Background: Tobacco packaging is an important form of promotion. Standardizing cigarette packages (‘plain’ packaging) represents a novel tobacco control policy. This study examined perceptions of branded and standardized cigarette packages among British youth. Methods: Seven hundred twelve youth aged 11–17 completed an online survey. Participants viewed pairs of packages altered using a 3 2 fac...

Current standardized neuropsychological tests may fail to accurately capture real-world executive deficits. We developed a computer-based Cooking Task (CT) assessment of executive functions and trialed the measure with a normative group before use with a head-injured population. Forty-six participants completed the computerized CT and subtests from standardized neuropsychological tasks, includi...

abstract drought is a natural creeping event that starts due to lower moisture compared to normal condition. this phenomenon impacts all aspects of human activities. however there is neither any detailed definition nor a general and proper index for drought monitoring. in this study, fuzzy logic has been applied to deal with inherent uncertainties of the real world data. we presented a fuzzy mo...

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A method for the estimation of music similarity based on the use of the standardized variogram as clustering algorithm for Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients, is detailed in this report. The standardized variogram is used for the compression of the information of MFCCs. The algorithm is submitted to the Audio Music Similarity task of MIREX 2011, in occasion of the 12th ISMIR Conference.

FORWARD Designing an interface between systems is not a simple or straight-forward task. Parameters that must be taken into account include: data rate, data format, cable length, mode of transmission, termination, bus common mode range, connector type, and system configuration. Noting the number of parameters illustrates how complex this task actually is. Additionally, the interface’s compatibi...