Nasal Analysis of Classic Animated Movie Villains versus Hero Counterparts

AbstractOpposing facial features between animated villains and heroes have historically been used to demonstrate contrasting morality between characters, and this could have an impact on how humans view someone as good or evil in everyday life. Studies have been done investigating classic dermatologic features of villainous characters. This principle can be applied to nasal features as well. A search for “top animated characters” was performed. Characters were chosen from American Film Institute's “The Top Tens,” Rolling Stone's “25 Best Pixar Movie Characters,” and Screenrant's “The 30 Best Animated Movie Characters of All Time.” Twenty villains and twenty hero counterparts from respective films were chosen. Classic nasal features were analyzed. Twenty villains (14 male, 6 female) and 20 heroes (12 male, 8 female) were analyzed. Sixteen villains (80%) had greater than normal nasal frontal angle versus 18 heroes (90%). Thirteen villains (65%) had an acute nasolabial angle versus two heroes (10%). Two villains (10%) had excess columellar show versus seven heroes (35%). Seven villains (35%) and one hero (5%) had a dorsal hump. Twelve villains (60%) had an overprojected chin versus three heroes (15%). Villains in pre-2000s films more frequently had a dorsal hump, overprojected chin, ptotic tip, pollybeak deformity, and bulbous tip. Heroes in pre-2000s films more frequently had an overrotated tip. Villains and heroes commonly have a greater than normal nasofrontal angle. Villains more commonly have an acute nasolabial angle, underrotated tip, overprojected chin, dorsal hump, and pollybeak deformity. Heroes more commonly have a large nasolabial angle and overrotated tip. Further research in conjunction with psychologists is required to obtain concrete data on how this affects whether an individual in real life is seen as good or evil, and the impact this has on interactions in society, including in the medical field.

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The Impact of Visual Stereotypes on Judgments about Rape

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185/a000178 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 75 (3) ◽

pp. 133-140

Author(s):

Robert Busching ◽

Johannes Lutz

Keyword(s):

Mental Representations ◽

Irrelevant Information ◽

Clear Distinction ◽

Rape Myth ◽

Facial Features ◽

Reverse Correlation ◽

Correlation Technique ◽

Specific Effects ◽

Legal Judgments ◽

The Impact

Abstract. Legally irrelevant information like facial features is used to form judgments about rape cases. Using a reverse-correlation technique, it is possible to visualize criminal stereotypes and test whether these representations influence judgments. In the first step, images of the stereotypical faces of a rapist, a thief, and a lifesaver were generated. These images showed a clear distinction between the lifesaver and the two criminal representations, but the criminal representations were rather similar. In the next step, the images were presented together with rape scenarios, and participants (N = 153) indicated the defendant’s level of liability. Participants with high rape myth acceptance scores attributed a lower level of liability to a defendant who resembled a stereotypical lifesaver. However, no specific effects of the image of the stereotypical rapist compared to the stereotypical thief were found. We discuss the findings with respect to the influence of visual stereotypes on legal judgments and the nature of these mental representations.

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The Impact of Angiotensin-II Receptor Blockers on Cardiovascular Events in Hypertensive Patients – Evidence from Real-life Databases

European Cardiology Review ◽

10.15420/ecr.2010.6.3.33 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 33

Author(s):

Robert J Petrella ◽

Keyword(s):

Angiotensin Ii ◽

Antihypertensive Drugs ◽

Real Life ◽

Angiotensin Ii Receptor Blockers ◽

Angiotensin Ii Receptor ◽

Real World Setting ◽

Actual Experience ◽

Receptor Blockers ◽

Randomised Controlled ◽

The Impact

It is widely recognised that hypertension is a major risk factor for the development of future cardiovascular (CV) events, which in turn are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure (BP) control with antihypertensive drugs has been shown to reduce the risk of CV events. Angiotensin-II receptor blockers (ARBs) are one such class of antihypertensive drugs and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have shown ARB-based therapies to have effective BP-lowering properties. However, data obtained under these tightly controlled settings do not necessarily reflect actual experience in clinical practice. Real-life databases may offer alternative information that reflects an uncontrolled real-world setting and complements and expands on the findings of clinical trials. Recent analyses of practice-based real-life databases have shown ARB-based therapies to be associated with better persistence and adherence rates and with superior BP control than non-ARB-based therapies. Analyses of real-life databases also suggest that ARB-based therapies may be associated with a lower risk of CV events than other antihypertensive-drug-based therapies.

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Psychology: Volume 1

10.1093/oso/9780199498840.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Positive Psychology ◽

Human Life ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Real Life ◽

Human Beings ◽

Cognitive Capability ◽

Affective Processes ◽

Abstract Level ◽

The Impact ◽

Cognition And Affect

This survey of research on psychology in five volumes is a part of a series undertaken by the ICSSR since 1969, which covers various disciplines under social science. Volume One of this survey, Cognitive and Affective Processes, discusses the developments in the study of cognitive and affective processes within the Indian context. It offers an up-to-date assessment of theoretical developments and empirical studies in the rapidly evolving fields of cognitive science, applied cognition, and positive psychology. It also analyses how pedagogy responds to a shift in the practices of knowing and learning. Additionally, drawing upon insights from related fields it proposes epithymetics–desire studies – as an upcoming field of research and the volume investigates the impact of evolving cognitive and affective processes in Indian research and real life contexts. The development of cognitive capability distinguishes human beings from other species and allows creation and use of complex verbal symbols, facilitates imagination and empowers to function at an abstract level. However, much of the vitality characterizing human life is owed to the diverse emotions and desires. This has made the study of cognition and affect as frontier areas of psychology. With this in view, this volume focuses on delineating cognitive scientific contributions, cognition in educational context, context, diverse applications of cognition, psychology of desire, and positive psychology. The five chapters comprising this volume have approached the scholarly developments in the fields of cognition and affect in innovative ways, and have addressed basic as well applied issues.

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Conservative treatment of a Class I malocclusion with 12 mm overjet, overbite and severe mandibular crowding

Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics ◽

10.1590/s2176-94512012000500007 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 43-52

Author(s):

Marcos Alan Vieira Bittencourt ◽

Arthur Costa Rodrigues Farias ◽

Marcelo de Castellucci e Barbosa

Keyword(s):

Class I ◽

Facial Features ◽

Conservative Approach ◽

Upper Lip ◽

Facial Aesthetics ◽

Lower Lip ◽

Angle Class ◽

Nasolabial Angle ◽

Lower Arch ◽

Lower Incisors

INTRODUCTION: A female patient aged 12 years and 2 months had molars and canines in Class II relationship, severe overjet (12 mm), deep overbite (100%), excessive retroclination and extrusion of the lower incisors, upper incisor proclination, with mild midline diastema. Both dental arches appeared constricted and a lower arch discrepancy of less than -6.5 mm. Facially, she had a significant upper incisors display at rest, interposition and eversion of the lower lip, acute nasolabial angle and convex profile. OBJECTIVE: To report a clinical case consisting of Angle Class I malocclusion with deep overbite and overjet in addition to severe crowding treated with a conservative approach. METHODS: Treatment consisted of slight retraction of the upper incisors and intrusion and protrusion of the lower incisors until all crowding was eliminated. RESULTS: Adequate overbite and overjet were achieved while maintaining the Angle Class I canine and molar relationships and coincident midlines. The facial features were improved, with the emergence of a slightly convex profile and lip competence, achieved through a slight retraction of the upper lip and protrusion of the lower lip, while improving the nasolabial and mentolabial sulcus. CONCLUSIONS: This conservative approach with no extractions proved effective and resulted in a significant improvement of the occlusal relationship as well as in the patient's dental and facial aesthetics.

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Music Modulates Cognitive Flexibility? An Investigation of the Benefits of Musical Training on Markers of Cognitive Flexibility

Brain Sciences ◽

10.3390/brainsci11040451 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 451

Author(s):

Miriam Gade ◽

Kathrin Schlemmer

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Cognitive Flexibility ◽

Musical Training ◽

Rapid Change ◽

Task Sequence ◽

Switch Costs ◽

Classification Tasks ◽

Professional Contexts ◽

The Impact ◽

Task Sequences

Cognitive flexibility enables the rapid change in goals humans want to attain in everyday life as well as in professional contexts, e.g., as musicians. In the laboratory, cognitive flexibility is usually assessed using the task-switching paradigm. In this paradigm participants are given at least two classification tasks and are asked to switch between them based on valid cues or memorized task sequences. The mechanisms enabling cognitive flexibility are investigated through two empirical markers, namely switch costs and n-2 repetition costs. In this study, we assessed both effects in a pre-instructed task-sequence paradigm. Our aim was to assess the transfer of musical training to non-musical stimuli and tasks. To this end, we collected the data of 49 participants that differed in musical training assessed using the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index. We found switch costs that were not significantly influenced by the degree of musical training. N-2 repetition costs were small for all levels of musical training and not significant. Musical training did not influence performance to a remarkable degree and did not affect markers of mechanisms underlying cognitive flexibility, adding to the discrepancies of findings on the impact of musical training in non-music-specific tasks.

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SAT0501 EARLY START OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT IN JUVENILE IDIOPHATIC ARTHRITIS: DOES A THERAPEUTIC WINDOW EXIST IN REAL LIFE?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ◽

10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.4611 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽

pp. 1207.2-1207

Author(s):

A. García Fernández ◽

A. Briones-Figueroa ◽

L. Calvo Sanz ◽

Á. Andreu-Suárez ◽

J. Bachiller-Corral ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Disease Activity ◽

Biological Treatment ◽

Real Life ◽

Therapeutic Window ◽

Systemic Jia ◽

Active Arthritis ◽

The Impact ◽

Active Patients ◽

Active Disease

Background:Biological therapy (BT) has changed the treatment and perspectives of JIA patients but little is known about when is the best moment to start BT and the impact of this prompt iniciation.Objectives:To analyze the response to BT of Juvenile Idiophatic Arthritis (JIA) patients according to the time when the BT was started.Methods:A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted on JIA patients followed up in a referal hospital that started BT up to 24 months after diagnosis from 2000 to 2018. Disease activity was measured, at 2 years after diagnosis, according to Wallace criteria for remission (absence of: active arthritis, active uveitis, fever, rash or any other manifestation attributable to JIA, normal CRP and ESR, PGA indicating no active disease) for at least 6 months.Results:55 JIA patients that started BT up to 24 months from diagnosis were analyzed. 69,1% were girls with a median age at diagnosis of 8 years old IQR(3-13), median age at the start of BT of 9 years old IQR(3-13). Regarding JIA categories: 25,5% were Oligoarticular Persistent (OligP), 18,2% Systemic JIA (sJIA), 16,4% Entesitis related Arthritis (ERA), 12,7% Psoriatic Arthritis (APso) and Polyarticular RF- (PolyRF-), 5,5% Oligoarticular Extended (OligE) and Polyarticular RF+ (PolyRF+), 3,6% Undifferentiated (Und). 20% of patients had uveitis during followup. Conventional DMARD (cDMARD) was indicated in 83,6% of patients (95,7% Methotrexate) at diagnosis [median 0 months IQR(0-2,3)]. At the end of followup (2 years) only 30,9% of patients continued with cDMARDs. The main causes of discontinuation were: adverse events (46,7%), remission (36,7%). TNF inhibitors were precribed in 81,8% of patients and 18,2% of patients recieved two BT during the first 2 years from diagnosis. 54,5% of BT were indicated during the first 6 months from diagnosis, 27,3% from 7 to 12 months, 12,7% from 13 to 18 months, 5,5% from 19 to 24 months.After 2 years from diagnosis, 78,2% of patients were on remission and 21,8% active. Among patients with active disease: 75% had arthritis, 16,7% had uveitis and 8,3% had both. There were no differences regarding disease activity among patients with uveitis and neither taking cDMARDs. Regarding JIA categories: 66,7% of OligE, 57,1% of PolyRF- and 57,1% of APso patients were active at 2 years from diagnosis when compared to the other categories (p=0.004).Patients on remission at 24 months from diagnosis started sooner the BT than active patients [CI 95% (0,46-8,29) p=0,029]. The time when the BT was started was correlated to the activity at 2 years (K= 0,294 p=0,029). When the BT was prescribed after 7,5months from diagnosis it was correlated, in a COR curve, with a higher probability of active disease at 2 years (S= 0,67 E= 0,63). There was a correlation, among patients on remission at 2 years, between prompt start of BT and less time to reach remission (K= -0,345 p=0,024). Patients with active disease at 2 years, regardless of moment of BT iniciation, required more BT during follow-up (p=0,002).Conclusion:Prompt iniciation of BT was correlated with a better outcome. JIA patients that started BT early after diagnosis had a higher probability of remission after 2 years. Starting BT after 7,5 months was correlated with a higher probability of active disease at 2 years. Active disease at 24 months was correlated with persistent active disease during follow-up.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

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Formulating Modes of Cooperative Leaning for Education for Sustainable Development

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063465 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3465

Author(s):

Jordi Colomer ◽

Dolors Cañabate ◽

Brigita Stanikūnienė ◽

Remigijus Bubnys

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Real Life ◽

Education For Sustainable Development ◽

Professional Life ◽

Global Challenges ◽

Life Problems ◽

The Face ◽

Contemporary Education ◽

The Impact

In the face of today’s global challenges, the practice and theory of contemporary education inevitably focuses on developing the competences that help individuals to find meaningfulness in their societal and professional life, to understand the impact of local actions on global processes and to enable them to solve real-life problems [...]

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Changes in the Soundscape of the Public Space Close to a Highway by a Noise Control Intervention

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13095284 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 5284

Author(s):

Timothy Van Renterghem ◽

Francesco Aletta ◽

Dick Botteldooren

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Real Life ◽

Noise Abatement ◽

Acoustic Environment ◽

The Public ◽

Control Intervention ◽

Before And After ◽

Noise Shielding ◽

Visual Preferences ◽

The Impact

The deployment of measures to mitigate sound during propagation outdoors is most often a compromise between the acoustic design, practical limitations, and visual preferences regarding the landscape. The current study of a raised berm next to a highway shows a number of common issues like the impact of the limited length of the noise shielding device, initially non-dominant sounds becoming noticeable, local drops in efficiency when the barrier is not fully continuous, and overall limited abatement efficiencies. Detailed assessments of both the objective and subjective effect of the intervention, both before and after the intervention was deployed, using the same methodology, showed that especially the more noise sensitive persons benefit from the noise abatement. Reducing the highest exposure levels did not result anymore in a different perception compared to more noise insensitive persons. People do react to spatial variation in exposure and abatement efficiency. Although level reductions might not be excessive in many real-life complex multi-source situations, they do improve the perception of the acoustic environment in the public space.

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Multi-GPU approach to global induction of classification trees for large-scale data mining

Applied Intelligence ◽

10.1007/s10489-020-01952-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Krzysztof Jurczuk ◽

Marcin Czajkowski ◽

Marek Kretowski

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Large Scale ◽

Real Life ◽

Population Based ◽

Tree Structure ◽

Global Approach ◽

Data Parallel ◽

Large Scale Data ◽

The Impact ◽

Scale Data

AbstractThis paper concerns the evolutionary induction of decision trees (DT) for large-scale data. Such a global approach is one of the alternatives to the top-down inducers. It searches for the tree structure and tests simultaneously and thus gives improvements in the prediction and size of resulting classifiers in many situations. However, it is the population-based and iterative approach that can be too computationally demanding to apply for big data mining directly. The paper demonstrates that this barrier can be overcome by smart distributed/parallel processing. Moreover, we ask the question whether the global approach can truly compete with the greedy systems for large-scale data. For this purpose, we propose a novel multi-GPU approach. It incorporates the knowledge of global DT induction and evolutionary algorithm parallelization together with efficient utilization of memory and computing GPU’s resources. The searches for the tree structure and tests are performed simultaneously on a CPU, while the fitness calculations are delegated to GPUs. Data-parallel decomposition strategy and CUDA framework are applied. Experimental validation is performed on both artificial and real-life datasets. In both cases, the obtained acceleration is very satisfactory. The solution is able to process even billions of instances in a few hours on a single workstation equipped with 4 GPUs. The impact of data characteristics (size and dimension) on convergence and speedup of the evolutionary search is also shown. When the number of GPUs grows, nearly linear scalability is observed what suggests that data size boundaries for evolutionary DT mining are fading.

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Robots for Elderly Care in the Home: A Landscape Analysis and Co-Design Toolkit

International Journal of Social Robotics ◽

10.1007/s12369-021-00816-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Gianluca Bardaro ◽

Alessio Antonini ◽

Enrico Motta

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Daily Life ◽

Elderly Care ◽

Real Life ◽

Robotic Platform ◽

Holistic View ◽

Personal Assistants ◽

Healthcare Interventions ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

AbstractOver the last two decades, several deployments of robots for in-house assistance of older adults have been trialled. However, these solutions are mostly prototypes and remain unused in real-life scenarios. In this work, we review the historical and current landscape of the field, to try and understand why robots have yet to succeed as personal assistants in daily life. Our analysis focuses on two complementary aspects: the capabilities of the physical platform and the logic of the deployment. The former analysis shows regularities in hardware configurations and functionalities, leading to the definition of a set of six application-level capabilities (exploration, identification, remote control, communication, manipulation, and digital situatedness). The latter focuses on the impact of robots on the daily life of users and categorises the deployment of robots for healthcare interventions using three types of services: support, mitigation, and response. Our investigation reveals that the value of healthcare interventions is limited by a stagnation of functionalities and a disconnection between the robotic platform and the design of the intervention. To address this issue, we propose a novel co-design toolkit, which uses an ecological framework for robot interventions in the healthcare domain. Our approach connects robot capabilities with known geriatric factors, to create a holistic view encompassing both the physical platform and the logic of the deployment. As a case study-based validation, we discuss the use of the toolkit in the pre-design of the robotic platform for an pilot intervention, part of the EU large-scale pilot of the EU H2020 GATEKEEPER project.

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