Multiple Miniature Avionic Displays

A display screen for displaying multiple sets of information is provided. In one embodiment, an aviation display screen includes a main window and a plurality of miniature windows. The main window is adapted to illustrate one set of information. Each miniature window is adapted to display a set of avionic information. The avionic display is further adapted to toggle a select set of avionic information in one of the miniature windows into the main window

Multifunctional avionic display

The present invention provides a screen as defined in claim 1. The screen may include the features of any one or more of dependent claims 2 to 4. The present invention also provides a method as defined in claim 5. The method may include the features of claim 6. The above-mentioned problems of current systems are addressed by embodiments of the present invention and will be understood by reading and studying the following specification. In one embodiment, a display screen for displaying multiple sets of information is provided. The display screen includes at least one region of a select color designated to convey a first set of information and a plurality of adjustable areas designated to convey a second set of information. The plurality of adjustable areas overlay at least a portion of the at least one region of select color of the first set of information. Moreover, each adjustable area is defined by an outline and a color encased in the outline. In another embodiment, an aviation display screen is provided. The display screen includes an area location fill, terrain region alerts and a plurality of adjustably patterned weather areas. The area location fill is adapted to indicate non-threatening terrain at a location. The terrain region alerts are adapted to indicate threatening terrain. The plurality of adjustably patterned weather areas overlay at least a portion of the area location fill and the terrain region alerts. Moreover, each patterned weather area has a visibly distinct defining border or outline. The size of each adjustable patterned area is adjustable to allow a desired visibility level of the area location fill and the terrain region alerts. In still another embodiment, a method of displaying different sets of information on the same display screen at the same time is provided. The method comprises, displaying a first set of information with at least one color region that covers a portion of a display and displaying a second set of information with a plurality of adjustably sized areas of select colors. Each adjustably sized area is defined by a visually distinct border such that second set of information is easily discernable from the first set of information when they both occupy the same region of the display even if the first set of information and the second set of information are conveyed with the use of the same color palettes. In still further another embodiment, a method of displaying terrain and weather information on the same display screen simultaneously is provided. The method includes displaying one or more terrain region alerts with one or more colors. Each color represents a level of hazard with an associated terrain. Overlaying the one or more terrain region alerts with a plurality of adjustable patterned weather areas. Each weather area has a color indicative of the intensity of the weather it is associated with and a visibly distinct border. In yet another embodiment; a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method is provided. The method includes displaying one or more terrain region alerts over a given location with one or more regions of colors on a display screen, wherein different colors indicate different levels of concern of the terrain regions. Displaying a plurality of patterned weather areas overlaying at least a portion of the terrain region alerts, wherein each patterned weather area includes a color indicative of the intensity of the weather at a location it represents and a border that is visibly distinct. In finally another embodiment, a display to display multiple sets of information simultaneously is provided. The display includes a means for displaying a first set of information in regions of select colors, a means for displaying a second set of data in the form of a plurality of patterned areas of select colors overlaying at least a portion of the first set of information and a means for adjusting the size of the plurality of pattered areas to provide a desired viewable amount of the first set of information. Each color of the regions of select colors represents a category of the first set of information. Each patterned area is defined by a visibly distinct outline and each color of the patterned area represents a category of the second set of information

Non-Intrusive Psycho-Social State Detection for Attitudes with Exercise

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Using Concolic Testing to Refine Vulnerability Profiles in FUZZBUSTER

Abstract—Vulnerabilities in today’s computer systems are relentlessly exploited by cyber attackers armed with sophisticated vulnerability search and exploit development toolkits. To protect against such threats, we are developing FUZZBUSTER, an automated system that provides adaptive immunity against a wide variety of cyber threats. FUZZBUSTER uses custom and off-the-shelf fuzz-testing tools to find vulnerabilities, create vulnerability profiles identifying the inputs that drive target programs to the corresponding faults, and synthesize adaptations that prevent future exploits. We have adapted the CREST concolic testing tool so that FUZZBUSTER can refine a vulnerability profile by extracting the symbolic constraints stemming from concrete execution of a target program. This novel use of concolic testing enables FUZZBUSTER to automatically generalize a single fault-inducing input example into a symbolic description of the vulnerability, and thus create more effective adaptations. Keywords-self-adaptive immunity, cyber-security, fuzz-testing. I

Multifunctional avionic display

The present invention provides a screen as defined in claim 1. The screen may include the features of any one or more of dependent claims 2 to 4. The present invention also provides a method as defined in claim 5. The method may include the features of claim 6. The above-mentioned problems of current systems are addressed by embodiments of the present invention and will be understood by reading and studying the following specification. In one embodiment, a display screen for displaying multiple sets of information is provided. The display screen includes at least one region of a select color designated to convey a first set of information and a plurality of adjustable areas designated to convey a second set of information. The plurality of adjustable areas overlay at least a portion of the at least one region of select color of the first set of information. Moreover, each adjustable area is defined by an outline and a color encased in the outline. In another embodiment, an aviation display screen is provided. The display screen includes an area location fill, terrain region alerts and a plurality of adjustably patterned weather areas. The area location fill is adapted to indicate non-threatening terrain at a location. The terrain region alerts are adapted to indicate threatening terrain. The plurality of adjustably patterned weather areas overlay at least a portion of the area location fill and the terrain region alerts. Moreover, each patterned weather area has a visibly distinct defining border or outline. The size of each adjustable patterned area is adjustable to allow a desired visibility level of the area location fill and the terrain region alerts. In still another embodiment, a method of displaying different sets of information on the same display screen at the same time is provided. The method comprises, displaying a first set of information with at least one color region that covers a portion of a display and displaying a second set of information with a plurality of adjustably sized areas of select colors. Each adjustably sized area is defined by a visually distinct border such that second set of information is easily discernable from the first set of information when they both occupy the same region of the display even if the first set of information and the second set of information are conveyed with the use of the same color palettes. In still further another embodiment, a method of displaying terrain and weather information on the same display screen simultaneously is provided. The method includes displaying one or more terrain region alerts with one or more colors. Each color represents a level of hazard with an associated terrain. Overlaying the one or more terrain region alerts with a plurality of adjustable patterned weather areas. Each weather area has a color indicative of the intensity of the weather it is associated with and a visibly distinct border. In yet another embodiment; a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method is provided. The method includes displaying one or more terrain region alerts over a given location with one or more regions of colors on a display screen, wherein different colors indicate different levels of concern of the terrain regions. Displaying a plurality of patterned weather areas overlaying at least a portion of the terrain region alerts, wherein each patterned weather area includes a color indicative of the intensity of the weather at a location it represents and a border that is visibly distinct. In finally another embodiment, a display to display multiple sets of information simultaneously is provided. The display includes a means for displaying a first set of information in regions of select colors, a means for displaying a second set of data in the form of a plurality of patterned areas of select colors overlaying at least a portion of the first set of information and a means for adjusting the size of the plurality of pattered areas to provide a desired viewable amount of the first set of information. Each color of the regions of select colors represents a category of the first set of information. Each patterned area is defined by a visibly distinct outline and each color of the patterned area represents a category of the second set of information.</p

Immunochemical Analysis of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter (VMAT2) Protein in Parkinson's Disease

The vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) has been suggested to be an excellent marker of presynaptic dopaminergic nerve terminals in the striatum of Parkinson's disease patients based on its high level of expression and insensitivity to drugs used to treat the disease. Previousin vivoimaging and postmortem binding studies have detected a loss in striatal VMAT2 binding in Parkinson's diseased (PD) brain; however, these techniques have poor spatial resolution and may suffer from nonspecific binding of some ligands. In this study, we use novel polyclonal antibodies to distinct regions of human VMAT2 to quantify and localize the protein. Western blot analysis demonstrated marked reductions in VMAT2 immunoreactivity in putamen, caudate, and nucleus accumbens of PD brain compared to control cases. Immunohistochemistry revealed VMAT2 immunoreactive fibers and puncta that were dense throughout the striatum of control brains, but which were drastically reduced in putamen of PD brains. In PD brains the caudate showed a significant degree of sparing along the border of the lateral ventricle and the nucleus accumbens was relatively preserved. The distribution of VMAT2 in striatum and its loss in PD paralleled that of the dopamine transporter (DAT), a phenotypic marker of dopamine neurons. Thus, immunochemical analysis of VMAT2 protein provides novel and sensitive means for localizing and quantifying VMAT2 protein and nigrostriatal dopamine terminals in PD. Furthermore, the relative expression of VMAT2 compared to that of DAT may predict the differential vulnerability of dopamine neurons in PD

Natural Language Dialogue for Building and Learning Models and Structures

We demonstrate an integrated system for building and learning models and structures in both a real and virtual environment. The system combines natural language understanding, planning, and methods for composition of basic concepts into more complicated concepts. The user and the system interact via natural language to jointly plan and execute tasks involving building structures, with clarifications and demonstrations to teach the system along the way. We use the same architecture for building and simulating models of biology, demonstrating the general-purpose nature of the system where domain-specific knowledge is concentrated in sub-modules with the basic interaction remaining domain-independent. These capabilities are supported by our work on semantic parsing, which generates knowledge structures to be grounded in a physical representation, and composed with existing knowledge to create a dynamic plan for completing goals. Prior work on learning from natural language demonstrations enables learning of models from very few demonstrations, and features are extracted from definitions in natural language. We believe this architecture for interaction opens up a wide possibility of human-computer interaction and knowledge transfer through natural language

Modeling of pathological traits in Alzheimer's disease based on systemic extracellular signaling proteome

The study of chronic brain diseases including Alzheimer's disease in patients is typically limited to brain imaging or psychometric testing. Given the epidemic rise and insufficient knowledge about pathological pathways in sporadic Alzheimer's disease, new tools are required to identify the molecular changes underlying this disease. We hypothesize that levels of specific secreted cellular signaling proteins in cerebrospinal fluid or plasma correlate with pathological changes in the Alzheimer's disease brain and can thus be used to discover signaling pathways altered in the disease. Here we measured 91 proteins of this subset of the cellular communication proteome in plasma or cerebrospinal fluid in patients with Alzheimer's disease and cognitively normal controls to mathematically model disease-specific molecular traits. We found small numbers of signaling proteins that were able to model key pathological markers of Alzheimer's disease, including levels of cerebrospinal fluid β-amyloid and tau, and classify disease in independent samples. Several of these factors had previously been implicated in Alzheimer's disease supporting the validity of our approach. Our study also points to proteins which were previously unknown to be associated with Alzheimer's disease thereby implicating novel signaling pathways in this disorder