Contextually aware suggestions for online information resources

Novice users often find it challenging to realize the full potential of available information resources. One approach to help such users is to present them with a categorized directory of ranked recommendations for useful information resources, such as apps or websites. However, such a directory may not help discover new resources that can be particularly relevant at specific times based on the user’s current location. This disclosure describes techniques to provide a personalized catalog of suggestions for information resources relevant to a user’s current context, which is obtained with user permission. A personalized catalog of contextual suggestions can help novices broaden their awareness and understanding of available online resources and expose them to a range of tasks that can be accomplished online. In addition to standalone operation, the catalog functionality can be embedded in various commonly used systems and can serve as a mechanism for entities to provide relevant information to individuals in their vicinity

Personalized catalog of categorized online information resources

Novice users often find it challenging to realize the full potential of available information resources. One approach to help overcome these challenges is to present users with a categorized directory of ranked recommendations for useful information resources, such as apps or websites. However, a single directory and categorization is unlikely to be equally relevant and useful for all users. This disclosure describes techniques to provide a continuously updated catalog of categorized information resources personalized to the user’s needs, expertise, and context. The techniques are implemented with user permission. For each resource within the catalog, the user is presented with associated useful information. The resources are presented within a common interface, thus making it unnecessary for the user to be aware of distinctions between different types of resources

The Relationship of the Subclavius Muscle with Relevance to Venous Cannulation below the Clavicle

Introduction. The catheter “pinch-off syndrome” has been described to be secondary to crimping of the catheter between the clavicle and the first rib, as well as entrapment of the catheter at the site of penetration of the subclavius muscle. The lateral insertion technique has been recommended to prevent catheter pinch-off, but it is unknown if this technique can prevent entrapment by the subclavius muscle. We undertook this study to evaluate the anatomical relationship of the subclavius muscle and the subclavian vein. Methods. Twenty-eight adult cadavers were studied on both right and left sides. The adherence between the subclavian vein and subclavius muscle was subjectively assessed and the distance between the two structures was measured in mm. Results. The subclavius muscle and subclavian vein were tightly adherent in 72% of specimens, partly adherent in 14% with a mean distance of 4.5 mm and loosely connected in 14% with a mean distance of 6.1 mm. Conclusions. The anatomical relationship between the subclavius muscle and vein was very close in the majority of specimens, suggesting that the lateral insertion technique may not prevent penetration of the muscle, which may contribute to catheter pinch-off. The real-time ultrasound-guided technique may prevent penetration of the subclavius muscle

Implementación de la estrategia de reabastecimiento eficiente del modelo ECR en las tiendas de conveniencia 'Alto' de la cadena de estaciones de servicio Gazel

El objetivo principal de la presente tesis es reducir los costos logísticos, mejorando el nivel de servicio en las tiendas de conveniencia Alto, optimizando recursos, y estandarizando procesos, con la implementación del modelo ECR, la propuesta del modelo ECR, nace como alternativa de solución para mejorar la gestión de la cadena de abastecimiento en las tiendas de conveniencia Alto de la empresa GAZEL Peru S.A.C., siendo este considerado como un canal moderno dentro del sector retail. Actualmente, se cuenta con cinco tiendas de conveniencia ubicadas en Lima y Callao, y es por ello la importancia de implementar un modelo que origine eficiencias y que incremente la productividad a lo largo de toda la cadena, con la finalidad de generar ahorros, reducir costos e incrementar la rentabilidad para la empresa, ya que su principal fuente de ingreso es la comercialización de hidrocarburos a través de las estaciones de servicio y se está incursionando en esta nueva unidad de negocio. Para lograr el objetivo indicado, se ha procedido a identificar las principales deficiencias a lo largo de toda la cadena de abastecimiento, utilizando herramientas tales como el análisis FODA, el diagrama de Ishikawa y la matriz de priorización, lo que permitió obtener un diagnóstico preciso y se pudo concluir que el ECR es el modelo más recomendable, que da solución a los problemas identificados, cuyo objetivo es proveer el producto correcto, en el lugar indicado, al tiempo exacto, y de la manera más eficiente; modelo que cuenta con cuatro estrategias claves: surtido eficiente, lanzamiento eficiente, promoción eficiente y reaprovisionamiento eficiente, de los cuales, el reaprovisionamiento eficiente será la estrategia a aplicar en el presente estudio

PaLM 2 Technical Report

We introduce PaLM 2, a new state-of-the-art language model that has better multilingual and reasoning capabilities and is more compute-efficient than its predecessor PaLM. PaLM 2 is a Transformer-based model trained using a mixture of objectives. Through extensive evaluations on English and multilingual language, and reasoning tasks, we demonstrate that PaLM 2 has significantly improved quality on downstream tasks across different model sizes, while simultaneously exhibiting faster and more efficient inference compared to PaLM. This improved efficiency enables broader deployment while also allowing the model to respond faster, for a more natural pace of interaction. PaLM 2 demonstrates robust reasoning capabilities exemplified by large improvements over PaLM on BIG-Bench and other reasoning tasks. PaLM 2 exhibits stable performance on a suite of responsible AI evaluations, and enables inference-time control over toxicity without additional overhead or impact on other capabilities. Overall, PaLM 2 achieves state-of-the-art performance across a diverse set of tasks and capabilities. When discussing the PaLM 2 family, it is important to distinguish between pre-trained models (of various sizes), fine-tuned variants of these models, and the user-facing products that use these models. In particular, user-facing products typically include additional pre- and post-processing steps. Additionally, the underlying models may evolve over time. Therefore, one should not expect the performance of user-facing products to exactly match the results reported in this report

Ethnic differences in the recurrence of adenomatous polyps after colonoscopic polypectomy.

A retrospective study was done of polyp recurrence rates following an initial clearing colonoscopy for adenomatous polyps. The intent of the study was to identify risk factors that would predict a greater risk for recurrence in Hawaii's ethnically diverse population. When the initial exam detected multiple polyps, a higher recurrence rate was found in Caucasian patients