81 research outputs found
The AIQ Meta-Testbed: Pragmatically Bridging Academic AI Testing and Industrial Q Needs
AI solutions seem to appear in any and all application domains. As AI becomes
more pervasive, the importance of quality assurance increases. Unfortunately,
there is no consensus on what artificial intelligence means and interpretations
range from simple statistical analysis to sentient humanoid robots. On top of
that, quality is a notoriously hard concept to pinpoint. What does this mean
for AI quality? In this paper, we share our working definition and a pragmatic
approach to address the corresponding quality assurance with a focus on
testing. Finally, we present our ongoing work on establishing the AIQ
Meta-Testbed.Comment: Accepted for publication in the Proc. of the Software Quality Days
2021, Vienna, Austri
Quick change: post-transcriptional regulation in Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas species have evolved dynamic and intricate regulatory networks to fine-tune gene expression, with complex regulation occurring at every stage in the processing of genetic information. This approach enables Pseudomonas to generate precise individual responses to the environment in order to improve their fitness and resource economy. The weak correlations we observe between RNA and protein abundance highlight the significant regulatory contribution of a series of intersecting post-transcriptional pathways, influencing mRNA stability, translational activity and ribosome function, to Pseudomonas environmental responses. This review examines our current understanding of three major post-transcriptional regulatory systems in Pseudomonas spp.; Gac/Rsm, Hfq and RimK, and presents an overview of new research frontiers, emerging genome-wide methodologies, and their potential for the study of global regulatory responses in Pseudomonas
Patterns and universals of mate poaching across 53 nations : the effects of sex, culture, and personality on romantically attracting another person’s partner
As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, 16,954 participants from 53 nations were administered an anonymous survey about experiences with romantic attraction. Mate poaching--romantically attracting someone who is already in a relationship--was most common in Southern Europe, South America, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe and was relatively infrequent in Africa, South/Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Evolutionary and social-role hypotheses received empirical support. Men were more likely than women to report having made and succumbed to short-term poaching across all regions, but differences between men and women were often smaller in more gender-egalitarian regions. People who try to steal another's mate possess similar personality traits across all regions, as do those who frequently receive and succumb to the poaching attempts by others. The authors conclude that human mate-poaching experiences are universally linked to sex, culture, and the robust influence of personal dispositions.peer-reviewe
Are men universally more dismissing than women? Gender differences in romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions
The authors thank Susan Sprecher (USA), Del
Paulhus (Canada), Glenn D. Wilson (England), Qazi
Rahman (England), Alois Angleitner (Germany),
Angelika Hofhansl (Austria), Tamio Imagawa
(Japan), Minoru Wada (Japan), Junichi Taniguchi
(Japan), and Yuji Kanemasa (Japan) for helping with
data collection and contributing significantly to the
samples used in this study.Gender differences in the dismissing form of adult romantic attachment were investigated as part of the International Sexuality Description Project—a survey study of 17,804 people from 62 cultural regions. Contrary to research findings previously reported in Western cultures, we found that men were not significantly more dismissing than women across all cultural regions. Gender differences in dismissing romantic attachment were evident in most cultures, but were typically only small to moderate in magnitude. Looking across cultures, the degree of gender differentiation in dismissing romantic attachment was predictably associated with sociocultural indicators. Generally, these associations supported evolutionary theories of romantic attachment, with smaller gender differences evident in cultures with high–stress and high–fertility reproductive environments. Social role theories of human sexuality received less support in that more progressive sex–role ideologies and national gender equity indexes were not cross–culturally linked as expected to smaller gender differences in dismissing romantic attachment.peer-reviewe
Tradition, Dynamics and Sustainability of Plant Species Composition and Management in Homegardens on Organic and Non-Organic Small Scale Farms in Alpine Eastern Tyrol, Austria
Illicit drugs and their metabolites in 36 rivers that drain into the Bohai Sea and north Yellow Sea, north China
Handbook of software quality assurance. 3rd edition
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