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- Scrabble v. Scrabble
- Future Internet, Vol. 4, Pages 488-513: Distributed Performance Measurement and Usability Assessment of the Tor Anonymization Network
- BitNami ocPortal Stack 8.0.1 - Distribution of the ocPortal application.. (Free)
- BitNami Redmine Stack 1.4.2 - Distribution of the Redmine project management software.. (Free)
- RapidBlog 2.06 - Blogging plugin for RapidWeaver.. (Shareware)
- Safe Exam Browser 1.5.2 - Carry out online exams safely.. (Free)
- Activision pays $42 million to ex-Infinity Ward members - Report
- Max Payne 3 Review
- Max Payne 3 Video Review
- Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants Review
- Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 5, Pages 481-492: Biochemical Traits, Survival and Biological Properties of the Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum Grown in the Presence of Prebiotic Inulin and Pectin as Energy Source
- Antibodies, Vol. 1, Pages 39-69: Antibody-Based Immunotoxins for the Treatment of Cancer
- A Better Finder Rename 9.04 - File, photo, and MP3 batch renamer.. (Shareware)
- New Yankee In King Arthur's Court 1.0 - Time management adventure game.. (Demo)
- Metals, Vol. 2, Pages 79-94: Production and Characterization of Brass-matrix Composites Reinforced with Ni59Zr20Ti16Si2Sn3 Glassy Particles
- JFB, Vol. 3, Pages 361-371: Ciprofloxacin-Collagen Conjugate in the Wound Healing Treatment
- Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 1413-1432: Finding Multiple Optimal Solutions to Optimal Load Distribution Problem in Hydropower Plant
- Supporters collecting signatures to bring casinos to Arkansas
- Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 1398-1412: A Novel Maximum Power Point Tracking Control for Permanent Magnet Direct Drive Wind Energy Conversion Systems
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 6434-6446: Temperature Drift Compensation for Hemispherical Resonator Gyro Based on Natural Frequency
| Posted: 15 May 2012 02:59 AM PDT Author Stefan Fatsis shows off an early version of the Scrabble board called 'Criss Cross Words' during a recent talk at the Tenley-Friendship Library in D.C. 'QI' is now the most frequently played word in Scrabble because if you want to get rid of your 'Q' and there's an 'I' sitting there, you can do that, says Fatsis. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT While the Internet increasingly permeates everyday life of individuals around the world, it becomes crucial to prevent unauthorized collection and abuse of personalized information. Internet anonymization software such as Tor is an important instrument to protect online privacy. However, due to the performance overhead caused by Tor, many Internet users refrain from using it. This causes a negative impact on the overall privacy provided by Tor, since it depends on the size of the user community and availability of shared resources. Detailed measurements about the performance of Tor are crucial for solving this issue. This paper presents comparative experiments on Tor latency and throughput for surfing to 500 popular websites from several locations around the world during the period of 28 days. Furthermore, we compare these measurements to critical latency thresholds gathered from web usability research, including our own user studies. Our results indicate that without massive future optimizations of Tor performance, it is unlikely that a larger part of Internet users would adopt it for everyday usage. This leads to fewer resources available to the Tor community than theoretically possible, and increases the exposure of privacy-concerned individuals. Furthermore, this could lead to an adoption barrier of similar privacy-enhancing technologies for a Future Internet. |
| BitNami ocPortal Stack 8.0.1 - Distribution of the ocPortal application.. (Free) Posted: 14 May 2012 09:00 PM PDT  BitNami ocPortal Stack Native Installer is an easy-to-install distribution of the ocPortal application. It includes pre-configured, ready-to-run versions of Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin so users can get a ocPortal installation up and running in minutes after answering a few questions. Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Unix operating systems are supported. ocPortal is a CMS with many Web 2.0 features for sophisticated sites. ocPortal supports many types of content (galleries, news/newsletters, etc.) - and integrating rich media and advertising into them. Community features include forums, member blogs, chat rooms, WIKI, and content commenting/rating. ocPortal lets you decide exactly how your site will look and behave. Features are plentiful, well integrated, and optional. Out-of-the-box your site will meet the highest accessibility and professional standards.
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| BitNami Redmine Stack 1.4.2 - Distribution of the Redmine project management software.. (Free) Posted: 14 May 2012 09:00 PM PDT  BitNami Redmine Stack is an easy-to-install distribution of the Redmine project management software. It includes pre-configured, ready to run versions of Apache, Ruby, Subversion and MySQL. Currently, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows are supported. Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database. Version 1.4.2:
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| RapidBlog 2.06 - Blogging plugin for RapidWeaver.. (Shareware) Posted: 15 May 2012 02:33 AM PDT  RapidBlog is a RapidWeaver plugin that allows you to "Blog Anywhere". The blog plugin built into RapidWeaver is great but it has the problem that you have to be at that specific mac with that specific file to add or modify posts. Using RapidBlog you can edit/delete/add posts from any computer attached to the internet using Blogger.com's web interface. Version 2.06:
Note: The download link is for version 2.04. 2.06 is available for purchase.
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| Safe Exam Browser 1.5.2 - Carry out online exams safely.. (Free) Posted: 15 May 2012 02:10 AM PDT  Safe Exam Browser (SEB) is a web browser environment to carry out online exams safely by locking the computer into a kiosk mode. It provides integration with the open source learning management systems Moodle and ILIAS, but can be used with most other web based quizzes or e-assessment systems.
SEB disables the OS X Dock, the process switcher (cmd+Tab/cmd+Shift+Tab), menu bar, the Force Quit window (cmd+opt+esc), normal reboot (ctrl+cmd+eject), normal shutdown (ctrl+opt+cmd+eject), hiding the application, printing and Exposé. Display and system idle sleep are also prevented while SEB is running. It can be set whether users can quit SEB and if it is required to enter a quit password to do so. In the browser window there is no right mouse (or ctrl-) click popup window available, links requesting to be opened in a separate window are opened in the single SEB web browser window instead. Besides that, the browser is supporting Quicktime, Java and Flash content (as long as the required Flash plugin is installed on the system). Hyperlinks and links embedded in Javascript, in Flash and other plugins requesting to open in a new window can optionally be ignored when they link to another host than the one of the current page. SEB detects when it was started in a virtual instead of a native environment and refuses to run. This virtual machine detector hinders manipulating SEB when used in unmanaged environments. In a separate user account managed by OS X parental controls you can run additional (third party) applications during an exam together with SEB. You can download and open files linked in your online exam, edit it in a third party application and then upload the results to your online quiz/LMS again. Thanks to its safe kiosk mode SEB can also be used in all kind of public presentation situations, where web based content is presented and users should not be able to manipulate the Mac that it is running on. Version 1.5.2:
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| Activision pays $42 million to ex-Infinity Ward members - Report Posted: 14 May 2012 10:36 PM PDT Reports claim the Call of Duty publisher awarded the sum to former Infinity Ward members following an evidence review; trial will still go ahead. Reports have surfaced today on both Polygon and Gamasutra claiming that Activision has paid a sum of $42 million to a group of 40 former Infinity Ward members implicated in an upcoming lawsuit with the Call of Duty publisher.
According to the reports--both of which cite an anonymous source close to the case--Activision paid the $42 million to the group representing former Infinity Ward heads Vince West and Jason Zampella after reviewing the evidence for the ongoing lawsuit over West and Zampella's 2010 firing, and subsequent establishment of Respawn Entertainment with Electronic Arts. Both Polygon and Gamasutra reported that the sum paid by Activison is not part of a settlement. Instead, the sum is what the publisher believes the former employees are owed after reviewing trial evidence and reportedly finding that it does not implicate the group's 40 members. It is reported that Activision will now focus its legal efforts entirely on West and Zampella. In March this year, Activision scored a partial victory in the suit, when a judge dismissed one of two fraud claims brought against the publisher by West and Zampella. Activision claims that it fired the pair because they were secretly planning to start their new studio with the help of Electronic Arts, while still employed with the Call of Duty publisher. West and Zampella claim that the real reason they were fired was so that Activision wouldn't have to pay them millions of dollars in royalties associated with Modern Warfare 2. Beyond the performance-based payout and any other court-awarded monetary damages, West and Zampella are seeking to gain co-ownership of the Modern Warfare brand. If successful in court, West and Zampella would have the right to create and release both old and new installments in the Modern Warfare franchise. According to the reports, the trial is set to take place on May 29. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Activision pays $42 million to ex-Infinity Ward members - Report" was posted by Laura Parker on Mon, 14 May 2012 22:36:41 -0700 |
| Posted: 14 May 2012 09:43 PM PDT With savage gunplay and an absorbing personal story, Max Payne 3 is an exhilarating shooter that grabs hold of you and doesn't let go.
Score: 9.0 / superb Get the full article at GameSpot "Max Payne 3 Review" was posted by Carolyn Petit on Mon, 14 May 2012 21:43:30 -0700 |
| Posted: 14 May 2012 09:35 PM PDT Carolyn slows down time to fire a bullet through the beating heart of Max Payne 3 in this review.
Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Max Payne 3 Video Review" was posted by franka on Mon, 14 May 2012 21:35:42 -0700 |
| Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants Review Posted: 14 May 2012 08:20 PM PDT There's plenty to do in Port Royale 3, but little of it is fun.
Score: 5.0 / mediocre Get the full article at GameSpot "Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants Review" was posted by Eric Neigher on Mon, 14 May 2012 20:20:12 -0700 |
| Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT The viability of the probiotic strain Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum, after its passage through simulated gastric and pancreatic juices, was evaluated as function of its pre-growth in a medium containing the known prebiotics pectin or inulin, and was compared to glucose used as control. The presence of pectin or inulin did not markedly affect the growth (10.07 log10 colony forming units/mL and 10.28 log10 colony forming units/mL for pectin and inulin respectively versus 10.42 log10 colony forming units/mL obtained for glucose). Pectin and inulin, in contrast to glucose, induced cell stress resistance against gastrointestinal juices (D log101.5 and 2.4 colony forming units/mL respectively, versus D log10 4.0 for glucose). The data were corroborated by the analysis of the protein pattern following stress treatments which, in the case of microbial cells grown with glucose, revealed a more marked protein degradation after the double passage through simulated gastric and intestinal juices. Inulin stimulated the production of the relevant healthy bio-molecule butyrate, which amount was 30% higher respect of growth in the presence of glucose. Inulin and pectin improved cell DPPH scavenging activity, and an impressive hydrophobicity (35.28% and 34.81%, respectively) was observed with respect to the microbial growth in presence of glucose (3.39%). |
| Antibodies, Vol. 1, Pages 39-69: Antibody-Based Immunotoxins for the Treatment of Cancer Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT Antibody-based immunotoxins comprise an important group in targeted cancer therapeutics. These chimeric proteins are a form of biological guided missiles that combine a targeting moiety with a potent effector molecule. The targeting moiety is mostly a monoclonal antibody (MAb) or a recombinant antibody-based fragment that confers target specificity to the immunotoxin. The effector domain is a potent protein toxin of bacterial or plant origin, which, following binding to the target cells, undergoes internalization and causes cell death. Over time and following research progression, immunotoxins become better fitted to their purpose, losing immunogenic fragments and non-specific targeting moieties. Many immunotoxins have gone through clinical evaluation. Some of these have been shown to be active and work is progressing with them in the form of further clinical trials. Others, mostly developed in the previous century, failed to generate a response in patients, or even caused undesired side effects. This article reviews the antibody and protein-toxin based immunotoxins that were clinically evaluated up to the present day. |
| A Better Finder Rename 9.04 - File, photo, and MP3 batch renamer.. (Shareware) Posted: 15 May 2012 01:30 AM PDT  A Better Finder Rename is the most complete renaming solution available on the market today. That's why, since 1996, tens of thousands of hobbyists, professionals and businesses depend on A Better Finder Rename to organize and maintain files. A Better Finder Rename's user interface supports complex renaming tasks without sacrificing ease and speed of use. Simply drag the files you want to rename straight from the Finder into the large preview table or the application icon.. or use our Finder context menu and hot key. The Instant Preview feature eliminates guesswork and costly errors and helps you find the right settings quickly and accurately by providing as-you-type feedback. A Better Finder Rename offers a complete set of renaming options that are organized into 15 categories covering all the text, character, position, conversion and truncation features that you would expect from a file renamer, but it does not stop there. Photographers use the advanced sequence number and date & time features to clean up their portfolios or prepare photos for delivery to their client. A Better Finder Rename knows how to extract EXIF shooting date and time information from digital camera images and exploit them in creating sequence numbers or adding time and date information to the file name. Support for all major RAW formats (including JPEG, CRW, CR2, THM, NEF, TIFF, RAJ, ORF , MRW, DNG, PEF, SRF, etc.) extends this to professional photographers. A Better Finder Rename also deals gracefully with multiple shots captured in the same second. Version 9 adds support for extracting camera, lens, photo and color meta-data tags and using them in the new tag rename feature. You can now also re-order sequence numbers, alphabetical sequences or roman numeral series directly through dragging and dropping items in the preview list. System administrators, web masters and other power users will appreciate the presence of advanced features, such as regular expression support, conversion to Windows NTFS/SMB compatible names, the ability to import file names from a database, a spreadsheet or any other source that can produce plain or tab-delimited text files. Last but not least, the ability to save a record of the current and new file names greatly facilitates tracking your files. Music lovers can use the built-in MP3/AAC support to exploit the id3 meta-data tags embedded in your most music files to create their own naming schemes for their music collection. Meta-data information from MP3, AAC, FLAC, OGG, APE, M4V and iTunes music store files are supported. The multi-step renaming feature allows multiple renaming steps to be combined to deal with complex renaming jobs in a single operation. Unlike other tools, A Better Finder Rename allows any number of renaming actions to be combined, re-ordered, copied and deleted.
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| New Yankee In King Arthur's Court 1.0 - Time management adventure game.. (Demo) Posted: 15 May 2012 01:24 AM PDT  New Yankee in King Arthur's Court combines nail-biting time management thrills with the ease-of-play casual gamers enjoy. Are you ready to begin your quest? When a bolt of lightning sends you back to the days of King Arthur, you trade in your farmer's hat for a suit of armor and set off on a journey to find the Fountain of Youth - or at least make it back to the present by supper! To complete your mission, you'll need to gather resources, build thriving settlements and fight off goblins and skeletons! Features:
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| Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT Brass-matrix composites reinforced with 40 and 60 vol.% of Ni59Zr20Ti16Si2Sn3 glassy particles were produced by powder metallurgy. The crystallization behavior and the temperature dependence of the viscosity of the glass reinforcement were studied in detail to select the proper sintering parameters in order to avoid crystallization of the glassy phase during consolidation. The brass-glass powder mixtures were prepared through manual blending as well as by ball milling to analyze the effect of the matrix ligament size on the mechanical properties of the composites. The powder mixtures were then consolidated into highly-dense bulk specimens at temperatures within the supercooled liquid region by hot pressing followed by hot extrusion. The preparation of the powder mixtures has a strong influence on the mechanical behavior of the composites. The strength increases from 500 MPa for pure brass to 740 and 925 MPa for the blended composites with 40 and 60vol.% of glass reinforcement, while the strength increases to 1,240 and 1,640 MPa for the corresponding composites produced by ball milling. Modeling of the mechanical properties indicates that this behavior is related to the reduced matrix ligament size characterizing the milled composites. |
| JFB, Vol. 3, Pages 361-371: Ciprofloxacin-Collagen Conjugate in the Wound Healing Treatment Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT The synthesis of a novel functional biomaterial for wound healing treatment was carried out by adopting a free-radical grafting procedure in aqueous media. With this aim, ciprofloxacin (CFX) was covalently incorporated into collagen (T1C) chains employing an ascorbic acid/hydrogen peroxide redox pair as biocompatible initiator system. The covalent insertion of CFX in the polymeric chains was confirmed by FT-IR and UV analyses, while an antibacterial assay demonstrated the activity of the synthesized conjugate against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, microorganisms that commonly infect wounds. A catechin blended conjugate was also tested in order to evaluate the ability to influence fibroblast cell growth. The observed antibacterial activity and stimulation of fibroblast growth support the applicability of CFX-T1C conjugate in wound treatment encouraging the healing process. |
| Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT Optimal load distribution (OLD) among generator units of a hydropower plant is a vital task for hydropower generation scheduling and management. Traditional optimization methods for solving this problem focus on finding a single optimal solution. However, many practical constraints on hydropower plant operation are very difficult, if not impossible, to be modeled, and the optimal solution found by those models might be of limited practical uses. This motivates us to find multiple optimal solutions to the OLD problem, which can provide more flexible choices for decision-making. Based on a special dynamic programming model, we use a modified shortest path algorithm to produce multiple solutions to the problem. It is shown that multiple optimal solutions exist for the case study of China's Geheyan hydropower plant, and they are valuable for assessing the stability of generator units, showing the potential of reducing occurrence times of units across vibration areas. |
| Supporters collecting signatures to bring casinos to Arkansas Posted: 14 May 2012 11:44 PM PDT LITTLE ROCK The push for casinos in Arkansas now features two groups pushing separate ballot proposals that could bring gambling venues to as many as seven counties. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT This paper proposes a novel optimal current given (OCG) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control strategy based on the theory of power feedback and hill climb searching (HCS) for a permanent magnet direct drive wind energy conversion system (WECS). The presented strategy not only has the advantages of not needing the wind speed and wind turbine characteristics of the traditional HCS method, but it also improves the stability and accuracy of MPPT by estimating the exact loss torque. The OCG MPPT control strategy is first carried out by simulation, then an experimental platform based on the dSPACE1103 controller is built and a 5.5 kW permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) is tested. Furthermore, the proposed method is compared experimentally with the traditional optimum tip speed ratio (TSR) MPPT control. The experiments verify the effectiveness of the proposed OCG MPPT strategy and demonstrate its better performance than the traditional TSR MPPT control. |
| Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT Temperature changes have a strong effect on Hemispherical Resonator Gyro (HRG) output; therefore, it is of vital importance to observe their influence and then make necessary compensations. In this paper, a temperature compensation model for HRG based on the natural frequency of the resonator is established and then temperature drift compensations are accomplished. To begin with, a math model of the relationship between the temperature and the natural frequency of HRG is set up. Then, the math model is written into a Taylor expansion expression and the expansion coefficients are calibrated through temperature experiments. The experimental results show that the frequency changes correspond to temperature changes and each temperature only corresponds to one natural frequency, so the output of HRG can be compensated through the natural frequency of the resonator instead of the temperature itself. As a result, compensations are made for the output drift of HRG based on natural frequency through a stepwise linear regression method. The compensation results show that temperature-frequency method is valid and suitable for the gyroscope drift compensation, which would ensure HRG's application in a larger temperature range in the future. |
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