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Take a trip to digital culture art museums in London art galeries. Museum and digital culture new perspectives and research
I wrote about Digital art exhibitions, 3D Art, Animation, software technological art rendering artwork and exhibitions digital wall art and digital Art Prints. Take a trip to digital culture art museums in London art galeries. Read about museum and digital culture new perspectives and research.
The OBJECTIVE of the section on digital Art exhibitions was to explain :
- The different types of digital exhibitions from a historical perspective.
- How audiences engage with digital art, and explore the ways we encode information, on a daily basis, through digital media
- To highlight technology based art work in art galleries.
Make your own digital prints
This section offers the user an intellectually interactive perspective.
It will share the historical experience and aesthetics of digital art and different galleries especially in the US, UK and Germany .
Digital art exhibitions make us to think about relationships in art and design and, in particular, the relationships between analogue and digital art.
Digital engagement with the aesthetics of arts forums is rising and a new relationship is developing between art and science . Last year at the Barbican's Digital Revolution Exhibition artists, filmmakers, musicians, architects, designers and videogame developers took part in a sell-out event.
The vision of the exhibition organisers is to create a culturally diverse platform by understanding computational media as core to the contemporary culture.
These exhibitions allow us to question identity in the physical world. The exhibitions apparently are interesting and visitors who go to such exhibitions spent 3 to 4 hours happily enjoying and transformation of the mindset digitally.
Digital Art for sale at London Galeries where you can meet digital artists from around the world
Why are London's art galleries Barbican, Tate Modern, ICA, Victoria & Albert museums moving towards Digital Art Exhibitions? What is the significance of this shift in the global economy.
The aim of this blog is to describe how computer and digital based art is gaining in popularity. This chapter traces the historical origins of digital art. It has been an interesting exercise to find out in particular how the different galleries in London are collaborating internationally with digital artists and curators. This page will cover the topics in brief as Digital Art exhibitions is an exhaustive topic. It is mainly a taster for anybody interested in digital art. For enthusiasts there is a book called White Heat Cold Logic devoted to digital art. The blog is laid out to explain New Media Art. What is happening today is that technology is doing a lot of creative work. Artists can work from their laptops, mountaintops, office spaces, by the seaside and as the society is becoming digitized so is the art. The digital art exhibitions can be meeting grounds for intellectual people. Although, I dont recommend a visit to the exhibitons niether do I endorse them all the same the exhibitions allow new forms of interaction and an amusing experience and intellectual stimulation.
There is variable information on this blog for diffrent types of audiences. Digital Art has been evolving for last fifty years and despite backlash from various groups and anti technology groups. The exhibitions are gaining momeantum with packed audience houses and sell out events. There is a lot of material on the web. However, there was no other blog like this therefore it may be an interesting and hopefully informative read.
I interviewed Dr Joel Mckim Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck College :
- The podcast explains how digital art works are bridging the gaps between fields and systems of knowledge.
What is the difference between New Media Art and Traditional Art exhibitions? What is New Media Art?
Why are London's art galleries Barbican, Tate Modern, ICA, Victoria & Albert museums moving towards Digital Art Exhibitions? What is the significance of this shift in the global economy.
The fight between corporate interests, governmental interests, and public interests gave birth to the web today. This led to the inter-connectivity and interactivity of the internet since the 1980s and is largely responsible for new media art. Scientists, architects, mathematicians, software engineers, artists and musicians who have varied interets in their respective fields inspire a lot of current new media art. The artists continue to work with many emerging media – from virtual reality to mobile phones.
There is much contemplation on how to define new media art? At present, art is stepping out of its traditional form and allowing people to build their own experiences with it. Non-linearity describes a project that escapes from the conventional linear narrative coming from novels, theatre plays and movies. Non-linear art usually requires audience participation or at least, the fact that the "visitor" is taken into consideration by the representation thus, altering the displayed content. The participatory aspect of new media art, which for some artists has become integral, emerged from Allan Kaprow's Happenings and became with the growth of the Internet, a significant component of contemporary art. New media art includes algorithms, mathematics, telecommunications, digital information systems, computers, software and data visualisation. The graphic image shows that a fine line separates fine art and computer art. EXHIBIT 3
New media art is not a new concept and has been evolving over time. The success of digital art exhibitions in the last ten years in galleries and museums across the globe shows that the digital era has set in.
Next I will consider the transformation of exhibitions in galleries and museums that have occurred in the digital era.
The information in this post is based on the (guest) lecture by Dr Lambert.
Computer Arts Society (CAS): Pioneering contributions through research at Birkbeck College to the Victoria and Albert museums for digital archives
Special thanks to :
CAS Chairman, Dr Nicholas Lambert
CACHe (Computer Arts, Contexts, histories etc) research project undertaken at University of London Birkbeck College.
History of Computer Art Exhibitions
In the 1950s and 60s access to computers and computer aided technology was very limited as there were no graphical interfaces. Many of the early practitioners, computer scientists and mathematicians programmed their own computers. Thus ensuring sole use of computer creativity. During this era only research laboratories and corporations could afford computing technologies. The artists were programming the computers themselves so they had the opportunity to experiment. They considered the computer as an autonomous machine that would enable them to carry out visual experiments in an objective manner. More information on the history of computer art can be found at the Victoria and Albert museum's institution's website.
Experimental Arts Technology Exhibitions
1966 Experimental Arts Technology (E.A.T) and Bell labs organised a series of performances enabling ten contemporary artists and thirty engineers and scientists to use the new technologies. The nine evenings of art and technology were huge collaborative show in New York. The show was not a success but it paved the way for collaborative groups to work together. In those days Bell labs became the hub for artists and musicians to use the equipment out of hours. The event is recognised in the art world for shaping the pivotal relationship between art and technology. This led to the development of early computer-generated animation such as the microfilm printer that was able to expose letters and shapes onto 35mm film. Although the seeds of this were planted at EAT exhibitions.
Much as changed since then – the emergence of 3D printing we know today has introduced a new bridge to new media art, joining the virtual and the physical worlds. This was not possible in Bell labs. The rise of the use of this technology has allowed artists to blend the computational base of new media art with the traditional physical form of sculpture. A pioneer in this field was artist Jonty Hurwitz who created the first known anamorphosis sculpture using this technique.
Cybernetic Digital Art Exhibition
Cybernetic Art uses computer networks as medium. Cybernetics was introduced in 1968 by the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in London for contemporary art exhibitions. Cybernetic Serendipity was the landmark exhibition curated by Jasia Reichardt in 1968. This exhibition at the ICA became the focus of attention and attracted national and international press. Cybernetic Serendipity was the first international exhibition in the UK between the arts and new technology. This exhibition was designed by Franciszka Themerson and presented the work of over 130 participants including composers, engineers, artists, mathematicians and poets. The exhibition ran from 2 August – 20 October 1968 and was seen by some 60,000 visitors.
Its aim was to present an area of activity which manifested artists' involvement with science, and scientists' involvement with the arts: in particular to show the links between the random systems employed by artists, composers and poets, and those involved with the making and the use of cybernetic devices.
Cybernetic Serendipity dealt with possibilities rather than achievements, especially since in 1968 computers had not yet revolutionised music, art, or poetry, in the same way that they had revolutionised science.
The biggest dilemma for this project was that funding was scarce as cooperative funding was from technological companies such as IBM. IBM diverted funds to the military at the height of the Vietnam War and worked on reduced profits.
Despite lack of funding the exhibition unearthed some of the tensions and underlined the importance of technological art in galleries. It also highlighted how these works are presented for example the idea of feedback and things that would show transformational changes.
The exhibition itself was popular and engaging, however the critics were sceptical about how machines would turn out drawings. This exhibition was also important because it laid the foundation blocks which are practiced even till today in digital art galleries.
After the exhibition in 1968 there was no other exhibition like it for many years and it has gained historical importance because it proved to be a landmark exhibition of its time. It has attracted alot of media attention recently due to its pioneering contribution to digital art.
Los Angeles County Museum of Exhibition
In 1970 Maurice Tuchman curator of modern art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) had a massive art and


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UTAH, June 3, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — An excessive heat warning has been issued for parts of Utah beginning Thursday.
A tweet from the National Weather Services says the warning applies to parts of the Wasatch Front, West Desert, Lower Washington County and the Glen Canyon Recreation Area, shown in pink on map. The warning is in place Thursday through Saturday for southern Utah and Friday through Saturday morning for northern Utah.
"Dangerously hot temperatures running 15 to 20 degrees above average with little overnight cooling in urban areas," the tweet said. "Significant increase for heat-related illnesses, particularly for those working outdoors or participating in outdoor activities."
There is also a heat advisory in place for portions of northern Utah west of Wasatch Crest, the Uinta Basin and the central Utah valleys; Sanpete and Sevier, shown in orange on the map. High temperatures will near 100 degrees fahrenheit. The advisory is in place Thursday through Saturday for urban areas and Thursday through Friday night for all other valleys.
"Hot temperatures may cause heat-related illnesses to occur," the tweet said.
There is also a fire weather watch Friday morning through Sunday evenings for the parts of the map seen below.
Affected Utahns are being asked to follow these fire safety tips:
- Keep vehicles off dry grass and brush.
- Sparks from lawnmowers and power equipment can and do start wildfires.
- Make sure campfires are completely out.
- Properly dispose of cigarettes.
- Check and obey all fire restrictions.
- Target shooting can create sparks that fly.
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changes the panic value if an actual
 3583 error occurs. However, both the original and new failures will be
 3584 presented in the crash report, so the root cause of the problem will
 3585 still be visible. Thus this simple re-panic approach is usually
 3586 sufficient—it's a crash after all—but if you want to
 3587 display only the original value, you can write a little more code to
 3588 filter unexpected problems and re-panic with the original error.
 3589 That's left as an exercise for the reader.
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 3596 Let's finish with a complete Go program, a web server.
 3597 This one is actually a kind of web re-server.
 3598 Google provides a service at chart.apis.google.com
 3599 that does automatic formatting of data into charts and graphs.
 3600 It's hard to use interactively, though,
 3601 because you need to put the data into the URL as a query.
 3602 The program here provides a nicer interface to one form of data: given a short piece of text,
 3603 it calls on the chart server to produce a QR code, a matrix of boxes that encode the
 3604 text.
 3605 That image can be grabbed with your cell phone's camera and interpreted as,
 3606 for instance, a URL, saving you typing the URL into the phone's tiny keyboard.
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 3608

 3609 Here's the complete program.
 3610 An explanation follows.
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 3612 {{code "/doc/progs/eff_qr.go" '/package/' '$'}}
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 3614 The pieces up to main should be easy to follow.
 3615 The one flag sets a default HTTP port for our server. The template
 3616 variable templ is where the fun happens. It builds an HTML template
 3617 that will be executed by the server to display the page; more about
 3618 that in a moment.
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 3620

 3621 The main function parses the flags and, using the mechanism
 3622 we talked about above, binds the function QR to the root path
 3623 for the server. Then http.ListenAndServe is called to start the
 3624 server; it blocks while the server runs.
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 3627 QR just receives the request, which contains form data, and
 3628 executes the template on the data in the form value named s.
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 3631 The template package html/template is powerful;
 3632 this program just touches on its capabilities.
 3633 In essence, it rewrites a piece of HTML text on the fly by substituting elements derived
 3634 from data items passed to templ.Execute, in this case the
 3635 form value.
 3636 Within the template text (templateStr),
 3637 double-brace-delimited pieces denote template actions.
 3638 The piece from {{html "{{if .}}"}}
 3639 to {{html "{{end}}"}} executes only if the value of the current data item, called . (dot),
 3640 is non-empty.
 3641 That is, when the string is empty, this piece of the template is suppressed.
 3642

 3643

 3644 The two snippets {{html "{{.}}"}} say to show the data presented to
 3645 the template—the query string—on the web page.
 3646 The HTML template package automatically provides appropriate escaping so the
 3647 text is safe to display.
 3648

 3649

 3650 The rest of the template string is just the HTML to show when the page loads.
 3651 If this is too quick an explanation, see the documentation
 3652 for the template package for a more thorough discussion.
 3653

 3654

 3655 And there you have it: a useful web server in a few lines of code plus some
 3656 data-driven HTML text.
 3657 Go is powerful enough to make a lot happen in a few lines.
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2. Social Distancing
People will maintain (6) feet social distancing from one another, whenever possible, while at Shore.
- Tables and chairs will be spaced so that all individuals are at least 6 feet apart. The maximum capacities of our program rooms are based on 113 square feet per person.
- Classrooms, program rooms, therapy rooms, kitchens, break rooms will have defined and marked capacity based on the number of people that can be accommodated while maintaining social distancing.
- Additional chairs cannot be brought into break areas or program spaces to accommodate additional people.
- Staff will accompany individuals to bathrooms and any other areas to which they need access so that social distancing measures to the extent possible are maintained.
- Transitioning within buildings and transportation times where lines could form or multiple groups of people may coincide with one another will be scheduled, staggered, and will take more time and patience than in the past.
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|Congo, invented by a seven year old in 1982, in little more than an hour, went on to become the second most popular Chess variant at the games club 'Fanatic' at Twente University, the Netherlands.|
Congo takes pride of place on the cover of David Pritchard's 'The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants' (G&P Publications, P.O. Box 20, Godalming, Surrey GU8 4YP, UK. - ISBN 0-_PHONE_-0-1).
You can download this MindSports applet, which is tailored to save games played in the Pit, offline.
The applet shows the board with the pieces in initial position. There are two players, black and white. White begins. Players move - and must move - in turn.
- The object of Congo is to capture the opponent's Lion. There's no rule against a Lion moving into check:
it is simply captured. Since players must move on their turn, this effectively makes stalemate a win.
- The Lion is the proverbial King of this jungle. With one exception he may not leave his 3x3 castle.
Inside he moves and captures as the King in Chess.
The mutual check rule: If Lions face one another along an open file or diagonal, both are in check and
the player whose turn it is can capture his opponent's Lion and win. This is the exception mentioned above.
With the exception of the crocodile, that cannot drown, and the Lion, that cannot enter the river, pieces are subject to the following:
- A piece that ends its move in the river must leave it next turn or drown.
A drowned piece is removed at the end of the turn. The piece may not have moved at all, for instance because its Lion had to move out of check (!), or may have moved within the river, or even, in the Monkey's case, out of and back into the river. In the latter cases any captures made are legal.
|In the diagram the white Lion cannot move to the d-file because it will be captured.
Anticipating that the zebra moves as the knight in Chess, white must NOT move b2-c4+, because the black Lion would move to the c-file, pinning it in the river where it would drown, and thus drawing the game. As it is, the game is won: in Congo a Lion and any piece, including a pawn, always wins against a bare Lion.|
In the diagram the elephant can capture the black pawn.
- The Zebra moves as the Knight in Chess.
- The Elephant moves one or two squares along ranks and files.
The two-square move is a jump to the target-square, unaffected by intervening pieces of either color.
Two elephants leapfrogging a file, are known as the elephant roll.
- The Giraffe may move and capture jumping to
the second square along ranks, files and diagonals.
The move is not affected by intervening pieces of either color. In addition the giraffe may move,
but not capture, using the king's move in Chess.
The circled squares are the ones onto which the giraffe may move, but not capture.
- The Crocodile moves as the king in Chess.
When on land it also controls the file towards the river, including the river square.
- Inside the river the crocodile controls the whole length of it.
Crocodiles cannot drown.
- The Monkey moves like the King in Chess and captures a piece by jumping over it along rank, file or diagonal to the square immediately beyond, which must be vacant for the capture to take place.
A monkey may - but is not obliged to - make multiple captures in the same turn. During a multiple capture it may visit a square, including river squares, more than once, but it may not jump the same piece more than once.
The drowning rule only applies if it ends its move in the river.
The monkey jumping the Lion terminates both the move and the game, as illustrated in the diagram.
Congo pawns are very logical in their forward movement, less so in their abilities of retreat. Yet, here it is:
- A Pawn moves and captures one square straight or diagonally forward. Across the river it may retreat one or two squares straight backward, but it may neither capture nor jump a piece in doing so.
- A pawn promotes to Superpawn upon reaching the back rank. A superpawn has the additional power to move & capture one square sideways. It may now also retreat in a diagonal direction, and this ability no longer depends on its position with regard to the river.
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研究采用再磨——浮选工艺对南方某老尾库尾矿（含WO3 0.19%）中的钨进行回收.在高碱浮选介质中，添加浮选药剂，通过一次粗选、二次扫选和三次精选流程，获得钨粗精矿含WO3 3.26%，回收率为70.48%.红外光谱测定结果表明，733对白钨矿的捕收作用以表面化学吸附和键合为主.
The process of recovery of tungsten by regrinding-flotation from an old ore tailing contained 0.19% WO3 in the south China is investigated. The results show that satisfactory flotation indexes can be achieved by the process of one stage roughing, two-stage scavenging and three-stage cleaning with conventional agents in the high alkaline flotation medium. The tungsten concentration grade and the recovery of WO3 reach 3.26% and 70.48%, respectively. Analysis of IR spectra testified that chemisorption and bonding were the main reaction mechanism of 733 on scheelite.


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Shishulin Denis Nikolaevich, Postgraduate student, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), _EMAIL_
Yakimov Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Doctor of engineering sciences, professor, sub-department of radio equipment design and production, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), _EMAIL_
Background. The antennas, fixed onboard of vehicles, are exposed to vibrating actions. It leads to changes of the phase front of the electromagnetic wave formed by the antenna and changes of radiation pattern thereof. There is a necessity of estimation of not just settlement characteristics of the projected antennas, but also the changes, resulting from deformations of antennas' radiating surfaces. Estimation of results of external vibrating actions represents a problem, strict analytical solution of which owing to complexity of the antenna's design in most cases appears to be impossible.
Matherials and methods. A perspective direction in research of such processes in antennas is the method of mathematical modelling based on discrete representation of these antennas, allowing to describe vectors of an electromagnetic field by a set of component, formed by separate elements of digitization of the antenna. Knowing geometrical characteristics of the radiating surface of the antenna it is possible to define the centres of radiating elements and to estimate their new spatial position as a result of vibrations.
Results. The offered method of modelling allowed to establish connection between deformations of the radiating surface of the antenna as a result of vibrations and the changes of its radiation pattern. Adequacy of the used discrete mathematical model is proved by the experimental data.
Conclusions. Vibrations essentially influence characteristics of radiation of the mirror parabolic antenna, working as a part of radio beam security system. They must be considered at designing.
1. Yakimov A. N. Proektirovanie mikrovolnovykh antenn s uchetom vneshnikh vozdeystviy: monogr. [Modeling of microwave antennas subject to external influences:monograph].Penza: Izd-vo Penz. gos.un-ta,2004,206 p.
2. Abzhirko N. N. Vliyanie vibratsiy na kharakteristiki radiolokatsionnykh antenn [Vibration influence on radar antenna characteristics]. Moscow: Sov. radio, 1974, 168 p.
3. Drabkin A. L., Zuzenko V. L., Kislov A. G. Antenno-fidernye ustroystva [Antennafeeder devices]. Moscow: Sov. radio, 1974, 536 p.
4. Shishulin D. N., Yakimov A. N. Nadezhnost' i kachestvo – 2010: tr. Mezhdunar. simpoziuma:v 2 t. [Reliability and quality – 2010: proceedings of the International symposium:in 2 volumes]. Penza: Izd-vo PGU, 2010, vol. 1, pp. 398–399.
5. Shishulin D. N., Yakimov A. N. Nadezhnost' i kachestvo – 2011: tr. Mezhdunar. simpoziuma:v 2 t. [Reliability and quality – 2011: proceedings of the International symposium:in 2 volumes]. Penza: Izd-vo PGU, 2011, vol. 1, pp. 343–345.
6. Yakimov A. N., Lebedev V. B. Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy. Povolzhskiy region. Tekhnicheskie nauki [University proceedings. Volga region. Engineering sciences]. 2012, no. 1 (21), pp. 124–132.
7. Boykov I. V. Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy. Povolzhskiy region. Tekhnicheskie nauki [University proceedings. Volga region. Engineering sciences]. 2012, no. 3 (23), pp. 71–84.


text: Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to give a group of youth experts and advocates the power to determine how tens of millions of dollars that are supposed to be used on young people gets spent. The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds were previously controlled by the Los Angeles County Probation Department. The 27-member Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council – which includes CDF-CA Policy Director Patricia Soung – is happy with the change. The motion was sponsored by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Mark Ridley-Thomas after learning that $79 million in JJCPA funds have remained unspent while so many youth programs are underfunded. The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act was created in 2000 "to provide a stable funding source for local juvenile justice programs aimed at curbing crime and delinquency among at-risk youth." The funds, which are allocated on a per capita basis to the state's 56 participating counties, are mandated to be spent to fund a range of evidence-based programs, with the largest part allocated to community-based organizations that have proven track records for helping young people.


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Keratomalacia can be linked to lower socioeconomic status, poor maternal nutrition, and inadequate breastfeeding, according to a paper in the journal Cornea.
Dr Noopur Gupta et al., Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, studied the case records of children under 6 months of aged suffering from keratomalacia from June 2007 to April 2010.
Parameters assessed included age, sex, anthropometry, nutritional status, socioeconomic status, antenatal history, maternal nutrition, systemic associations, immunization and dietary history. Comprehensive ocular examination was completed and consisted of ocular adnexa, conjunctiva, cornea and anterior chamber.
Of the children included in the study, 88% had protein energy-associated malnutrition, 94% belonged to poor families and 75% were not sufficiently immunized. In 100% of keratomalacia patients, inadequate breastfeeding was the main cause.


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- The Memory Overview view
- The Resource Utilization view
To be able to use these tools the system administrator needs the authorization role: sap.hana.admin.roles::Monitoring
How to start the analysis tools
Select the SAP HANA system that you want to analyze and right click to open the context menu. The Memory Overview view
In the Memory Overview view you can see details on the used Physical Memory, Used SAP HANA Memory, memory used by tables ans the memory used by Database Management. The Resource Utilization view
In the Resource Utilization view you can see details on used CPU, Memory and Data. These measurements can be combined in a graph to see the usage over a selected time period.

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As part of its continued national leadership in digital health technology innovation and public-private collaborations, the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) has teamed with VSP Global's innovation lab, The Shop, and the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute to take wearable health for the first time to the eyes.
The pilot study, which kicked off Aug. 27, will assess the users' engagement with and feedback of the smartphone app synched to the embedded sensor in the first-of-its-kind prototype optical frame, LevelTM, created by The Shop.
USC employees who wear eyeglasses daily volunteered for the study, which tracks the participant's steps, calories burned, distance traveled and activity time by technology seamlessly embedded in the temple of the frame — including an accelerometer, a magnetometer and a gyroscope — and synched wirelessly via Bluetooth to an accompanying smartphone app.
USC Roski Eye Institute ophthalmologists and optometrists provide optometric care for study participants, performing eye exams and ensuring accurate prescriptions at clinics on the Health Sciences and University Park campuses.
The app will synch with VSP Global's Eyes of Hope initiative, where study participants accrue points based on reaching daily step goals. Once a certain number of points are achieved, the user will trigger the donation of a comprehensive eye exam and pair of glasses to someone in need. Participants are able to choose a charity of their choice for the donation among seniors, school-age children, veterans or the homeless population.
"In this next phase of our continued collaboration with VSP we're thrilled to be partnering with them to maximize the wearable sensor in eyeglasses by engaging wearers in improved health fueled by philanthropic endeavors," said Leslie Saxon, MD, founder and executive director of the USC Center for Body Computing. "We're using the eyes as a window into the soul and the heart — it's a testament to the power of digital tools to improve health and improve the world at the same time."
Jay Sales, co-director of VSP Global's The Shop, added, "Not only is Level a unique health-tracking technology that fuses function, fashion and digital health in a platform as common as eyewear, our collaboration with USC will also allow VSP to study Level in the context of increasing health and wellness outcomes while creating empathy and opportunity for someone in need. As a community-based not-for-profit, that interplay is core to who we are as a company."
USC Roski Eye Institute director and interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, said, "Offering our patients digital health tools and wearable technology in our eye clinics is the wave of the future. As one of the key medical partners in the USC CBC's Virtual Care Clinic, we're proud to be at the forefront of digital health innovation led by Dr. Leslie Saxon and her team. The USC CBC is a showcase of how the multidisciplinary experts at USC in medicine, science, technology, engineering, entertainment, athletics, etc. are partnering with innovative partners such as VSP Global to change health behavior and empower patients."
Assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology and chief optometrist, Gloria Chiu, OD, FAAO, FSLS, who led the study's eye care team for the USC Roski Eye Institute, feels that having a digital health sensor embedded in eyeglasses is going to show more reliability and consistency in biometric measurements as opposed to wrist-based wearables. She shared that users may forget to wear a wristband or have vigorous hand movement that can be misinterpreted as steps whereas eyeglasses are something you have to wear every day and are more stable on the temple.
One of the study participants, Albert Jacobs, who works at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, received his Level glasses at the event and said, "I have a keen interest in wearable technology but I don't like wearing 'jewelry' or things on my wrist so finally with something incorporated into my glasses— this is exactly what I was looking for. I love tracking my health and while my phone does a great job I feel like sometimes it's not as accurate so when I heard about this Level program I thought 'This is perfect.' "
Chiu added the USC study participants were enthusiastic in choosing their frames among three unisex styles named after some of history's greatest innovators, including Nikola Tesla, Marvin Minsky and Hedy Lamarr. She said the Minsky style appeared to be the most popular choice.
In 2015, VSP Global and USC Center for Body Computing formed a partnership to harness the multidisciplinary experts in digital health technology and medicine/science to collaborate with The Shop on Level (then known as Project Genesis) to engineer the future versions of the frame and evolve the platform. The USC study is the first step in an ongoing partnership between USC CBC and VSP Global.
Founded in 2007 as one of the nation's first digital health innovation centers, the USC CBC functions as an interdisciplinary brain trust and innovation center within the Keck Medicine of USC medical enterprise. Member organizations are given access to experts in medicine, business, engineering and entertainment to better navigate the complex and evolving world of wireless and wearable health care.
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We just published a Temkin Group report, Behavioral Guide to Customer Experience Design. Here's the executive summary:
According to recent scientific research, customers make most of their decisions using intuitive thinking instead of rational thinking. Intuitive thinking relies on unconscious heuristics and biases to make decisions efficiently, and as a result, people tend to be more affected by losses than by gains, to prefer simplicity over complexity, to be affected by their current emotional and visceral states, to be heavily influenced by those around them, to make decisions based on context, and to misjudge their past and future experiences. In this report, we identify best practices for tapping into these heuristics and biases across three areas of experience design; companies can Nudge customers in the right direction, Assist them in accomplishing their goals, and Enhance their overall experience. To incorporate intuitive thinking into experience design, companies need to follow four steps: define target customers, identify relevant heuristics and biases, select design strategies, and then test, test, test.
Here are tactics for applying these human biases in your experience design efforts that we describe in the report:
The bottom line: Embrace your customers' natural behaviors.


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Definition: 'Vanishing Cream'
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1. an oil-in-water emulsion containing potassium, ammonium, or sodium stearate with water and holding in emulsified form more or less free stearic acid; it also contains a hygroscopic ingredient such as glycerol, and a small amount of a fatty ingredient; it leaves a protective, invisible film of stearic acid on the skin.
Synonyms: greaseless cream
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Introductory slide at Engineering Exploration regarding what engineering is and some of its disciplines.
March 2, 2021
"What is engineering?" This is one question SWE Illinois sought to answer during its virtual Engineering Exploration outreach on Saturday, February 20, 2021. Their simple explanation was: "It's the application of science and math to solve problems." Their bit-more-in-depth exploration of this question included introducing the 77 middle school participants to several engineering disciplines and what engineers in these fields do. Sponsored by the Illinois chapter of Society of Women Engineers (SWE), with the assistance of other engineering students, the outreach taught the younger students briefly about a few disciplines; led them in some related hands-on activities; and showed them that engineers can come in all shapes, sizes, genders, and ethnicities.
To recruit the 77 youngsters, SWE organizers first compiled a list comprised of schools in their hometowns, as well as past SWE event participants, then sent out a ton of emails, inviting prospective participants to sign up on a Google form. The organizers recall that responses really flew in; admitting that they hadn't expected to get as many participants as they did, they claim it worked out really well.
The 77 sixth through eighth graders who participated in the event weren't just from Illinois; because of the event's virtual nature, students from out of state, including Colorado and Washington, were also able to participate. In fact, 137 folks participated in all, including 38 student volunteers, plus the five SWE leaders who organized and administrated the event.
While the February 2021 edition of Exploring Engineering was similar to many past SWE outreaches, it was also unique in several ways. For instance, it was SWE's first gender inclusive outreach. "In the past, all of our outreach events have been targeted towards young girls in STEM," reports one event co-chair Michaela Patton. She explains that SWE Illinois has a new gender diversity initiative called HeForSWE, which seeks to promote male allies within SWE; thus, there were not only male volunteers, but boys took part in the event as well. In fact, organizers didn't actually ask students their gender when they were signing up. "We just wanted it to be for anyone—whoever wants to come," explains another event co-chair, Lauren Schissler, regarding the number of male vs female students who participated. "So, we don't have an exact number, but it was about even; there was a good mix."
The outreach began with brief introductions: the SWE leaders who organized the event shared their year in school and major. MC-ing the event were the three Engineering Exploration Co-Chairs: Michaela Patton, a Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) sophomore; Lauren Schissler, a CEE junior; and Toma Solovey, a junior in Chemical Engineering, along with the two SWE Outreach Co-Officers: Christina Garcia and Abby Hutter, both CEE sophomores.
Image of the Delorean with its Flux Capacitor featured in the Back to the Future movies.
Image of the Delorean with its Flux Capacitor featured in the Back to the Future movies.
The theme for the day was the 1985 classic movie, Back to the Future, with its engineering feat that enabled time travel: the flux capacitor (which used garbage as fuel). Not only did the movie's musical score crop up from time to time during events, but the time travel theme was underscored in both the initial ice-breaker and the hands-on activities.
For instance, they "traveled back" to around 1900–1945 to explore Milk Plastic, the predominant plastic used in that time period. This involved pouring vinegar into hot milk, separating the curds, then kneading them, followed by making specific shapes, then letting them harden into plastic. The second time period they "traveled" to was the 1960's for an intro to early computers and a Fun With Sorting activity which familiarized participants with the basic principles related to how computers work. Finally, participants "traveled" to 1981 for Fizzy Nano, where they explored the speed of the chemical reaction when dissolving a whole Alka Seltzer tablet vs a crushed one (the crushed one won by a significant margin.) The final activity was an engineering design challenge: to see who could build the tallest tower using a deck of cards, tape, and popsicle sticks.
A clip on a video shown to participants demonstrating how to make Milk Plastic.
A clip of a video shown to participants demonstrating how to make Milk Plastic.
SWE organizers started planning for the outreach in December. For instance, in preparation, they held three mandatory informational sessions to walk volunteers through how to troubleshoot anything; that way, volunteers, who might not have done the experiments themselves, would still be able to answer kids' questions and walk them through how to finish the project. Plus, they planned and sent out a minute-by-minute schedule, which, according to Toma, kept the event running in a timely fashion.
"I know all three of us spent a lot of time on. So, I think it partially went well because of that, I think it kept everyone organized." Plus, though she and her cohorts hadn't tried out the activities themselves, she says they'd "found videos online of some other people doing the activities, just so we could be sure that it was going to work, and someone had done this successfully before."
One activity participants did in their breakout rooms was to play a sorting game to help them understand how computers work via algorithms.
The team of SWE folks putting on this outreach encountered a number of challenges due to COVID-19. One, of course, was the venue. For example, many past SWE outreach events this reporter has covered were held in Loomis Lab (the Physics Building), which has a convenient suite of lecture rooms large enough to accommodate all of the participants, plus smaller classrooms perfect for the hands-on breakout sessions by discipline. Given that in-person, face-to-face activities were not possible, Zoom provided online, face-to-face encounters, both in the main room and the breakout rooms, and a chat feature which facilitated texting in addition to turning one's microphone on and speaking to the group.
Another challenge was that unlike SWE's in-person events in the past, when participants could walk into the breakout room, sit down at a table, and be handed the materials they'd need for the hands-on activity, for an on-line, virtual event with participants scattered all over the state, even the nation, the logistics of sending not just the students, but the volunteers, the packet of materials they would need to complete the hands-on activities and the final design challenge was a huge undertaking. A further challenge, of course, was devising hands-on activities that could adequately be explained/demonstrated via the internet.
Introduction to the last activity of the day, the engineering design challenge: building a tower.
However, Garcia and Hutter have become quite adept at figuring out the vagaries of kids, internet activities, and how to make Zoom events exciting. Given that this was their third online virtual event, Garcia says the two " went through trial and error …so what we figured out...is that kids need an incentive to show up to the Zoom event." So, for their second, Dads for Daughters, they sent a supply kit. Receiving something in the mail "was an incentive, because they'd just received all of these random materials. So, it was kind of that mystery of, 'What am I supposed to do with all of these materials now?'" The package of mystery goodies implied, "Come to the Zoom event, and you'll find out, and see the amazing STEM activities we have planned." So, the kids did.
Hutter made numerous trips to the post office, "I think I went like four to five times," she admits. Luckily, all the packages got sent out by February 1st, except for maybe a handful, and beat the last-minute rush (plus the horrible weather the nation had the week before the event). All but two or three participants received the packages; those who had to buy their own materials were reimbursed.
Busy engineering students working toward their own hopes and dreams, why did the planners take part of their Saturday to help with Engineering Exploration, much less all the planning and organizing they've been doing since December 2020? And why are they so passionate about outreach? Following, several of the SWE leaders share their goals for the future and why they're passionate about outreach.
Engineering Exploration Co-Chair Christina Garvia. (Image courtesy of Christina Garvia.)
SWE Outreach Co-Officer Christina Garcia. (Image courtesy of Christina Garcia.)
Christina Garcia, who's interested in working in the construction and design area, would definitely love to continue SWE-type outreach once she's in industry. "I know that there are a lot of outreach initiatives done within companies, so whatever I end up doing in my engineering career within the industry, I would love to still be involved in outreach." In fact, her goal is to hopefully one day create a nonprofit organization.
Why is she so passionate about outreach? She reports "It's just knowing that you made an impact on someone. Personally, for me growing up, there weren't many STEM outreach initiatives within my community. I didn't really learn about engineering until my senior year of high school. And so, I think it's really important for young kids to have exposure to


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Armed with smartphones, tablets and wearables sporting processors that rival the processor in a laptop, we have the capacity to be pinged almost anywhere we go. Gone are the days of being "off the grid" for classes or one-on-one sessions. So, how does all this access affect our exercise?
We reached out to one-on-one and group practitioners worldwide, including PTontheNet site visitors, to weigh in on whether today's technology is boosting performance or dragging the training experience down.
- Compare the types of engagement with technology and their usage as reported by colleagues.
- Consider where technology may be useful or a distraction during workouts.
- Utilize phrasing, actions, or policy for managing policy engagement to enhance workout experience.
The Poll Results
Devices on the floor…what for?
In Parts 1 & 2 of this series, we discussed the potential compromise in our abilities to concentrate and to process complex concepts that occur when we are interrupted. Since concentration and the ability to execute complex process influences our motor skill acquisition and mastery potential, we asked respondents whether it is easier or harder now versus five years ago to have a session or a class where participants do NOT check their phones. See Figure 1.
The results to that question did not come as a big surprise, but the next response we received was unexpected. When asked about clients or members talking on the phone during a session/class/on gym floor today being higher today or five years ago, the results were more mixed. See Figure 2.
While the majority reported a higher incidence of phone usage in sessions today versus five years ago, the number of respondents that reported that the incidence of people using their phones was less likely totaled close to 40%. Why would the incidence of device usage during a session be reported as higher today by well over 80% but phone usage during the session hover at 63%? It became clear that people are using their phones during their sessions more frequently, but not to make calls.
What role does technology play in our clients' bigger picture? How do they engage?
Since many of the survey responders reported being engaged with their device but not on a call, we were even more curious to know which reasons people cited from their clients and members for having to use their phones during a workout. Ironically, waiting for an important call took first place by a very large margin. See Figure 3.
Next, we asked professionals what percentage of their clients/class participants engaged in the following common practices and reported device-related behaviors. See Table 1.
||Percentage of respondents who said:
|Activity to engage with their device(s):
||25% or less,of people
||76%,or more of people
|Check,device during 1on1 session/class?
|Respond to something on the device?
|Take calls no matter who it is?
|Cause disruption with device (i.e. talking too loud)
|Interact,with you re. data from wearables?
|Uses,social media during/after/in-between workouts?
Do we make it official?
Given the prevalence of devices on the floor and the potential disruption, we asked whether respondents had a specific policy or rule regarding devices and, if yes, what is the policy? See Figure 4.
While many cited no formal policy, there were often informal understandings, as was cited by one survey responder from Australia: "There's an expectation that you won't use [your device] unless necessary."
Other policies centered on silencing the devices or removing them altogether:
- "No cellphone usage on or around gym floor unless you are listening to music through headphones only."
- "Emergencies only"
- "Turn off phones."
Some rules were specific to members/clients:
- "If you can talk you can work!"
- "Please refrain from using your phone during your session."
- "Please be considerate and do not use your phone on the gym floor."
- "Phone to be off or on silent throughout class."
Another survey responder stated simply, "When I train, my clients are not allowed to have the phone with them. They either put it in their gym bag or leave it in their car," and that professionals should, "lead by example."
A different responder agreed with the one above: "Set the example yourself - no phone usage during sessions or out on gym floor; kindly enforce policy set forth."
Other etiquette philosophies specific to professionals included:
- "It should be compulsory for staff to put their phones on silent mode when they are active on floor and/or in PT session."
- "Fortunately professionals have high standards. Be a professional."
Certain policies, such as ones refraining from the taking of photographs, reduce the risk of complaints and litigation for taking photos or videos without permission. But policy may need to account for the productive uses of device cameras to record program elements for clients.
One survey responder cited policy banning cameras from the gym floor and went on to address another behavior that had become more prevalent: "No monopolizing a bench or machine to just sit and play with phone."
Another responder echoed the previous one's sentiments and addressed the common objections raised around not having the phone on hand in case of an emergency: "No use of phones for any reason on the floor. Emergencies can be handled at the front desk."
Compliance is a frequent theme in workouts and the same holds true for inspiring people to put down their phones and get with their program. We asked respondents for their favorite tactics and phrases to get people to put their devices down.
Examples of what they shared with us include:
- "We turn off our phones before the workout."
- "I wander off, I sit down, lie down and close my eyes."
- "Take them (clients) outside."
- "Look at them; Ask them to talk outside; Ask them not to talk because they disturb the other participants."
- "I just keep them moving around the bags in one place under a tarp as we work outside."
- "Remind them it's gym time not work time, tell them to take a break. Remind them there's heavy stuff around."
Phrases (beyond variations of the often-used, "Please move your call off the gym floor."):
- "This is your [body's] time."
- "Be fully present in the moment."
- "Every time you have a look at your phone it's equal to a Burpee."
- "Our time together is here and now. Set aside everything else except those around you."
- "It can wait, but your fitness can't."
Another survey responder took a lighter approach, often using one or more of these three phrases when someone is on their device during private and group sessions alike:
- "Tag me in that post!"
- "Tell mom I love her too, send last emails and tweets, then switch all devices into the OFF mode, or airplane mode if you'd like to waste your battery..."
- "Hey Doc, everything ok?"
As we shared earlier, over 40% of respondents reported not having a formal rule regarding device usage. Even without an official policy though, there is often an unspoken understanding:
- "None of my [clients] uses his/her phone during session. If it ever happens because of an important call, I don't interrupt. Because they already know not to go for a long phone call."
- "I may be the minority but most of my clients do not pick up their phone unless [it's] an emergency. After their workout, they are more likely to use their phone to show me something on their device and/or check to see if they got any calls/messages."
Is age a factor?
The client bases of respondents spanned many different age ranges. See Figure 5 for the breakdown.
We reviewed the results to see if there was a correlation between age and engagement habits and again, surprisingly, there was no clear correlation. We observed reporting results that both supported and contradicted assumptions that any age is an age where technology is or isn't being used for a particular purpose.
For example, multiple respondents who reported a majority of younger clientele stated that their clients chose to schedule using the phone or in person, while other respondents with majority of their clientele above 55 or 70 chose to use text to schedule. Of the engagement categories named in Table 1, social media interaction had the highest level of engagement across all age groups.
The landscape of technology engagement across markers like user age, gender, and other metrics, is too complex to interpret the findings as any indication that age does not enter into trends in how technology is used by clientele. However, anecdotally, some responders found trends in distraction levels and even attendance: "I find the older generations are the most focused and consistentthey rarely find excuses to not come to class whereas the younger ones tend to opt out more often!"
Hand-helds are handy after all…
Devices have become a staple in the one-on-one session relationship between sessions. Many practitioners and instructors keep in touch via social media and other messaging platforms. The biggest development is the role of devices in scheduling. The methods may vary, but devices are used for the majority of scheduling and canceling appointments.
The "other" category in Figure 6 below included methods that didn't necessarily involve a phone, such as setting up standing appointments and scheduling/rescheduling/canceling in person or using a third-party software that many clients accessed some of the time by a desktop or laptop computer.
Interestingly too, more people were reported to prefer text to all the other options combined by a margin of 3.8%.
Parting Suggestions for Positive Impact
When asked for one suggestion that would have a positive impact on our experience working out and being around others doing the same, respondents said:
- "Silence your phone."
- "If you need to take it go outside or hallway."


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The Impact of Self-control in the Danish Folkeskole
Student thesis: Master thesis (including HD thesis)
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How does individual self-control affect lessons in a Danish 9th grade class?
Self-control is a widely used term, which has been researched for decays. Most of the research regarding self-control, however, is focused on the psychological aspects of the individual behavior, and very little research has been conducted regarding the consequences of the lack of self-control, in pupils in a classroom. The causes of human actions are extremely complex, and many surrounding factors, genetics, and the specific relations in the situation influences the action. Instead of focusing on whether or not the specific action was related to self-control, I focused whether or not it could be related to self-control, since the consequences of those two does not vary. To investigate this, it is necessary to have a definition of the term self-control, which I define as following:
"Self-control is the ability to override desires and impulses, in order to achieve long-term goals"
This definition was made by Walter Mischel (2015) in his work The Marshmallow Test, and similar definitions appear in most studies done on the subject. Procrastination and impulsivity are to commonly used aspects of research in self-control, but very little evidence support the idea that these traits correlate. Piquero et al. (2010) argued that self-control consisted of different sub-traits but failed to distinguish properly between these in the conclusion of their review. Individuals who score high on impulsivity, does not necessarily procrastinate and vice versa, which is essential when it comes to observing self-control in a context. Most studies regarding self-control involves both aspects but does not properly distinguish between the traits. In this paper I argue that self-control should be divided into sub-traits, especially when the objective is regarding the consequences in a social context. By observing a Danish grade class for a day, and interviewing six pupils, I conclude that impulsivity and procrastination have very different consequences for the student and for the rest of the class. Lack of self-control regarding impulsivity was observed as the main reason for most of the unrest that happened and one pupil making noises, tended to lead to more pupils losing their ability to focus and concentrate. Procrastination seemed prevent some of the pupils from doing their homework, which did not interfere with rest of the lecture. Since the diverse types of self-control include different traits, especially when we look at the consequences in a social situation, it is important for researchers to distinguish between the traits.
Mischel, W., (2015), Skumfidustesten, Klim
Piquero, A., Jennings, W., Farrington, D. (2010) Self-control interventions for children under age 10 for improving self-control and delinquency and problem behaviors. The Campbell Collaboration
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From the order of vanishing of $L$-function of elliptic curves to the universal main conjecture for eigencuspforms and back
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In the early 1960s, B. Birch and P. Swinnerton-Dyer formulated a bold conjecture stating that the order of vanishing of the $L$-function of a rational elliptic curve at $s=1$ is equal to the rank of its group of rational points. In this talk, we explain how to prove that one of these number is equal to zero if and only if the other is and why the proof requires (at present, at least) a very long detour through Iwasawa theory of universal deformation spaces. This is joint work with X. Wan.
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[Numpy-discussion] Accessing a C library from numarray
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I need to access a GLP'ed C library in numarray. The library functions are
scalar ints and doubles as inputs and usually doubles as outputs.
Is there a recommended (and simple) way to achieve this? There are a few
different C API's that exist from the Python to numarrays.
Would it be sufficient to first write C code that uses the library and use that
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File Name: challenge-7.sys
Size: 2,689,536 bytes
Apparently, there are two driver files, one is for Windows XP and the other one is for Windows 7. And the ioctl.exe, from the file name, we can guess that it is used to communicate with the driver.
Let's see what will the AutoIT script do at first. The AutoIT script contains a series of functions used to manage the service like _startservice(), _stopservice(), _serviceexists(), _servicerunning(), _createservice(), _deleteservice(), and the core logic is shown as below:
Firstly, it will check if the system architecture is x86, if so it will drop a driver file to the system directory based on the OS version, after this it will also drop the ioctl.exe to the system directory. Next, it executes the function dothis() with two arguments, one is a hex string and the other one is an ASCII string "flarebearstare". If the return value of that function is true, it will execute the dothis() function again with a different hex string. If the second dothis() returns true, it will then execute the third dothis() function. So what does the dothis() function do?
The dothis() function actually receives two arguments: data and key. It will decrypt the data with the key and execute the decrypted data. In the decrypt() function, it will execute an opcode by calling API CallWindowProc() and pass the data and key as arguments.
As we already know that the API CallWindowProc() will be called, we can just set a breakpoint on this API in a debugger and follow the API to execute the opcode, and then get the decryption result. However, if you run this program in a debugger, you may probably receiver this error:
The first arguments pass to the CallWindowProc() contains the address of the opcode, now we can put a breakpoint on the first instruction of the opcode and continue the execution. When the breakpoint on the opcode triggered, we can then execute to the "retn" instruction and here the decryption result can be found from the stack:
Repeat the above process for the other two dothis() function, we can have all the decryption code:
_CreateService("", "challenge", "challenge", _USER_ & "\challenge.sys", "","", $SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER, $SERVICE_DEMAND_START)
ShellExecute(_USER_ & "\ioctl.exe", "22E0DC")
From those codes we know that the driver dropped by this program is registered as a service named "challenge" and then an IoControlCode 0x22E0DC is send to this driver through ioctl.exe.
Now it is the time to analyze the driver. As only one of the driver will be chosen (based on the OS version), so the two drivers must have same functionality and we only need look at one of them. I chose the one for Windows 7. The Entry Pointer of this driver seems normal, it will create a device named "challenge" and then register the unload routine and the dispatch routines. All the dispatch routines are pointing to a same function located at address 0x0029CD20, and if you look at the Graph Overview of this function, you may see something like this:
Terrible, right? In the beginning of this function, it will retrieve the IoControlCode sent to this driver and sub it with 0x22E004, then it will use the result of the subtraction as an index to retrieve another index from a table located at address 0x0029D614, then the second index will be used to retrieve the jump destination address from a jump table located at address 0x0029D480:
So what is the first IoControlCode passed to this driver? Yes, it's 0x22E0DC. So we can calculate the first index: 0x22E0DC – 0x22E004 = 0xD8, and the we can have the second index which is 0x36, and with the second index, we can finally found the jump address which should be 0x0029D180:
The functionality of this function is actually easy to understand, it will test each bit of a input sequence to see if that bit is 0 or 1, and then jump to different branch based on the test result. Basically, if all the bit test except the last one do not jump to the exit branch, we will get what we want. The following IDA Python script can be used to calculate the correct input sequence:
from idaapi import * def bit_reverse(c): out = 0 for i in range(0, 8): out <<= 1 c1 = c & 0x01 out |= c1 c >>= 1 return out begin_addr = 0x0029C1C7 out = '' addr = begin_addr while Byte(addr) == 0x0f: c = 0 for i in range(0, 8): c <<= 1 if Byte(addr) == 0x0f: for j in range(0, 2): addr = NextHead(addr) if GetMnem(addr) == 'jz': c |= 0 elif GetMnem(addr) == 'jnz': c |= 1 else: print hex(addr) raise Exception('unknown instruction') for j in range(0, 3): addr = NextHead(addr) else: print hex(addr) raise Exception('unknown instruction') out += chr(bit_reverse(c)) print out
Ok, it asks us to try another IoControlCode 0x22E068. We can use the same way described before to calculate the jump destination and the function we should care about this time is located at address 0x0002D2E0, another terrible function:
There are a lot of branches in this function which makes it difficult for us to understand the logic. But one good thing is that no matter what code path the function will walk through, a call at the end of this function will be executed:
This call received three arguments, and a quick analysis on it suggests that it is possibly uses the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) to decrypt some data. So how do we know what data will be decrypted? or what is the decryption result? I believe the easiest way to answer this is through debugging.
Let's setup the kernel debugging environment at first since we are going to debug a driver. Here I use two machines, one is my physical machine (running Windows 8) and the other one is a Virtual Machine with Windows 7 installed. There is a wonderful tool named VirtualKD can make things easier. And there are a lot of tutorials online to teach you how to setup a kernel debugging environment, so I will not talk about it in details here, you may refer to the following article if you have not try this:
Now let's set a breakpoint on the call at 0x000ADC31 and a breakpoint at the beginning of the dispatch routine at 0x0029CD20, then run the executable file of this challenge in the VM. If nothing goes wrong, we will stop at the dispatch routine like below:
However, after executes this function, we get nothing we want, the decrypted data seems meaningless. So what is the problem here? As this call aims at decrypting some data, let's see what data is being decrypted. The data to be decrypted is passed as the first argument which should be a byte array, and if you look at this argument during debugging, you may be surprised that the array is all zeros when the decryption function is called, that is to say, the data to be decrypted is not initialized! Why?
If you look at the data reference of each byte in that array, you will find that each byte will be assigned a value by a separate function. However, those functions may not get executed when we reach the decryption function and that's may be the reason why we have an empty array. Knowing this, we can try to initialize the array manually before we execute the decryption function. This can be done by the following IDA Python script:
from idaapi import * begin_addr = 0xA22A0210 out = '' addr = begin_addr for i in range(0, 0x28): found = False for ref in DataRefsTo(addr): if GetMnem(ref) =='mov': prev_addr = ref for i in range(0, 2): prev_addr = PrevHead(prev_addr) if GetMnem(prev_addr) =='mov': print hex(addr), GetOpnd(prev_addr, 1) PatchByte(addr, GetOperandValue(prev_addr, 1)) else: print hex(addr) raise Exception('unknown instruction') found = True break else: print hex(addr) raise Exception('unknown instruction') if found == False: print hex(addr) break addr += 1


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tooth comb. Applying a small amount of leave-in conditioner or hair oil can also help to smooth the hair and reduce frizz, giving your braid a more polished appearance.
Using a Mirror and Proper Lighting
French braiding can be a bit tricky, especially when braiding the back of your head. To make the process easier and ensure a neater result, work in front of a mirror. Position the mirror in such a way that you can see both the front and the back of your head. Adequate lighting is also crucial for precision braiding. Natural light or a well-lit room will help you see the sections clearly and avoid any mistakes.
Keeping the Sections Evenly Sized
Maintaining consistent and evenly sized sections is essential for creating a well-balanced and symmetrical French braid. To achieve this, use your fingers or a comb to divide your hair into distinct sections, ensuring that they are of equal thickness. This will help to create a more uniform and professional-looking braid.
Maintaining Tension and Consistency
To achieve a polished and secure French braid, it's important to maintain consistent tension throughout the braid. Apply gentle pressure to the strands as you add hair to each crossover, ensuring that they are held firmly but not too tightly. This will help to create a braid that stays in place without pulling or causing discomfort.
Making Adjustments as You Braid
Don't be afraid to make adjustments as you go along. If you notice any loose sections or unevenness in the braid, simply undo the last few crossovers and reposition the strands. Take your time and be patient throughout the process. Remember, practice makes perfect, and the more you practice, the better you'll become at achieving a neat and professional-looking French braid.
Fixing Common French Braiding Mistakes
Fixing Loose Sections
If you notice loose sections in your French braid, don't panic. Simply undo the loose section, add a small amount of hair gel or hairspray to the hair, and re-braid it, making sure to hold the strands tightly. This will help to create a more secure and uniform braid.
Tightening Loose Braid
If your French braid feels loose overall, it may be because the strands were not held tightly enough while braiding. To fix this, carefully undo the entire braid and start again, paying closer attention to the tension you apply to the strands and the amount of hair you add at each crossover. By being more mindful of these factors, you can achieve a tighter and more secure French braid.
Repositioning Misaligned Braid
Sometimes, during the French braiding process, the braid can shift to one side or become misaligned. To correct this, gently undo the previous few crossovers and reposition the strands to create a centered and symmetrical braid. Making these small adjustments as you go along will help to maintain a neat and balanced appearance.
Recovering from Hair Slippage
If your hair tends to slip out of the braid as you're braiding, it may be helpful to use bobby pins to secure the strands in place. Insert the bobby pins along the direction of the braid, catching any loose strands and pinning them down. This will help to keep your hair in place and prevent slippage.
Refining the Appearance of the Braid
To give your French braid a more refined and polished look, use a comb to carefully pull on the outer edges of the braid. Gently tug on the strands to widen the braid and create a fuller appearance. This technique can help to make your French braid appear larger and more voluminous, adding an extra touch of elegance to your hairstyle.
Decorating and Styling French Braids
Adding Hair Accessories
Hair accessories can be a fun and stylish way to enhance the appearance of your French braid. Options such as decorative hairpins, flowers, or jeweled clips can be strategically placed along the braid to add a touch of glamour. Ensure that the accessories you choose complement your overall look and match the occasion.
Incorporating Ribbons or Scarves
For a bohemian or whimsical vibe, consider incorporating ribbons or scarves into your French braid. Begin the braid as usual and then weave a colorful ribbon or scarf into the strands as you continue braiding. This will add a pop of color and unique texture to your braid, making it stand out in a crowd.
Wrapping the Braid into a Bun or Updo
A French braid can serve as the foundation for many stunning updo hairstyles. Once you've completed the braid, gently wrap it around itself to create a bun at the nape of your neck. Secure it with bobby pins, tucking away any loose ends. This elegant and sophisticated updo is perfect for special occasions or when you want to elevate your French braid to the next level.
Creating Braided Pigtails
Braided pigtails are a fun and youthful way to style your French braid. Start by creating two French braids on either side of your head, starting from the front and working your way towards the back. Once the braids are complete, secure them with hair ties at the ends. This playful hairstyle is perfect for casual outings or when you want to add a touch of playfulness to your look.
Maintaining and Extending the Lifespan of French Braids
Securing the Braid for Durability
To ensure that your French braid stays in place throughout the day, it's important to secure it properly. Begin by tying the end of the braid tightly with a hair tie. Then, apply a small amount of hairspray to the braid to offer extra hold and prevent any flyaways. If necessary, use bobby pins to secure any loose strands or sections for added durability.
Protecting the Braid Overnight
To preserve your French braid overnight and prevent it from getting messy or undone, consider wrapping it in a silk or satin scarf before going to bed. This will help to reduce friction and prevent the braid from rubbing against your pillow, preserving its integrity and appearance.
Refreshing the Braid with Dry Shampoo
If your French braid starts to look a bit limp or greasy, dry shampoo can be your best friend. Spritz a small amount of dry shampoo onto the roots of your braid and gently massage it into your scalp. This will help to absorb excess oil and give your braid a fresh and rejuvenated appearance.
Reviving the Braid with Additional Styling
If your French braid starts to loosen or lose its shape throughout the day, you can easily revive it with a few additional styling techniques. Start by gently re-braiding any loose sections, incorporating a small amount of hairspray or hair gel for added hold. You can also use bobby pins to tuck away any loose strands and adjust the shape of the braid. These small touch-ups will help to ensure that your French braid looks flawless and polished all day long.
Final Tips for Becoming a French Braiding Pro
As with any skill, practice is key to becoming a French braiding pro. Set aside dedicated time to practice your French braiding technique, starting with simple styles and gradually working your way up to more complex variations. The more you practice, the more comfortable and confident you will become in creating beautiful French braids.
Watching Online Tutorials
In addition to regular practice, watching online tutorials can be incredibly helpful in improving your French braiding skills. There are numerous video tutorials available that break down the steps and provide visual guidance. Take advantage of these resources to learn new techniques, pick up tips and tricks, and refine your French braiding abilities.
Experimenting with Different Techniques
Don't be afraid to experiment with different French braiding techniques and styles. Try out different variations, incorporate accessories, and explore creative ways to incorporate French braids into your hairstyle. By experimenting and pushing the boundaries of your skills, you'll unlock a world of possibilities and discover unique and stunning French braid hairstyles.
Seeking Professional Help
If you're struggling to master the art of French braiding on your own, consider seeking professional help. Hair stylists and beauty professionals are well-versed in various braiding techniques and can provide personalized guidance and instruction. Book an appointment at a salon or schedule a one-on-one lesson to receive expert advice and hands-on assistance.
Building Confidence and Patience
Lastly, building confidence and patience is crucial when it comes to mastering the art of French braiding. Remember that everyone learns at their own pace, and it's normal to make mistakes along the way. Embrace the learning process, be patient with yourself, and celebrate your progress. With time and practice, you'll develop the skills and confidence needed to create stunning French braids effortlessly.


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IZA DP No. 10560: Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities
forthcoming in: Review of Economics and Statistics
We study the effect of birth order on personality traits among men using population data on enlistment records and occupations for Sweden. We find that earlier born men are more emotionally stable, persistent, socially outgoing, willing to assume responsibility, and able to take initiative than later-borns. In addition, we find that birth order affects occupational sorting; first-born children are more likely to be managers, while later-born children are more likely to be self-employed. We also find that earlier born children are more likely to be in occupations that require leadership ability, social ability and the Big Five personality traits. Finally, we find a significant role of sex composition within the family. Later-born boys suffer an additional penalty the larger the share of boys among the older siblings. When we investigate possible mechanisms, we find that the negative effects of birth order are driven by post-natal environmental factors. We also find evidence of lower parental human capital investments in later-born children.


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Objective: To determine reaction time and to access the accuracy of the measured time.
Equipment: Timer, pencil or pen, meter stick, coffee filter, and metal ball
Discussion: The significance of this experiment is to help us measure and understand our reaction time. Reaction time is the amount of time between something happening and you responding to it. We also did some free fall experiments with a ruler, a coffee filter, and a steel ball. This means that we dropped objects from a resting position that has nothing attached to it is only under the influence of gravity. Since we have a few seconds delay starting and stopping a timer after the object has begun to drop and after it hits the floor we used the measurements
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There is no real solution for this except that we could practice trying to improve our reaction time. Another error could be if we drop it from different heights each time. The higher we drop the ball from causes it to take longer to hit the floor and vice versa if we drop it from a lower height it would take a shorter time to hit the floor. We could try to make sure that we do our best to drop the ball from the same location each time. Then you have air friction which does not allow the objects to fall in a straight line causing them to bump into the people standing in the area and causing it to take a longer time to come to a rest. You can't get rid of air friction, but you can try to minimize it. The ball's rotational inertia could play a small role on error percentage. Also you have air The time accuracy of the coffee filter and metal ball was good because the average deviation was fairly low. The coffee filter had an average deviation of +/-.463 which is ok because about 60% of the drops fell between the 1st deviation. The metal ball had an average deviation of +/-.076 and about 70% of the numbers fell between the 1st deviation. So I would take the times to be in the ball park they should be in for the objects falling. There was a 3 % error due to all that factors that might have played apart on the falling speed


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Wet winter weather increases icy road risk
13 November 2012
Hampshire road users are being reminded to take extra care this winter as the saturated ground means that water runoff from fields makes it more likely that rural roads will ice over during cold weather.
According to the Met Office, this summer has officially been the wettest in one hundred years and there appears to be no let up in rain as winter approaches. The Environment Agency has recently released a warning that, following further wet weather in September and October, rivers are full and the ground is saturated, with the result that current groundwater levels in some areas are extremely high and water is seeping onto Hampshire's roads. Roads that would normally dry quickly after precipitation are more likely to remain wet and ice over when the road surface temperature drops below zero.
Councillor Mel Kendal, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Hampshire County Council said:
"Road users need to take extra care this winter because, due to the saturated ground, even a small amount of rain or snow means that roads are more likely to experience water running on to them which can easily ice over when the temperature freezes. We have recently experienced our first frosts of the winter and our salting teams have been out treating Hampshire's main routes but, although temperatures may rise slightly in the days to come, drivers still need to take care as some roads may be covered with deep puddles.
"Hampshire County Council takes road safety extremely seriously and invests heavily to maintain and improve the 5,000 plus miles of road in the county. Keeping Hampshire Moving is a priority of the Council - the road network is a vital support for our regional economy and people need to be safe when going about their day-to-day business, whatever the weather. We have a long-term strategic programme of road maintenance and enhancement, Operation Resilience, which aims to make our roads more resilient to the damaging effects of weather extremes and increasing traffic levels, as well as to improve the overall condition of the roads."


The Reason Why Babies Are More Likely to Be Born at Night
The Reason Why Babies Are More Likely to Be Born at Night
A new study has discovered why more babies are born at night compared to daytime. Make sure to consider this for your birth plan, mums!
Have you ever wondered why a lot of babies are born at night? Just ask any mum who went through a natural birth, and, chances are, they gave birth in the dead of night. Somehow, even for mums who made a birth plan well in advance, their babies always want to be born at night. Why does this happen? And how can you adjust your birth plan to prepare for this?
A recent study, conducted by City, University of London, has shed some light on why babies are often born at night.
Why Are Babies More Likely to Be Born at Night?
The researchers shared that there are a number of factors that can influence the time of birth. These include when labour starts, if the labour is induced, as well as pre-planned caesarean sections.
However, they found that when it comes to natural births, more mums gave birth at night compared to in the afternoon or in the daytime.
The researchers theorised that the reason why more mums give birth at night might actually be because of human evolution.
They shared that our ancestors were usually active in the day, and rested together at night. This meant that mothers were more vulnerable during the daytime while they were away from shelter. But they were safer at night, when they rested together with other people. Eventually, humans evolved to give birth later at night when it was deemed much safer.
They added that births occur usually between 1 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. and that the peak time of births is usually around 4:00 a.m.
Hopefully with this information, mums will be better equipped to know what's the best time for their birth.
What Is a Birth Plan?
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Preparing a birth plan in advance can make giving birth less of a hassle!
In a nutshell, a birth plan is a comprehensive list of your preferences during labour and delivery. These include being given pain medication, choosing between a C-section or a natural birth, inducing your labour, etc.
Making a birth plan is important since it prepare you for the big day. A birth plan also facilitates a smoother birth easier since the doctors will be aware of your preferences.
Here are some things to remember when making a birth plan:
 - Write down your name, contact information, doctor, where you want to give birth, and who you want to be with you.
 - Make a list of things that would help you be comfortable. These include dimming the lights, if you want music to be played, or even if you want someone taking a video of your birth.
 - Write down your labour preferences. Do you want to use a birthing stool, a ball or a chair?
 - Do you want pain medication? It's very important to write this down since it's your call if you want an epidural or not.
 - Delivery preferences are also important. Do you want to give birth vaginally, or through a C-Section?
 - If you want to breastfeed right after birth, it's also a good idea to write that down.
 - Print out several copies of your birth plan and give them to your doctor, to the hospital, and anyone who will be with you during your birth.
 - Make sure to prepare a birth plan well in advance, and go through it with your doctor and your husband.
Source: City, University Of London
READ: 7 Discussions parents must have before birth
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Fusible interfacing is brilliant and time-saving, but can leave you with a messy edge on the inside of your garment. You can finish the edge with a finishing stitch, or you can take a little time to neaten it before you even fuse your interfacing to your fabric! Follow these five simple steps for a professional-looking finish on the inside of your garment:
- Place facing pieces right side up, and place the interfacing pieces on top with the fusible side facing up (so the non-fusible side of the interfacing pieces should be meeting the right side of the facing pieces).
- Pin along the inner edge (the part that will not be sewn into the neckline seam).
- Using a straight stitch on a regular machine, attach the facing pieces to the interfacing pieces with a narrow seam (⅛"-¼").
- Turn the facing and interfacing pieces right side out, and smooth the facing out on top of the interfacing piece. If necessary, use a point turner to ensure that the seam you have just sewn is fully turned out.
- Press the facing pieces with the interfacing pieces below them, to fuse the interfacing to the facing.


text: There is evidence that isoflavones, such as genistein, can directly or indirectly improve lipid profile and lower blood pressure and hence exert cardiovascular protection. It is further believed, that genistein attenuates vascular contraction and thus vascular tone and blood pressure through altering the phosphorylation of the regulatory myosin light chain (MLC) probably via the myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) or the RhoA pathway. However, the direct role of genistein in the myocardium is poorly reviewed. In this study, we investigated the impact of genistein on the cardiac proteome in ovariectomized female mice using a 2DE-MS approach. Dietary genistein intake considerably changed the abundance of several cytoskeletal and contractile proteins and enhanced the phosphorylation of MLC. The MLC phosphorylation was mediated through increased abundance of MLCK and inhibition of myosin light chain phosphatase latest known to be inversely regulated by RhoA. Contrary to others, in our model genistein did neither inhibit the cardiac MLCK, nor the cardiac RhoA pathway in vivo.