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Computing Machinery and Intelligence by Alan Turing

This classic paper from 1950 was written by Alan Turing. This is where he first introduced the question “Can Machine Think?” and to answer that question he proposed “The Imitation Game”. The paper not only presents the computational or mathematical aspect of learning machine but also discusses theology, philosophy to telepathy and how can we start making this type of machine.

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Modeling Human Disease with iPSC

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) has opened up new approaches in disease modeling, personalized medicine, cell therapy, regenerative medicine and so o. Here is my presentation slide on Human Disease modeling with iPS cell.

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Helpful references:

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  2. Chen, Y.-W. et al. A three-dimensional model of human lung development and disease from pluripotent stem cells. Nat. Cell Biol. 19, 542–549 (2017).
  3. Dutta, D., Heo, I. & Clevers, H. Disease Modeling in Stem Cell-Derived 3D Organoid Systems. Trends Mol. Med. 23, 393–410 (2017).
  4. Ebert, A. D., Liang, P. & Wu, J. C. Induced pluripotent stem cells as a disease modeling and drug screening platform. J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. 60, 408–16 (2012).
  5. Kondo, T. et al. Modeling Alzheimer’s disease with iPSCs reveals stress phenotypes associated with intracellular Aβ and differential drug responsiveness. Cell Stem Cell 12, 487–96 (2013).
  6. Li, L., Chao, J. & Shi, Y. Modeling neurological diseases using iPSC-derived neural cells. Cell Tissue Res. 371, 143–151 (2018).
  7. Liu, C., Oikonomopoulos, A., Sayed, N. & Wu, J. C. Modeling human diseases with induced pluripotent stem cells: from 2D to 3D and beyond. Development 145, dev156166 (2018).
  8. Shaheen, N., Shiti, A. & Gepstein, L. Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Platforms in Cardiac Disease Modeling and Drug Testing. Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 102, 203–208 (2017).
  9. Shi, Y., Inoue, H., Wu, J. C. & Yamanaka, S. Induced pluripotent stem cell technology: a decade of progress. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 16, 115–130 (2017).
  10. Siller, R., Greenhough, S., Park, I.-H. & Sullivan, G. J. Modelling human disease with pluripotent stem cells. Curr. Gene Ther. 13, 99–110 (2013).
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  13. Workman, M. J. et al. Engineered human pluripotent-stem-cell-derived intestinal tissues with a functional enteric nervous system. Nat. Med. 23, 49–59 (2017).
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PHP Image Manipulation

GD library (http://php.net/manual/en/book.image.php) is a good PHP library for manipulating images. I was familiar with it but never used in production before. I’m working on a personal project now which required some image manipulation for profile image (avatar). So, I used GD library and it’s really easy to use.

If you are using latest version of XAMPP, GD library is already included and activated. You don’t need to set up anything. Just start coding. Though php.net has the manual how to install GD library. If you are interested, you can see that. The manual contains almost everything you need to complete your task. You can resize, create, copy, crop and many more manipulation. I enjoyed using this. I hope it will help you too.

If you want you can use imagick (aka: ImageMagick). This extesnion has some advanced options. But many online server does not support imagick. But this extension is awesome too and will full-fill almsot everything you need to tweak you images.

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