Nitrogen gas execution is unconstitutionally cruel, judge says in blocking Alabama from using method

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after ...
GitHub

Experiment in generating unit tests and mocks for code containing static method calls.

The experiment progresses in phases. Each phase fixes the input set and varies one thing — the test-generation strategy — so we can attribute coverage gains and failure modes to that strategy. Cost ...
IEEE

A Multitarget Action Recognition Method Based on UWB MIMO Radar Space–Time–Frequency Fusion Features

Abstract: Human action recognition (HAR) has broad application potential but traditional optical methods are limited by lighting, occlusion, and privacy concerns. Radar-based approaches overcome these ...
UN News Centre

WHO chief calls for urgent Ebola action and pandemic preparedness

The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), ...
AOL

Flotilla video that ‘shocked the world’ accelerates calls for EU action against Israel

The video of Israeli authorities' treatment of flotilla protesters has "accelerated" the mood at EU level for action against Israel, Ireland's premier has said. Taoiseach Micheal Martin said there was ...
mwnation

MCCCI calls for decisive action

Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) says the country’s economic recovery will depend on increased production, industrialisation and stronger support for local businesses.
IEEE

A Systematic Review of Skeleton-Based Action Recognition: Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions

Abstract: Human action recognition (HAR), which aims to recognize and understand individual actions and intentions, has rapidly become a research hotspot in computer vision. Compared with other data ...