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XLBlocks: a Block-based Formula Editor for Spreadsheet Formulas
No full textSpreadsheets are frequently used in industry to support critical business decisions. Unfortunately, they also suffer from error-proneness, which sometimes results in costly consequences. Experiments in the field of program education have shown that programmers tend to make fewer errors and can better focus on the logic of a program if they use a block-based language instead of a textual one. We hypothesize that a block-based formula editor could support spreadsheet users in a similar way. Therefore, we develop XLBlocks and conduct a think-aloud study with 13 experienced spreadsheet users from industry. Participants are asked to create and edit several formulas, using our block-based language. We then ask them to evaluate this editor using the Cognitive Dimensions of Notations framework. We found that for all dimensions the block-based formula editor received a better evaluation than the default text-based formula editor.Accepted author manuscriptSoftware Engineerin
Towards language-parametric semantic editor services based on declarative type system specifications
No full textEditor services assist programmers to more effectively write and comprehend code. Implementing editor services correctly is not trivial. This paper focuses on the specification of semantic editor services, those that use the semantic model of a program. The specification of refactorings is a common subject of study, but many other semantic editor services have received little attention. We propose a language-parametric approach to the definition of semantic editor services, using a declarative specification of the static semantics of the programming language, and constraint solving. Editor services are specified as constraint problems, and language specifications are used to ensure correctness. We describe our approach for the following semantic editor services: reference resolution, find usages, goto subclasses, code completion, and the extract definition refactoring. We do this in the context of Statix, a constraint language for the specification of type systems. We investigate the specification of editor services in terms of Statix constraints, and the requirements these impose on a suitable solver.Programming Language
I Am from Here: Stories and Recipes from a Southern Chef
No full textVishwesh Bhatt has been the chef at Snackbar in Oxford since its opening in 2009. A native of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Bhatt is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. He moved to Oxford after college to begin a graduate program in political science but soon abandoned academia for restaurant kitchens. When folks in Mississippi ask him the loaded question, “But where are you really from?” his response is, “I am from here.” That’s the title of Bhatt’s cookbook. Throughout the book Bhatt tells stories of understandings forged over shared meals and explores the common ingredients that connect global cuisines, particularly those of India and the American South.
Bhatt is joined in conversation with Sara Camp Milam, managing editor of the Southern Foodways Alliance. Milam has a BA in Spanish from Princeton University and an MA in folklore from UNC-Chapel Hill
Recent advancements in microbial diversity /
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Biodiversity of microbial life: Indian Himalayan region / Khushboo Dasauni and Tapan Kumar Nailwal -- Microbial endophytes of plants: diversity, benefits, and their interaction with host / Anwesha Gohain, Chowlani Manpoong, Boppa Linggi, Ratul Saikia, Surajit De Mandal -- A spotlight on the recent advances in bacterial plant diseases and their footprint on crop production / Tushar Joshi, Priyanka Sharma, Tanuja Joshi, Satish Chandra Pandey, Veni Pande, Anupam Pandey, Diksha Joshi, Priyanka Maiti, Mahesha Nand, Subhash Chandra -- Bacterial diseases of banana; detection, characterization, and control management / Thangjam Premabati and Surajit De Mandal -- Toward an enhanced understanding of plant growth promoting microbes for sustainable agriculture / Diksha Sati, Satish Chandra Pandey, Veni Pandea. Shobha Upretia, Vinita Gouria, Tushar Joshi, Saurabh Gangola, Prasenjit Debbarma, Anupam Pandey, Mukesh Samanta -- Multifaceted beneficial effects of plant growth promoting bacteria and rhizobium on legume production in hill agriculture / Anupam Pandy, Priyanka H. Tripathi, Satish Chandra Pandey, Tushar Joshi -- Role of rhizospheric microbial diversity in plant growth promotion in maintaining the sustainable agrosystem at high altitude regions / Jyoti Rawat, Nirmal Yadav and Veena Pande -- Microbes adapted to cold and their use as biofertilizers for mountainous regions / Geeta Bhandari -- Actinobacteria: diversity and biotechnological applications / Anwesha Gohain, Chowlani Manpoong, Ratul Saikia, Surajit De Mandal -- Quorum sensing: the microbial linguistic / Vikas Kumar and Jyoti Rawat -- Exploration of microbial communities of Indian hot springs and their potential biotechnological appliations / Sneha Bhandari and Tapan Kumar Nailwal -- Microbial diversity and functional potential in wetland ecosystems / Surajit De Mandal, Folguni Laskar, Amrita Kumari Panda, Rojita Mishra -- Effect of climate change on microbial diversity and its functional attributes / Pankaj Kumar Jain, Sumi Das Purkayastha, Surajit De Mandal, Ajit Kumar Passari, Rasiravathanahalli Kaveriyappan Govindarajan -- Spatial variation of the microbial diversity in the mangrove dominated Sundarban Forest of India / Tapti Sengupta and Abhijit Mitra -- Microbe assisted plant stress management / Purva Dubey, Vinay Kumar, Karthika Ponnusamy, Rajendra Sonwani, Anup Kumar Singh, Deep Chandra Suyal, Ravindra Soni -- Insect gut microbiome and its applications / Sathya Narayanan Govindarajulu, Krishnapriya M. Varier, Dheepthi Jayamurali, Wuling Liu, Juan Chen, Nivedita Manoharan, Yanmei Li, Babu Gajendran -- Diversity and the antimicrobial activity of vaginal lactobacilli: current status and future prospective / Sumi Das Purkayastha, Mrinal K. Bhattacharya, Himanshu K. Prasad, Surajit De Mandal -- Gut microbiota and brain development: a review / Krishnapriya M. Varier, Arpita Karandikar, Wuling Liu, Juan Chen, Yaacov Ben-David, Xiangchun Shen, Arulvasu Chinnasamy, Babu Gajendran -- Role of microbial communities in traditionally fermented foods and beverages in North East India / Indu Sharma and Sagolsem Yaiphathoi -- Metagenomics: applications of functional and structural approaches and meta-omics / Lokesh Kumar Tripathi and Tapan Kumar Nailwal -- Metagenomics: a vital source of information for modeling interaction networks in bacterial communities / Jithin S. Sunny and Lilly M. Saleena -- Metagenomics based approach to reveal the secrets of unculturable microbial diversity from aquatic environment / Pooja Arya and Ravindra -- Metagenomic-based approach to a comprehensive understanding of cave microbial diversity / Apirak Wiseschart and Kusol Pootanakit.Elsevie
Data from author and editor survey
No full textData from author survey and editor survey asking for quantitative evaluation and qualitative assessment of MDAR checklist
Data from author and editor survey
No full textData from author survey and editor survey asking for quantitative evaluation and qualitative assessment of MDAR checklist
Getting Published: Journey into a Relationship between Editor and Author
No full textLast year at the Inaugural TQR Conference, Sally and Dan conducted a workshop entitled Getting Published: Journey into an Editor\u27s Mind, highlighting what an editor thinks when she/he reviews a submitted manuscript to TQR. For the 2011 TQR Conference we will offer a variation of this presentation by including the voice of an author. Our workshop is entitled Getting Published: Journey into a Relationship between Editor and Author. In this workshop we will present a conversation between an author (Paige) and editor (Sally) to reveal an example of a relationship that develops between the two during the process of editorial review at TQR
The Author Reply. Letter to the Editor
No full textThe Author reply to the Letter sent to the Editor about a previus article on low anterior resection
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