How Bebop Came to Be: The Early History of Modern Jazz

Bebop, despite its rather short lifespan, would become a key influence for every style that came after it. Bebop’s effects on improvisation, group structure, and harmony would be felt throughout jazz for decades to come, and the best known musicians of the bebop era are still regarded as some of the finest jazz musicians to ever take the stage. But the characteristics of bebop can easily be determined from the music itself. [excerpt

Monte Carlo Approaches to Parameterized Poker Squares

The paper summarized a variety of Monte Carlo approaches employed in the top three performing entries to the Parameterized Poker Squares NSG Challenge competition. In all cases AI players benefited from real-time machine learning and various Monte Carlo game-tree search techniques

Learning and Using Hand Abstraction Values for Parameterized Poker Squares

We describe the experimental development of an AI player that adapts to different point systems for Parameterized Poker Squares. After introducing the game and research competition challenge, we describe our static board evaluation utilizing learned evaluations of abstract partial Poker hands. Next, we evaluate various time management strategies and search algorithms. Finally, we show experimentally which of our design decisions most significantly accounted for observed performance

Novel Therapies in Paediatric NHL

Even though current treatment for paediatric NHL results in excellent outcomes for most children, the burden of therapy and associated morbidities are still significant. In addition, patients with relapsed or refractory disease still have a dismal prognosis with less than 30% of patients achieving a long-term cure. Further intensification of chemotherapy is unlikely to increase cure rates. Novel and targeted therapies that are effective in curing relapsed patients and potentially reduce toxicities in newly diagnosed patients whilst preserving their excellent outcomes are needed. Numerous novel agents approved or in clinical trials for adult NHL are of potential interest for paediatric NHL and will be discussed in this chapter. In addition, the current status of immunotherapy with a focus on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and tumour-associated antigen (TAA) T-cells will be reviewed.</p