Yang Li

Otmar Hilliges

This edited book explores the many interesting questions that lie at the intersection between AI and HCI. It covers a comprehensive set of perspectives, methods and projects that present the challenges and opportunities that modern AI methods bring to HCI researchers and practitioners. The chapters take a clear departure from traditional HCI methods and leverage data-driven and deep learning methods to tackle HCI problems that were previously challenging or impossible to address. It starts with addressing classic HCI topics, including human behaviour modeling and input, and then dedicates a section to data and tools, two technical pillars of modern AI methods. These chapters exemplify how state-of-the-art deep learning methods infuse new directions and allow researchers to tackle long standing and newly emerging HCI problems alike. Artificial Intelligence for Human Computer Interaction: A Modern Approach concludes with a section on Specific Domains which covers a set of emerging HCI areas where modern AI methods start to show real impact, such as personalized medical, design, and UI automation.

Artificial Intelligence for Human Computer Interaction: A Modern Approach

Valerie Viehoff

Gavin Poynter

As London sought to use the Olympics to achieve an ambitious programme of urban renewal in the relatively socially deprived East London it attracted global attention and sparked debate. This book provides an in-depth study of the transformation of East London as a result of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Government and event organisers use legacies of urban renewal to justify hosting the world’s leading sports mega-event, this book examines and evaluates those legacies. The London Olympics and Urban Development: the mega-event city is composed of new research, conducted by academics and policy makers. It combines case study analysis with conceptual insight into the role of a sports mega-events in transforming the city. It critically assesses the narrative of legacy as a framework for legitimizing urban changes and examines the use of this framework as a means of evaluating the outcomes achieved. This book is about that process of renewal, with a focus on the period following the 2012 Games and the diverse social, political and cultural implications of London’s use of the narrative of legacy.

The Mega-Event City

The London Olympics and Urban Development

Development Theories and Methods of Fracture-Vug Carbonate Reservoirs explores the theories and methods for successful development of a fracture-vug reservoir by presenting the developmental strategies used in the Tahe oilfield. Some of the theories and methods of developing the Tahe fracture-vug reservoirs have been inspired by two China national research projects: The ‘Basic research on development of fracture-vug carbonate reservoirs’ (2006-2010), and the ‘Basic research on production mechanism and oil recovery enhancement of fracture-vugcarbonate reservoirs’ (2011-2015), with support by the National Basic Research Program of China. These theories and methods have facilitated the successful development of the fracture-vug reservoir in the Tahe oilfield, providing effective technologies and inspirations to developing similar reservoirs everywhere. Provides information on both theoretical developments and technological innovations Applies the modern karst formation characterization and the fracture-vug hierarchical structure to geological investigations of fracture-vug carbonate reservoirs Introduces the karst facies-controlling 3D geologic modeling of fracture-vug reservoir formations Proposes the coupled-processing and equivalent multi-medium numerical simulation methods of fracture-vug reservoirs Presents development methodologies and techniques of water/gas flooding

Development Theories and Methods of Fracture-Vug Carbonate Reservoirs

Wei Wang

Yun Feng

Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Medizin - Ophthalmologie, Augenheilkunde, Beijing University, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate whether the aspherical intraocular lens (IOL) with a modified aspherical anterior surface provides better quality of vision than the conventional spherical IOL for the senile cataract patients after phacoemusification and IOL implantation.

Reduced wavefront aberration influence the visual function after the senile cataract surgery with an aspherical intraocular lens

Ion channels are integral proteins found in the membranes of every cell in our body that underlie electrical impulses in a variety of tissues and organs, including the heart and the brain. The IKs channel, formed by the KCNQ1 and KCNE1 subunits, plays an important role in shortening the action potential duration in cardiac myocytes. The IKs channel opens in response to depolarization to conduct potassium ions out of the cell, which contributes to repolarization of the membrane, terminating the cardiac action potential and thereby the heart contraction. Abnormal IKs channels can lead to lethal arrhythmias. Type 1 and type 5 Long QT Syndrome are caused by mutations of KCNQ1 and KCNE1, respectively, and both compromise IKs function significantly. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) is a minor acidic membrane lipid found primarily in the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. PIP2 has been shown to be a necessary cofactor for a wide variety of ion channels. Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) also serves as both an energy source and a signaling molecule that modulates ion channel and transporter functions. IKs has been shown to require PIP2 and ATP for channel activity [1]. Since PIP2 and ATP regulation of IKs was discovered, no further study of this regulation has been reported. The goal of my study is to determine the nature of PIP2 and ATP modulation of IKs channel. The first study shows that the auxiliary subunit of IKs, KCNE1, increases PIP2 sensitivity 100-fold over channels formed by the pore-forming KCNQ1 subunits alone, which effectively amplifies current because native PIP2 levels in the membrane are insufficient to activate all KCNQ1 channels. A juxtamembranous site in the KCNE1 C-terminus is a key structural determinant of PIP2 sensitivity. The second study shows that intracellular ATP modulates IKs in cardiac myocytes by directly binding to the C-terminus of KCNQ1 to allow the pore to open. The channel is most sensitive to ATP near its physiological concentration, and lowering [ATP] in cardiac myocytes results in IKs reduction and action potential prolongation. Multiple mutations that suppress IKs by decreasing the ATP sensitivity of the channel are associated with the long QT syndrome that predisposes afflicted individuals to cardiac arrhythmia. These results demonstrate for the first time the activation of an ion channel by intracellular ATP binding; and ATP dependent gating allows IKs to couple myocyte energy state to its electrophysiology.

IKs Channels Regulation by Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) and Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)

Jianrong Qiu

Yongchao Jia

Persistent Phosphors: From Fundamentals to Applications provides an introduction to the key synthesis methods, characterization methods, physical mechanisms, and applications of this important luminescent materials system. The book covers basic persistent phosphorescence, introducing concepts such as emission, luminescence, phosphorescence, persistent phosphorescence and the development of persistent phosphors. Then, synthesis methods are reviewed and the connections between synthesis methods and improved materials properties are discussed. Characterization methods to investigate the trapping and de-trapping mechanism are also presented. Other sections cover the theoretical framework and energy band engineering models and materials with a focus on activators, hosts, emission bands and excitation bands. Finally, the most relevant applications of persistent phosphors are included for use in displays, safety signs, bio-labels and energy. Persistent Phosphors is an invaluable reference for materials scientists and engineers in academia and R&D. It is a key resource for chemists and physicists. Presents characterization techniques to reveal the photophysical and photochemical properties of defects for this important category of luminescent materials Discusses the structural role of defects in polycrystals and the capture-storing-migration-release progress of excited carriers Demonstrates the synthesis routes and potential applications for persistent phosphor materials

From Fundamentals to Applications

Persistent Phosphors

Kazuo Sakiyama

Yu Sasaki

A comprehensive evaluation of information security analysis spanning the intersection of cryptanalysis and side-channel analysis Written by authors known within the academic cryptography community, this book presents the latest developments in current research Unique in its combination of both algorithmic-level design and hardware-level implementation; this all-round approach - algorithm to implementation – covers security from start to completion Deals with AES (Advanced Encryption standard), one of the most used symmetric-key ciphers, which helps the reader to learn the fundamental theory of cryptanalysis and practical applications of side-channel analysis

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