Watching the World Cup, one data point at a time

Sound the vuvuzelas, the World Cup is officially here. The biggest sporting event in the world is set to break all kinds of viewing records. Sporting in the digital world is just as much about stats as it is about the game itself. Enter Brandwatch. The social media analytics company has taken it upon itself to track social media statistics for the entire run of the World Cup with their new real-time data visualization tool.

Contágio no modelo de Allen e Gale com infraestrutura bancária endógena

Neste trabalho investigamos a formação de network considerando agentes cautelosos. O modelo consiste em duas regiões com (n/2) bancos em cada, onde a interligação entre eles ocorre através e depósitos interbancários. Cada banco está sujeito a corrida bancária, ou devido a um choque negativo de agentes impacientes, ou devido a contaminação da corrida de um banco pertencente a infraestrutura bancária. Os bancos podem tentar eliminar a possibilidade de contágio ao fazer um número alto de inter-ligações. Para isso, é necessário uma coordenação entre todos os bancos. Se um banco não se prevenir de um contágio, ele impõe a todos os outros a possibilidade de contágio no pior cenário. Há duas regiões bem definidas de equilíbrio de nash simétrico com network estável, uma na qual todos os bancos se previnem do cenário de contágio no pior cenário e a outra na qual nenhum banco se previne. Devido ao problema de coordenação, o equilíbrio com contágio no pior cenário pode ocorrer mesmo sendo pareto dominado pelo equilíbrio sem contágio. Sob certas condições, o equilíbrio com contágio ocorre com um network pareto eficiente. Neste caso o network eficiente é diferente do network mais resiliente ao contágio.

Fatores que influenciam o apoio dos residentes á megaeventos: uma análise sobre o projeto FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 em Natal/RN

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Obesity, age, sex, diagnosis, and fixation mode differently affect early cup failure in total hip arthroplasty: a matched case-control study of 4420 patients

Studies about the influence of patient characteristics on mechanical failure of cups in total hip replacement have applied different methodologies and revealed inconclusive results. The fixation mode has rarely been investigated. Therefore, we conducted a detailed analysis of the influence of patient characteristics and fixation mode on cup failure risks.

Improving cup positioning using a mechanical navigation instrument

Although surgical navigation reduces the rate of malpositioned acetabular cups in total hip arthroplasty (THA), its use has not been widely adopted. As a result of our perceived need for simple and efficient methods of navigation, we developed a mechanical navigation device for acetabular cup orientation.

PS-GANS: A Patient-Specific, Gravity Assisted Navigation System for Acetabular Cup Placement

In this paper we propose a new system that allows reliable acetabular cup placement when the THA is operated in lateral approach. Conceptually it combines the accuracy of computer-generated patient-specific morphology information with an easy-to-use mechanical guide, which effectively uses natural gravity as the angular reference. The former is achieved by using a statistical shape model-based 2D-3D reconstruction technique that can generate a scaled, patient-specific 3D shape model of the pelvis from a single conventional anteroposterior (AP) pelvic X-ray radiograph. The reconstructed 3D shape model facilitates a reliable and accurate co-registration of the mechanical guide with the patient’s anatomy in the operating theater. We validated the accuracy of our system by conducting experiments on placing seven cups to four pelvises with different morphologies. Taking the measurements from an image-free navigation system as the ground truth, our system showed an average accuracy of 2.1 ±0.7 o for inclination and an average accuracy of 1.2 ±1.4 o for anteversion.

Validation of a statistical shape model-based 2D/3D reconstruction method for determination of cup orientation after THA

The aim of this study was to validate the accuracy and reproducibility of a statistical shape model-based 2D/3D reconstruction method for determining cup orientation after total hip arthroplasty. With a statistical shape model, this method allows reconstructing a patient-specific 3D-model of the pelvis from a standard AP X-ray radiograph. Cup orientation (inclination and anteversion) is then calculated with respect to the anterior pelvic plane that is derived from the reconstructed model.