This article argues that contemporary, computer-mediated, algorithmic forms of sociality problematize a long and major tradition in cultural anthropology, which has appropriated the notion of artistic style to theorize culture as a relatively distinct, coherent, and durable configuration of behavioral dispositions. The article’s ethnographic site is a lab in a major institute of technology in t...

Composite Strain Encoding (C-SENC) is an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique for acquiring simultaneous viability and functional and images of the heart. It combines two imaging techniques, Delayed Enhancement (DE) and Strain Encoding (SENC). In this work, a novel multi-stage method is proposed to identify ventricular infarction in the functional and viability images provided by C-SENC M...

Analysts attracted to SAS for its statistical capabilities no longer have to settle for its clumsy publishing capabilities. Instead, they can take advantage of the Output Delivery System (ODS) in version 7.0, SAS’s data warehouse and data processing capabilities, and a new open-source, non-proprietary software technology, and literally never use a DATA _NULL_, PROC REPORT, or PROC TABULATE agai...

Semantic Web browsers and other tools aimed at displaying RDF data to end users are all concerned with the same problem: presenting content primarily intended for machine consumption in a human-readable way. Their solutions differ but in the end address the same two high-level issues, no matter the underlying representation paradigm: specifying (i) what information contained in RDF models shoul...

Whole body imaging with radioiodine can detect functioning metastases, which can often be effectively treated with appropriate amounts of radioiodine. Non-physiologic I-131 uptake detected on images is usually interpreted as suggesting functioning thyroid metastases. However, extra-thyroidal I-131 accumulation does not always imply thyroid cancer metastases and has been reported on many occasio...

Power conservation and throughput management is a major issue in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. In the design of wireless ad hoc networks, various techniques are applied to efficiently allocate the scarce resources available for the communication links and the power control and throughput management is not related to any particular layer in the layered design communication protocol design. But most of...

BACKGROUND Existing in Permanent-wave solutions (PWS), thioglycolic acid (TGA) is widely used in hairdressing industry for its contribution to hair styling. However, the toxicity of TGA, especially its reproductive toxicity, gradually calls the attention of more and more researchers. METHOD In this work, xenopus oocytes were pretreated with different concentration of TGA, and then activated b...

This paper presents a systematic framework for design customization of footwear for children and identifies three modules related to shoe styling: shoe surface, shoe bottom, and accessory. A new module, shoe cloth, is created to allow a quick change of shoe appearance. Consumers can specify various design attributes in each module, including color, texture, embroidery, and shape. A prototype de...

This paper describes the exploratory design process of Wo.Defy, a bioresponsive wearable garment that integrates interaction design with feminist critique through an emphasis on intimacy, self-agency and self-reflection. Our research is based on a somaesthetics framework addressing values of selfexperience, poetics, materiality, and interaction semantics. Wo.Defy critically engages concepts of ...

Headlamps on vehicles are primarily responsable for illuminating the traffic space during periods of low visibility, such as night or precipitation. In addition, headlamps are also considered as a cosmetic part, playing an important role in the car styling. Because of this, carmakers request a great precision for surface defect detection in all the headlamp components. One of these components i...