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This document describes the organization and use of
Program dB,
an experimental Alicebot engine that won the
Loebner Prize
in October 2001. Ideally this document will be obsolete shortly, as the new features of
Program dB
are integrated into the reference implementation and other Alicebot engines.
Program dB
is meant to be little more than a platform for conducting experiments, not a piece of production quality software.
What is Program dB?
What is NOT in Program dB
Download and run
How does Targeting work?
How are targets generated?
Some examples
The Categories tab
The Inputs tab
The Spiral tab
Special bot predicates
Custom predicates
Other files
Appendix A. Loebner Contest 2001 Data Entry Protocol and File Format
Program dB
is an experimental Alicebot engine and server that includes code from both
Program D
Program B.
This is the source code of the program that running at the Loebner contest held at the
London Science Museum
on 13 October 2001, where A.L.I.C.E. won her second Loebner prize.
Program B
was the original Java version of the Alicebot engine and server. When
Jon Baer
took over Java development in 2001, and subsequently the A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation sponsored the development of the AIML 1.0 refernce server, these efforts came to be known as
"Program D".
("Program C"
refers to the collection of AIML programs written in C/C++).
Program dB
contains all the basic elements of an Alicebot engine and server:
pattern matching,
an AIML parser and interpreter,
a Substitution preprocessor,
a Classifier to organize multiple clients,
a web server, and
specific Responder interfaces for HTML and the Loebner contest.
Program dB
also includes a special "Targeting" graphical user interface.
In this context, "targeting" refers to the automatic detection of new patterns for which the robot does not already have specific answers. The proposed new pattern, along with that and topic patterns, are called a "target category" or simply, a "target". The botmaster may supply the answer, thereby transforming the target into a new AIML category.
The name "dB" was also selected in honor of
David Bacon,
an early contributor to A.L.I.C.E. and AIML, whose signature is "dB".
The Program dB GUI contains no chat interface. The program runs a web server however, so you can chat with the bot via http://localhost:2001.
The AIML parser is AIML 1.0 compliant -- sort of. That is, it works for a selected subset of AIML that appears in the content of ALICE's brain.
There are severe restrictions on the nesting of template-side AIML tags.
It does not work for "general" AIML expressions. We need to either scrap the parser or document its limitations better.
There is no "AIMLWatcher" function. The AIML files are loaded once at launch time only.
The nice new HTML responder developed by Kim Sullivan is not included, nor is the "SmartResponder" developed by Jon Baer.
There is no third-party code whatsoever: no Jetty, no SQL server, no ANT, etc.
Program dB
is 100% pure
GNU General Public License
free software.
It may not have all the features, but it is all home grown code.
Program dB
has no "long term memory". It forgets all the clients each time it is shut down. This is partly the result of having no database, but seems to improve the overall performance of the server. The program can run for days at a time and remember thousands of clients in RAM.
Finally, program dB is really two applications: the Targeting server and the Loebner contest text-based interface. Although the two share much code, their functionality is quite different. The Targeting server has a GUI, runs a web server, and can handle multiple clients. The Loebner interface is text-based, has no functions other than chat, and works with only one client (or "judge") at a time. The Loebner program does not have any targeting function. The Targeting program and the Loebner program have different log file formats too.
Program dB
is packaged in a single zip file. The best way to download it is to create a directory like
C:\Alicebot (Windows)
/home/alicebot (Linux)
and unzip the package there. Make this the "current working directory".
The zip file expands into four directories:
src: source code
data: configuration data and gossip logging
lib: location of alicebot.jar file
brain: the AIML of A.L.I.C.E.'s brain
To run the targeting server on Linux:
java -classpath lib/alicebot org.alicebot.gui.ALICE data
On Windows:
java -classpath lib\alicebot.jar org.alicebot.gui.ALICE data
To run the Loebner contest interface on Linux, use:
java -classpath lib/alicebot org.alicebot.core.Loebner data
java -classpath lib\alicebot.jar org.alicebot.core.Loebner data
These launch commands may be placed in a shell script or batch file for easy startup later. (Examples are included in the download).
The "data" specifies the location of the data directory, which would be the current directory if not specified.
Program dB
needs this value to locate the global parameters, HTML template files, and gossip log file.
Program dB
is smart enough to figure out if it is running on Windows or Unix. If Windows, it looks for the file brain\Main.aiml. If Unix, it uses brain\Startup.aiml.
Run the Targeting server and have a chat with the bot through http://localhost:2001. The program should launch with the targeting panel tab already selected. After the server has collected some dialogue, you can browse the targets with the Next Target button.
Program dB Targeting Server
(Click to enlarge)
What is a target? For the purpose of this program, a target is a 9-tuple:
The client input, the value of that, and the current topic; plus
the matching pattern, that pattern, and topic pattern; plus
a suggested new pattern, that pattern, and topic pattern.
The nine values appear in the top three rows of text boxes in the targeting panel.
The first six values are not editable, but the botmaster may edit the new input pattern, that pattern and topic pattern.
The botmaster may also supply a new template. When the template is complete, saving the category with the Save button appends the new category to the file brain/new.aiml.
The Delete target button removes the target from the current set of proposed targets.
Next target browses to the next available target.
If you try to save a target without editing the template, an "Empty Template!" warning appears and the category is not saved.
Six editing buttons provide some shortcuts for writing the template:
<think>: inserts
<set name="it">
<set name="topic">
in the template.
<random>: inserts the AIML template for a 3-element random selection.
<sr/>: inserts <sr/>.
<srai>: inserts <srai> </srai>.
Reduce: reduces the length of the input by one word, by removing the last word before the wildcard. For example, YOU ARE VERY * reduces to <srai>YOU ARE <star/></srai>. This reduction is commonly applied to eliminate adverbs and other logically useless words.
Clear: clears the template.
The perfect targeting algorithm has not yet been developed. Meanwhile, we rely on heuristics to select targets from the activated categories.
The A.L.I.C.E. brain,
at the time of this writing, contains 41,000 categories. In any given run of the server, however, typically only a few thousand of those categories are activated. Potentially, every activated category is a source of targets. If more than one input activated some category, then each of those inputs potentially forms a new target. The first step in targeting is to save all the activated categories and the inputs that activated them.
Program dB then applies six steps to each activated category to either accept it as a source of targets, or reject it:
If the template contains a <srai>INTERJECTION</srai>, then the pattern was either YES, NO, SO, or one of a number of other interjections. Usually these cases are the client saying YES or NO to a question the robot asked. Here the botmaster may add a sensible response to the client's YES or NO reply, so this makes a good target.
If the template contains a <srai>XFIND...</srai> then the pattern was either WHAT IS *, WHO IS *, WHERE IS * or some other similar default pattern for an information question. These are usually good, simple targets because the botmaster can often "look up" the answer in a dictionary or reference book, if s/he does not know the answer already.
But if the template has any other <sr/> or <srai>, this category is probably not a good source for targets. Most cases of <srai> reduce complex forms of inputs into simpler ones. The pattern DO YOU KNOW WHAT * IS, for example, always reduces to <srai>WHAT IS <star/></srai>. It is usually better to look for targets in the terminal patterns like WHAT IS *, that to write many specific new patterns based on reducible patterns like DO YOU KNOW WHAT * IS.
The A.L.I.C.E. brain
uses a special category with the pattern XFIND * to respond to information questions for which she does not have a specific answer. The XFIND category by itself does not produce useful targets, so we disregard targets from this category, even though the pattern contains a wild card.
Another default category of little use for targeting is the one with pattern CALL ME *. All of the name-telling categories such MY NAME IS *, MY REAL NAME IS *, and the one with <that>WHAT CAN I CALL YOU</that>, reduce to the CALL ME * category. Unless you are interested in writing special responses for many different people's names, then the CALL ME * category is not a good source of targets.
Finally, if none of the prevoius cases apply, the program considers whether the matched pattern contains a wildcard *. If the pattern is atomic, the category is not likely to be a good source of targets. It could be, if we considered <that>, as in the first case, or <topic>, but that would be too advanced for this algorithm. If the pattern contains a wildcard, then the category is likely a good source of targets.
If the matched pattern contains a wildcard, the suggested new pattern is generated as follows:
Align the input sentence with the matched pattern.
Create a new pattern by using the words from the first pattern, plus one more word from the input.
(1) Suppose the topic is "READY" and the following conversation fragment takes place:
Robot: Oh
Client: WHAT IS PIZZA
Robot: I have to process that one for a while.
The input matched the category with <pattern>WHAT IS A *</pattern>, generating a default response. The value of <that> is "OH". Browsing the targets, the botmaster sees:
Input: WHAT IS PIZZA, OH, READY
Matched: WHAT IS *, *, *
New AIML: WHAT IS PIZZA, *, *
The targeting algorithm extended the existing pattern by one word from the input, to obtain the new AIML pattern "WHAT IS PIZZA".
In the template window, the botmaster types:
Pizza is a delicious food made with dough, cheese and tomato sauce.
The botmaster may also click the <think> button to add the text
Pizza is a delicious food made with dough, cheese and tomato sauce.
<set name="it">
<set name="topic">
But s/he needs to edit the text to achieve the desired result of remembering the topic is "PIZZA":
Pizza is a delicious food made with dough, cheese and tomato sauce.
<set name="it">
<set name="topic">
After entering this text in the <template> text area, the botmaster may save the new category with the Save Category button.
(2) In the second example, the client entered "WHAT IS A PIZZA", the topic is "PIZZA", and the value of <that> is "I HAVE TO PROCESS THAT ONE FOR A WHILE".
The Targeting display shows
Input: WHAT IS A PIZZA, I HAVE TO PROCESS THAT ONE FOR A WHILE, PIZZA
Matched: WHAT IS A *, *, *
New AIML: WHAT IS A PIZZA, *, *
Here the targeting algorithm again extended the existing pattern by one word taken from the input, creating the new atomic pattern "WHAT IS A PIZZA".
The botmaster now needs only to click the <srai> button and add some text to create the template
<srai>WHAT IS PIZZA</srai>
since we previously added that category.
(3) In the third example we start with the following dialogue fragment:
Client: My name is Rich.
Robot: Rich, are you my master?
Client: Yes.
Robot: Oh.
The topic is "READY". The botmaster views the display:
Input: YES, RICH ARE YOU MY MASTER, READY
Matched: YES, *, *
New AIML: YES, *, *
Here the crude targeting algorithm fails to create a new target pattern, but it has nevertheless detected a good new target. The botmaster edits the New AIML text boxes so that they contain:
New AIML: YES, * ARE YOU MY MASTER, *
Now s/he edits the template to read:
Okay, I will obey only you.
And then saves the new category. This example shows how targeting can be used to detect new <that> categories.
(4) In the next example, the client asks "WHAT IS THE IRON GIANT". The value of <that> is "PLEASE STAND BY", and the topic is "PIZZA".
The Targeting display shows:
Input: WHAT IS THE IRON GIANT, PLEASE STAND BY, PIZZA
Matched: WHAT IS THE *, *, *
New AIML: WHAT IS THE IRON *, *, *
In this case the algorithm extended the pattern by one word, but since the input still contained more words, the program made the new AIML pattern end with the wildcard *. This new pattern is not quite perfect, because the question WHAT IS THE IRON * is too general. So, the botmaster may choose to edit the display so that it shows:
New AIML: WHAT IS THE IRON GIANT, *, *
Then write a template, and save the result.
(5) In this example, the botmaster sees the display:
Input: OH, SEE YOU LATER, YOU
Matched: OH, *, *
New AIML: OH, *, *
This information is almost useless, so the botmaster discards the target with the delete target button. This ensures that the target will not reappear when browsing with next target.
(6) Now suppose the value of <that> is TELL ME, and the topic is A RIDDLE. The client enters "I COULD POSSIBLY GIVE YOU A HINT". The targeting display shows:
Input: I COULD POSSIBLY GIVE YOU A HINT, TELL ME, A RIDDLE
Matched: I COULD *, *, *
New AIML: I COULD POSSIBLY *, *, *
The botmaster recognizes that the word "POSSIBLY" plays little role in resolving the client's meaning, so s/he uses the Reduce button to create the template:
<srai>I COULD <star/></srai>
The effect of the new category is to eliminate the word "POSSIBLY" from all inputs beginning with "I COULD POSSIBLY".
The Categories tab displays a ranked histogram of all the activated categories. The most frequently activated category is ranked first, followed by the second, and so on. You can use the scroll bar to browse the categories once there are too many to display on the screen.
By selecting one of the categories, you can see all of the inputs
activating that category on the Inputs tab.
The Inputs tab displays all the inputs which activated a particular category. By default, it shows the data for the most-activated category (usually * : * : *). You can change the default by selecting one of the categories on the Categories tab.
By selecting one of the input samples, you can create a new target. The new target is displayed on the Target panel.
The Spiral tab is the least developed and most experimental portion of
Program dB. The purpose of the Spiral tab is to display the AIML categories in a spiral plot. Various options exist to change the spiral graph parameters.
Most bot predicates in
Program dB
are set by the <srai>BOT XXX</srai> convention. You can find them by looking in the file brain\B.aiml.
Program dB
however has a number of unconventional built-in bot predicates. These predicates are hard-wired in
Program dB,
so any AIML using them should not be considered "portable".
<bot name="vocabulary"/>: Returns the total number of words in the pattern vocabulary. The words in the templates are not counted.
<bot name="nclients"/>: The number of clients mapped in the Classifier.
<bot name="spt"/>: Server Processing Time: an estimate of the time to process each client transaction.
<bot name="hourlyqueries"/>: Hourly Queries: an estimate of the maximum number of queries per hour on this server.
<bot name="memory"/>: Memory: total RAM utilization of program dB.
<bot name="os"/>: Operating System: the name of the underlying operating system.
<bot name="arch"/>: Architecture: the name of the underlying CPU processor architecture.
The A.L.I.C.E. brain has a special test category with the pattern "BOT PROPERTIES" that will display the value of all the bot predicates.
The file data/predicates.data contains all the custom AIML predicates and their default values.
Program dB
treats almost all predicates as custom predicates, even <that> and <topic>. This file sets the default value of <that> is set by the line:
that=What can I call you
Program dB
uses the predicate=*default convention to specify those predicates which are intended to return the predicate name, rather than the value between the tags, when they are set. Some examples are:
This says that <set name="he"> returns "he", and the default value of <get name="he"/> is also "he".
Some predicates have intentionally "blank" values as their defaults:
The A.L.I.C.E. brain contains a special test category with the pattern "WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME", which should display the values of all the custom predicates.
The file data/globals.data contains a few global parameters and their default values:
You can change any of these values by editing the file and
Program dB.
ClerkTimeout is used by the web server to determine how long the program waits for a remote client to respond to a TCP request, before assuming that the client is no longer active. The value is in milliseconds, and 10 seconds is more than sufficient even during times of network congestion.
ServerPort is the TCP port number used by the web server. By convention Alicebot programs have "squatted" on the well-known port number 2001 since 1998, although strictly speaking the number 2001 has already been reserved by a lesser-known service.
Targeting is a boolean parameter to determine whether the targeting algorithm runs or not. The Loebner application overrides this value and sets it to false.
TargetSkip is the number of client inputs between each new generation of targets. If it is set to 1, then new targets are generated after every client input. On a busy server, this may be too frequently. Set it to 1 for demos and higher values for multi-client situations.
BrainSize is an estimate of the total number of categories. The bot will reply with a special built-in default category, until the number of categories loaded is BrainSize. Set it to 0 (zero) if you want the bot to respond with its own AIML right away, even if the brain is not fully loaded. Be careful not to set this value to anything larger than the actual number of categories in your bot.
data/trailer.html: These files contain the HTML wrapped around the bot reply and input form.
data/gossip.data: This file logs all data recorded by the <gossip> tag.
dialog.data: The log file for conversations is stored in the bot home directory, not the data directory.
src/cc: A shell script with a command to recompile all the Java source files.
src/wrap: A shell script with a command to wrap all the Java class files into lib/alicebot.jar
data/gnu.data: The GNU General Public License.
The location of the data directory may be changed by specifying the directory as the first argument when running the program (see
Download and Run).
The protocol of interaction with the Loebner interface is specified by this appendix. The Loebner interface has the unique property that both client inputs and robot replies are "multiline"--that is, they may contain multiple lines of text separated by carriage returns. To terminate an input and "send" it to the robot, the client or "judge" must enter carriage return twice.
Each Computer Entry program (also "program") will operate in two modes: "set-up" and "contest". Upon initial execution each program will operate in set-up mode.
Set-up mode will permit contest officials to prepare the program for the contest. To that end, while in set-up mode the program will:
request a file name to append the transcripts of the interaction to;
assume that "judge00" is at the terminal and prepare an initial comment;
prompt with a sign "+" requesting a response from "judge00" (contest official);
interact with "judge00" in the normal way with the sole difference that the "+" sign is used as the prompt;
write a transcript to the specified file as usual.
Upon receipt of the string "@@T"[CR][CR] the program will toggle to "contest" mode and behave as follows:
The key sequence "@","@","T",[CR][CR] when entered in response to a ">" or "+" prompt terminates the conversation with the current Judge, and will cause the program to clear the screen, prompt with a "?" and await the next Judge.
The key sequence "@","@","nn",[CR][CR] (nn=01-99) when entered in response to a ">" or "?" prompt will indicate that a new Judge, "JUDGEnn", is now entering data. Each Judge will thus identify himself/herself when moving to a new terminal.
The program will make an initial response to the Judge's input.
The program's response may be multiline.
Upon completion of the program's response, the program will prompt the Judge for input.
The computer will prompt the Judge with a ">" character and then echo on the screen, character by character, the Judge's entry.
Judges' questions and comments can be multiline. Each question or comment will be entered one line at a time. Each line will be terminated by a carriage return ([CR]). Judges will key in questions and comments in response to a ">" prompt from the program.
Entry of two consecutive carriage returns will indicate that the Judge's question or comment is complete and that the terminal (program or human) must respond.
The terminal will display character data in a monotype font (all characters of equal width).
The key sequence "@","@","X",[CR][CR] when entered in response to a ">" or "?" prompt will cause the program to exit.
EXAMPLE: Assume program is responding to current interaction with Judge 3.
[some program comment-completed]
>@@04 [CR](new Judge, number 4)
> [CR](two lines required)
Welcome Judge 4 (Comment by program (or human))
>Do you think that the [CR] (multiline question from Judge 4)
>Republicans can succeed [CR] (question continued line 2)
>in winning the White House? [CR] (question ended (first [CR])
>[CR] (second [CR])
Only if Newt succeeds in (answer, line 1)
Developing a more tolerant image. (answer, line 2)
> (Cursor waits for input ">' prompt - Judge to respond)
Intent: Each program entered in the Loebner Prize Contest will produce a text file transcript of the interactions with Judges. The file should be readable by standard text-reader programs.
Each Computer Entry in the 2001 Loebner Prize Contest will append to a text file on disk containing the transcript of keyboard input and program output. The program should discard the existing contents of the file, but should open the file in append mode (the file should be created automatically if it does not exist yet).
The file will be named according to the input during set-up operation.
The file will be in ASCII text format suitable for input into a standard word processing program.
The first three lines are headers containing the following:
(c)2001 Science Museum, London, all rights reserved
[Program Name] [Contestant Name]
Start at: [YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS]
Each succeeding line will either mirror one line displayed on the screen, preceded by the source ("JUDGEnn") or "PROGRAM") and time in brackets or indicate a change of Judges: "***JUDGEnn***".
EXAMPLE: For the above interaction:
PROGRAM[14:12:25] Welcome judge 4
JUDGE04[14:12:32] Do you think that the
JUDGE04[14:12:39] Republicans can succeed
JUDGE04[14:12:55] in winning the White House?
PROGRAM[14:13:15] Only if Newt succeeds in
PROGRAM[14:13:17] developing a more tolerant image
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We know the magic that enchants all the kids: namely, how to make healthy things amusing.
When children reach their first year of life and become more independent, they can start sharing their family meals, so it is very important to let them try a variety of different tastes and flavours.
A balanced diet that provides adequate amounts of energy and nutrients to children during their growth and development phase plays a very important positive role in health protection. Including fruit and vegetables into everyday diet is imperative for health as they provide a mix of nutrients essential to child growth and development, while also offering protection against infections and different chronic illnesses in adulthood. Therefore, it is very important to introduce them to children in an attractive and amusing way.
Our kitchen chefs prepare for your children small, delightful, and most important, healthy culinary creations: healthy mini burgers, wholemeal pancakes, fruit and vegetable smoothies and homemade cookies with super nutrients. They will bring joy and laughter to the children, allowing them at the same time to enjoy a healthy Mediterranean meal.
One of the ways for children to develop a healthy attitude to food and eating is by helping at food preparation in the kitchen.
As part of our winter LifeClass Mini Klub, our entertainers have prepared the cookery workshop "Bake Your Own Paleo-Cookie" for the youngest. Our masters of gastronomy, helped by our entertainers and the children, will prepare dough for the Paleo-cookies, form them in cookie moulds, bake them, and when they are ready, the whole group will eat the delicious Paleo-cookies.
The children's help at cooking stimulates their thinking, enriches their vocabulary, develops creativity as well as extending their mathematical knowledge. The children's motor skills also develop during kneading, mixing and forming because they develop their gross and fine motor skills at the same time. Furthermore, measuring, cutting and pouring help develop the kids' coordination between the eyes and muscle control. When cooking together with other children, your child will also learn about team work and division of work that will be useful to him/her later in his/her life. At the same time, your child will be familiarised with the notion of healthy eating.

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Loving this Prabal Gurung Spring 2013 campaign starring Joan Smalls - Kate must have been sick with exhaustion that day after booking every other Spring campaign in existence.
The campaign, according to Gurung, was inspired by artist Anish Kapoor but also reflects the hazy, wind-filled room where his collection first appeared last fall in a non-air-conditioned warehouse during New York Fashion Week.
Photography by Daniel Jackson.


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THE British airline Virgin Atlantic has hosed down speculation it plans to form a close alliance with Virgin Blue to help plug one of the biggest holes in the Australian airline's international network.
Virgin Blue has admitted that one of the glaring gaps in its network remains Asia, where it has struggled to find an alliance partner. The Australian airline is seeking regulatory approval for alliances on other key routes to the US, Europe via the Middle East and New Zealand.
It has prompted some analysts to speculate that Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic is an ideal strategic partner for Virgin Blue, giving it a foothold in the fast-growing Asian market because of the British airline's daily services between between Sydney and London via Hong Kong.
But Virgin Atlantic's chief executive, Steve Ridgway, said the airline was unlikely to pursue a closer tie-up with Virgin Blue because the ''arrangements we have got in place with them at the moment are pretty good''. The two airlines already have code-share arrangements.
''I am sure you will see more co-operation over time,'' he said. ''But that is something for the future.''
Mr Ridgway made a whistle-stop visit to Australia and New Zealand last week, which included a meeting with Virgin Blue's boss, John Borghetti.
Macquarie Equities has tipped Virgin Atlantic as an ideal partner but other brokers believe Virgin Blue needs an airline with a strong Asian network, such as Malaysia Airlines, to channel passengers into Australia.
Mr Ridgway also indicated that Virgin Blue could have to wait years before it can use the Virgin brand on its international flights. Since Mr Borghetti took the reins in May Virgin Blue has intensified its push to use the Virgin moniker on its aircraft which fly overseas routes.
But it remains stymied by a licensing agreement between Singapore Airlines and Sir Richard - Virgin Atlantic's two shareholders - which gives them the right of veto over the use of the moniker on airlines which fly internationally.
Mr Ridgway raised the possibility of Singapore Airlines selling all or part of its stake in Virgin Atlantic, although he said market conditions made it difficult to find a buyer.
''For them the real priority is around India, around China and around the competitive threat of the Gulf carriers. But they are not in any panic to sell their shares,'' he said.


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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 62,
November 2010 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia November 6-11, 2010.
Low C4A Gene Copy Number in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Pereira4, Kaline M. C., Faria4, Atila G. A., Moreira1, Eloisa S., Santos3, Viviane C., Grecco3, Marcelle, Silva3, Neusa P., Andrade2, Luis Eduardo C.
Hospital Sirio Libanes, Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
C4 is an important component of Complement system and plays an essential role in the activation cascades of the classical Complement pathway. Complete deficiency of C4 is among the strongest genetic risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). There are two C4 circulating isoforms (C4A and C4B) encoded by C4A and C4B genes, respectively, that differ by only five nucleotides. C4A protein is involved in immune complex and apoptotic debris clearance while C4B protein is relevant in the defense against microbes. C4A and C4B genes are located at a gene cassette within the MHC class III region and depict gene copy-number variation (CNV). The number of C4A copies may be related to susceptibility to SLE.
To investigate the C4A and C4B gene CNV in patients with SLE.
One hundred SLE patients (meeting SLE ACR criteria) were sequentially retrieved from the rheumatology outpatient clinic and 100 healthy individuals (HI) without evidence of autoimmune diseases were retrieved among blood bank donors. Peripheral blood leukocyte DNA was amplified by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) technique using sequence specific TaqMan® probes with minor groove binding (MGB) non-fluorescent quencher. Gene copy number (GCN) was determined by the delta-delta cycle threshold (DDCT) method. Samples with known C4A and C4B GCN were kindly provided by Dr. Szilagyi (Hungary).
Gene copy number (GCN) varied from 2 to 8 for total C4 and from 0 to 5 for C4A and C4B. Patients with SLE had lower total C4 (C4A + C4B) and C4A GCN than HI. GCN for total C4 was lower in SLE patients (3.7 ± 1.2; 95% CI=3.5 3.9) in comparison with HI (4.3± 1.3; 95% CI= 4.0 4.5; p=0.003). This difference was due to C4A GCN variation that was lower in SLE (1.9 ± 1.0; 95% CI= 1.7 2.1) than in HI (2.3 ± 1.1; 95% CI=2.1 2.6; p=0.015). In contrast there was no difference in C4B GCN in both groups [(SLE = 1.8 ± 0.8; 95% CI= 1.6 1.9) and (HI = 1.9 ± 1.1; 95% CI=1.7 2.1) p=0.320]. The frequency of patients with only two C4 copies (C4A and/or C4B) was significantly higher in SLE (16%) than in HI (5%; p=0.028). The same was observed for subjects with only one C4A copy (SLE = 30%; controls = 16%; p=0.020). The frequency of patients with low C4 GCN (less than 4 copies) was significantly higher in SLE than in HI (40% versus 25%; p=0.022). The same was observed for low C4A gene dosage (less than 2 copies) (SLE = 35%; HI = 17%; p=0.009).
Patients with SLE presented lower C4A GCN as compared to control healthy individuals. This finding suggests that the ensuing relative deficiency in circulating C4A protein in individuals with low C4A GCN is one relevant risk factor for susceptibility to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus.
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SELMA SPIRITS - SELMA, ALA. Sept. 14 – Some excitement has been created in East Selma by Miss Clara Owens, a young miss of about 14 years, who claims to communicate with the spirit world by what is known as the independent state process. Miss Owens did not know that she possessed this power until last April. At that time a day medium from Texas visited her father's family, and after experimenting found that she was the only one of the family who possessed this extraordinary faculty, the manner in which she communicates is about as follows: Some one in the audience writes a question on the slate and she puts it under the table with one hand, while the other arm is extended in full view of the spectators. Almost immediately afterward she draws the slate from under the table with the answer written thereon. Sometimes the question is written on a card and put in a sealed envelope, where she can not possibly read what is written. After holding the slate under the table for about one second the answer will be written on it and will invariably be correct. She has never been known to fail to give the correct answer as yet, and crowds visit Mr. Owen's red fence every night to see this wonderful child. One evening about five months ago she fell into a trance and had conversations with the spirits. It seemed that they extended to her an invitation to remain in the spirit world, but she declined. During that time she would not wake before 10 o'clock. About that time the family becoming greatly alarmed summoned Drs. West and McKinnon, who decided that they would not wake her before twelve o'clock. At that time she was wakened and immediately fell into a sound sleep. Next morning she did not remember anything that had happened the evening before. A lady whose father died a short while back, communicated with him, and says the answers were as correct as if he could have answered them himself. Miss Owens is creating a excitement among the residents of the eastern portion of the city, and her house is thronged nightly by a crowd of eager citizens who desire to communicate with their departed loved ones or friends. Source: Lamar News, Lamar County AL, September 30, 1886 - Transcribed by Veneta McKinney
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DescriptionTama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth is a videogame version of a wooden labyrinth game. Players have to guide Tama, a ball shaped being, to the goal of several different labyrinths. Players guide Tama by tilting the entire labyrinth at all sorts of angles. The main obstacle going against the player is the timer that is always counting down. Players have to reach the goal before the time is up. Another goal for the player to aim for is to have a high score by beating the levels (referred to as waves in the game) as fast as possible.
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History will show that this was a very important year for the World's Championship Chili Cookoffs. C.V. Wood, Jr., the man who built Disneyland for Walt Disney, brought the London Bridge to Lake Havasu, an ex-Texan from Amarillo, then living in Beverly Hills, threw his pot in the competition. Wick Fowler, representing Texas, and Joe DeFrates, the Illinois champion, were soundly defeated by the man who would call himself the "UndeFeeted UndeniaBull World's Champion". C.V. Wood, Jr. known as "Woody" captured the World's Championship with the flair of Cecil B. DeMille. Woody started what is now known at all chili cookoffs, as "showmanship". He had a large rooting section, t-shirts with his name on them, a monstrous spice chest, a couple of Hollywood starlets as assistants and an electronic chili gauge. This device had knobs for altitude, temperature and humidity. When the two probes were placed in Woody's chili it registered "EXCELLENT," setting off a siren. We had our first winner! But more important, a team that would play an important role in the future of Chili Cookoffs...... Carroll Shelby and C.V. Wood, Jr.
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1 3-pound stewing chicken, cut into pieces
1 � quarts water
OR 10-ounce cans chicken broth s
� pound beef suet
OR � cup Wesson oil
4 lbs flank steak
5 lbs thin, center-cut pork shops
6 long green chilies, peeled
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3 TSP ground oregano
3 TSP ground cumin
� TSP MSG (optional)
3 TSP pepper
4 TSP salt
5 TBS Gebhardt chili powder
1 TSP cilantro, also known as chinese parsley
1 TSP thyme
8 ounces Budweiser beer
4 15-ounce cans Hunts Tomatoes
� cup celery, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
3 medium onions, cut into � inch pieces
2 green peppers, cut into 3/8 inch pieces
1 pound Jack cheese, grated
1 lime -- Dash of Tabasco sauce
Combine chicken with water in a large pot and simmer 2 hours. Strain off broth and reserve chicken for other use, or use canned chicken broth. Render suet to make 6-8 TBS oil or use cooking oil. Trim all fat and bones from pork and cut it into � inch cubes.
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Cool 1 hour and refrigerate 24 hours. Reheat chili before serving it. About 5 minutes before serving time, add grated cheese. Just before serving, add the juice of the lime and stir the mixture with a wooden spoon. Makes 6 quarts.
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After the party is the after-party! And, the biggest one in Hollywood is the Vanity Fair Oscars Party. For the second year in a row, the post-award show event featured a portrait booth, and the images are simply stunning.
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Continuing the international promotion of their new movie, the gals from "The Other Woman" touched down at Sydney Airport on Tuesday (April 15).
While Kate Upton looked chic in an olive green coat, brown pants, and flats, Leslie Mann rocked a black leather jacket and jeans, while Cameron Diaz went uber casual in a white long-sleeved top and ripped blue jeans.
With the arrival of social media, there's no longer any barrier between our favorite celebrities and their adoring fans, and last night (April 13) there were plenty of posts from the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Zac Efron added some shots to his Instagram account with the message, "What a crazy night! Thanks to all the fans who made it possible! #mtv #MovieAwards," while Jessica Alba included Mr. Efron in her own post, "W these #stunnaz @ritaora #zacefron #mtvmovieawards #sincityadametokillfor #abs."
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The lovely ladies of "The Other Woman" looked stunning as they presented the award for Best Male Category.
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Our annual trek to the National Religious Broadcasters convention came like a roar this year. Literally–when 120 people marched into the middle of the NRB convention at the Opryland Hotel and created a flash mob. The purpose was to highlight our ministry for station managers that carry our program and others that might be interested, not sure how that worked, but we had a lot of fun. You've seen a flash mob before, right? Don't worry, I hadn't either. 🙂
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As VoIP has matured, many companies have found themselves patching together global networks of various legacy and IP phone systems, managing and administrating each separately. Before the recession, a wave of VoIP consolidation began, but expensive rip-and-replace initiatives slowed to a crawl, forcing companies to look for new ways to save on communications.
Enter Avaya and new technology that's part of Aura. Instead of requiring each link in a company's enterprise telecom network connect to each other link just to communicate with one another, features called System Manager and Session Manager act as one-stop shops to connect and manage every element centrally.
These will greatly ease the connecting of elements such as multiple contact centers, multiple PBXs, and IP PBXs, video and collaboration apps, and load balancers. Indeed, the new features mean that one administrator working centrally will be able to, for example, set up a global dial plan across branches and subsidiaries, manage least-cost routing, and centralize resources such as voice mail, audioconferencing, and call center software.
"Communication moves from being a connection to a federation with applications and other resources on the network," new Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy said in an interview. "This new era of SIP-based trunking and session initiation is actually a moment in time which will allow CIOs to address costs and footprint and make it easier to migrate from one generation of technology to another."
System Manager is the administrative tool to manage the entire VoIP system by way of Session Manager, which is a SIP server that all the different pieces of the system connect to. Session Manager, in essence, translates the different languages, flavors of SIP and otherwise, that the different pieces of the system speak, into one universal SIP language. That makes management easier and greatly reduces the number of expensive SIP and location-specific trunks a company needs. System Manager can even speak with non-SIP devices via SIP gateways.


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For my cooking show assignment, I first shot a series of videos and photos as I cooked supper. Conveniently enough. my camera also shoots video, so I put it on a tripod to get POV shots as I did the prep work. I threaded one arm between the legs of the tripod to get good and close. (It's kind of distracting to chop when there's a video screen showing your hands chopping right at the edge of your peripheral vision. Be careful!)
The one part that took a little bit of work was the shot where I did a dissolve between two shots of the clock on the stove to passing time. I didn't have the camera on the tripod at that point, so the two pictures weren't scaled or aligned to each other. Luckily, I took the still shots at a much higher resolution than the video, so I had room to play. I opened both pictures in GIMP and them copied and pasted one as a layer over the other. I set the top layer to 50% opacity to play with scaling and alignment:
I started with the images offset a little bit so I could get the scale right. Once I did that, then I just slid them until the lined up.
Once I scaled and aligned the layers, then I set the rectangle select tool to a fixed 16:9 ratio, selected the clock, and cropped to the selection. After I cropped, I scaled the image to 1280×720 to match the resolution of the video.
I edited the clips and stills together using OpenShot, my favorite video editor for Linux. On an earlier howto video I did, I narrated the soundtrack, but on this one, I decided to use titles to narrate and have an instrumental soundtrack. I used the Tracks to Sync blog at the Free Music Archive to find CC-licensed tunes.
I had a little trouble using Inkscape to edit the titles–whenever I edited the titles within OpenShot, I ended up with solid black text boxes, so the titles were unreadable. I settled for creating the titles in Inkscape and exporting as 1280×720 PNG files with transparent backgrounds. I then overlaid the title images onto the video in OpenShot. To get the video and audio to align, I did speed up the video a little bit (which also had the salutory effect of making the video shorter).


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