Blue Eyes Technology

The Blue Eyes technology aims at creating computational machines that have perceptual and sensory ability like those of human beings. It uses non-obtrusive sensing method, employing most modern video cameras and microphones to identify the user’s actions through the use of imparted sensory abilities. The machine can understand what a user wants, where he is looking at, and even realize his physical or emotional states. The Blue Eyes Technology developed is intended to be a complex solution for monitoring and recording the operator’s conscious brain involvement as well as his/her physiological condition. This shows yet another development in the field of Brain Computer Interface. The basic idea behind this technology is to give the computer the human power. We all have some perceptual abilities. That is we can understand each other’s feelings. For example we can understand one’s emotional state by analysing his facial expression. If we add these perceptual abilities of human to computers would enable computers to work together with human beings as intimate partners. The “BLUE EYES” technology aims at creating computational machines that have perceptual and sensory ability like those of human beings. This paper discusses the concept of blue eyes technology.

The Mind's Eye: Picture as Narrative in Thomas Hardy's 'A Pair of Blue Eyes'

This paper focuses on Thomas Hardy’s A Pair of Blue Eyes in discussing certain peculiarities of narration. The numerous descriptions of people and scenes in the book are examined as basic building blocks used by the architecturally trained novelist to carry vital narrative information. This decision is approached by way of utilising ideas from the realms of phenomenology, cinema and photographic theory to prove that in addition to carrying aesthetic merits, Hardy’s descriptions are intricate data containers that reflect how the human mind processes experience.

Further insight into the global variability of the OCA2-HERC2 locus for human pigmentation from multiallelic markers

The OCA2-HERC2 locus is responsible for the greatest proportion of eye color variation in humans. Numerous studies extensively described both functional SNPs and associated patterns of variation over this region. The goal of our study is to examine how these haplotype structures and allelic associations vary when highly variable markers such as microsatellites are used. Eleven microsatellites spanning 357 Kb of OCA2-HERC2 genes are analyzed in 3029 individuals from worldwide populations. We found that several markers display large differences in allele frequency (10% to 35% difference) among Europeans, East Asians and Africans. In Europe, the alleles showing increased frequency can also discriminate individuals with (IrisPlex) predicted blue and brown eyes. Distinct haplotypes are identified around the variants C and T of the functional SNP rs12913832 (associated to blue eyes), with linkage disequilibrium r2 values significant up to 237 Kb. The haplotype carrying the allele rs12913832 C has high frequency (76%) in blue eye predicted individuals (30% in brown eye predicted individuals), while the haplotype associated to the allele rs12913832 T is restricted to brown eye predicted individuals. Finally, homozygosity values reach levels of 91% near rs12913832. Odds ratios show values of 4.2, 7.4 and 10.4 for four markers around rs12913832 and 7.1 for their core haplotype. Hence, this study provides an example on the informativeness of multiallelic markers that, despite their current limited potential contribution to forensic eye color prediction, supports the use of microsatellites for identifying causing variants showing similar genetic features and history.

ROMANS, GAULS, AND GERMANS: METUS HOSTILIS AND ETHNOLOOKISM AS TRIGGERS

В статье исследуются те эмоциональные триггеры, которые на протяжении ряда веков оказывали психологическое воздействие на коллективное сознание римской этнокультурной и политической общности в процессе её противостояния варварству. В этом контексте автор обращается к такому феномену, как лукизм, под которым понимается дискриминация по внешности (применительно к варварам речь идёт о негативном лукизме). Основной материал статьи посвящён этнолукизму как повседневной дискриминационной практике римлян по отношению к северным варварам — галлам и германцам. Тот иррациональный страх, который римляне испытывали перед угрозой галльского или германского нашествия, в значительной степени был обусловлен негативным этнолукизмом. В данном случае роль эмоциональных триггеров играли характерные плащи и брюки, а также высокий рост, телесная мощь, голубые глаза и длинные светлые волосы северных варваров. Преодолевать панический страх по отношению к галлам и германцам римлянам помогал авторитет победоносных полководцев, таких как Гай Марий и Юлий Цезарь. Процесс варваризации римской армии в значительной степени способствовал краху римской государственности на Западе и образованию на месте Западной Римской империи варварских королевств. The article explores those emotional triggers that over the centuries have had a psychological impact on collective consciousness of the Roman ethnocultural and political community in the process of its opposition to barbarism. In this context, the author refers to such a phenomenon as lookism, which means discrimination in appearance (in relation to barbarians we are talking about negative lookism). The main material of the article is devoted to ethnolookism as a daily discrimanatory practice of the Romans towards the northern barbarians — the Gauls and the Germans. The irrational fear that the Romans experienced facing the threat of a Gallic or Germanic invasion was largely due to negative ethnolookism. In this case, the role of emotional triggers was played by characteristic raincoats and trousers, as well as the tall stature, bodily strength, blue eyes and long blond hair of the northern barbarians. The authority of victorious commanders such as Gaius Marius and Julius Caesar helped the Romans to overcome their panic fear of the Gauls and the Germans. The process of barbarization of the Roman army largely contributed to the collapse of the Roman state in the West and the formation of the barbarian kingdoms on the site of the Western Roman Empire.

Forecasting assessment of phenotypical features of ethnoteritorial groups of the Prykarpattya

The issue related to the study of anthroposcopic, anthropometric, dermatoglyphic parameters of the population of Ukraine to create regional gene pools remains relevant, because given the intensification of migration processes both within Ukraine and worldwide. The growing flow of global migration and assimilation creates all the conditions for the disappearance of pure ethnic groups and peoples. This work highlights the prospects for studying the ethnic and regional features of human anthroscopic parameters. The article presents the differential anthroscopic characteristics of Hutsul, Boyko, Lemko, Opollia, Pokuttia ethno-territorial groups. The goal of the work. To form anthroscopic portraits of Hutsul, Boyko, Lemko, Opollia, Pokuttia ethno-territorial groups in comparison with the control group of persons. Materials and methods. The material of the study was anthroscopic parameters of 480 males and females aged 18-59 years, belonging to the Hutsul, Boyko, Lemko, Opollia, Pokuttia and control groups, obtained by questionnaires using standardized methods proposed by Ginsburg BB (1963). The obtained data were subjected to statistical analysis. Results. Anthroposcopic portrait of the studied groups: Hutsul ethno-territorial group is characterized by dark skin tone, black straight hair, oval elongated straight face, dark brown or green-brown eyes, long narrow nose; Boyko ethno-territorial group is marked by white skin color, blond straight or wavy hair, round broad face, gray or dark brown eyes, wide straight nose; the Lemko ethno-territorial group is distinguished by white skin color, light straight or curly hair, oval elongated narrow long face, light brown and blue eyes, narrow straight nose; Opole ethno-territorial group is characterized by white skin color, light blond and dark blond wavy hair, round broad face, dark brown and light brown eyes, straight wide nose; The Pokut ethno-territorial group is distinguished by white skin, black and dark blond straight hair, an oval elongated narrow face, brown-green eyes, and a long narrow nose. Conclusion. We were able to apply the obtained results in practice, including in the set of identification features and developing an algorithm for rapid prediction of human outward signs.

Blue Eyes Help Men Reduce the Cost of Cuckoldry

Men with light eyes lack the dominant gene allele that codes for dark-brown eyes. Pairing with a woman who lacks the same allele must increase paternity confidence in these men, because any children with dark eyes would be extremely unlikely to have been fathered by them. This notion implies that men with light (blue or green) eyes should (1) prefer light-eyed women, especially in a long-term context, and (2) feel more threatened by light-eyed than by dark-eyed rivals. Yet because choosiness is costly and paternity concerns are entirely driven by the prospect of paternal investment, any such inclinations would be adaptive only in men who expect to invest in their children. Here I test these ideas using the data of over 1000 men who rated the facial attractiveness of potential partners, and the threat of potential rivals, whose eye color had been manipulated. Light-eyed men liked light-eyed women better (particularly as long-term companions), and feared light-eyed rivals more, than did dark-eyed men. An exploratory analysis showed that these large, robust effects disappeared in men who had felt rejected by their fathers while growing up—suggesting that such men are not expecting to invest in their own children either.

Behind blue eyes – Evidence for ocular nutritional supplements on the Scandinavian market

Nutritional supplements for eye health are very popular, but the size of the market makes it difficult to grasp for the clinician. To guide patients and clinicians in the subject it would therefore be valuable to have a list of available products and their content. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ocular nutritional supplements available on the Scandinavian market and how their doses relate to current evidence. A list of nutritional supplements for ocular health available on the Scandinavian market was compiled by structured internet searches, and the products and their contents were compared with current evidence and legislated upper tolerable levels. Out of 104 products on the Scandinavian market, only two products reached the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2)-formula at the recommended dose. One additional product reached the same formula if the recommended dose was exceeded. As only two nutritional supplements for ocular health on the Scandinavian market reached the AREDS2-dose at recommended dose, clinicians offering such substances need to have knowledge not only about the substances but also of the doses. In the future it would be welcome if the health claims for nutritional supplements were based on placebo-controlled intervention studies, to avoid ineffective products.