OBJECTIVE To determine the effects on weight loss of three abbreviated behavioral weight loss interventions with and without coaching and mobile technology. METHODS A randomized controlled efficacy study of three 6-month weight loss treatments was conducted in 96 adults with obesity: 1) self-guided (SELF), 2) standard (STND), or 3) technology-supported (TECH). STND and TECH received eight in-...

We are witnessing a proliferation of massive visual data. Unfortunately scaling existing computer vision algorithms to large datasets leaves researchers repeatedly solving the same algorithmic, logistical, and infrastructural problems. Our goal is to democratize computer vision; one should not have to be a computer vision, big data and distributed computing expert to have access to state-of-the...

We describe an ethnographic study that examines how low-tech and high-tech surfaces support creativity and collaboration during a workshop breakout session. The low-tech surfaces included post-it notes, flipcharts, and walls. The high tech surface comprised a multi-touch tabletop. Input was either by pen or fingertips. The breakout session comprised four groups using the different surfaces and ...

This paper describes an exploration of visual and sonic texture. These textures are linked by a swarm of “tech-tiles”, where each tech-tile is a rectangular element of an image or a sequence of audio samples. An entire image can be converted to a single tech-tile, which can be performed as a composition, or a swarm of small tiles can fly over the image, generating a sonic improvisation. In each...

ased assessment of associations with disease phenotypes. This approach relieves the investigator of having to conjure up candidate genes, and will lead to unexpected and often inexplicable findings, as have been reported for diabetes, a prime example of a multigenic trait.3 To query such a large number of SNPs, patient samples must be substantial and the analytical approach must be rigorous. Ne...

In silico screening methods based on the 3D structures of the ligands or of the proteins have become an essential tool to facilitate the drug discovery process. To achieve such process, the 3D structures of the small chemical compounds have to be generated. In addition, for ligand-based screening computations or hierarchical structurebased screening projects involving a rigid-body docking step,...

L aw enforcement officials have consistently ranked the development of remote weapons detection technology as a top priority. Thus when President Clinton read an article by the eminent public policy analyst James Q. Wilson on “What To Do About Crime” in Commentary magazine, he marked two key passages for review and action. Wilson pointed out that although firearms play a key role in rising viol...

"Supersti+Tech" is a compound word of "Superstition" and "Technology". The purpose of this project is to reinterpret superstition with new media devices through which juxtaposes and combines various paradoxical concepts such as irrational versus rational, fiction versus fact, and virtual versus real. The outcome of this project displays three interactive installations which use computer process...