How to create an interactive dashboard using R: the example of the Queensland COVID-19 tracker

Background Interactive tools like data dashboards enable users both to view and interact with data. In today’s data-driven environment it is a priority for researchers and practitioners alike to be able to develop interactive data visualisation tools easily and where possible at a low cost. Aims Here, we provide a guide on how to develop and create an interactive online data dashboard in R, using the COVID-19 tracker for Health and Hospital Regions in Queensland, Australia as an example. We detail a series of steps and explain choices made to design, develop, and easily maintain the dashboard and publish it online. Data and methods The dashboard visualises publicly available data from the Queensland Health web page. We used the programming language R and its free software environment. The dashboard webpage is hosted publicly on GitHub Pages updated via GitHub Desktop. Results Our interactive dashboard is available at https://qcpr.github.io/. Conclusions Interactive dashboards have many applications such as dissemination of research and other data. This guide and the supplementary material can be adjusted to develop a new dashboard for a different set of data and needs.

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Open-Source JTAG Simulator Bundle for Labs

International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications ◽

10.2478/v10177-012-0032-4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 233-239

Author(s):

Konstantin Shibin ◽

Sergei Devadze ◽

Vjatseslav Rosin ◽

Artur Jutman ◽

Raimund Ubar

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Low Cost ◽

Fault Simulation ◽

Boundary Scan ◽

Software Environment ◽

Fine Grain ◽

Interactive Tools ◽

Training And Research ◽

Main Component ◽

Graphical Design

Abstract This paper presents a software/hardware bundle for studying, training and research related to IEEE 1149.1 Boundary Scan (BS) standard. The presented package includes a software environment Trainer 1149 that is capable to graphically visualize BS facilities and perform fine-grain simulation of BS test process. Trainer 1149 provides a cozy graphical design and simulation environment of BS-enabled chips and non-BS clusters. It provides the user with a full flexibility in working with any type of BS structures by supporting standard formats such as Boundary Scan Description Language and SVF (for defining test patterns). A special fault simulation mode allows injecting various types of interconnection faults to simulate their impact and inspect them using interactive tools. Trainer 1149 is the main component of a recent goJTAG initiative that aims at bringing JTAG tools closer to the user for both learning and experimental work purposes. The software part is implemented in multi-platform Java environment and distributed as an open-source freeware. Using a convenient low-cost USB-JTAG controller, one can also test real defects in real hardware. Such combination of features is unique for a public domain BS package.

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metaXplor: an interactive viral and microbial metagenomic data manager

GigaScience ◽

10.1093/gigascience/giab001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Guilhem Sempéré ◽

Adrien Pétel ◽

Magsen Abbé ◽

Pierre Lefeuvre ◽

Philippe Roumagnac ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Heterogeneous Data ◽

Metagenomic Data ◽

Online Data ◽

Data Repositories ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

Efficient Management ◽

Public Data ◽

Reference Databases ◽

Interactive Data ◽

User Friendly

Abstract Background Efficiently managing large, heterogeneous data in a structured yet flexible way is a challenge to research laboratories working with genomic data. Specifically regarding both shotgun- and metabarcoding-based metagenomics, while online reference databases and user-friendly tools exist for running various types of analyses (e.g., Qiime, Mothur, Megan, IMG/VR, Anvi'o, Qiita, MetaVir), scientists lack comprehensive software for easily building scalable, searchable, online data repositories on which they can rely during their ongoing research. Results metaXplor is a scalable, distributable, fully web-interfaced application for managing, sharing, and exploring metagenomic data. Being based on a flexible NoSQL data model, it has few constraints regarding dataset contents and thus proves useful for handling outputs from both shotgun and metabarcoding techniques. By supporting incremental data feeding and providing means to combine filters on all imported fields, it allows for exhaustive content browsing, as well as rapid narrowing to find specific records. The application also features various interactive data visualization tools, ways to query contents by BLASTing external sequences, and an integrated pipeline to enrich assignments with phylogenetic placements. The project home page provides the URL of a live instance allowing users to test the system on public data. Conclusion metaXplor allows efficient management and exploration of metagenomic data. Its availability as a set of Docker containers, making it easy to deploy on academic servers, on the cloud, or even on personal computers, will facilitate its adoption.

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Design and operation of a tripod walking robot via dynamics simulation

Robotica ◽

10.1017/s0263574710000615 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 733-743 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Conghui Liang ◽

Hao Gu ◽

Marco Ceccarelli ◽

Giuseppe Carbone

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Design ◽

Low Cost ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

The Body ◽

Dynamics Simulation ◽

Walking Ability ◽

Walking Robot ◽

Three Dimensional Model ◽

Software Environment ◽

Leg Mechanisms

SUMMARYA mechanical design and dynamics walking simulation of a novel tripod walking robot are presented in this paper. The tripod walking robot consists of three 1-degree-of-freedom (DOF) Chebyshev–Pantograph leg mechanisms with linkage architecture. A balancing mechanism is mounted on the body of the tripod walking robot to adjust its center of gravity (COG) during walking for balancing purpose. A statically stable tripod walking gait is performed by synchronizing the motions of the three leg mechanisms and the balancing mechanism. A three-dimensional model has been elaborated in SolidWorks® engineering software environment for a characterization of a feasible mechanical design. Dynamics simulation has been carried out in the MSC.ADAMS® environment with the aim to characterize and to evaluate the dynamic walking performances of the proposed design with low-cost easy-operation features. Simulation results show that the proposed tripod walking robot with proper input torques, gives limited reaction forces at the linkage joints, and a practical feasible walking ability on a flatten ground.

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Interactive Data Driven Visualization for COVID-19 with Trends, Analytics and Forecasting

2020 24th International Conference Information Visualisation (IV) ◽

10.1109/iv51561.2020.00101 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Frincy Clement ◽

Asket Kaur ◽

Maryam Sedghi ◽

Deepa Krishnaswamy ◽

Kumaradevan Punithakumar

Keyword(s):

Data Driven ◽

Interactive Data

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SIMULATION SCHEME MODELING OF THE SUPER-SPEED TIME BUFFER

Электросвязь ◽

10.34832/elsv.2020.9.8.011 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

А.М. САЖНЕВ ◽

Л.Г. РОГУЛИНА

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Low Cost ◽

Circuit Modeling ◽

Clock Signal ◽

Behavioral Models ◽

Software Environment ◽

Time Buffer ◽

The Given ◽

Simulation Scheme

Приводятся результаты моделирования сверхскоростного буфера тактовых сигналов, выполненного на базе арсенид-галлиевых n-канальных транзисторов в среде OrCAD и полностью отвечающего следующим требованиям: высокие технические характеристики, малые размеры, высокая частота и КПД, гибкость применения. Приведенные поведенческие модели допускают использование любой программной среды по схемотехническому моделированию. The results of simulation of an ultra-high-speed clock signal buffer based on gallium arsenide n-channel transistors in OrCAD are presented, which fully meets the following requirements: high technical characteristics, application flexibility, low cost, small size, high frequency, and high efficiency. The given behavioral models allow the use of any software environment for circuit modeling.

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Interactive data-driven search and discovery of temporal behavior patterns from media streams

Proceedings of the 20th ACM international conference on Multimedia - MM '12 ◽

10.1145/2393347.2396512 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Chreston Miller

Keyword(s):

Data Driven ◽

Behavior Patterns ◽

Temporal Behavior ◽

Interactive Data

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Developing annotation solutions for online Data Driven Learning

ReCALL ◽

10.1017/s0958344009000093 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 55-75 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Pascual Pérez-Paredes ◽

Jose M. Alcaraz-Calero

Keyword(s):

Corpus Linguistics ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Language Education ◽

Data Driven ◽

Online Data ◽

Analysis And Design ◽

Language Classroom ◽

Youth Language ◽

User Friendly

AbstractAlthough annotation is a widely-researched topic in Corpus Linguistics (CL), its potential role in Data Driven Learning (DDL) has not been addressed in depth by Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) practitioners. Furthermore, most of the research in the use of DDL methods pays little attention to annotation in the design and implementation of corpus-based/driven language teaching.In this paper, we set out to examine the process of development of SACODEYL Annotator, an application that seeks to assist SACODEYL system users in annotating XML multilingual corpora. First, we discuss the role of annotation in DDL and the dominating paradigm in general corpus applications. In the context of the language classroom, we argue that it is essential that corpora should be pedagogically motivated (Braun, 2005 and 2007a). Then, we move on to deal with the analysis and design stages of our annotation solution by illustrating its main features. Some of these include a user friendly hierarchical and extensible taxonomy tree to facilitate the learner-oriented annotation of the corpora; real-time graphics representation of the annotated corpus matching the XML TEI-compliant (Text Encoding Initiative) standard, as well as an intuitive management of the different data sections and associated metadata.SACODEYL (System Aided Compilation and Open Distribution of European Youth Language) is an EU funded MINERVA project which aims to develop an ICT-based system for the assisted compilation and open distribution of multimedia European teen talk in the context of language education. This research lays emphasis on the functionalities of the application within the SACODEYL context. However, our paper addresses similarly the needs of potential multimedia language corpus administrators in general on the lookout for powerful annotation assisting software. SACODEYL Annotator is free to use and can be downloaded from our website.

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