#S. J. Naudé

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[Padri e fuggitivi][S. J. Naudé]

Un uomo gay sudafricano intraprende un viaggio sconvolgente alla ricerca della propria identità. Tra relazioni pericolose, eredità inaspettate e misteri internazionali, "Padri e fuggitivi" è un thriller psicologico che ti lascerà senza fiato.

Un uomo gay sudafricano in un vortice di misteri tra Londra, Belgrado e Città del Capo Titolo: Padri e fuggitiviScritto da: S. J. NaudéTitolo originale: Of Fathers and FugitivesTradotto da: Silvia MontisEdito da: Edizioni E/O Anno: 2025Pagine: 224ISBN: 9788833578460 La trama di Padri e fuggitivi di S. J. Naudé S.J. Naudé è l’astro nascente della letteratura sudafricana. Sulla scia di grandi…

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Interesting Papers for Week 39, 2019

Pupil-Linked Arousal Responds to Unconscious Surprisal. Alamia, A., VanRullen, R., Pasqualotto, E., Mouraux, A., & Zenon, A. (2019). Journal of Neuroscience, 39(27), 5369–5376.

How the Brain Transitions from Conscious to Subliminal Perception. Arese Lucini, F., Del Ferraro, G., Sigman, M., & Makse, H. A. (2019). Neuroscience, 411, 280–290.

A Flexible Model of Working Memory. Bouchacourt, F., & Buschman, T. J. (2019). Neuron, 103(1), 147-160.e8.

The Foveal Visual Representation of the Primate Superior Colliculus. Chen, C.-Y., Hoffmann, K.-P., Distler, C., & Hafed, Z. M. (2019). Current Biology, 29(13), 2109-2119.e7.

Spaced Learning Enhances Episodic Memory by Increasing Neural Pattern Similarity Across Repetitions. Feng, K., Zhao, X., Liu, J., Cai, Y., Ye, Z., Chen, C., & Xue, G. (2019). Journal of Neuroscience, 39(27), 5351–5360.

Evidence accumulation is biased by motivation: A computational account. Gesiarz, F., Cahill, D., & Sharot, T. (2019). PLOS Computational Biology, 15(6), e1007089.

Target Interneuron Preference in Thalamocortical Pathways Determines the Temporal Structure of Cortical Responses. Hay, Y. A., Naudé, J., Faure, P., & Lambolez, B. (2019). Cerebral Cortex, 29(7), 2815–2831.

Striatal Low-Threshold Spiking Interneurons Regulate Goal-Directed Learning. Holly, E. N., Davatolhagh, M. F., Choi, K., Alabi, O. O., Vargas Cifuentes, L., & Fuccillo, M. V. (2019). Neuron, 103(1), 92-101.e6.

Dopamine D2 receptors regulate the action potential threshold by modulating T‐type calcium channels in stellate cells of the medial entorhinal cortex. Jin, X., Chen, Q., Song, Y., Zheng, J., Xiao, K., Shao, S., … Huang, Z. (2019). Journal of Physiology, 597(13), JP277976.

Front-end Weber-Fechner gain control enhances the fidelity of combinatorial odor coding. Kadakia, N., & Emonet, T. (2019).e Life, 8, e45293.

Hippocampal theta phases organize the reactivation of large-scale electrophysiological representations during goal-directed navigation. Kunz, L., Wang, L., Lachner-Piza, D., Zhang, H., Brandt, A., Dümpelmann, M., … Axmacher, N. (2019). Science Advances, 5(7), eaav8192.

Intracellular calcium stores mediate metaplasticity at hippocampal dendritic spines. Mahajan, G., & Nadkarni, S. (2019). Journal of Physiology, 597(13), JP277726.

Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Tracks Multiple Environmental Variables during Search. Mehta, P. S., Tu, J. C., LoConte, G. A., Pesce, M. C., & Hayden, B. Y. (2019). Journal of Neuroscience, 39(27), 5336–5350.

Virtual Adversarial Training: A Regularization Method for Supervised and Semi-Supervised Learning. Miyato, T., Maeda, S.-I., Koyama, M., & Ishii, S. (2019). IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 41(8), 1979–1993.

Hierarchical Bayesian inference for concurrent model fitting and comparison for group studies. Piray, P., Dezfouli, A., Heskes, T., Frank, M. J., & Daw, N. D. (2019). PLOS Computational Biology, 15(6), e1007043.

Theta Oscillations Index Frontal Decision-Making and Mediate Reciprocal Frontal–Parietal Interactions in Willed Attention. Rajan, A., Siegel, S. N., Liu, Y., Bengson, J., Mangun, G. R., & Ding, M. (2019). Cerebral Cortex, 29(7), 2832–2843.

Pattern of dopamine signaling during aversive events predicts active avoidance learning. Stelly, C. E., Haug, G. C., Fonzi, K. M., Garcia, M. A., Tritley, S. C., Magnon, A. P., … Wanat, M. J. (2019). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(27), 13641–13650.

Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation. Urai, A. E., de Gee, J. W., Tsetsos, K., & Donner, T. H. (2019). eLife, 8, e46331.

Excitation-Inhibition Dynamics Regulate Activity Transmission Through the Perirhinal–Entorhinal Network. Willems, J. G. P., Wadman, W. J., & Cappaert, N. L. M. (2019). Neuroscience, 411, 222–236.

Insulin Modulates Excitatory Synaptic Transmission and Synaptic Plasticity in the Mouse Hippocampus. Zhao, F., Siu, J. J., Huang, W., Askwith, C., & Cao, L. (2019). Neuroscience, 411, 237–254.

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IAT 235: Idea Journal #4

As a public commuter, transiting can be very easy and convenient for us. But the question is, how and who made public transit easy and convent for everyday people? I always question myself, how do people design the skytrain for commuters and why does it has to look like this, why do they build the entrance here and so on. However, I gained some answers after reading a research online, the authors stated that in order to build a good public transport facilities, it is important to understand the nature of interchange from a design perspective which includes area or platforms of people places where people move around or gather, the places of waiting where people wait for transits, and the places of movement ‘switch’ where it allows people to change platforms or direction of transport quickly and conveniently. This three concepts help to structure and manage transportation better for public use. Not only that, the design of signboards and maps in stations are very important too as it is a piece of information for commuters to conveniently know their directions and plan their route ahead. In addition, the online article titled Photographic Typologies: The Study of Types provides a view and understanding of the importance of Typologies in buildings interior design as it can affects users experience 

Vancouver Skytrain Map and Seattle Light Rail Map

Figure 1 : Vancouver Skytrain Map, retrieved from https://buzzer.translink.ca/2018/04/wayfinding-101-the-skytrain-b-line-and-seabus-network-map-in-depth/

Figure 2 : Seattle Light Rail Map, retrieved from https://www.seattlesouthside.com/explore/getting-around/rail/link-light-rail/

First of all I would like to talk about the design route of Vancouver Skytrain and Seattle Light Rail. Both of the maps give a clear and precise informations to users, but the example from Seattle Light Rail Map gives travellers a clear and fun ways to look at maps or the destinations they are heading to, while the one in Vancouver is plain and simple. Let’s discuss Figure 1, even though it looks simple, the use of colours to differentiate the routes of different services Translink provides and the zones around Vancouver area, provides a clear understanding of an informative design to travellers. As Coates and Ellison (2014)’s reading mentioned that one of the most important element in informative design is the use of colors, visual images, typography, and the placement of the info. As for here, we can see that colours help to differentiate the route and zones of Translink services, and the use of icons such as ship and plane to indicate the kinds of transportation / services they provide in that area.  On the other hand, Seattle Light Rail Map (figure 2) gives an interesting and fun experience for commuters to view maps and plan their route. I personally like the design of this informative design because it includes a variety of icons related to the destination. For instance, a dragon icon is used to symbolized Chinatown. The map itself provides clarity and additional information for commuters, such as the travel time between the places, it adds up the conveniency and unique experience for commuters. 

However, the authors from one of the reading stated that information designs are being deliver through various platforms like prints, media, advertisement, interactive and environmental, it is crucial for us, as designers, to understand how to create a way to deliver the intended message of that certain information. (Coates, Ellison, Ballantyne & Credo, 2015). In order to gather the right informations and create a better and meaningful solution, designers have to understand how everyday people struggle with problems like transiting and commuting in a city. The authors use the examples of New York subway transit, how its transit information designs (like maps, travel card machines, sign boards, etc.) being deliver to commuters. We have to understand that different users have different needs, for instance, when building a skytrain station in Vancouver, we have to not only think for the everyday people but also include different groups of people that need special care like elderly people, people in wheelchairs, children, and so on. The reading stated that the use of font (typography) in informative design needs to be carefully chosen because some fonts might be hard to see and it can cause inconveniences to commuters or miscommunications might occur.

One of the most important design in public transport is the interior design of the transport itself, such as buses and trains. For instance, how many passengers can a bus fits, how can the interior design achieve that amount of passengers, and where to put the stop buttons around the bus. I find that the buses in Vancouver has a good interior design and convenient for people to commute around. It has many features, even for the smaller community buses. The examples below show the features of a community bus which is smaller than normal buses. All of the pictures are taken in the interior of a community bus, figure 4 shows the front and driver seat, figure 5 shows the wheelchair and stroller access at the back of the bus and the last one, figure 6 shows the seats and windows of the bus from a side view. In my observation as a commuter, Vancouver buses lack of one of the most significant information, which is the display of bus number at the inside of the bus. One of the issue is that, some people rushes to catch bus without noticing that they got on to the wrong bus and stayed in it until they realized or reached the wrong destination. However, as a designer, this issue can be address through a display on the navigation bar on top where it shows which stop the bus is reaching. For example: Instead of putting just the name of the stop “Rumble Street”, it could be display as “417 : Rumble Street”, showing the number of the bus and the name of the road. With this design or function, it can help people to understand which direction or bus they are taking, hence, improve their route planning.

The conveniency of Vancouver buses range from including bikers to the easy access for wheelchairs and strollers. The design itself is well-thought and provide good services to the public. However, the wheelchair services can sometime consume a lot of time, especially for a smaller community bus like this because the driver has to manually lower the platform for strollers and wheelchairs, therefore, it can bring inconveniences to other commuters. The design and functionality of this platform can be improve through a press of button beside the driver’s seat that can actually save time and energy. Figure 6 shows a side view of seats in the bus with the stop lines for people to pull for their stop. The design includes conveniency to commuters but lack of information design, for instance, there are no signs or context indicating that the stop lines are use to pull for the next stop. Putting myself in a new commuter’s position, with no experience of commuting, I would not have known the function of the yellow lines. Therefore, I think this can easily be improve by just adding a sign or icon to inform commuter on how to use the lines (e.g. Pull yellow line to stop). To conclude this, Vancouver’s transit system is well-designed and organized for variety of commuters, but for some parts, it can be improve by inserting better informative designs to advanced user’s experience.

Figure 3 : A front view of Vancouver community bus with the navigation bar on top.

Figure 4 : A view of the wheelchair and stroller access in a small community bus.

Figure 5 : A picture of a side view of the seats with yellow lines that is for stopping.

Reference List :

Coates, K., & Ellison, A. (2014). Introduction to information design. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca

Coates, K., Ellison, A., Ballantyne, L., & Credo Reference , distributor. (2015). An introduction to information design / Kathryn Coates & Andy Ellison ; design by Lizzie Ballantyne. (Enhanced Credo ed.)

Naudé, S., Jones, J., & Louw, P. (2005). Design Guidelines For Public Transport Facilities. Retrieved from https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/6332/041.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Photographic Typologies: The Study of Types. (2012). Retrieved from https://blog.redbubble.com/2012/04/photographic-typologies-the-study-of-types/

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Interesting Papers for Week 3, 2019

A neural-level model of spatial memory and imagery. Bicanski, A., & Burgess, N. (2018). eLife, 7, e33752.

Comparing frontal eye field and superior colliculus contributions to covert spatial attention. Bollimunta, A., Bogadhi, A. R., & Krauzlis, R. J. (2018). Nature Communications, 9, 3553.

The Tortoise and the Hare: Interactions between Reinforcement Learning and Working Memory. Collins, A. G. E. (2018). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(10), 1422–1432.

Manipulating midbrain dopamine neurons and reward-related behaviors with light-controllable nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Durand-de Cuttoli, R., Mondoloni, S., Marti, F., Lemoine, D., Nguyen, C., Naudé, J., … Mourot, A. (2018). eLife, 7, e37487.

Inhibition gates supralinear Ca2+ signaling in Purkinje cell dendrites during practiced movements. Gaffield, M. A., Rowan, M. J. M., Amat, S. B., Hirai, H., & Christie, J. M. (2018). eLife, 7, e36246.

Updating Beliefs under Perceived Threat. Garrett, N., González-Garzón, A. M., Foulkes, L., Levita, L., & Sharot, T. (2018). Journal of Neuroscience, 38(36), 7901–7911.

Experience-Dependent Development of Feature-Selective Synchronization in the Primary Visual Cortex. Ishikawa, A. W., Komatsu, Y., & Yoshimura, Y. (2018). Journal of Neuroscience, 38(36), 7852–7869.

Deficits in context-dependent adaptive coding in early psychosis and healthy individuals with schizotypal personality traits. Kirschner, M., Haugg, A., Manoliu, A., Simon, J. J., Huys, Q. J. M., Seifritz, E., … Kaiser, S. (2018). Brain, 141(9), 2806–2819.

Planning Complexity Registers as a Cost in Metacontrol. Kool, W., Gershman, S. J., & Cushman, F. A. (2018). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(10), 1391–1404.

Adaptation reveals sensory and decision components in the visual estimation of locomotion speed. Mather, G., & Parsons, T. (2018). Scientific Reports, 8, 13059.

Pavlovian Control of Escape and Avoidance. Millner, A. J., Gershman, S. J., Nock, M. K., & den Ouden, H. E. M. (2018). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(10), 1379–1390.

Optimal multisensory integration leads to optimal time estimation. Murai, Y., & Yotsumoto, Y. (2018). Scientific Reports, 8, 13068.

Functional segregation of basal ganglia pathways in Parkinson’s disease. Neumann, W.-J., Schroll, H., de Almeida Marcelino, A. L., Horn, A., Ewert, S., Irmen, F., … Kühn, A. A. (2018). Brain, 141(9), 2655–2669.

A Control Theoretic Model of Adaptive Learning in Dynamic Environments. Ritz, H., Nassar, M. R., Frank, M. J., & Shenhav, A. (2018). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(10), 1405–1421.

Rhythmogenesis evolves as a consequence of long-term plasticity of inhibitory synapses. Soloduchin, S., & Shamir, M. (2018). Scientific Reports, 8, 13050.

Deficits in mesolimbic reward pathway underlie social interaction impairments in children with autism. Supekar, K., Kochalka, J., Schaer, M., Wakeman, H., Qin, S., Padmanabhan, A., & Menon, V. (2018). Brain, 141(9), 2795–2805.

Correlations Between Primary Motor Cortex Activity with Recent Past and Future Limb Motion During Unperturbed Reaching. Takei, T., Crevecoeur, F., Herter, T. M., Cross, K. P., & Scott, S. H. (2018). Journal of Neuroscience, 38(36), 7787–7799.

Local field potentials of subthalamic nucleus contain electrophysiological footprints of motor subtypes of Parkinson’s disease. Telkes, I., Viswanathan, A., Jimenez-Shahed, J., Abosch, A., Ozturk, M., Gupte, A., … Ince, N. F. (2018). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(36), E8567–E8576.

Acute control of the sleep switch in Drosophila reveals a role for gap junctions in regulating behavioral responsiveness. Troup, M., Yap, M. H., Rohrscheib, C., Grabowska, M. J., Ertekin, D., Randeniya, R., … van Swinderen, B. (2018). eLife, 7, e37105.

Chance, long tails, and inference in a non-Gaussian, Bayesian theory of vocal learning in songbirds. Zhou, B., Hofmann, D., Pinkoviezky, I., Sober, S. J., & Nemenman, I. (2018). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(36), E8538–E8546.