scholarly journals The cisst libraries for computer assisted intervention systems

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Deguet ◽  
Rajesh Kumar ◽  
Russell Taylor ◽  
Peter Kazanzides
Keyword(s):  
Software Architecture ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
Tracking Devices

Computer assisted intervention (CAI) systems require the integration of an increasing number of devices, including medical monitors, sensors, tracking devices and robots. This complexity makes applications harder to develop, more difficult to debug and the accumulation of ad hoc interfaces reduces the overall portability. We describe a set of libraries, the cisst libraries, developed at the Johns Hopkins University to address some of the problems encountered when integrating devices for CAI. We focus on three main characteristics of the cisst libraries: software architecture, multi-threading and CAI specific interfaces.

scholarly journals La tecnología habla-texto como herramienta de documentación para intérpretes: Nuevo método para compilar un corpus ad hoc y extraer terminología a partir de discursos orales en vídeo

2020 ◽  
pp. 263-281
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Gaber ◽  
Gloria Corpas Pastor ◽  
Ahmed Omer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Automatic Speech Recognition ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Documentation Tool

Although interpreting has not yet benefited from technology as much as its sister field, translation, interest in developing tailor-made solutions for interpreters has risen sharply in recent years. In particular, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is being used as a central component of Computer-Assisted Interpreting (CAI) tools, either bundled or standalone. This study pursues three main aims: (i) to establish the most suitable ASR application for building ad hoc corpora by comparing several ASR tools and assessing their performance; (ii) to use ASR in order to extract terminology from the transcriptions obtained from video-recorded speeches, in this case talks on climate change and adaptation; and (iii) to promote the adoption of ASR as a new documentation tool among interpreters. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to explore the possibility of Speech-to-Text (S2T) technology for meeting the preparatory needs of interpreters as regards terminology and background/domain knowledge.

EFRAIM INBAR, Rabin and Israel's National Security (Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999). Pp. 290. $32.00 cloth.

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Lieberfeld
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
National Security Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Woodrow Wilson ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
Israeli Defense Force

Yitzhak Rabin left a complex and paradoxical legacy. The man who for decades embodied a national security policy based on forceful deterrence adopted, in the 1990s, a rhetoric of coexistence and cooperation. Rabin began to articulate positions identified with the Israeli left: that the Palestinians were at the heart of the Israeli–Arab conflict, and that the conflict was at least partly a product of “psychological walls” on both sides. Despite his traditionally hawkish views and staunch opposition to recognizing Yasir Arafat and the PLO, Rabin oversaw a reversal of policy toward Israel's former arch-enemy. Indeed, it was Rabin's stature as “Mr. Security” that made the Israeli–PLO Declaration of Principles possible. Unlike Shimon Peres, his rival for Labor Party leadership, Rabin's unrivaled role as an architect of national security policy and practice afforded him relative immunity to charges of excessive dovishness. Efraim Inbar, professor of politics at Bar-Ilan University, offers a lucid account of Rabin's contribution to Israeli security. Concluding that Rabin's approach to security was pragmatic, ad hoc, and without an overarching strategic vision (p. 169), Inbar nevertheless begins from the premise that for Rabin and other leaders of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), the anarchic environment of Middle Eastern politics conditions Israel's security needs. In this environment, governments consider international law and treaties unreliable, so “self-help” and deterrence are the sole path to security. For Rabin, “What has assured Israel's existence…is primarily Israel's comprehensive power, with military might as the decisive element” (p. 11).

scholarly journals A role-based component architecture for computer assisted interventions: illustration for electromagnetic tracking and robotized motion rejection in flexible endoscopy

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-baptiste Fasquel ◽  
Guillaume Chabre ◽  
Philippe Zanne ◽  
Stéphane Nicolau ◽  
Vincent Agnus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Architecture ◽  
Flexible Endoscopy ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Electromagnetic Tracking ◽  
Independent Components ◽  
Component Architecture ◽  
Physiological Motion ◽  
Software Coupling ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Glue Code

This paper presents an original role-based software architecture facilitating the flexible composition, configuration and collaboration of separated components in the field of computer assisted interventions. Roles, which can be seen as methods dynamically attached to objects, are embedded in components, to limit build level dependencies and improve flexibility. An appropriate component definition and composition language is proposed to declare softwares, without any specific initialization or glue code, this remaining a challenging issue in component oriented programming. The potential of this architecture is illustrated for a software coupling electromagnetic tracking with a robotized system dedicated to the physiological motion rejection in flexible endoscopy. This software consists in several independent components with are combined at runtime thanks to a concise XML-based declaration.

scholarly journals Consumer Choices and Habits Related to Coffee Consumption by Poles

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 3948
Author(s):  
Ewa Czarniecka-Skubina ◽  
Marlena Pielak ◽  
Piotr Sałek ◽  
Renata Korzeniowska-Ginter ◽  
Tomasz Owczarek
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Coffee Consumption ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Coffee Drinking ◽  
Drinking Habits ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Consumer Choices ◽  
Brewing Method

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks consumed in the world, also in Poland. In the literature, much attention is paid to the influence of coffee on human health, especially daily intake of caffeine, and also purchasing consumer behavior. There is a lack of research devoted to consumer choices and habits in relation to coffee consumption and brewing method. Therefore, the aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of coffee consumers and present their segmentation based on consumer choices and habits towards coffee consumption. The study was performed using the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) method on a group of 1500 adults respondents in Poland reporting the consumption of coffee. We collected information about consumer choices and habits related to coffee consumption, including brewing method, place of consuming coffee, and factors determining coffee choices. Using cluster analysis, we identified three main groups of coffee consumers. There are “Neutral coffee drinkers”, “Ad hoc coffee drinkers”, and “Non-specific coffee drinkers”. The respondents in the study are not coffee gourmets; they like and consume coffee, but these are often changing choices. To conclude, it can be stated that the Polish coffee consumer prefers conventional methods of brewing coffee (like a “traditionalist”) but is open to novelties and new sensory experiences. Based on study results it is possible to know the coffee drinking habits in Poland.

scholarly journals A Corpus-Based Study of Linguistic Deception in Spanish

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 8817
Author(s):  
Ángela Almela
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Deception Detection ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Classification Model ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Ground Truth Data ◽  
Linguistic Cues ◽  
Cues To Deception

In the last decade, fields such as psychology and natural language processing have devoted considerable attention to the automatization of the process of deception detection, developing and employing a wide array of automated and computer-assisted methods for this purpose. Similarly, another emerging research area is focusing on computer-assisted deception detection using linguistics, with promising results. Accordingly, in the present article, the reader is firstly provided with an overall review of the state of the art of corpus-based research exploring linguistic cues to deception as well as an overview on several approaches to the study of deception and on previous research into its linguistic detection. In an effort to promote corpus-based research in this context, this study explores linguistic cues to deception in the Spanish written language with the aid of an automatic text classification tool, by means of an ad hoc corpus containing ground truth data. Interestingly, the key findings reveal that, although there is a set of linguistic cues which contributes to the global statistical classification model, there are some discursive differences across the subcorpora, yielding better classification results on the analysis conducted on the subcorpus containing emotionally loaded language.

scholarly journals Preface

2019 ◽  
pp. xiii-xv
Author(s):  
Fanny Meunier ◽  
Julie Van de Vyver
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
The Many

The theme selected for the 2019 EuroCALL conference held in Louvain-la-Neuve was ‘CALL and complexity’. We decided to opt for a positive vision of complexity. As languages are known to be linguistically complex, as are the many determinants of learning (additional) languages, we wanted to view complexity as a challenge to be embraced collectively. The 2019 conference allowed us to pay tribute to providers of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) solutions and to recognize the complexity of their task, to acknowledge the notion of complexity to ensure the provision of ad hoc CALL solutions, and to draw both learners’ and teachers’ attention to complexity issues so that they can make the most of their learning/teaching experience.

scholarly journals Salud mental de adolescentes y jóvenes víctimas de desplazamiento forzado en Colombia

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Sánchez Acosta ◽  
Guillermo Alonso Castaño Pérez ◽  
Gloría María Sierra Hincapié ◽  
Nadia Semenova Moratto Vásquez ◽  
Carolina Salas Zapata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Composite International Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Medical Outcomes ◽  
Apoyo Social ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Consumo De Sustancias ◽  
Uso De Sustancias ◽  
Funcionamiento Familiar

La exposición a situaciones de vulnerabilidad y violencia, como el desplazamiento forzado, generan en la población víctima efectos nocivos para su salud mental. El objetivo del presente estudio es describir el estado actual de la salud mental y algunos factores sociodemográficos y del entorno asociados, de 471 adolescentes y jóvenes entre 13 y 28 años, víctimas de desplazamiento forzado en tres ciudades colombianas. Se aplicó la entrevista Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), versión CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview); un cuestionario ad hoc sobre aspectos del desplazamiento forzado y el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas; la escala de funcionamiento familiar APGAR y la escala MOS (Medical Outcomes Study) de apoyo social. Se encontró una prevalencia de cualquier trastorno mental en el último año del 24,4% y cualquier trastorno por uso de sustancias del 4,7%. Los trastornos más prevalentes fueron fobia específica (6,8%), trastorno por estrés postraumático (5,7%) y trastorno depresivo mayor (5,1%). La dependencia a la marihuana se presentó en 2,1% de los participantes y el abuso de alcohol en 1,9%. Un 14,6% de los adolescentes y jóvenes víctimas de desplazamiento forzado han pensado suicidarse alguna vez en la vida. Ser hombre, menor de edad, con buen funcionamiento familiar y apoyo social adecuado, fueron factores protectores para la presencia de trastornos mentales.

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