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Model And Simulation Of Virtual Character Based On Real-Time Sensor Data-Driven, Lufeng Luo, Xiangjun Zou, Zhang Cong, Xie Lei

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The real-time control of virtual character behavior is a challenge in simulating virtual exercise. A kind of virtual character running behavior control method based on real-time data-driven was proposed, the real-time data acquisition with the help of sensor was expounded, the time-series law of human body running was analyzed, the human body posture mathematics expression was modeled, and a limb movement parts and rotation degrees of freedom computing model was proposed. By use of rotation angle method, the space and time relationship of each part of human movement chains was established and the movement process frame when moving was …

Method For Auto-Generating Cartoon Based On A Set Of Portrait Dictionary, Jingjing Sun, Jiajun Yu, Li Bei, Zhifeng Xie, Youdong Ding

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: An efficient method of auto-generating portrait cartoon based on true portrait pictures was proposed. The first step was to establish a set of portrait dictionary. As a result, the portrait was divided into six components including eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, face, hair, so that the material library of cartoon corresponding to each component could be established. The next was to collect some real portrait images and synthesize them using the component material, meanwhile to calculate the facial shape features and the texture features of hair corresponding to each portrait. The second step was to input a real portrait image …

Fluid Simulation Of Sph Based On Opencl, Miaomiao Xiao, Liu Zhen, Jiabin Shi, Tingting Liu, Cuijuan Liu, Bangquan Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Fluid plays an important role in the Virtual Reality Scene. Physics-based fluid animation can enhance the reality of numerical simulation. The efficiency of fluid animation based on physical computing usually is not real-time rendering without parallel computing. Fluid simulation was proposed based on SPH using OpenCL, which could make full use of the data interoperability of OpenCL and the graphics API, and use the coordination work of CPU and GPU to increase the potential of the hardware; when physics computing, the surface particles and normals based on the Coulomb's law were solved out. The preliminary experiment shows that the …

Study In Plant Modeling And Animation, Yanna Jiang, Boxiang Xiao, Xinyu Guo, Baozhu Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Plant modeling and animation synthesis was widely used in many fields, such as virtual plant, 3D animation, games and so on. The techniques of plant modeling and animation synthesis were reviewed. Plant modeling techniques were discussed in three aspects: fractal and L system approach, imaged-based methods, methods based on three-dimensional measurement data. Plant animation synthesis techniques were analyzed in four aspects: physically-based animation, procedural animation, video-based animation and data-driven animation. Furthermore, some issues in future research were addressed, and further trends and research directions were discussed.

Probiotics And Antimicrobial Effect Of Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, And Bifidobacterium Longum Against Common Foodborne Pathogens In Poultry, Joy Igbafe, Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge, Samuel N. Nahashon, Abdullah Ibn Mafiz, Maureen Nzomo

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

The probiotic potential and antimicrobial activity of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Bifidobacterium longum were investigated against Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes. Selected strains were subjected to different acid levels (pH 2.5–6.0) and bile concentrations (1.0–3.0%). Strains were also evaluated for their antimicrobial activity by agar spot test. The potential probiotic strains tolerated pH 3.5 and above without statistically significant growth reduction. However, at pH 2.5, a significant (p < 0.05) growth reduction occurred after 1 h for L. plantarum (4.32 log CFU/mL) and B. longum (5.71 log CFU/mL). S. cerevisiae maintained steady cell counts for the entire treatment period without a statistically significant (p > 0.05) reduction (0.39 log CFU/mL). The results indicate at 3% bile concertation, 1.86 log CFU/mL reduction was observed for L. plantarum, while S. cerevisiae, and B. longum growth …

Taylor Art Department Hosts Global Invitational Exhibition Of Computer- Generated Art, Taylor University

2020 Website News Stories

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Xipe Tótec Y El Binomio Vida-Muerte En La Cosmovisión Mesoamericana, María Montserrat Camacho Ángeles

Congreso internacional sobre iconografía precolombina, Barcelona, 2019. Actas.

El principio básico de la cosmovisión de los pueblos mesoamericanos fue sin duda la observación de su entorno natural, para ellos las deidades o fuerzas sagradas habitan en el cielo, la tierra y el inframundo, lugares que en sí mismos contienen los opuestos complementarios: vida-muerte, entre muchos otros. Este artículo explica los elementos del binomio vida-muerte que caracterizan a Xipec Tótec, deidad mesoamericana de gran relevancia.

The Mesoamerican Cosmovision’s basic principle was, to be sure, the observation of the natural environment for those cultures, the gods or goddesses or sacred forces which live on the sky, earth and the underworld; …

Risk Assessment And The Effects Of Refuge Availability On The Defensive Behaviors Of The Southern Unstriped Scorpion (Vaejovis Carolinianus), David R. Nelsen, Emily M. David, Chad N. Harty, Joseph B. Hector, Aaron G. Corbit

Faculty Works

Selection should favor individuals that acquire, process, and act on relevant environmental signals to avoid predation. Studies have found that scorpions control their use of venom: both when it is released and the total volume expelled. However, this research has not included how a scorpion’s awareness of environmental features influences these decisions. The current study tested 18 Vaejovis carolinianus scorpions (nine females and nine males) by placing them in circular arenas supplied with varying numbers (zero, two, or four) of square refuges and by tracking their movements overnight. The following morning, defensive behaviors were elicited by prodding scorpions on the …

The Indiana Statesman, August 20, 2020, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Welcome Back to Campus!; ISU uses state rules in response to pandemic; Back in session; President urges students to follow COVID guidelines; ISU student counseling center remains active

Advancement & Communications Committee Meeting - Packet 08/20/2020, Uc Hastings Board Of Directors

2020 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

No abstract provided.

Elementos Chavinoides En Textiles De Paracas Y Cerámicas De Nasca, Uwe Carlson

Congreso internacional sobre iconografía precolombina, Barcelona, 2019. Actas.

La cultura Chavin, luego de la creación de su imagen, tuvo una influencia duradera en todas las culturas subsiguientes del antiguo Perú. Los fundamentos de esta imagen y sus variaciones fueron particularmente visibles en la significativa influencia de la cultura Paracas, que surgió al mismo tiempo, produciendo de esta manera la evidencia más notable del arte textil peruano antiguo. Esto no sólo desde el punto de vista técnico textil, sino sobre todo desde el punto de vista iconográfico. Si la creación de una imagen llamativa divina es sorprendente, es aún más notable que en Paracas se repita en todos sus …

A Literature Review: An Analysis Of The Widespread Effects Of Solitary Confinement/Social Isolation On Mental Illness And Mortality, Taneasha Muonio

Theses and Graduate Projects

Solitary confinement or isolation is widespread globally and has been used as a form of punishment, reform, reflection, and cleansing throughout time. The devastating impacts of not having social interactions for extended periods of time have been documented and noted.1 These impacts include severe mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicide, motor disturbances, biological changes, and increased mortality.1-3 The analysis of how the United States became the country with the largest prison system and mentally ill population is addressed in this thesis including understanding how the prison-industrial complex was built. Understanding how …

Covid-19 And Possible Links With Parkinson's Disease And Parkinsonism: From Bench To Bedside, David Sulzer, Angelo Antonini, Valentina Leta, Anna Nordvig, Richard Jay Smeyne, James E Goldman, Osama Al-Dalahmah, Luigi Zecca, Alessandro Sette, Luigi Bubacco, Olimpia Meucci, Elena Moro, Ashley S Harms, Yaqian Xu, Stanley Fahn, K Ray Chaudhuri

Department of Neuroscience Faculty Papers

This Viewpoint discusses insights from basic science and clinical perspectives on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)/severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the brain, with a particular focus on Parkinson's disease. Major points include that neuropathology studies have not answered the central issue of whether the virus enters central nervous system neurons, astrocytes or microglia, and the brain vascular cell types that express virus have not yet been identified. Currently, there is no clear evidence for human neuronal or astrocyte expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the major receptor for viral entry, but ACE2 expression may be activated by inflammation, and …

Foundation And Strategy Of Well-Coordinated Environmental Conservation And Avoiding Excessive Development In The Yangtze River Economic Belt, Yang Guishan, Xu Xibao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major regional development strategy of China, to form the backbone axis of the national "one body and two wings" development and opening-up pattern. This paper systematically analyzed ecological background and status of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, such as ecosystem service value of Yangtze River, ecological location, ecological types, ecological geographic pattern, natural conditions and natural ecological disasters. Then the major ecological and environmental issues were summarized, including serious water and air pollution, dramatic degradation of main tributaries of the Yangtze River and lakes, the increasing cumulative ecological and environmental impacts of major …

Hdac6 Mediates Macrophage Inos Expression And Excessive Nitric Oxide Production In The Blood During Endotoxemia, Yan Wang, Ke Wang, Jian Fu

Toxicology and Cancer Biology Faculty Publications

Excessive nitric oxide (NO) production and NO-mediated nitrative stress contribute to vascular dysfunction, inflammation, and tissue injury in septic shock. New therapeutic targets are urgently needed to provide better control of NO level during septic shock. In the present study, we investigated the role of HDAC6 in the regulation of NO production and nitrative stress in a mouse model of endotoxin-induced septic shock. HDAC6 deficient mice and a specific HDAC6 inhibitor were utilized in our studies. Our data clearly indicate that HDAC6 is an important mediator of NO production in macrophages. HDAC6 mediates NO production through the regulation of iNOS …

Contextualizando Una Colección Maya Olvidada Proveniente De Chich’En, Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Julia Montoya

Congreso internacional sobre iconografía precolombina, Barcelona, 2019. Actas.

La colección maya de la Universidad de Gante, Bélgica, cuenta con 130 piezas de cerámica y 84 piezas de lítica, entre ellas, jadeíta, piedra serpentina, obsidiana, sílex y cuarzo. El estudio se inició en 2016 con la identificación y localización del sitio de proveniencia, el cual se visitó en 2017. Las fases de documentación y registro fotográfico de las piezas han sido realizadas. En este artículo se hace una breve descripción del sitio arqueológico Chich’en y se analizan aspectos del contexto geográfico, histórico y religioso que determinaron su relevancia desde el período Clásico hasta el Posclásico Tardío. El estudio está …

Representaciones Del Ave E Instrumentos Rituales Tiwanakotas. Medios Para Llegar A Lo Divino, Elisa Cont

Congreso internacional sobre iconografía precolombina, Barcelona, 2019. Actas.

La representación del ave en la iconografía Tiwanaku es parte de un conjunto de símbolos sagrados, emblemas de poder, que condensan unos conocimientos acerca de la cosmovisión y estarían vinculados a prácticas chamánicas. La imagen del ave, representada por elementos simplificados como las alas, el vuelo o los ojos, simbolizaría la capacidad de atravesar las fronteras entre los mundos, de ver lo sagrado, y expresaría la intermediación entre hombres y divinidades. Esta investigación se propone analizar aquellos elementos iconográficos Tiwanaku que representan el ave y que se encuentran grabados sobre algunos objetos rituales de diferente material. Las imágenes plasmadas …

Cefazolin Inoculum Effect And Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus Osteoarticular Infections In Children, J Chase Mcneil, Lauren M Sommer, Mary Boyle, Patrick Hogan, Jesus G Vallejo, Kristina G Hultén, Anthony R Flores, Sheldon L Kaplan, Stephanie Fritz

Open Access Publications

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Diurnal, Metabolic And Thermogenic Alterations In A Murine Model Of Accelerated Aging, David B. Allison, Guang Ren, Rodrigo A. Peliciari-Garcia, Sobuj Mia, Graham R. Mcginnis, Jennifer Davis, Karen L. Gamble, Jeong A. Kim, Martin E. Young

Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences Faculty Research

Senescence-Accelerated Mouse-Prone 8 (SAMP8) mice exhibit characteristics of premature aging, including hair loss, cognitive dysfunction, reduced physical activity, impaired metabolic homeostasis, cardiac dysfunction and reduced lifespan. Interestingly, circadian disruption can induce or augment many of these same pathologies. Moreover, previous studies have reported that SAMP8 mice exhibit abnormalities in circadian wheel-running behavior, indicating possible alterations in circadian clock function. These observations led to the hypothesis that 24 h rhythms in behavior and/or circadian clock function are altered in SAMP8 mice and that these alterations may contribute to perturbations in whole-body metabolism. Here, we report that 6-month-old SAMP8 mice exhibit a …

Gem State Roofing V. United Componets Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 47484

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

“Playing The Whole Game”: A Data Collection And Analysis Exercise With Google Calendar, Albert Y. Kim, Johanna Hardin

Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications

We provide a computational exercise suitable for early introduction in an undergraduate statistics or data science course that allows students to “play the whole game” of data science: performing both data collection and data analysis. While many teaching resources exist for data analysis, such resources are not as abundant for data collection given the inherent difficulty of the task. Our proposed exercise centers around student use of Google Calendar to collect data with the goal of answering the question “How do I spend my time?” On the one hand, the exercise involves answering a question with near universal appeal, but …

Beauvoir In Time, Meryl Altman

English Faculty publications

Beauvoir in Time situates Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex in the historical context of its writing and in later contexts of its international reception, from then till now. The book takes up three aspects of Beauvoir's work more recent feminists find embarrassing: "bad sex," "dated" views about lesbians, and intersections with race and class. Through close reading of Beauvoir's writing in many genres, alongside contemporaneous discourses (good and bad novels in French and English, outmoded psychoanalytic and sexological authorities, ethnographic surrealism, the writing of Richard Wright and Franz Fanon), and in light of her travels to the U.S. and …

Consideration On The Coordinated And Synergistic Role Of Science And Technology In Responding To Major Public Health Emergencies, Xia Junjie, Yang Ming

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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‘Gendering Objects At The V&A And Vasa Museums’, James Daybell, Svante Norrhem, Kit Heyam, Emma Severinsson

More Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Research

This article presents two case studies which are the result of an application of a gendered interpretative tool to the collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London) and the Vasa Museum (Stockholm). Objects and their gendered narratives within the museums’ collections have been researched across their lifecycle from commission and manufacture to consumption and display in a museum setting. This research has been developed in close co-operation between researchers/curators/museum professionals. It responds to a need for museums to have gender better integrated into narratives of the past and present. Transforming curatorial and curatorial practice is at the heart of …

Socio-Economic And Environmental Implications Of Replacing Conventional Poultry Feed With Insect-Based Feed In Kenya, Zewdu Abro, Menale Kassie, Chrysantus Tanga, Dennis Beesigamukama, Gracious Diiro

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The growing scarcity of resources for feed production and environmental concerns highlight the unsustainability of conventional feed sources. Insect farming is considered as an alternative feed due to its low land and water requirements, its low ecological footprint, and circular economy contribution by converting biowaste into high-quality feed ingredients. While there is growing research on the technical feasibility and nutritional performance of insect-based feed, its potential beneifts are not quanitified. Using experimental and secondary data, we assess the potential socio-economic benefits of black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) to the Kenyan poultry sector. We find that replacing 5–50% of the …

Frequency Of Translocation T(11;22)(Q24;Q12) Using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (Fish) In Histologically And Immunohistochemically Diagnosed Cases Of Ewing's Sarcoma, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir, Shahid Pervez, Atif Ali Hashmi, Muhammad Irfan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Introduction: Ewing sarcoma (ES) family of tumors is one of the most common groups of malignancies arising in children, adolescents, and young adults. Although characteristic histology with immunohistochemical expression of CD99 and FLI1 after exclusion of other small round blue cell tumors is considered diagnostic of ES, frequency of typical ES translocation, i.e., t(11;22)(q24;q12) is not known in our population. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the frequency of this translocation in histologically and immunohistochemically diagnosed cases of ES along with its association with other pathological parameters.
Methods: A total of 43 morphologically and immunohistochemically diagnosed cases of …

Chrysostom And Luther On The Intergenerational Character Of The Faith: Retrieving The God-Designed Parental Role In The Transmission Of The Faith To The Next Generation, Charles Samuel Voigt Ledebuhr, Charles Samuel Voigt Ledebuhr Mr.

Master of Art Theology Thesis

Ledebuhr, Charles S. V. “Chrysostom and Luther on the Intergenerational Character of the Faith: Retrieving the God-Designed Parental Role in the Transmission of the Faith to the Next Generation.” MA Thesis, Concordia Seminary, 2020. 167 pp.

Although hardly anyone would argue against the importance of parents in the faith formation of their children or that God commanded parents to pass on the faith to their children, there is still a clear tendency in the church to concentrate the teaching of the faith around the temple and the pastor rather than giving to the home and the parents the proper attention …

Developmental Changes In Myocardial B Cells Mirror Changes In B Cells Associated With Different Organs, Cibele Rocha-Resende, Wei Yang, Wenjun Li, Daniel Kreisel, Luigi Adamo, Douglas L Mann

Open Access Publications

The naive heart harbors a population of intravascular B cells that make close contact with the cardiac microvasculature. However, the timing of their appearance and their organ specificity remain unknown. To address this knowledge gap, we performed a systematic analysis of B cells isolated from the myocardium and other organs, from embryonic life to adulthood. We found that the phenotype of myocardial B cells changed dynamically during development. While neonatal heart B cells were mostly CD11b+ and CD11b- CD21-CD23-, adult B cells were predominantly CD11b-CD21+CD23+. Histological analysis and intravital microscopy of lung and liver showed that organ-associated B cells in …

Chemical Composition Of Panicum Maximum Planted With Different Manure Sources, O. M. Arigbede, Jimoh A. Olanite, Alaba O. Jolaosho, Olufemi S. Onifade, U. Y. Anele, A. O. Amole

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Recent Developments, Peyton Hildebrand

Arkansas Law Review

The Eighth Circuit upheld preliminary injunctive relief in favor of the plaintiffs who challenged Arkansas's anti-loitering law for violating their free speech rights. Though Arkansas claimed that it would not enforce the anti-loitering statute against "'polite' and 'courteous' beggars like [plaintiffs]," because the law's plain language applied to the plaintiffs' intended activities, they had an objectively reasonable fear of prosecution.' Thus, they had a constitutional injury as required for standing.