The document provides instructions for using the Student Research Center database available through the Leach Library website. It describes how to access the database, perform basic and advanced searches, filter search results, and view article abstracts and full text. Key search features include limiting searches by content source, document type, reading level, and subject headings to refine large result sets. Users can contact the library reference desk for assistance.
Katherine Brittain selected final images for an ancillary task involving a band. She chose individual pictures of the singer, guitarist, bassist, and drummer that showed each band member well. She also selected a group shot of the full band, though some editing would be needed to adjust sizes and remove a t-shirt graphic. Additionally, Katherine chose a solo shot of the singer that could be edited to resemble a Rhianna album cover.
The document provides instructions for using the Student Research Center database available through the Leach Library website. It describes how to access the database, perform basic and advanced searches, filter search results, and view article abstracts and full text. Key search features include limiting searches by content source, document type, reading level, and subject headings to refine large result sets. Users can contact the library reference desk for assistance.
Katherine Brittain selected final images for an ancillary task involving a band. She chose individual pictures of the singer, guitarist, bassist, and drummer that showed each band member well. She also selected a group shot of the full band, though some editing would be needed to adjust sizes and remove a t-shirt graphic. Additionally, Katherine chose a solo shot of the singer that could be edited to resemble a Rhianna album cover.
The Livescribe pen allows users to take notes using the pen on special dot paper notebooks while simultaneously recording any audio being said. The pen acts as a computer, storing up to 2GB or 4GB of data on the pen itself. Users can playback their notes and audio directly from the pen or by uploading the data to their computer. While portable and able to enhance learning, the specialized dot paper and pen can be prohibitively expensive for each student to have. It also requires charging and gentle use to avoid damage.
El documento resume la filosofía de inversión de Cabiedes & Partners SCR. Actúan como un "superfondo de ángel" que invierte su propio dinero en startups españolas de internet en etapa semilla. Siguen un proceso de selección racional que evalúa factores como el equipo, la oportunidad de mercado, la ventaja competitiva y la escalabilidad. Buscan empresas con modelos de negocio probados que tengan potencial para generar ganancias significativas.
A model of visual saliency is often used to highlight interesting or perceptually significant features in an image. If a specific task is imposed upon the viewer, then the image features that disambiguate task-related objects from non-task-related locations should be incorporated into the saliency determination as top-down information. For this study, viewers were given the task of locating potentially cancerous lesions in synthetically-generated medical images. An ensemble of saliency maps was created to model the target versus error features that attract attention. For MRI images, lesions are most reliably modeled by luminance features and errors are mostly modeled by color features, depending upon the type of error (search, recognition, or decision). Other imaging modalities showed similar differences between the target and error features
that contribute to top-down saliency. This study provides evidence that image-derived saliency is task-dependent and may be used to predict target or error locations in complex images.
Original PowerPoint retrieved from http://www.mrsshirley.net/powerpoint/realidades/grammar/
real1grammar/real1grammar.htm. Education use granted with credit given to original author.
A fish living in a small bowl wants to grow bigger but knows it cannot if it stays in the bowl. To grow to its full potential, the fish must take the risk of jumping out of the bowl into the open ocean. The document then provides a resume, or CV, for a person named Muhammad Yustan from Indonesia, outlining his educational background, achievements, experience, interests, and contact information.
This document provides installation and operation instructions for a VVVF controller for elevators. It includes sections on safety tips, technical specifications, installation, commissioning, and error messages. The controller connects an elevator motor to the power supply and uses variable voltage and frequency control. It has inputs and outputs to interface with elevator shaft components and safety systems. Proper grounding, ventilation, and motor protection are emphasized for safe installation and operation.
The document discusses how the dopamine system and reward pathway in the brain are related to addiction. When stimulated by something pleasurable, the dopamine system reacts to bring attention to the stimulus. Repeated stimulation causes the brain to need more of the substance or activity to feel pleasure as the stimuli become less salient. This can lead to addiction as the user needs higher amounts to activate the reward pathway and feel the effects.
Hardoon Image Ranking With Implicit Feedback From Eye MovementsKalle
In order to help users navigate an image search system, one could
provide explicit information on a small set of images as to which
of them are relevant or not to their task. These rankings are learned
in order to present a user with a new set of images that are relevant
to their task. Requiring such explicit information may not
be feasible in a number of cases, we consider the setting where
the user provides implicit feedback, eye movements, to assist when
performing such a task. This paper explores the idea of implicitly
incorporating eye movement features in an image ranking task
where only images are available during testing. Previous work had
demonstrated that combining eye movement and image features improved
on the retrieval accuracy when compared to using each of
the sources independently. Despite these encouraging results the
proposed approach is unrealistic as no eye movements will be presented
a-priori for new images (i.e. only after the ranked images are
presented would one be able to measure a user’s eye movements
on them). We propose a novel search methodology which combines
image features together with implicit feedback from users’
eye movements in a tensor ranking Support Vector Machine and
show that it is possible to extract the individual source-specific
weight vectors. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the decomposed
image weight vector is able to construct a new image-based semantic
space that outperforms the retrieval accuracy than when solely
using the image-features.
During World War II, Navajo men were recruited to create an unbreakable code using their native language. Philip Johnston, a World War I veteran, came up with the idea to use the complex Navajo language for military communications. Words for common terms were translated into Navajo code, which the Japanese were unable to decipher. The Navajo code talkers played a vital role in helping the U.S. communicate securely in the Pacific theater and are credited with saving many lives. After the war, the Navajo code talkers received medals in recognition of their brave and important service.
Kinnunen Towards Task Independent Person Authentication Using Eye Movement Si...Kalle
We propose a person authentication system using eye movement signals. In security scenarios, eye-tracking has earlier been used for gaze-based password entry. A few authors have also used physical features of eye movement signals for authentication in a taskdependent
scenario with matched training and test samples. We propose and implement a task-independent scenario whereby the training and test samples can be arbitrary. We use short-term eye gaze direction to construct feature vectors which are modeled using Gaussian mixtures. The results suggest that there are personspecific features in the eye movements that can be modeled in a task-independent manner. The range of possible applications extends
beyond the security-type of authentication to proactive and user-convenience systems.
Nagamatsu User Calibration Free Gaze Tracking With Estimation Of The Horizont...Kalle
This paper presents a user-calibration-free method for estimating the point of gaze (POG) on a display accurately with estimation of the horizontal angles between the visual and the optical axes of both eyes. By using one pair of cameras and two light sources, the
optical axis of the eye can be estimated. This estimation is carried
out by using a spherical model of the cornea. The point of intersection
of the optical axis of the eye with the display is termed POA.By detecting the POAs of both the eyes, the POG is approximately estimated as the midpoint of the line joining the POAs of both the eyes on the basis of the binocular eye model; therefore, we can estimate
the horizontal angles between the visual and the optical axes of both the eyes without requiring user calibration. We have developed
a prototype system based on this method using a 19 display with two pairs of stereo cameras. We evaluated the system experimentally with 20 subjects who were at a distance of 600 mm from the display. The result shows that the average of the root-meansquare error (RMSE) of measurement of POG in the display screen coordinate system is 16.55 mm (equivalent to less than 1.58◦).
This document provides a week-long lesson plan about weather for kindergarten students. Each day focuses on a different type of weather (favorite weather, snow, rain, wind, sun) through books, activities, songs and discussions. Activities engage multiple intelligences and involve observing, predicting, counting, measuring, drawing and movement. Assessments include student drawings with descriptions and a worksheet tracing and writing about weather. The plan aligns with science, language arts, math, music and other state standards.
This document provides an overview of SQL injection attacks and techniques for exploiting Microsoft SQL Server databases. It discusses the basics of SQL injection vulnerabilities and how they can be used to bypass authentication, evade audit logs, and search for vulnerable websites. The document then covers normal SQL injection attacks on MSSQL, including using HAVING/GROUP BY, CONVERT functions, and UNION queries. It also discusses blind SQL injection techniques, more advanced attacks using extended stored procedures, and SQL injection worm attacks. Countermeasures are suggested, and the document provides references and greetings.
The Livescribe pen allows users to take notes using the pen on special dot paper notebooks while simultaneously recording any audio being said. The pen acts as a computer, storing up to 2GB or 4GB of data on the pen itself. Users can playback their notes and audio directly from the pen or by uploading the data to their computer. While portable and able to enhance learning, the specialized dot paper and pen can be prohibitively expensive for each student to have. It also requires charging and gentle use to avoid damage.
El documento resume la filosofía de inversión de Cabiedes & Partners SCR. Actúan como un "superfondo de ángel" que invierte su propio dinero en startups españolas de internet en etapa semilla. Siguen un proceso de selección racional que evalúa factores como el equipo, la oportunidad de mercado, la ventaja competitiva y la escalabilidad. Buscan empresas con modelos de negocio probados que tengan potencial para generar ganancias significativas.
A model of visual saliency is often used to highlight interesting or perceptually significant features in an image. If a specific task is imposed upon the viewer, then the image features that disambiguate task-related objects from non-task-related locations should be incorporated into the saliency determination as top-down information. For this study, viewers were given the task of locating potentially cancerous lesions in synthetically-generated medical images. An ensemble of saliency maps was created to model the target versus error features that attract attention. For MRI images, lesions are most reliably modeled by luminance features and errors are mostly modeled by color features, depending upon the type of error (search, recognition, or decision). Other imaging modalities showed similar differences between the target and error features
that contribute to top-down saliency. This study provides evidence that image-derived saliency is task-dependent and may be used to predict target or error locations in complex images.
Original PowerPoint retrieved from http://www.mrsshirley.net/powerpoint/realidades/grammar/
real1grammar/real1grammar.htm. Education use granted with credit given to original author.
A fish living in a small bowl wants to grow bigger but knows it cannot if it stays in the bowl. To grow to its full potential, the fish must take the risk of jumping out of the bowl into the open ocean. The document then provides a resume, or CV, for a person named Muhammad Yustan from Indonesia, outlining his educational background, achievements, experience, interests, and contact information.
This document provides installation and operation instructions for a VVVF controller for elevators. It includes sections on safety tips, technical specifications, installation, commissioning, and error messages. The controller connects an elevator motor to the power supply and uses variable voltage and frequency control. It has inputs and outputs to interface with elevator shaft components and safety systems. Proper grounding, ventilation, and motor protection are emphasized for safe installation and operation.
The document discusses how the dopamine system and reward pathway in the brain are related to addiction. When stimulated by something pleasurable, the dopamine system reacts to bring attention to the stimulus. Repeated stimulation causes the brain to need more of the substance or activity to feel pleasure as the stimuli become less salient. This can lead to addiction as the user needs higher amounts to activate the reward pathway and feel the effects.
Hardoon Image Ranking With Implicit Feedback From Eye MovementsKalle
In order to help users navigate an image search system, one could
provide explicit information on a small set of images as to which
of them are relevant or not to their task. These rankings are learned
in order to present a user with a new set of images that are relevant
to their task. Requiring such explicit information may not
be feasible in a number of cases, we consider the setting where
the user provides implicit feedback, eye movements, to assist when
performing such a task. This paper explores the idea of implicitly
incorporating eye movement features in an image ranking task
where only images are available during testing. Previous work had
demonstrated that combining eye movement and image features improved
on the retrieval accuracy when compared to using each of
the sources independently. Despite these encouraging results the
proposed approach is unrealistic as no eye movements will be presented
a-priori for new images (i.e. only after the ranked images are
presented would one be able to measure a user’s eye movements
on them). We propose a novel search methodology which combines
image features together with implicit feedback from users’
eye movements in a tensor ranking Support Vector Machine and
show that it is possible to extract the individual source-specific
weight vectors. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the decomposed
image weight vector is able to construct a new image-based semantic
space that outperforms the retrieval accuracy than when solely
using the image-features.
During World War II, Navajo men were recruited to create an unbreakable code using their native language. Philip Johnston, a World War I veteran, came up with the idea to use the complex Navajo language for military communications. Words for common terms were translated into Navajo code, which the Japanese were unable to decipher. The Navajo code talkers played a vital role in helping the U.S. communicate securely in the Pacific theater and are credited with saving many lives. After the war, the Navajo code talkers received medals in recognition of their brave and important service.
Kinnunen Towards Task Independent Person Authentication Using Eye Movement Si...Kalle
We propose a person authentication system using eye movement signals. In security scenarios, eye-tracking has earlier been used for gaze-based password entry. A few authors have also used physical features of eye movement signals for authentication in a taskdependent
scenario with matched training and test samples. We propose and implement a task-independent scenario whereby the training and test samples can be arbitrary. We use short-term eye gaze direction to construct feature vectors which are modeled using Gaussian mixtures. The results suggest that there are personspecific features in the eye movements that can be modeled in a task-independent manner. The range of possible applications extends
beyond the security-type of authentication to proactive and user-convenience systems.
Nagamatsu User Calibration Free Gaze Tracking With Estimation Of The Horizont...Kalle
This paper presents a user-calibration-free method for estimating the point of gaze (POG) on a display accurately with estimation of the horizontal angles between the visual and the optical axes of both eyes. By using one pair of cameras and two light sources, the
optical axis of the eye can be estimated. This estimation is carried
out by using a spherical model of the cornea. The point of intersection
of the optical axis of the eye with the display is termed POA.By detecting the POAs of both the eyes, the POG is approximately estimated as the midpoint of the line joining the POAs of both the eyes on the basis of the binocular eye model; therefore, we can estimate
the horizontal angles between the visual and the optical axes of both the eyes without requiring user calibration. We have developed
a prototype system based on this method using a 19 display with two pairs of stereo cameras. We evaluated the system experimentally with 20 subjects who were at a distance of 600 mm from the display. The result shows that the average of the root-meansquare error (RMSE) of measurement of POG in the display screen coordinate system is 16.55 mm (equivalent to less than 1.58◦).
This document provides a week-long lesson plan about weather for kindergarten students. Each day focuses on a different type of weather (favorite weather, snow, rain, wind, sun) through books, activities, songs and discussions. Activities engage multiple intelligences and involve observing, predicting, counting, measuring, drawing and movement. Assessments include student drawings with descriptions and a worksheet tracing and writing about weather. The plan aligns with science, language arts, math, music and other state standards.
This document provides an overview of SQL injection attacks and techniques for exploiting Microsoft SQL Server databases. It discusses the basics of SQL injection vulnerabilities and how they can be used to bypass authentication, evade audit logs, and search for vulnerable websites. The document then covers normal SQL injection attacks on MSSQL, including using HAVING/GROUP BY, CONVERT functions, and UNION queries. It also discusses blind SQL injection techniques, more advanced attacks using extended stored procedures, and SQL injection worm attacks. Countermeasures are suggested, and the document provides references and greetings.