This document summarizes a study that estimated the smoking-attributable expenditures (SAEs) for people aged 35 or older in Taiwan in 2000 from the perspective of health insurers. The total SAE was estimated to be US$467.3 million, representing 8.5% of total medical expenditures for that population. Kidney disease, ischemic heart disease, and accidents accounted for the highest SAE costs. The study is an improvement over previous work as it used relative risk data from large cohort studies and health insurance claims data to estimate disease-specific expenditures. However, it did not account for costs of passive smoking or non-insurance expenditures.
This document discusses the need for a holistic platform to enable planning, assembly, and optimization across integrated circuit (IC), package, and printed circuit board (PCB) domains. Traditional "over the wall" design approaches are no longer sufficient due to increasing complexity. The document outlines capabilities of a next-generation co-design platform, including virtual die modeling, single-view connectivity management, and rule-based pin optimization, to improve design quality and reduce costs.
An introductory to Unity3D engine for programmers who are already familiar with SDL, D3D, OpenGL, Ogre.. or so.
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This document discusses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and its growing importance for wearable devices and the Internet of Things. It provides an overview of BLE specifications and roles, how devices communicate using advertising and connections, and how to implement BLE on Android. Examples of real-world BLE applications are given, including smart locks, beacons, smart plugs, and baby monitors. Code examples are also provided for scanning, connecting to, and reading data from BLE devices using Android APIs.
Responsive Web Design 帶來了網頁技術的革新,僅僅透過 Media Queries 偵測螢幕尺寸,便能提供適合不同尺寸裝置的內容與樣式。
但光是從螢幕尺寸來偵測行動裝置的瀏覽能力,無疑是瞎子摸象。近兩年內的智慧型手機已經數度提高尺寸與解析度,行動網頁的媒體品質與豐富性也須一併提升。在內容品質提升的同時,過多的圖片或物件可能會降低使用者經驗或付出較高的代價。
從技術角度來看,可歸納『資源一致性』、『相容彈性』、『環境適應』、『品質最佳化』等四個要素。本題將就此四項要素介紹應用實例,說明如何提高 Responsive Web 的彈性,並增加行動網頁瀏覽效率。
This document proposes methods for analyzing manga styles using image and text features. It extracts panel, screentone, character, and line features from manga pages. Latent Dirichlet Allocation is used to build a latent style model that represents manga as mixtures of latent style elements. The features and model are used to distinguish manga styles, retrieve artworks by the same artist or movement, and find artworks from the same period. Evaluation shows the panel, screentone, and line features effectively capture differences between manga styles.
This document discusses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and its growing importance for wearable devices and the Internet of Things. It provides an overview of BLE specifications and roles, how devices communicate using advertising and connections, and how to implement BLE on Android. Examples of real-world BLE applications are given, including smart locks, beacons, smart plugs, and baby monitors. Code examples are also provided for scanning, connecting to, and reading data from BLE devices using Android APIs.
Responsive Web Design 帶來了網頁技術的革新,僅僅透過 Media Queries 偵測螢幕尺寸,便能提供適合不同尺寸裝置的內容與樣式。
但光是從螢幕尺寸來偵測行動裝置的瀏覽能力,無疑是瞎子摸象。近兩年內的智慧型手機已經數度提高尺寸與解析度,行動網頁的媒體品質與豐富性也須一併提升。在內容品質提升的同時,過多的圖片或物件可能會降低使用者經驗或付出較高的代價。
從技術角度來看,可歸納『資源一致性』、『相容彈性』、『環境適應』、『品質最佳化』等四個要素。本題將就此四項要素介紹應用實例,說明如何提高 Responsive Web 的彈性,並增加行動網頁瀏覽效率。
This document proposes methods for analyzing manga styles using image and text features. It extracts panel, screentone, character, and line features from manga pages. Latent Dirichlet Allocation is used to build a latent style model that represents manga as mixtures of latent style elements. The features and model are used to distinguish manga styles, retrieve artworks by the same artist or movement, and find artworks from the same period. Evaluation shows the panel, screentone, and line features effectively capture differences between manga styles.