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2021-03-31: NeuroPype Custom Node Tutorial

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If you have not already heard of it, NeuroPype is a great tool for developing pipelines to perform sensor data acquisition, processing, analysis, and/or display.  Its Pipeline Designer, based on the Orange application, has a well-developed drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy for anyone from students to experienced clinicians to perform biosignal data analysis.  The NeuroPype - Academic Edition is also freely available to university researchers, faculty and students for non-commercial research. Although the current NeuroPype release comes with hundreds of nodes readily available for use, they may not always provide the functionality that you desire.  Luckily, NeuroPype makes it fairly easy for developers to write and deploy their own Python-based nodes to support their biosignal processing requirements.  In this tutorial, I will take you step-by-step in creating your first NeuroPype custom node.  Getting Started You must first create an account using your school email address

2020-11-04: How well is Instagram archived?

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Figure 1:  Snapshots of Katy Perry’s account page on the three leading social media platforms: Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter . A little bit about Instagram In 2020, social media is considered as one of the most popular ways for people to connect with one another. Instagram (IG or Insta) is a photo and video-sharing social networking service and is the 6th most popular social network worldwide, with over 1 billion active users. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and was originally launched on iOS in October 2010. It remained independent until Facebook acquired it in 2012 . Recent statistics show that about six in 10 Instagram users log in at least once daily , making it the second most logged-in social media site for daily use after Facebook.  Katy Perry as a proxy for all of Instagram In this study, I am using Katy Perry’s Instagram account as a proxy for all of Instagram. She created her Instagram account in 2012 and as of Oct 1, 2020, she is the 20th most popula