STROBE is a system that provides object-oriented programming support tools for INTERLISP. It offers a primitive foundation with which more complex structured object representation schemes can be constructed. STROBE implements multiple resident knowledge bases, tangled generalization hierarchies, flexible inheritance of properties, procedural attachment, and event-sensitive procedure invocation.

The modern-day population is overexposed to visual stimuli accompanied by contrast and strength changes, such as the television or videogames, beginning early in life. These light stimuli may have an influence on the development of the visual system. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of light stimuli on retinal development. We reared guinea pigs under a daily 12-h strobe ligh...

The “Internet of Things” (IoT) promises ubiquitous, cheap, connected devices. Unfortunately, most of these devices are hastily developed and will never receive code updates. Part of the IoT’s security problem is cryptographic, but established cryptographic solutions seem too heavy or too inflexible to adapt to new use cases. Here we describe Strobe, a new lightweight framework for building both...

BACKGROUND The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement is a set of recommendations about what should be included in a more accurate and complete description of observational studies. AIM The aim was to assess the quality of reporting of cross-sectional studies by evaluating the extent to which they adhere to the STROBE statement. MATERIALS AND...

Strobe rearing reduces direction selectivity in area 17 by altering spatiotemporal receptive-field structure. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 2991-3004, 1998. Direction selectivity in simple cells of cat area 17 is linked to spatiotemporal (S-T) receptive-field structure. S-T inseparable receptive fields display gradients of response timing across the receptive field that confer a preferred direction of m...

Continuity of care (COC) has a proven relationship with health care outcomes. However, evidence regarding an association between COC and avoidable hospitalization for elderly patients with asthma is insufficient.A retrospective cohort study was performed using Taiwanese National Health Insurance claim data from 2004 to 2013. Patients were retrospectively followed for 2 years; the COC index (COC...

The paper presents the computational model underlying new agent communication languages. The model, called STROBE, has been identified and two prototypical languages inspired by the model have been implemented. In order to describe unambiguously the STROBE model we have chosen to use a formal programming language, i.e. Scheme. STROBE shows how generic communication may be described and implemen...

The paper presents the preliminary results of an experimental project for a new agent communication language. The applicative research context suggesting such an aim is the one traditionally identified by the Artificial Intelligence in Education community: this context, as it is motivated in the paper, is generic enough to represent a wider class of applications, i.e. all those that privilege c...

STUDY QUESTION Are studies on semen quality in men exposed to persistent pesticides reported according to the 'strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology' (STROBE) recommendations and the guidelines for the appraisal of semen quality studies (SEMQUA)? SUMMARY ANSWER Most studies of the impact of pesticides on semen quality do not follow the STROBE and SEMQUA guidelin...

A constant exposure method for DSC IGBT strobe is proposed. This method is based on two lookup tables (exposure and energy table). In this method, light box is used to generate exposure table and different flash time is used to generate energy table. Through exposure table and preflash result, we can get digital number ratio of preflash to main flash. This ratio and energy table can be used for...