Refer this and reward points if it helps.
DATA: BEGIN OF intern OCCURS 0.
DATA: BEGIN OF intern1 OCCURS 0.
zwlen = strlen( intern1-value ).
READ TABLE t_col WITH KEY col = intern1-col.
DESCRIBE TABLE t_col LINES zwlines.
SORT intern BY row col.
CONCATENATE 'DATA_TAB-VALUE_' tind INTO zwfeld.
Also, have a look at the link below.
Here is a program that uploads data from an excel sheet and puts it in a dynamic internal table.
new_line  type ref to data.
data: xcel type table of alsmex_tabline with header line.
selection-screen begin of block b1 with frame title text .
parameters: p_file type  rlgrap-filename default 'c:Test.csv'.
append wa_it_fldcat to it_fldcat .
create data new_line like line of <dyn_table>.
assign component xcel-col of structure <dyn_wa> to <dyn_field>.
assign component  sy-index  of structure <dyn_wa> to <dyn_field>.


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Past ICBIR
ICBIR2022
2023 8th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research
ICBIR2023 : May 18-19, 2023, at E Building, Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
Organizers: Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (TNI) , Technology Promotion Association (Thailand-Japan) (TPA)
and Artificial Intelligence Association of Thailand (AIAT)
The 8th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR2023) is a multidisciplinary academic conference which includes research in science, engineering, informatics, modern business, social science and linguistics organized by TNI and TPA since 2010. ICBIR2023 will provide opportunities for the Researchers, Academicians, Industry persons and students to interact and exchange ideas, experience and expertise in the current trend and upcoming technologies. Besides this, participants will have the opportunity to meet people with similar research interests which can lead to future research cooperation. The need for a multidisciplinary conference is to make transdisciplinary collaboration among researchers from around the globe. The areas of research covered by ICBIR are the most disruptive technologies currently undergoing a massive transformation. This conference is planned as the offline conference to be conducted in the second quarter of 2023. Special sessions are also open for academicians and researchers to collaborate with like minded researchers to bring a theme under one umbrella and proposals are invited for the same. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore's scope and quality requirements. Sightseeing opportunities also will be provided to participants. Registration benefits are available for IEEE members, AIAT members and partner universities' faculty and students.
Deadline of Paper Submission: December 28, 2022
Notification of Acceptance : January 27, 2023
Deadline of Camera Ready : February 28, 2023
Early Bird Registration : January 27 – March 8, 2023
Regular Registration : March 9 – 31, 2023
Conference Date : May 18 – 19, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Association of Thailand (AIAT)
IEEE Thailand Section
The Association of Council of IT Deans (CITT)
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Technology Promotion Association (Thailand-Japan):TPA
Panus Assembly Co. Ltd.
If you have any questions regarding ICBIR2023 Conference, please contact
Email: icbir@tni.ac.th
Address: ICBIR, Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, 1771/1 Pattanakarn Rd., Suanluang, Bangkok 10250, Thailand
Phone: +66 (0) 2763 2600 Ext. 2752, 2704
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Surviving in the business world, in the contemporary world, calls for profound strategies in product marketing. An organization need to formulate the approach that will maintain its product at a competitive edge in the market. This will ensure that the company remains profitable even in situations when the market trend is unrelenting. Revitalizing the promotion and advertising the goods is a crucial factor to skyrocket the aptitude of a business in wooing the customers to prefer the company's product to those of the competitors. The use on the internet in marketing and promoting products has witness upsurge and growth over the last few decades.
Marketing sales directly eliminates extra expenses on the products that are incurred from the retailers profit in the distribution channel. Therefore, when introducing a new product in the market, the producer needs to engage in direct advertising and selling of products. Direct marketing of products will also enable the producer to determine the market stability, competition, and the consumers taste for the products. This helps immensely in determining the approaches that the company may take in stepping up a campaign to secure a fairs share in the market compare to that of the competitors.
The new brand of cola needs to be introduced into the market at the right time, place and through the best possible means. According to Lorette, 2011, the first impression the customers and the potential consumers get from the introduction of the product plays a vital role in determining the market share for the product. Therefore, strategizing advertising and promotions approaches for the new brand of cola will need to be appropriately positioned in the market. The company should strive to win customers loyalty and establish brand equity in the market. However, this cannot be achieved without consideration of ethical principles that govern advertising new products. Violation of advertising ethics can lead to litigation and a condition where potential customers lose trust in the products authenticity (Mark, 2012). In such cases, the consequences would be lethal for the survival of the producer in the market.
In designing a properly positioned marketing strategy, the producer has to consider a number of factors that are critical in new brand positioning. The Cola brand is expected fit in the current market full of varieties of soft drinks from different companies. Therefore, the potential customers must be convinced that the product is worth a try and ensure that customer loyalty is established.
The first variable that short be analyzed is the market trend. This will ensure that the brand being released will meet the taste and preferences of the targeted customers. Failure to understand the market will lead to crumbling of the brand upon introduction due to consumer rejection. Carrying out a meticulous research will reveal untapped, potential areas that the brand can build on in establishing a formidable position in the market. The new brand is targeted to be advertised among the young between 21 and 35 years of age. This bracket is hypothesized to comprise of the largest group of individuals that use soft drinks in the world. In advertising for this brand through the free offers, the strategy should focus on telling the customers the reasons why they need to buy the product. According to Lorette, 2011, advertising the products on information that the potential customers need to hear makes ease the marketing process. Customers will be going for the product that gives a solution to their quest. However, it should be made clear that the product has to meet these priorities or else violate ethics of advertising and marketing.
Analysis the completion forms the first variable that calls considerable evaluation before advertising and promotion campaign kickoff. This variable involves carrying out a detailed in-depth research that unearths the competitive abilities of the product. Companies producing soft drinks such as Pepsi and Coca Cola will have to be analyzed to determine their strategies on advertising, pricing and distribution. Therefore, the company will be in a better position to capitalize on the weak points of the competitors in wooing consumers to go for the new brand. Surviving the stiff competition in the market will be a paramount step in ensuring survival and profitability of the new product.
Lorette, 2011, identifies unique selling proposition as another paramount variable worth evaluation during marketing strategy campaign. The producer has to the unique feature that would be incorporated in the new cola brand, meeting the preference of the customers. Unique selling proposition are the factors distinct the new product from the already existing products in the market; thus, placing the value of the product at a better position in the customers ranking list. These properties of the brand are delivered from the market analysis results. Consumers will be looking at the advantages of the new product over those already in the market in order to arrive at an informed choice. Therefore, the new brand has to possess those properties that brand from the competitors lack.
In addition, the external forces need to be analyzed prior to the introduction of the product in the market place. Issues such as political trends in the expected areas for campaign, technological changes, and fashion should not be over looked. These factors constitute imperative variables in determining the success of the promotion campaign. For instance, technology may play a role in determining the accessibility and spread of information among the loyal consumers. Therefore, giving offer for promoting the new brand of Cola will need to evaluate the external environment that have a direct influence on the market trend. In addition, it is worth evaluating the Legislations, regulations and price controls related to soft drinks. This will ensure that the company does not fall into conflict with the government measures. For instance, there are regulations prohibiting the use of certain sources of sugars and ingredients in the products in the wake of safeguarding the public.
The promotion campaigned will be based on two approaches; push and pull strategies. Therefore, promotion strategies need to be evaluated to realize the best approach that will meet the company's objectives. The pull strategies are aimed at ensuring that the product gains recognition among the targeted population. Pull strategies focus on a long term goal; hence have to be solidified in the company's strategic plan. On the other hand, the push promotion strategies will be targeting to increase the number of sales at an upsurge rate. Many customers have to buy the product within a remarkably short time to enable the product establish a firm foundation in the market. In this connection, another variable that has to be evaluated in how to promote upsurge sales without resulting to product flooding, negative influence on brand value or even spread of the negative picture of the brand (Wayne, 2012).
Direct market campaign requires that the company adopts profitable approach in distributing the product. The means of distribution should be convenient and feasible enough to reach a large number of potential customers. This will ensure that ample customers get to experience the product expanding the market scales. The online promotion approaches should observe the online regulations on promotion.
Advertising and marketing have forms of morally guidelines that determine what is right or wrong in the context of business. Principle of what is good or bad in a given context constitutes ethics. Ethics in advertising protects deformation of consumers' rights and welfare. Observing the ethics in marketing will play a crucial role in building customers' trust contributing reputable relationship and association of the customer and the public with the company. The crucial ethical principle on concern in promoting the new Cola brand include truthfulness in advertising, dignity of customers, honesty and fair play. Ethics can be analyzed into three broad categories (Boatrigh, 2006). The first category of advertising and marketing ethics involves product value related principle. The company should strive to maintain truthfulness in displaying characteristics of the product to the public. The adverts should communicate the exact characteristics of the product without additional false characteristics. This will help the customer to arrive at an informed choice with full knowledge of the product.
The second category of marketing ethics falls in the bracket of the stakeholder-oriented framework. The company is expected to separate its message from comparing its product with those of the competitors. The ads are also expected to communicate both the negative and the positive effects associated with the product. However, since this is a soft and safe drink, the associated risks are not beyond the normal life encounter risks. Lastly, ethic related to the process of advertising have to be considered and observed. The online advertising method has rules and principles governing the message context, advertising site, advertising charges and pricing process. Some of the ethics pitfalls that will have to be considered include issues over trust and honesty, taste and controversy, and negative advertisement (Mark, 2012).
The planning bench will develop the online ads in line with the code of ethics related to marketing. This will ensure promoting the brand will not tarnish the company's name. In planning, the principle of the 4 Ps will be employed to ensure that the marketing the strategy will be highly effective. The first P stands for the description of the product (Schwerzerler, 2011). Adequate cash will be set aside for adverts that target to market the product properties and importance to the youth. Product description requires a truthful characteristic of the products.
The second P, in the model, used to ensure that the new Cola brand has established perfectly in the market is involved with place. Place is used to stand for the process and procedures involved in marketing the brand. Step will be taken to ensure that enough products are distributed to as many people as possible. This will enable the company to establish a strong ground in the market for the product. The company will also have to lay down profound strategies for warehousing, shipping of the products. The third P stand for pricing of the product (Schwerzerler, 2011). Since the product will be offered to the youth as an offer, the company will have to decide the best promoting price. To avoid heavy expenses during the promotion process, the a strategy where the targeted group will be advice to buy one and get one extra seems appropriate to market the products. Finally, the last P stand for promotion services to customers. The promotion services will be determined by effectiveness of the sound analysis of the variables.
In conclusion, the group will be reached using the most visited site, such as facebook, twitter and the official website of the company. The number variables to be assessed will target to promote products sales and secure solid base in the already flooded the market with soft drinks. The ethical considerations have to be deeply imbedded in all the ads used to promote the brand.


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Home › Blog › Why employers should stop thinking 'car'
Why employers should stop thinking 'car'
Only last week, Prince Charles has urged financiers to invest their trillions to help save the planet by investing in projects that protect the environment.
Speaking to the Evening Standard newspaper, he said that sustainable but profitable investment was key to combating climate change and preserving biodiversity.
The prince, 70, who was in Tokyo this week for the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito, warned that global capital markets needed to play a critical role in reversing damage to the atmosphere, soil and oceans.
Car drivers assume the roads were built for them, but it was cyclists who first lobbied for flat roads more than 100 years ago.
Wooden hobbyhorses evolved into velocipedes; velocipedes evolved into safety bicycles; safety bicycles evolved into automobiles.
It's well known that the automotive industry grew from seeds planted in the fertile soil that was the late 19th century bicycle market. And to many motorists it's back in the 19th century that bicycles belong. Cars are deemed to be modern; bicycles are Victorian.
Many motorists also assume that roads were built for them. In fact, cars are the johnny-come-latelies of highways.
The hard, flat road surfaces we take for granted are relatively new. Asphalt surfaces weren't widespread until the 1930s. So, are motorists to thank for this smoothness?
No. The improvement of roads was first lobbied for – and paid for – by cycling organisations.
In the UK and the US, cyclists lobbied for better road surfaces for a full 30 years before motoring organisations did the same. Cyclists were ahead of their time.
And that's why it's now time to flip it back on its head and go back to not just normal bicycles, but "the not so new" eBikes… They are a new form of transport – not bicycles, nor mopeds, they are a unique vehicle opening a new category of personal transportation, which is both great fun and hugely efficient.
If you are a big employer, you have the platform to help change your employees commuting behaviour and help us change the world.
Get in touch and we can help…
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We think that the popular assumption that the Germans and the ECB (which requires agreement of the key factions within it) will come through with money to make all of these debts good should not be taken for granted," Bridgewater said.
With this as the backdrop, does anyone see a discrepancy between where the Dollar, the US 10 year yield and the S&P are trading?
I think the drug addict needs to go through a bit of withdrawal before he gets another shot of heroin.
A few shakes and tremors might be expected.


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Project acronym 1D-Engine
Project 1D-electrons coupled to dissipation: a novel approach for understanding and engineering superconducting materials and devices
Researcher (PI) Adrian KANTIAN
Host Institution (HI) UPPSALA UNIVERSITET
Summary Correlated electrons are at the forefront of condensed matter theory. Interacting quasi-1D electrons have seen vast progress in analytical and numerical theory, and thus in fundamental understanding and quantitative prediction. Yet, in the 1D limit fluctuations preclude important technological use, particularly of superconductors. In contrast, high-Tc superconductors in 2D/3D are not precluded by fluctuations, but lack a fundamental theory, making prediction and engineering of their properties, a major goal in physics, very difficult. This project aims to combine the advantages of both areas by making major progress in the theory of quasi-1D electrons coupled to an electron bath, in part building on recent breakthroughs (with the PIs extensive involvement) in simulating 1D and 2D electrons with parallelized density matrix renormalization group (pDMRG) numerics. Such theory will fundamentally advance the study of open electron systems, and show how to use 1D materials as elements of new superconducting (SC) devices and materials: 1) It will enable a new state of matter, 1D electrons with true SC order. Fluctuations from the electronic liquid, such as graphene, could also enable nanoscale wires to appear SC at high temperatures. 2) A new approach for the deliberate engineering of a high-Tc superconductor. In 1D, how electrons pair by repulsive interactions is understood and can be predicted. Stabilization by reservoir - formed by a parallel array of many such 1D systems - offers a superconductor for which all factors setting Tc are known and can be optimized. 3) Many existing superconductors with repulsive electron pairing, all presently not understood, can be cast as 1D electrons coupled to a bath. Developing chain-DMFT theory based on pDMRG will allow these materials SC properties to be simulated and understood for the first time. 4) The insights gained will be translated to 2D superconductors to study how they could be enhanced by contact with electronic liquids.
Correlated electrons are at the forefront of condensed matter theory. Interacting quasi-1D electrons have seen vast progress in analytical and numerical theory, and thus in fundamental understanding and quantitative prediction. Yet, in the 1D limit fluctuations preclude important technological use, particularly of superconductors. In contrast, high-Tc superconductors in 2D/3D are not precluded by fluctuations, but lack a fundamental theory, making prediction and engineering of their properties, a major goal in physics, very difficult. This project aims to combine the advantages of both areas by making major progress in the theory of quasi-1D electrons coupled to an electron bath, in part building on recent breakthroughs (with the PIs extensive involvement) in simulating 1D and 2D electrons with parallelized density matrix renormalization group (pDMRG) numerics. Such theory will fundamentally advance the study of open electron systems, and show how to use 1D materials as elements of new superconducting (SC) devices and materials: 1) It will enable a new state of matter, 1D electrons with true SC order. Fluctuations from the electronic liquid, such as graphene, could also enable nanoscale wires to appear SC at high temperatures. 2) A new approach for the deliberate engineering of a high-Tc superconductor. In 1D, how electrons pair by repulsive interactions is understood and can be predicted. Stabilization by reservoir - formed by a parallel array of many such 1D systems - offers a superconductor for which all factors setting Tc are known and can be optimized. 3) Many existing superconductors with repulsive electron pairing, all presently not understood, can be cast as 1D electrons coupled to a bath. Developing chain-DMFT theory based on pDMRG will allow these materials SC properties to be simulated and understood for the first time. 4) The insights gained will be translated to 2D superconductors to study how they could be enhanced by contact with electronic liquids.
Project acronym Born-Immune
Project Shaping of the Human Immune System by Primal Environmental Exposures In the Newborn Child
Researcher (PI) Klas Erik Petter Brodin
Summary Immune systems are highly variable, but the sources of this variation are poorly understood. Genetic variation only explains a minor fraction of this, and we are unable to accurately predict the risk of immune mediated disease or severe infection in any given individual. I recently found that immune cells and proteins in healthy twins vary because of non-heritable influences (infections, vaccines, microbiota etc.), with only minor influences from heritable factors (Brodin, et al, Cell 2015). When and how such environmental influences shape our immune system is now important to understand. Birth represents the most transformational change in environment during the life of any individual. I propose, that environmental influences at birth, and during the first months of life could be particularly influential by imprinting on the regulatory mechanisms forming in the developing immune system. Adaptive changes in immune cell frequencies and functional states induced by early-life exposures could determine both the immune competence of the newborn, but potentially also its long-term trajectory towards immunological health or disease. Here, I propose a study of 1000 newborn children, followed longitudinally during their first 1000 days of life. By monitoring immune profiles and recording many environmental influences, we hope to understand how early life exposures can influence human immune system development. We have established a new assay based on Mass Cytometry and necessary data analysis tools (Brodin, et al, PNAS 2014), to simultaneously monitor the frequencies, phenotypes and functional states of more than 200 blood immune cell populations from only 100 microliters of blood. By monitoring environmental influences at regular follow-up visits, by questionnaires, serum measurements of infection, and gut microbiome sequencing, we aim to provide the most comprehensive analysis to date of immune system development in newborn children.
Immune systems are highly variable, but the sources of this variation are poorly understood. Genetic variation only explains a minor fraction of this, and we are unable to accurately predict the risk of immune mediated disease or severe infection in any given individual. I recently found that immune cells and proteins in healthy twins vary because of non-heritable influences (infections, vaccines, microbiota etc.), with only minor influences from heritable factors (Brodin, et al, Cell 2015). When and how such environmental influences shape our immune system is now important to understand. Birth represents the most transformational change in environment during the life of any individual. I propose, that environmental influences at birth, and during the first months of life could be particularly influential by imprinting on the regulatory mechanisms forming in the developing immune system. Adaptive changes in immune cell frequencies and functional states induced by early-life exposures could determine both the immune competence of the newborn, but potentially also its long-term trajectory towards immunological health or disease. Here, I propose a study of 1000 newborn children, followed longitudinally during their first 1000 days of life. By monitoring immune profiles and recording many environmental influences, we hope to understand how early life exposures can influence human immune system development. We have established a new assay based on Mass Cytometry and necessary data analysis tools (Brodin, et al, PNAS 2014), to simultaneously monitor the frequencies, phenotypes and functional states of more than 200 blood immune cell populations from only 100 microliters of blood. By monitoring environmental influences at regular follow-up visits, by questionnaires, serum measurements of infection, and gut microbiome sequencing, we aim to provide the most comprehensive analysis to date of immune system development in newborn children.
Project acronym CAAXPROCESSINGHUMDIS
Project CAAX Protein Processing in Human DIsease: From Cancer to Progeria
Researcher (PI) Martin Olof Bergö
Host Institution (HI) GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET
Summary My objective is to understand the physiologic and medical importance of the posttranslational processing of CAAX proteins (e.g., K-RAS and prelamin A) and to define the suitability of the CAAX protein processing enzymes as therapeutic targets for the treatment of cancer and progeria. CAAX proteins undergo three posttranslational processing steps at a carboxyl-terminal CAAX motif. These processing steps, which are mediated by four different enzymes (FTase, GGTase-I, RCE1, and ICMT), increase the hydrophobicity of the carboxyl terminus of the protein and thereby facilitate interactions with membrane surfaces. Somatic mutations in K-RAS deregulate cell growth and are etiologically involved in the pathogenesis of many forms of cancer. A mutation in prelamin A causes Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome—a pediatric progeroid syndrome associated with misshaped cell nuclei and a host of aging-like disease phenotypes. One strategy to render the mutant K-RAS and prelamin A less harmful is to interfere with their ability to bind to membrane surfaces (e.g., the plasma membrane and the nuclear envelope). This could be accomplished by inhibiting the enzymes that modify the CAAX motif. My Specific Aims are: (1) To define the suitability of the CAAX processing enzymes as therapeutic targets in the treatment of K-RAS-induced lung cancer and leukemia; and (2) To test the hypothesis that inactivation of FTase or ICMT will ameliorate disease phenotypes of progeria. I have developed genetic strategies to produce lung cancer or leukemia in mice by activating an oncogenic K-RAS and simultaneously inactivating different CAAX processing enzymes. I will also inactivate several CAAX processing enzymes in mice with progeria—both before the emergence of phenotypes and after the development of advanced disease phenotypes. These experiments should reveal whether the absence of the different CAAX processing enzymes affects the onset, progression, or regression of cancer and progeria.
My objective is to understand the physiologic and medical importance of the posttranslational processing of CAAX proteins (e.g., K-RAS and prelamin A) and to define the suitability of the CAAX protein processing enzymes as therapeutic targets for the treatment of cancer and progeria. CAAX proteins undergo three posttranslational processing steps at a carboxyl-terminal CAAX motif. These processing steps, which are mediated by four different enzymes (FTase, GGTase-I, RCE1, and ICMT), increase the hydrophobicity of the carboxyl terminus of the protein and thereby facilitate interactions with membrane surfaces. Somatic mutations in K-RAS deregulate cell growth and are etiologically involved in the pathogenesis of many forms of cancer. A mutation in prelamin A causes Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome—a pediatric progeroid syndrome associated with misshaped cell nuclei and a host of aging-like disease phenotypes. One strategy to render the mutant K-RAS and prelamin A less harmful is to interfere with their ability to bind to membrane surfaces (e.g., the plasma membrane and the nuclear envelope). This could be accomplished by inhibiting the enzymes that modify the CAAX motif. My Specific Aims are: (1) To define the suitability of the CAAX processing enzymes as therapeutic targets in the treatment of K-RAS-induced lung cancer and leukemia; and (2) To test the hypothesis that inactivation of FTase or ICMT will ameliorate disease phenotypes of progeria. I have developed genetic strategies to produce lung cancer or leukemia in mice by activating an oncogenic K-RAS and simultaneously inactivating different CAAX processing enzymes. I will also inactivate several CAAX processing enzymes in mice with progeria—both before the emergence of phenotypes and after the development of advanced disease phenotypes. These experiments should reveal whether the absence of the different CAAX processing enzymes affects the onset, progression, or regression of cancer and progeria.
Project acronym CODAMODA
Project Controlling Data Movement in the Digital Age
Researcher (PI) Aggelos Kiayias
Host Institution (HI) ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON
Summary Nowadays human intellectual product is increasingly produced and disseminated solely in digital form. The capability of digital data for effortless reproduction and transfer has lead to a true revolution that impacts every aspect of human creativity. Nevertheless, as with every technological revolution, this digital media revolution comes with a dark side that, if left unaddressed, it will limit its impact and may counter its potential advantages. In particular, the way we produce and disseminate digital content today does not lend itself to controlling the way data move and change. It turns out that the power of being digital can be a double-edged sword: the ease of production, dissemination and editing also implies the ease of misappropriation, plagiarism and improper modification. To counter the above problems, the proposed research activity will focus on the development of a new generation of enabling cryptographic technologies that have the power to facilitate the appropriate controls for data movement. Using the techniques developed in this project it will be feasible to build digital content distribution systems where content producers will have the full possible control on the dissemination of their intellectual product, while at the same time the rights of the end-users in terms of privacy and fair use can be preserved. The PI is uniquely qualified to carry out the proposed research activity as he has extensive prior experience in making innovations in the area of digital content distribution as well as in the management of research projects. As part of the project activities, the PI will establish the CODAMODA laboratory in the University of Athens and will seek opportunities for technology transfer and interdisciplinary work with the legal science community.
Nowadays human intellectual product is increasingly produced and disseminated solely in digital form. The capability of digital data for effortless reproduction and transfer has lead to a true revolution that impacts every aspect of human creativity. Nevertheless, as with every technological revolution, this digital media revolution comes with a dark side that, if left unaddressed, it will limit its impact and may counter its potential advantages. In particular, the way we produce and disseminate digital content today does not lend itself to controlling the way data move and change. It turns out that the power of being digital can be a double-edged sword: the ease of production, dissemination and editing also implies the ease of misappropriation, plagiarism and improper modification. To counter the above problems, the proposed research activity will focus on the development of a new generation of enabling cryptographic technologies that have the power to facilitate the appropriate controls for data movement. Using the techniques developed in this project it will be feasible to build digital content distribution systems where content producers will have the full possible control on the dissemination of their intellectual product, while at the same time the rights of the end-users in terms of privacy and fair use can be preserved. The PI is uniquely qualified to carry out the proposed research activity as he has extensive prior experience in making innovations in the area of digital content distribution as well as in the management of research projects. As part of the project activities, the PI will establish the CODAMODA laboratory in the University of Athens and will seek opportunities for technology transfer and interdisciplinary work with the legal science community.
Project acronym MINATRAN
Project Probing the Micro-Nano Transition: Theoretical and Experimental Foundations, Simulations and Applications
Researcher (PI) Aikaterini Aifanti
Host Institution (HI) ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS
Summary The objective is to develop a robust multifunctional framework/probe for capturing the evolution of deformation and failure in a variety of processes at the micro-nano transition regime. An interdisciplinary approach will be pursued based on fundamental theory and experiment, in conjunction with multiscale simulations for micro/nanotechnology applications. The approach is unconventional as it ventures to extend continuum mechanics down to the micro/nano regime and verify this through nanoindentation and atomic force microscopy techniques. It is also unique as the new phenomenology introduced for establishing this extension (higher order gradients accounting for microscopic processes and interfacial energy terms accounting for nanoscopic phenomena) will be substantiated through hybrid (ab initio-atomistic-defect-finite element) simulations. The framework will be employed to consider fracture and size effects in a number of micro-nano scale transition configurations ranging from nanograined aggregates and nanolayered structures to nanotubes and micropillars, and from Li-ion battery electrodes to bioactive interfaces. Other micro/nano objects such as quantum dots, nanowires and NEMS/MEMS devices, as well as biomolecular microcrystalline membranes leading to living cell division will be considered. In a sense this "scale" transition theory is reminiscent in scope to Landau's "phase" transition theory where a variety of different physical phenomena can be treated within a common framework. This optimism stems from the PI's previous success with this approach, as well as Smalley's remark that the "laws of continuum mechanics are amazingly robust for treating even intrinsically discrete objects only a few atoms in diameter". A good mix of young researchers and mature scholars will be employed, thus connecting people and ideas through joint publications and scholarly activities in a critical area of fundamental and applied research.
The objective is to develop a robust multifunctional framework/probe for capturing the evolution of deformation and failure in a variety of processes at the micro-nano transition regime. An interdisciplinary approach will be pursued based on fundamental theory and experiment, in conjunction with multiscale simulations for micro/nanotechnology applications. The approach is unconventional as it ventures to extend continuum mechanics down to the micro/nano regime and verify this through nanoindentation and atomic force microscopy techniques. It is also unique as the new phenomenology introduced for establishing this extension (higher order gradients accounting for microscopic processes and interfacial energy terms accounting for nanoscopic phenomena) will be substantiated through hybrid (ab initio-atomistic-defect-finite element) simulations. The framework will be employed to consider fracture and size effects in a number of micro-nano scale transition configurations ranging from nanograined aggregates and nanolayered structures to nanotubes and micropillars, and from Li-ion battery electrodes to bioactive interfaces. Other micro/nano objects such as quantum dots, nanowires and NEMS/MEMS devices, as well as biomolecular microcrystalline membranes leading to living cell division will be considered. In a sense this "scale" transition theory is reminiscent in scope to Landau's "phase" transition theory where a variety of different physical phenomena can be treated within a common framework. This optimism stems from the PI's previous success with this approach, as well as Smalley's remark that the "laws of continuum mechanics are amazingly robust for treating even intrinsically discrete objects only a few atoms in diameter". A good mix of young researchers and mature scholars will be employed, thus connecting people and ideas through joint publications and scholarly activities in a critical area of fundamental and applied research.
Project acronym NAQUOP
Project Nanodevices for Quantum Optics
Researcher (PI) Valery Zwiller
Host Institution (HI) KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN
Summary We propose developing a nanodevice toolbox for single photon quantum optics. A scalable scheme to generate indistinguishable single photons, an interface to couple single photon polarization to a single electron spin and high efficiency single photon detectors represent the core of the scientific problems to be addressed in this project. We set the following research objectives: 1- Understand to what extent quantum dots can be made indistinguishable. 2- Interface coherently single photons to single electron spins via strain engineering in quantum dots. 3- Gain a better understanding of the limits to time resolution and detection efficiency of ultrafast superconducting single photon detectors. The proposed research effort will yield novel experiments: the realization of scalable indistinguishable quantum dot sources by frequency locking single quantum dots to atomic transitions, the demonstration of new selection rules in semiconductor nanostructures to couple photon polarization to the electron spin only, the development of ultrafast and high efficiency single photon and single plasmon detectors and their implementation in two photon interference and quantum plasmonics experiments. To carry out the work, multidisciplinary efforts where nanofabrication, quantum optics, semiconductor and superconductor physics will be merged to demonstrate the scalability of quantum dots for quantum information processing, providing crucial new knowledge in single photon optics at the nanoscale. The impact of the project will be important and far reaching as it will address fundamental questions related to the scalability of quantum indistinguishability of remote nanostructures.
We propose developing a nanodevice toolbox for single photon quantum optics. A scalable scheme to generate indistinguishable single photons, an interface to couple single photon polarization to a single electron spin and high efficiency single photon detectors represent the core of the scientific problems to be addressed in this project. We set the following research objectives: 1- Understand to what extent quantum dots can be made indistinguishable. 2- Interface coherently single photons to single electron spins via strain engineering in quantum dots. 3- Gain a better understanding of the limits to time resolution and detection efficiency of ultrafast superconducting single photon detectors. The proposed research effort will yield novel experiments: the realization of scalable indistinguishable quantum dot sources by frequency locking single quantum dots to atomic transitions, the demonstration of new selection rules in semiconductor nanostructures to couple photon polarization to the electron spin only, the development of ultrafast and high efficiency single photon and single plasmon detectors and their implementation in two photon interference and quantum plasmonics experiments. To carry out the work, multidisciplinary efforts where nanofabrication, quantum optics, semiconductor and superconductor physics will be merged to demonstrate the scalability of quantum dots for quantum information processing, providing crucial new knowledge in single photon optics at the nanoscale. The impact of the project will be important and far reaching as it will address fundamental questions related to the scalability of quantum indistinguishability of remote nanostructures.
Project acronym OPN-IMMUNOREGULATION
Project Immune mechanisms of osteopontin-mediated protection in allergic airway disease
Researcher (PI) Vasiliki Panoutsakopoulou
Host Institution (HI) IDRYMA IATROVIOLOGIKON EREUNON AKADEMIAS ATHINON
Summary In allergic asthma, an important health problem, disease is driven by allergen-specific Th2 immune responses. Differentiation of Th2 cells depends on their early interactions with antigen presenting cells, such as dendritic cells (DCs), and cytokines are crucial for this process. Osteopontin (Opn) was originally identified as an important cytokine for Th1 immunity and autoimmunity. Our group recently demonstrated that Opn is highly expressed in the lungs of asthmatic patients and of mice with Th2-mediated allergic airway inflammation. Our work revealed anti-allergic effects of Opn on airway disease during secondary pulmonary antigenic challenge mediated by regulation of DC subsets. In addition, intranasal administration of recombinant Opn during pulmonary exposure to the allergen protected mice from allergic airway disease suppressing all features of disease, recruitment of Th2 cells and allergen-specific Th2 responses. Our previous experiments, as well as preliminary studies presented in this proposal, point to an important novel immunoregulatory role for Opn in the Th2 setting. However, most aspects of the Opn-mediated immune mechanism of protection remain unclear. With this proposal, we aim at elucidating the immunoregulatory/protective mechanisms of Opn utilizing immunologic, molecular and genomic approaches as well as in vivo mouse models of allergic airway inflammation. We propose to investigate the mechanisms mediating Opn-effects on: (1) DC subsets and Treg cells that confer protection during pulmonary allergen challenge (2) recruitment and function of allergen-specific Th2 (generated during sensitization) as well as of newly-activated Th effector cells and their interactions during pulmonary allergen challenge and (3) antigenic tolerance induction in the Th2 setting. The studies proposed here will provide new insight into the biology of Opn-dependent regulation of DC subsets, Th2 responses and DC-T cell interactions opening new important questions in im
In allergic asthma, an important health problem, disease is driven by allergen-specific Th2 immune responses. Differentiation of Th2 cells depends on their early interactions with antigen presenting cells, such as dendritic cells (DCs), and cytokines are crucial for this process. Osteopontin (Opn) was originally identified as an important cytokine for Th1 immunity and autoimmunity. Our group recently demonstrated that Opn is highly expressed in the lungs of asthmatic patients and of mice with Th2-mediated allergic airway inflammation. Our work revealed anti-allergic effects of Opn on airway disease during secondary pulmonary antigenic challenge mediated by regulation of DC subsets. In addition, intranasal administration of recombinant Opn during pulmonary exposure to the allergen protected mice from allergic airway disease suppressing all features of disease, recruitment of Th2 cells and allergen-specific Th2 responses. Our previous experiments, as well as preliminary studies presented in this proposal, point to an important novel immunoregulatory role for Opn in the Th2 setting. However, most aspects of the Opn-mediated immune mechanism of protection remain unclear. With this proposal, we aim at elucidating the immunoregulatory/protective mechanisms of Opn utilizing immunologic, molecular and genomic approaches as well as in vivo mouse models of allergic airway inflammation. We propose to investigate the mechanisms mediating Opn-effects on: (1) DC subsets and Treg cells that confer protection during pulmonary allergen challenge (2) recruitment and function of allergen-specific Th2 (generated during sensitization) as well as of newly-activated Th effector cells and their interactions during pulmonary allergen challenge and (3) antigenic tolerance induction in the Th2 setting. The studies proposed here will provide new insight into the biology of Opn-dependent regulation of DC subsets, Th2 responses and DC-T cell interactions opening new important questions in im
Project acronym OTEGS
Project Organic Thermoelectric Generators
Researcher (PI) Xavier Dominique Etienne Crispin
Host Institution (HI) LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET
Summary At the moment, there is no viable technology to produce electricity from natural heat sources (T<200°C) and from 50% of the waste heat (electricity production, industries, buildings and transports) stored in large volume of warm fluids (T<200°C). To extract heat from large volumes of fluids, the thermoelectric generators would need to cover large areas in new designed heat exchangers. To develop into a viable technology platform, thermoelectric devices must be fabricated on large areas via low-cost processes. But no thermoelectric material exists for this purpose. Recently, the applicant has discovered that the low-cost conducting polymer poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) possesses a figure-of-merit ZT=0.25 at room temperature. Conducting polymers can be processed from solution, they are flexible and possess an intrinsic low thermal conductivity. This combination of unique properties motivate further investigations to reveal the true potential of organic materials for thermoelectric applications: this is the essence of this project. My goal is to organize an interdisciplinary team of researchers focused on the characterization, understanding, design and fabrication of p- and n-doped organic-based thermoelectric materials; and the demonstration of those materials in organic thermoelectric generators (OTEGs). Firstly, we will create the first generation of efficient organic thermoelectric materials with ZT> 0.8 at room temperature: (i) by optimizing not only the power factor but also the thermal conductivity; (ii) by demonstrating that a large power factor is obtained in inorganic-organic nanocomposites. Secondly, we will optimize thermoelectrochemical cells by considering various types of electrolytes. The research activities proposed are at the cutting edge in material sciences and involve chemical synthesis, interface studies, thermal physics, electrical, electrochemical and structural characterization, device physics. The project is held at Linköping University holding a world leading research in polymer electronics.
At the moment, there is no viable technology to produce electricity from natural heat sources (T<200°C) and from 50% of the waste heat (electricity production, industries, buildings and transports) stored in large volume of warm fluids (T<200°C). To extract heat from large volumes of fluids, the thermoelectric generators would need to cover large areas in new designed heat exchangers. To develop into a viable technology platform, thermoelectric devices must be fabricated on large areas via low-cost processes. But no thermoelectric material exists for this purpose. Recently, the applicant has discovered that the low-cost conducting polymer poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) possesses a figure-of-merit ZT=0.25 at room temperature. Conducting polymers can be processed from solution, they are flexible and possess an intrinsic low thermal conductivity. This combination of unique properties motivate further investigations to reveal the true potential of organic materials for thermoelectric applications: this is the essence of this project. My goal is to organize an interdisciplinary team of researchers focused on the characterization, understanding, design and fabrication of p- and n-doped organic-based thermoelectric materials; and the demonstration of those materials in organic thermoelectric generators (OTEGs). Firstly, we will create the first generation of efficient organic thermoelectric materials with ZT> 0.8 at room temperature: (i) by optimizing not only the power factor but also the thermal conductivity; (ii) by demonstrating that a large power factor is obtained in inorganic-organic nanocomposites. Secondly, we will optimize thermoelectrochemical cells by considering various types of electrolytes. The research activities proposed are at the cutting edge in material sciences and involve chemical synthesis, interface studies, thermal physics, electrical, electrochemical and structural characterization, device physics. The project is held at Linköping University holding a world leading research in polymer electronics.
Project acronym PPP
Project Protecting and Preserving Human Knowledge for Posterity
Researcher (PI) Dimitra-Isidora Mema Roussopoulou
Summary "The amount and variety of content being published online is growing at an exceptional rate. Online publishing enables content to reach a much larger audience than paper publishing but offers no guarantee of long-term access to the content. This work investigates techniques for building a large, reliable peer-to-peer system for the preservation of online published material. The system consists of a large number of low-cost, persistent web caches (peers) that cooperate to detect and repair damage by voting in ""opinion polls"" on the content of their cached documents. The peers are autonomous and mutually suspicious. Project activities include 1) investigating defenses against adversaries whose goal is to attack the preservation process; 2) performing a foundational study of the interconnections between identity, trust, and reputation models in peer-to-peer systems; 3) investigating the use of estimates of peer diversity to increase the fault and attack tolerance of peer-to-peer systems; and 4) developing, analyzing, implementing, and testing new protocols that address the high frequency of updates of online government documents, the large volumes of scientific data, and the privacy concerns of sensitive medical data. This work is being evaluated using a real testbed of over 200 libraries around the world with the support of publishers representing over 2000 titles. The broader impact of the work is that all electronic material preserved through the system including academic journals, government documents and web articles, and scientific and medical data will remain accessible to generations of citizens for both research and education purposes."
"The amount and variety of content being published online is growing at an exceptional rate. Online publishing enables content to reach a much larger audience than paper publishing but offers no guarantee of long-term access to the content. This work investigates techniques for building a large, reliable peer-to-peer system for the preservation of online published material. The system consists of a large number of low-cost, persistent web caches (peers) that cooperate to detect and repair damage by voting in ""opinion polls"" on the content of their cached documents. The peers are autonomous and mutually suspicious. Project activities include 1) investigating defenses against adversaries whose goal is to attack the preservation process; 2) performing a foundational study of the interconnections between identity, trust, and reputation models in peer-to-peer systems; 3) investigating the use of estimates of peer diversity to increase the fault and attack tolerance of peer-to-peer systems; and 4) developing, analyzing, implementing, and testing new protocols that address the high frequency of updates of online government documents, the large volumes of scientific data, and the privacy concerns of sensitive medical data. This work is being evaluated using a real testbed of over 200 libraries around the world with the support of publishers representing over 2000 titles. The broader impact of the work is that all electronic material preserved through the system including academic journals, government documents and web articles, and scientific and medical data will remain accessible to generations of citizens for both research and education purposes."
Project acronym PROPHET
Project Simplifying Development and Deployment of High-Performance, Reliable Distributed Systems
Researcher (PI) Dejan Kostic
Summary Distributed systems form the foundation of our society's infrastructure. Unfortunately, they suffer from a number of problems. First, they are time-consuming to develop because it is difficult for the programmer to envision all possible deployment environments and design adaptation mechanisms that will achieve high performance in all scenarios. Second, the code is complex due to the numerous outcomes that have to be accounted for at development time and the need to reimplement state and network models. Third, the distributed systems are unreliable because of the difficulties of programming a system that runs over an asynchronous network and handles all possible failure scenarios. If left unchecked, these problems will keep plaguing existing systems and hinder development of a new generation of distributed services. We propose a radically new approach to simplifying development and deployment of high-performance, reliable distributed systems. The key insight is in creating a new programming model and architecture that leverages the increases in per-node computational power, bandwidth and storage to achieve this goal. Instead of resolving difficult deployment choices at coding time, the programmer merely specifies the choices and the objectives that should be satisfied. The new runtime then resolves the choices during live execution so as to maximize the objectives. To accomplish this task, the runtime uses a groundbreaking combination of state-space exploration, simulation, behavior prediction, performance modeling, and program steering. In addition, our approach reuses the effort spent in distributed system testing by transmitting a behavior summary to the runtime to further speed up choice resolution.
Distributed systems form the foundation of our society's infrastructure. Unfortunately, they suffer from a number of problems. First, they are time-consuming to develop because it is difficult for the programmer to envision all possible deployment environments and design adaptation mechanisms that will achieve high performance in all scenarios. Second, the code is complex due to the numerous outcomes that have to be accounted for at development time and the need to reimplement state and network models. Third, the distributed systems are unreliable because of the difficulties of programming a system that runs over an asynchronous network and handles all possible failure scenarios. If left unchecked, these problems will keep plaguing existing systems and hinder development of a new generation of distributed services. We propose a radically new approach to simplifying development and deployment of high-performance, reliable distributed systems. The key insight is in creating a new programming model and architecture that leverages the increases in per-node computational power, bandwidth and storage to achieve this goal. Instead of resolving difficult deployment choices at coding time, the programmer merely specifies the choices and the objectives that should be satisfied. The new runtime then resolves the choices during live execution so as to maximize the objectives. To accomplish this task, the runtime uses a groundbreaking combination of state-space exploration, simulation, behavior prediction, performance modeling, and program steering. In addition, our approach reuses the effort spent in distributed system testing by transmitting a behavior summary to the runtime to further speed up choice resolution.


Instead of calling up mom for tips on how to cook the perfect roast chicken, Americans are turning more and more to social media sources like Twitter and Facebook, redefining the way people cook, plan their meals and eat.
That's the overarching finding of a new report released February 27, which found that social and digital media are replacing last-minute calls to mom, traditionally the 'go-to' source who's saved many a meal from ending up in the garbage.
"Consumers used to rely on mom and family traditions for meal planning, but now search online for what to cook, without ever tasting or smelling," said Hartman Group president Laurie Demeritt in a statement. "Digital food selection is less of a sensory experience and more of a visual and rational process: What's on the label? What's in the recipe? Show me the picture."
The report found that nearly half of consumers said they learn about food through social networking sites — namely Twitter and Facebook - while 40 percent learn about food via websites, apps or blogs.
Analysts also found that the use of social media doesn't stop there. Even if they're dining solo, one-third of Americans -- particularly Millennials aged 18 to 32 -- will be texting friends or posting food photos to a review site, the study says.
"The 'table for one' rarely exists anymore, even among single people eating alone at home," Demeritt said.
YumYum! is a mobile food sharing app that allows users to upload and share photos of the foods they're eating across digital social networks.
Foodspotting is also a popular app that allows users to photograph and share their favorite restaurant dishes.
And popular photoblogging app Instagram has made capturing food photos even easier.


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	 *
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		foreach (Event::trigger('antispam.onAntispamDetector') as $detector)
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			if (!$detector)
			{
				continue;
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			$service->registerDetector($detector);
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		// Check content
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			// If a message was set...
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		{
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		$request = App::get('request');

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		$from = $from ?: $fallback;

		$info = array(
			($isSpam ? 'spam' : 'ham'),
			$data['ip'],
			$data['id'],
			$data['username'],
			md5($data['text']),
			$from
		);

		App::get('log')
			->logger('spam')
			->info(implode(' ', $info));
	}
}

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this.addTrailer = false;
var fps = Math.abs ((params.get ("captureFps")).intValue ());
this.delayTime100ths = (fps == 0 ? 0 : Clazz.doubleToInt (100 / fps));
this.looping = (Boolean.FALSE !== params.get ("captureLooping"));
break;
case 1150985:
this.addHeader = false;
this.addImage = false;
break;
case 1073741874:
this.addHeader = false;
this.addImage = false;
{
this.out.cancel();
}}
}, "java.util.Map");
$_V(c$, "generate",
function () {
if (this.addHeader) this.writeHeader ();
this.addHeader = false;
if (this.addImage) {
this.createColorTable ();
this.writeGraphicControlExtension ();
if (this.delayTime100ths >= 0 && this.looping) this.writeNetscapeLoopExtension ();
this.writeImage ();
}});
$_M(c$, "close",
function () {
if (this.addTrailer) {
this.writeTrailer ();
Clazz.superCall (this, J.image.GifEncoder, "close", []);
}this.params.put ("captureByteCount", Integer.$valueOf (this.byteCount));
});
$_M(c$, "writeHeader",
($fz = function () {
this.putString ("GIF89a");
this.putWord (this.width);
this.putWord (this.height);
this.putByte (0);
this.putByte (0);
this.putByte (0);
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "createColorTable",
($fz = function () {
var colors = this.getColors ();
var colors256 = this.getBest256 (colors);
var nTotal = colors256.size ();
this.bitsPerPixel = (nTotal <= 2 ? 1 : nTotal <= 4 ? 2 : nTotal <= 16 ? 4 : 8);
this.colorMap = this.finalizeColorMap (colors, colors256);
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "getColors",
($fz = function () {
var colorVector = Clazz.innerTypeInstance (J.image.GifEncoder.ColorVector, this, null);
var ciHash =  new java.util.Hashtable ();
var nColors = 0;
var key;
var ptTransparent = -1;
for (var pt = 0, row = 0, transparentRgb = -1; row < this.height; ++row) {
for (var col = 0; col < this.width; ++col, pt++) {
var rgb = this.pixels[pt];
var isTransparent = (rgb >= 0);
if (isTransparent) {
if (ptTransparent < 0) {
ptTransparent = nColors;
transparentRgb = rgb;
} else if (rgb != transparentRgb) {
this.pixels[pt] = rgb = transparentRgb;
}}var item = ciHash.get (key = Integer.$valueOf (rgb));
if (item == null) {
item = Clazz.innerTypeInstance (J.image.GifEncoder.ColorItem, this, null, rgb, 1);
ciHash.put (key, item);
colorVector.addLast (item);
nColors++;
} else {
item.count++;
}}
}
ciHash = null;
if (J.util.Logger.debugging) J.util.Logger.debug ("# total image colors = " + nColors);
colorVector.sort ();
return colorVector;
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "getBest256",
($fz = function (colorVector) {
var mask = 0x010101;
var nColors = colorVector.size ();
var nMax = Math.max (nColors - 1, 0);
var nTotal = 2147483647;
var index = 0;
var ht = null;
while (nTotal > 255) {
nTotal = nColors;
index = 0;
ht =  new java.util.Hashtable ();
for (var i = 0; i < nMax; i++) {
var item = colorVector.get (i);
var rgb = (nTotal < 256 ? item.rgb : item.rgb & ~mask);
var key = Integer.$valueOf (rgb);
if ((item.acc = ht.get (key)) == null) ht.put (key, item.acc = Clazz.innerTypeInstance (J.image.GifEncoder.AdaptiveColorCollection, this, null, rgb, index++));
 else nTotal--;
}
mask |= (mask <<= 1);
}
var item = colorVector.get (nMax);
ht.put (Integer.$valueOf (item.rgb), item.acc = Clazz.innerTypeInstance (J.image.GifEncoder.AdaptiveColorCollection, this, null, item.rgb, index++));
if (J.util.Logger.debugging) J.util.Logger.debug ("# GIF colors = " + ht.size ());
return ht;
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz), "J.image.GifEncoder.ColorVector");
$_M(c$, "finalizeColorMap",
($fz = function (colors, colors256) {
var mapSize = 1 << this.bitsPerPixel;
this.red =  Clazz.newIntArray (mapSize, 0);
this.green =  Clazz.newIntArray (mapSize, 0);
this.blue =  Clazz.newIntArray (mapSize, 0);
var nColors = colors.size ();
var ht =  new java.util.Hashtable ();
for (var i = 0; i < nColors; i++) {
var item = colors.get (i);
var rgb = item.rgb;
item.acc.addRgb (rgb, item.count);
ht.put (Integer.$valueOf (rgb), item.acc);
}
for (var acc, $acc = colors256.values ().iterator (); $acc.hasNext () && ((acc = $acc.next ()) || true);) acc.setRgb ();

return ht;
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz), "JU.List,java.util.Map");
$_M(c$, "writeGraphicControlExtension",
($fz = function () {
if (this.transparentIndex != -1 || this.delayTime100ths >= 0) {
this.putByte (0x21);
this.putByte (0xf9);
this.putByte (4);
var packedBytes = (this.transparentIndex == -1 ? 0 : 1) | (this.delayTime100ths > 0 ? 2 : 0);
this.putByte (packedBytes);
this.putWord (this.delayTime100ths > 0 ? this.delayTime100ths : 0);
this.putByte (this.transparentIndex == -1 ? 0 : this.transparentIndex);
this.putByte (0);
}}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "writeNetscapeLoopExtension",
($fz = function () {
this.putByte (0x21);
this.putByte (0xff);
this.putByte (0x0B);
this.putString ("NETSCAPE2.0");
this.putByte (3);
this.putByte (1);
this.putWord (0);
this.putByte (0);
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "writeImage",
($fz = function () {
this.putByte (0x2C);
this.putWord (0);
this.putWord (0);
this.putWord (this.width);
this.putWord (this.height);
var packedFields = 0x80 | (this.interlaced ? 0x40 : 0) | (this.bitsPerPixel - 1);
this.putByte (packedFields);
var colorMapSize = 1 << this.bitsPerPixel;
for (var i = 0; i < colorMapSize; i++) {
this.putByte (this.red[i]);
this.putByte (this.green[i]);
this.putByte (this.blue[i]);
}
this.putByte (this.initCodeSize = (this.bitsPerPixel <= 1 ? 2 : this.bitsPerPixel));
this.compress ();
this.putByte (0);
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "writeTrailer",
($fz = function () {
this.putByte (0x3B);
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "nextPixel",
($fz = function () {
if (this.countDown-- == 0) return -1;
var colorIndex = this.colorMap.get (Integer.$valueOf (this.pixels[this.curpt])).index;
++this.curx;
if (this.curx == this.width) {
this.curx = 0;
if (this.interlaced) this.updateY (J.image.GifEncoder.INTERLACE_PARAMS[this.pass], J.image.GifEncoder.INTERLACE_PARAMS[this.pass + 4]);
 else ++this.cury;
}this.curpt = this.cury * this.width + this.curx;
return colorIndex & 0xff;
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "updateY",
($fz = function (yNext, yNew) {
this.cury += yNext;
if (yNew >= 0 && this.cury >= this.height) {
this.cury = yNew;
++this.pass;
}}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz), "~N,~N");
$_M(c$, "putWord",
($fz = function (w) {
this.putByte (w);
this.putByte (w >> 8);
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz), "~N");
c$.MAXCODE = $_M(c$, "MAXCODE",
($fz = function (nBits) {
return (1 << nBits) - 1;
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz), "~N");
$_M(c$, "compress",
($fz = function () {
this.countDown = this.width * this.height;
this.pass = 0;
this.curx = 0;
this.cury = 0;
this.clearFlag = false;
this.nBits = this.initCodeSize + 1;
this.maxcode = J.image.GifEncoder.MAXCODE (this.nBits);
this.clearCode = 1 << this.initCodeSize;
this.EOFCode = this.clearCode + 1;
this.freeEnt = this.clearCode + 2;
this.bufPt = 0;
var ent = this.nextPixel ();
var hshift = 0;
var fcode;
for (fcode = this.hsize; fcode < 65536; fcode *= 2) ++hshift;

hshift = 8 - hshift;
var hsizeReg = this.hsize;
this.clearHash (hsizeReg);
this.output (this.clearCode);
var c;
outer_loop : while ((c = this.nextPixel ()) != -1) {
fcode = (c << this.maxbits) + ent;
var i = (c << hshift) ^ ent;
if (this.htab[i] == fcode) {
ent = this.codetab[i];
continue;
} else if (this.htab[i] >= 0) {
var disp = hsizeReg - i;
if (i == 0) disp = 1;
do {
if ((i -= disp) < 0) i += hsizeReg;
if (this.htab[i] == fcode) {
ent = this.codetab[i];
continue outer_loop;
}} while (this.htab[i] >= 0);
}this.output (ent);
ent = c;
if (this.freeEnt < this.maxmaxcode) {
this.codetab[i] = this.freeEnt++;
this.htab[i] = fcode;
} else {
this.clearBlock ();
}}
this.output (ent);
this.output (this.EOFCode);
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "output",
($fz = function (code) {
this.curAccum &= this.masks[this.curBits];
if (this.curBits > 0) this.curAccum |= (code << this.curBits);
 else this.curAccum = code;
this.curBits += this.nBits;
while (this.curBits >= 8) {
this.byteOut ((this.curAccum & 0xff));
this.curAccum >>= 8;
this.curBits -= 8;
}
if (this.freeEnt > this.maxcode || this.clearFlag) {
if (this.clearFlag) {
this.maxcode = J.image.GifEncoder.MAXCODE (this.nBits = this.initCodeSize + 1);
this.clearFlag = false;
} else {
++this.nBits;
if (this.nBits == this.maxbits) this.maxcode = this.maxmaxcode;
 else this.maxcode = J.image.GifEncoder.MAXCODE (this.nBits);
}}if (code == this.EOFCode) {
while (this.curBits > 0) {
this.byteOut ((this.curAccum & 0xff));
this.curAccum >>= 8;
this.curBits -= 8;
}
this.flushBytes ();
}}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz), "~N");
$_M(c$, "clearBlock",
($fz = function () {
this.clearHash (this.hsize);
this.freeEnt = this.clearCode + 2;
this.clearFlag = true;
this.output (this.clearCode);
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz));
$_M(c$, "clearHash",
($fz = function (hsize) {
for (var i = 0; i < hsize; ++i) this.htab[i] = -1;

}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz), "~N");
$_M(c$, "byteOut",
($fz = function (c) {
this.buf[this.bufPt++] = c;
if (this.bufPt >= 254) this.flushBytes ();
}, $fz.isPrivate = true, $fz), "~N");
$_M(c$, "flushBytes",
function () {
if (this.bufPt > 0) {
this.putByte (this.bufPt);
this.out.write (this.buf, 0, this.bufPt);
this.byteCount += this.bufPt;
this.bufPt = 0;
}});
c$.$GifEncoder$ColorItem$ = function () {
Clazz.pu$h ();
c$ = Clazz.decorateAsClass (function () {
Clazz.prepareCallback (this, arguments);
this.acc = null;
this.rgb = 0;
this.count = 0;
Clazz.instantialize (this, arguments);
}, J.image.GifEncoder, "ColorItem");
Clazz.makeConstructor (c$,
function (a, b) {
this.rgb = a;
this.count = b;
}, "~N,~N");
c$ = Clazz.p0p ();
};
c$.$GifEncoder$ColorVector$ = function () {
Clazz.pu$h ();
c$ = Clazz.decorateAsClass (function () {
Clazz.prepareCallback (this, arguments);
if (!Clazz.isClassDefined ("J.image.GifEncoder.ColorVector.CountComparator")) {
J.image.GifEncoder.ColorVector.$GifEncoder$ColorVector$CountComparator$ ();
}
Clazz.instantialize (this, arguments);
}, J.image.GifEncoder, "ColorVector", JU.List);
$_M(c$, "sort",
function () {
var a = Clazz.innerTypeInstance (J.image.GifEncoder.ColorVector.CountComparator, this, null);
java.util.Collections.sort (this, a);
});
c$.$GifEncoder$ColorVector$CountComparator$ = function () {
Clazz.pu$h ();
c$ = Clazz.decorateAsClass (function () {
Clazz.prepareCallback (this, arguments);
Clazz.instantialize (this, arguments);
}, J.image.GifEncoder.ColorVector, "CountComparator", null, java.util.Comparator);
$_V(c$, "compare",
function (a, b) {
return (a == null ? 1 : b == null ? -1 : a.count < b.count ? -1 : a.count > b.count ? 1 : 0);
}, "J.image.GifEncoder.ColorItem,J.image.GifEncoder.ColorItem");
c$ = Clazz.p0p ();
};
c$ = Clazz.p0p ();
};
c$.$GifEncoder$AdaptiveColorCollection$ = function () {
Clazz.pu$h ();
c$ = Clazz.decorateAsClass (function () {
Clazz.prepareCallback (this, arguments);
this.index = 0;
this.r = 0;
this.g = 0;
this.b = 0;
this.count = 0;
Clazz.instantialize (this, arguments);
}, J.image.GifEncoder, "AdaptiveColorCollection");
Clazz.makeConstructor (c$,
function (a, b) {
this.index = b;
if (a >= 0) this.b$["J.image.GifEncoder"].transparentIndex = b;
}, "~N,~N");
$_M(c$, "addRgb",
function (a, b) {
this.count += b;
this.b += (a & 0xFF) * b;
this.g += ((a >> 8) & 0xFF) * b;
this.r += ((a >> 16) & 0xFF) * b;
}, "~N,~N");
$_M(c$, "setRgb",
function () {
this.b$["J.image.GifEncoder"].red[this.index] = (Clazz.doubleToInt (this.r / this.count)) & 0xff;
this.b$["J.image.GifEncoder"].green[this.index] = (Clazz.doubleToInt (this.g / this.count)) & 0xff;
this.b$["J.image.GifEncoder"].blue[this.index] = (Clazz.doubleToInt (this.b / this.count)) & 0xff;
});
c$ = Clazz.p0p ();
};
Clazz.defineStatics (c$,
"EOF", -1,
"INTERLACE_PARAMS", [8, 8, 4, 2, 4, 2, 1, 0],
"BITS", 12,
"HSIZE", 5003);
});


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Is Streamate Safe?
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What Is Streamate?
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Is It Safe to Put Your Card In?
A Look at the Payment Options
Are There Limits?
Can You Trust the Site?
Can You Easily Close Your Account?
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import { mat4 } from 'gl-matrix';
import KoShaderProgram from './KoShaderProgram';
import KoModel from './KoModel';
import Mouse from './Mouse';

class KoGL {
	gl: WebGLRenderingContext;
	pMatrix;
	models;
	shaderProgram: KoShaderProgram;
	mouse: Mouse;

	constructor(canvas) {
		this.gl = canvas.getContext("webgl") || canvas.getContext("experimental-webgl");
		this.pMatrix = mat4.create();
		this.models = [];
		this.shaderProgram;
		this.mouse = new Mouse(canvas);

		this.gl.enable(this.gl.DEPTH_TEST);
		this.gl.depthFunc(this.gl.LEQUAL);
	}

	addModel = (model) => {
		this.models.push(model);
	}

	createModel = () => {
		return new KoModel(this.gl);
	}

	clearScene = () => {
		this.gl.clearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
		this.gl.clear(this.gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | this.gl.DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
	}

	setCamera = () => {
		mat4.perspective(this.pMatrix, 45, this.gl.canvas.width / this.gl.canvas.height, 0.1, 100.0);
		this.gl.uniformMatrix4fv(this.shaderProgram.uniforms.uPMatrix, false, this.pMatrix);
	}

	drawScene = () => {
		this.models.forEach(model => {
			model.draw(this.shaderProgram);
		});
	}

	initShaderProgram = (fragmentShaderCode, vertexShaderCode) => {
		let shaderProgram = this.shaderProgram = new KoShaderProgram(this.gl);
		shaderProgram.addFragmentShader(fragmentShaderCode);
		shaderProgram.addVertexShader(vertexShaderCode);
		shaderProgram.linkProgram();
		shaderProgram.bindShaderVariables(['aVertexPosition', 'aVertexColor'], ['uPMatrix', 'uMVMatrix']);
		shaderProgram.useProgram();
	}
}

export default KoGL;


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Cinema Journal
What the Shadow Knows: Race, Image, and Meaning in Shadows (1922)
Alice Maurice
University of Texas Press
47, Number 3, Spring 2008
10.1353/cj.0.0006
Tom Forman's 1922 film Shadows capitalizes on the link between the motion picture and its proto-cinematic forerunner, the shadow play. Like many early American films, it links the Chinese subject to shadow puppetry, theatricality, and magic in order to produce the mystical, mysterious "Oriental." The film's Orientalist discourse is routed through a nostalgic play with the origins of the screen image. The racialized figure that results stereotypes the Asian character while also creating a mythical status for the cinema.


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Vizag all set to become executive capital: Minister
Says GVMC, VMRDA are busy with the exercise of providing infrastructure to the capital
By AuthorTelanganaToday | AP Bureau | Published: 8th Jan 2020 12:52 am
Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam will become executive capital of Andhra Pradesh for sure, said Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Krishna Das.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he revealed that steps were being taken briskly towards it. "We will also get the high power committee reports on this which will be discussed in the Cabinet and later tabled in the Assembly. The entire State will benefit if the executive capital is located in Vizag. In particular, the backward region of north Andhra will witness tremendous development and we are grateful to Chief Minister for this," he stated.
The Minister clarified that the decision on three capitals would in no way affect Amaravati which would remain the legislative capital. Justice would be meted out to farmers in Amaravati and there was no reason why the Opposition should go hammer and tongs against the government on this score. The Chief Minister was aiming at uniform development in the State through decentralisation, he observed. Meanwhile, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) and the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) are busy with the exercise of providing the infrastructure in the wake of both the GN Rao Committee and the Boston Consultative Group reports suggesting that the development should not be concentrated at one place (like Amaravati), and the high power committee also getting its report ready basing on their recommendations. The reports that funds were being released for the city also give clear indications that the executive capital will be here for certain
The government machinery has also made ready a huge data centre apart from several development works. There is a fresh proposal to introduce a tram-like service between Bheemunipatnam and Visakhapatnam and prepare to provide accommodation for about 1.5 lakh people. The State secretariat may be shifted to Vizag anytime from now and the GVMC is asked to ensure that water from Polavaram reached the city without interruption. The CMO was said to have asked the district authorities to search for buildings on rental basis its officials including Chief Principal Secretary Praveen Prakash already paid visit to the city for this purpose. In all probability, the State government is likely to organise the Republic Day function in the city on January 26, it is said.
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OOOOO, serious eye candy. Thank you. Where are they located?
Wow. Those pieces are stunning!
You can never be too dressed-up.
The name just rolls off the tongue ! But lovely pieces !! Always nice to have a good look at a new site !
They are in the Netherlands.
Matching Heather Benjamin carved abalone necklace.
Talking sets: My mint garnet and Tahitian earrings now have an ombre Tahitian keshi and emerald necklace to match.
Reminds me of egg wrack!
There's two ombres going on in that rope! It's beautiful!!!
Last edited by amti; 12-23-2018 at 07:44 AM.
It's done! Alex cat's eye and Fijian keshi gold pendant. So hard to capture the green on camera but so much fun to watch.
And in diffuse lights where the stone does not look its best, the pearl really shines and shows of ALL the colours, they really complement each other.
Last edited by morella; 01-19-2019 at 03:51 PM.
Great new pieces, Morella!! Love that ombre strand & love the HB pieces!!
Morella your new pendant is just breathtaking! Love that "ancient" goldwork look, and the dainty yet solid look to the piece ... fantastic!
Thank you! Yes, I really wanted it to have this "unearthened" ancient handmade look. The high carat allows for this.
Wow, just perfect, Morella! The layering necklaces compliment each other beautifully with the charming tassel! The Heather Benjamin pieces are so unique; they are perfect on you! And now this new pendant, what a treasure!


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