the opponent's. It helps in
defending ourselves in a better manner. The attacking moves can also be made from different angles
3. by adopting this technique. In the snake style, one doesn't use closed fists while fighting. Not closing
the fists allows making more effective finger strikes and chops.
Tiger Style
The main features of the tiger style are acrobatic movements, a wide stance, extensive footwork and
a unique fist position. In this fist position, the thumb should be curled just like other fingers of the
hand. Generally the thumb is wrapped around fingers; however, in this position it should just be
curled. Palm strikes along with fu mei geuk tiger tail kick form the specialty of this style. This
technique brings performers of kung fu to realize their internal power; however, it can be achieved
only after enough practice. The tiger style is all about force and power. There are certain kinds of
sounds made by the kung fu practitioner in order to get rid of carbon dioxide from the system; such
kind of sounds help in replacing the carbon dioxide with oxygen. In this style, one has to target the
opponent's face, neck, wrists, arms and groin.
Crane Style
This kung fu style was developed by Fang Qiniang, a female martial artist. Intricate hand techniques
and close range fighting are the important features of the crane style; these actions resemble the
movements of pecking birds. The flying crane technique employs flapping movement of wings.
Leopard Style
This style of kung fu is known for lightning fast movements. Therefore, your footwork should be
quick. In the leopard style, the fist plays an important role in targeting the throat, groin and solar
plexus region. Along with quick footwork, firm stances are needed for making the required moves.
Pangai-noon
It is a kung fu style known for soft blocks and hard strikes. The Uechi-ryu karate technique is based
on Pangai-noon. Shu Shiwa was the founder of the Pangai-noon style of kung fu.
The kung fu techniques mentioned in the article give us an idea about the highly effective methods
of self-defense used in Chinese martial arts. These styles require a lot of practice and dedication to
master.
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