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Nov 15 2024HEALTH

Health Care and Big Language Models: Picking the Right Path

Large language models (LLMs) are making waves in health care, but how do we choose the best one? It all depends on your health system's needs, budget, and infrastructure. There are three main ways to use LLMs: training from scratch, fine-tuning pretrained models, or using out-of-the-box solutions. E

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Nov 14 2024SCIENCE

Understanding Homesign: Unique Languages Created by Deaf People

Have you ever thought about how language develops? Studies of homesigns, unique languages created by deaf people who have no access to a formal sign language, offer fascinating insights. Initially, researchers focused on homesigns from a gesture studies and child development angle. But now, sign lan

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Nov 09 2024EDUCATION

Bridging Cultures: How Language Mediators Help Migrants in Southern Italy

In recent years, the Mediterranean has seen a surge in migration. This has transformed once homogeneous communities into diverse linguistic and cultural landscapes. As a result, English has become a common language, challenging our traditional views of language as a reflection of territorial unity.

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Nov 09 2024BUSINESS

Business Process Maps: Your Secret Rule Detectives

Business process maps are like your business's secret rule detectives. They not only show what tasks need to be done, but also help keep everyone in line with the rules. However, current methods have their limitations when it comes to spotting certain rules. This discussion dives into which popular

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Nov 09 2024TECHNOLOGY

Teaching Robots to Navigate: A Fresh Look at Data Augmentation

Imagine a robot trying to find its way through a new building, relying only on human instructions. This is the challenge of Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN). The problem is, robots often struggle to adapt to new places because they're trained on limited data. To solve this, researchers created E

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Nov 08 2024ENTERTAINMENT

Can an AI Make You Laugh in Japan?

Scientists in Japan put their robot friend to the test by teaching it rakugo, a classic form of Japanese comedy. Comparing the AI's jokes to a human performer, they found that while the AI wasn't bad, it still had a way to go. The tricky thing about humor is that it needs a good grasp of context, pe

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Nov 08 2024HEALTH

Exploring the Best Dose of Atractylodes lancea for Advanced Liver Cancer

A recent small-scale clinical trial showed that Atractylodes lancea (AL) could help slow down tumor growth and reduce death rates in people with advanced liver cancer. This study looked into figuring out the best dose of AL to use in future trials. The original trial found that doses between 1, 000

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Nov 08 2024CELEBRITIES

Who and What Boosts a Celebrity's Twitter Fanbase?

Ever wondered what makes a celebrity's Twitter account more popular? Is it how they connect with others, or the words they choose to share? To find out, researchers looked at the tweets, retweets, and mentions of 471 Indian celebrities on Twitter. They created two unique networks to see how well-con

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Nov 08 2024SCIENCE

How Religions and Languages Change Over Time

Religions and languages are a lot like other social traits, such as age or political views. They evolve just like anything else does. New religions and new languages pop up, while others fade away. It's all about adaptation to society's changes. You might be wondering, "How many religions or languag

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Nov 07 2024EDUCATION

How Online Games Shape Kids' Language

These days, tech is zooming ahead, and one cool thing it's brought us is online games. But have you ever thought about how these games might be influencing the way kids in elementary school learn language? A recent study took a deep dive into this topic. They looked at fourth-graders, ages 9-11, at

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