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Global Positional Self-Attention for Skeleton-Based Action Recognition

In this paper, we introduce a novel global positional self-attention network, which represents the spatially structured dependencies and the globally ordered semantic information for skeleton-based action recognition. The structured dependencies are learned through our spatial self-attention composed of the weighted sum of three correlations1, each of which is a correlation between spatial elements, between sequential positions, and between structural geodesic positions. In addition, our channel self-attention with the global average pooling and channel-wise positional encoding operations allows capturing the globally ordered semantic and positional dependencies between channels. The self-attention modules are incorporated into standard CNNs, which is referred to as global positional self-attention network, GPS-Net. Our GPS-Net is a simple yet effective network, which leads to make accurate action predictions. We evaluate our GPS-Net on open large-scaled benchmark datasets NTU-RGB+D and DHG for 3D body action and hand gesture recognitions, respectively. Moreover, our self-converted NTU dataset for compatibility with OpenPose skeletons is used for the experiments. Numerical and visual comparisons with the existing state-of-the-art methods confirm the usefulness of the proposed network.
Sugarcane Classification for On-Site Assessment Using Computer Vision

In this paper, we present a machine intelligent system that can automatically classify sugarcane images into predefined categories. This system is developed in order to facilitate the operation in sugar manufacturing factories and can be beneficial to the sugar industry as a whole. The software system consists of the core computer vision module and other compounds, such as user interfaces and database management. To develop the core module, we apply deep learning models based on convolutional neural networks, which are currently state-of-the-art models for computer vision. The best models trained and evaluated on our sugarcane datasets achieve more than 90% multi-class accuracy in almost all settings. We have incorporated the trained model into the prototype system and successfully installed the system to test operating at one of the major sugar manufacturing facilities in the previous sugarcane harvesting season.
IgE and Anti-IgE Therapy in Asthma and Allergic Disease

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An Authorship Study on the Letters of Saint Paul.

3 Introduction . 4 Authorship verification and attribution . 5 Background of the data . 6 St. Paul . 6 Koine Greek . 7 Letters in antiquity . 7 The Pauline letters . 8 Genuine Pauline letters . 9 Disputed letters . 10 Presumably non-Pauline letters . 11 Specific problems and challenges for this case . 12 Research question . 13 Method . 14 Data . 14 Samples . 15 Features . 16 Vocabulary features, syntactic features and n-grams . 16 Richness features . 19 Feature processing . 20 Results . 21 Results per feature group . 21 Richness features . 23 Discussion and conclusions . 27 Feature groups . 27 Vocabulary features . 28 Syntactic features . 30 Character n-grams . 30 General discussion . 31 Further research . 32 Bibliography . 33 Appendix A: code. 37 Appendix B: list unstable features . 86
Department of Radiology-Annual Executive Summary Report-July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

s: 137. Austin AF, Morrison WB, Zoga ACGopez AG, Deely DM, McClure KE: SLAP happy: A new mnemonic device for superior labral lesions. Proceedings of the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, NovemberDecember 2008. 138. Austin AF, Nazarian LN, McShane JM: Sonographically-guided percutaneous needle release of the carpal tunnel: Preliminary experience. Proceedings of the American Roentgen Ray Society 109th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April-May 2009. 139. Baltarowich OH: Role of computed tomography in assessing an adnexal mass. J Ultrasound Med 2009; 28(S):1.
Survival analysis in epidemiology: a brief introduction.

Congenital heart diseases are not rare pathologies in young dogs. This study describes the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) in dogs evaluated between 2004 and 2008 at the Cardiology Unit of the Veterinary Hospital of Parma (VHP) and the Veterinary Hospital of Zaragoza (VHZ). A total of 130 patients were included in the study. The most common CHDs were: aortic stenosis, subvalvolar or valvular (45.2% at VHP vs 29.0% at VHZ), pulmonar stenosis (27.9% at VHP vs 21.4% at VHZ), and patent ductus arteriosus (9.6% at VHP vs 23.8% at VHZ).
Retinal Image Segmentation U sing Clustering Methods: Performance Analysis

Clustering is a popular method for seg-menting retinal images due to its effectiveness in performance. This paper investigates the ability of multiple clustering algorithms to segment the retinal image to isolate blood vessels. The flowchart of this analyzes two phases. First, the pre-processing phase aims to increase the contrast of the image by applying a series of operations: Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE), median filtering, and bottom-hat filtering. Furthermore, the second phase deals with the segmentation of the pre-processed image using one of the clustering algorithms selected for this study: k-means (KM), k-medoids (KD), Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), and fuzzy c-means (FCM). The experimental part is carried out on the DRIVE and STARE databases, and the performance measure of each algorithm is accomplished using sensitivity, specificity, and accu-racy performance metrics. In addition, the running times of different algorithms are compared. Finally, the obtained results are extensively discussed, and some suggestions are proposed at the end of this paper.
Cross Regulation Limit Exploration of SIMO DC-DC Converter Using Differential Evolution Algorithm

Single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) dc-dc converters suffer from cross regulation (CR) problem between the multiple outputs because all outputs share one common inductor. A lot of techniques have been proposed to suppress the cross regulation, but the CR limit is still uncertain. To explore the theoretical limit of CR, this paper transforms the solving for the corresponding duty cycle into a combinatorial optimization problem. Subsequently, differential evolution (DE) algorithm is utilized to solve this problem. DE algorithm searches the optimal solution through continuous evolution, which avoids directly solving this multi-dimensional problem with nonlinear constraints. Taking a single-inductor boost converter with three outputs as an example, the CR limit under different conditions is successfully explored, which can provide theoretical guidance for control system.
Medical Dominance And Power: A Rural Perspective

Abstract Whilst historically medicine has maintained a position of dominance and power within the health care system there are suggestions that contemporary social trends such as managerialism, proletarianisation, and the corporatisation of the health care system are resulting in challenges to medicine’s traditional power. In some countries, declining medical power has been attributed to increased interest in alternative health management, intraprofessional competition, and medical oversupply. In Australia, these emerging social trends are having some impact on the dominant position of the medical profession. However, many of these trends are ‘metrocentric’. In rural Australia, most doctors are neither corporatised workers nor publicly employed. They retain significant independence as fee-for-service providers whose medical power is strengthened by medical shortages and professional autonomy. The Australian Health Care Agreement provides for equitable access for public health care irrespective of geographic location. However, in Victoria, it would appear that rural doctors’ economic autonomy creates a significant disparity between rural and metropolitan constituents’ access to public health services, especially public hospitals.
The need for validation standards in medical imaging

Validation of imaging technologies is becoming increasingly important as imaging begins to take a role as a biomarker. Activities such as drug development, guided intervention, patient stratification, and therapy response assessment rely on very high measurements of sensitivity and specificity at the earliest possible time point. Imaging is capable of providing those measurements, but without validation of the results, clinical acceptance will be delayed. It must be pointed out, however, that validation is different from verification, and the role of phantoms is different for these two operations. This paper discusses the need for multiple phantoms in the role of validation in order to present optical imaging devices with the extremes of tissue states expected in real-world operation.
Achievement and outcomes in education : a case study of the experiences of young people looked after in residential and foster care in South Wales

This thesis presents a longitudinal qualitative case study of the educational experiences and outcomes of a sample of looked after young people. The majority of these young people are in foster care and a smaller number are in residential care. They cannot live at home for a variety of reasons including: inadequate parenting, neglect, abuse, or because some are beyond parental control. Children and young people who are 'looked after' by the state are vulnerable to a range of disadvantage including poor educational achievement. The study concentrates on a group of fourteen young people in one authority in South Wales whose educational achievements and experiences were tracked over three school years, from Year 9 to Year 11. The study explores links between a number of issues that appear to impact on their educational outcomes including: young people's background, type of care placement, stability and continuity of care and school placement and educational experiences. A number of the young people were interviewed over a three year period while aged between fourteen and sixteen. This was a significant time for the young people as it straddled two important assessment stages in their schooling. Some of the young people achieved well in their education during this period, whilst for others their schooling deteriorated as their lives became disrupted by care placement and school changes. Another group had particular challenging needs and there was little evidence that any sustained progress was achieved during mis three year period. The thesis focuses on multiple in-depth interviews with young people and includes carer and professional perspectives. It identifies individual, operational, policy and strategic features that help account for poor educational outcomes and also suggests ways to improve their attainment in school.
Sleep and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – the Role of Oxidative Stress in Overlap Syndrome

In 1967, the first cardiac transplantation was performed in South Africa by Christiaan Barnard, becoming one of the most pioneering events of the human history, comparable to the first step on the moon, 2 years later. Even if Barnard became extremely famous because of this outstanding operation, behind this event there were years and years of studies, experimentations and hard work done by others, in particular by Lower and Shumway. The initial technique, still called ‘standard technique’ is the biatrial one. In the late 1980s, alternatives like the ‘bicaval technique’ were developed in order to get a more anatomical result. In the present chapter, we will throw the reader into the early years of the cardiac transplantation era, describing all the efforts made by the “fathers” of the cardiac surgery in order to standardize techniques inherited by the modern surgeons. Afterwards, we will present a review of the literature to answer the question if the biatrial technique should still be called “standard technique”.
Epidemiology of Glioma

Giomas constitute a broad class of neuroectodermal tumours believed to originate from sustentacular neuroglial cells (Kleihues and Cavenee 2000). Astrocytomas form the largest group of gliomas (>75%) and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common type of astrocytoma (CBTRUS 2011). Gliomas that share histologic characteristics with ependymal or oligodendrocyte cells are named ependymomas and oligodendrogliomas, but may not necessarily originate from the aforementioned cell types (Kleihues and Cavenee 2000). Mixed gliomas include those which consist of more than one glia cell type. For example, oligodendroglial glioblastoma multiforme (as defined by some neuropathologists) are GBM tumours with an oligodendroglioma component and generally have a significantly worse clinical outcome than GBM tumours overall (Louis et al 2007). Another mixed glioma is oligoastrocytoma, which contains both oligodendrocyte and astrocyte cells. The Third Edition of the International Classification of Diseases for oncology (ICD-O-3) is widely used to categorize gliomas by histology (e.g., malignant glioma=9380, ependymoma NOS=9391, astrocytoma=9430, glioblastoma NOS=9440, oligodendroglioma NOS=9450) (Fritz et al 2000). Furthermore, tumours are grouped by site in the ICD-O-3 system using Ccodes (e.g., cerebrum=C71.0, frontal lobal=C71.1, temporal lobe=C71.2, parietal lobe=C71.3, occipital lobe=C71.4, ventricle=C71.5, cerebellum=C71.6, spinal cord=C72.0). The World Health Organization (WHO) also has developed a classification index which grades gliomas by disease prognosis (I=best to IV=worst) (Kliehues et al 1993). Recent additions to the “WHO Classification of Tumours” include Grade I angiocentric gliomas (predominantly occurring in children and young adults in the fronto-parietal cortex, temporal lobe, and hippocampal region), and Grade II – pilomyxoid astrocytoma (typically occurring in infants and children in the hypothalamic/chiasmatic region) (Louis et al 2007). Additionally, WHO has recognized a divergent pattern of gliomas named small cell glioblastoma characterized by EGFR amplification, p16INK4a homozygous deletion, PTEN mutations, and LOH 10q (Louis et al 2007).
Transabdominal ultrasonography in preoperative staging of gastric cancer

AIM: To investigate the value of transabdominal ulbasonography (US) in the preoperative staging of gastric cancer.METHODS: A total of 198 patients with gastric cancer underwent preoperatively transabdominal US, depth of tumor infiltration was assessed in 125 patients, and lymph node metastasis was assessed in 106 patients,RESULTS: The staging accuracy of transabdominal US was 55.6%, 75.0%, 87.3% and 71.1% in T1, T2, T3 and T4 carcinomas, respectively. The overall accuracy was 77.6%. The detection rate for pancreatic invasion and liver invasion was 77.4%, 71.4%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity,accuracy of transabdominal US in assessment of lymph node metastasis were 77.6%, 64.1%, 72.6%, respectively.Various shapes such as round, ovoid, spindle were encountered in benign and malignant lymph nodes. Majority of boa benign and malignant lymph nodes were hyperechoic and had a distinct border. Benign lymph nodes were smaller than malignant lymph nodes in length and width (P = 0.000,0.005). Irregular shape, fusional shape, infiltrative signs,inhomogenous echo were seen mainly in malignant lymph nodes (P = 0.045, 0.006, 0.027, 0.006). CONCLUSION: Transabdominal US is useful for preoperative staging in gastric cancer, although it is difficult to differentiate benign from malignant lymph nodes.
Magazine as a Source for Promoting Health Consumption: A Comparison of “Women’s Health” and “Men’s Health” Magazine

Saglikli yasamin giderek onem kazandigi gunumuzde populer bir konu haline gelen saglik, medyanin da uzerinde durdugu konularin basinda gelmektedir. Medya araciligiyla izleyiciler, saglikla ilgili cok sayida oneri ve tavsiyeyle karsilasmakta ve birey, saglikli olmak icin daha fazla tuketmeye yonlendirilmektedir. Ote yandan, kitle iletisim araclari arasinda dergilerin, bireyleri tuketime yonlendirmek acisindan daha etkili oldugu varsayilmaktadir. Bu dogrultuda calismada, saglik dergileri olarak siniflandirilan ve 2016 yilinda en yuksek tiraja sahip olan “Women’s Health” ve “Men’s Health” dergileri, okuyuculari sagliklari icin tuketime nasil yonlendirdikleri acisindan incelenmektedir. Elde edilen sonuclar, yonlendirme iceren yazilarin cogunun Women’s Health dergisinde yer aldigini ortaya cikarmistir. Dergide yer alan her yazinin bir uzmanin/doktorun veya hastanenin adina yer vererek, okuyucuyu bu dogrultuda bir tuketime dogru yonlendirdigi tespit edilmistir.
Integrated access to function test results from within a cardiology information system

A dedicated cardiology information system (CARIS) has been developed in our department to record all information pertaining to studies performed in the cathlab and pacemaker lab. However, information stored in other systems in the cardiac function lab was not available in CARIS. This includes ECGs (rest ECGs, stress ECGs and Holter ECGs), and reports from echo studies and stress ECG studies. Data obtained from these functional studies are stored in various database systems. For each of these systems a different, dedicated interface was developed to allow the cardiologist to obtain access to the data from within CARIS. These results show that integration of all information available in the cardiology department is feasible. Presently, we are developing a completely new version of CARIS that will allow optimal integration of cardiology based information (as well as in the CARIS database, as in separate systems) with data in the hospital information system.
The Kleine-Levin syndrome

Why write an editorial on a rare and enigmatic disorder, which is difficult to diagnose, lacks a definite laboratory test and is hardly mentioned in the classical text books i.e., 18 sentences in Bradley’s Neurology in Clinical Practice [1], and 15 words including the two stating the name of the syndrome in Menkes Textbook of Child Neurology [2]. The average practicing pediatric neurologist is entitled to meet at least once, an adolescent with a history of episodic hypersomnia. He will most probably consider a number of possibilities in the differential diagnosis which are nicely outlined in the review on The KleineLevin syndrome (KLS) in this issue [3], and might also raise the possibility of KLS. However, when such a youngster presents for the first time, the diagnostic dilemma is much more difficult. In the majority of cases studies such as lumbar puncture, electroencephalography, brain imaging and urinary toxicology screen will be performed, a psychiatry consult will be obtained and the boy or girl will be admitted to the hospital. In many, a provisional diagnosis of “flu” or “encephalitis” will be reached and in some with non-specific electroencephalographic changes the diagnosis of epilepsy will be offered followed by recommendation for long-term anticonvulsant therapy, especially on a repeated event. We have been encountered with patients in whom drug abuse was suspected with consequent legal implications. Rarely the hypersexual behavior may be inter-
IVT: an efficient method for sharing subtype polymorphic objects

Shared memory provides the fastest form of inter-process communication. Sharing polymorphic objects between different address spaces requires solving the issue of sharing pointers. In this paper, we propose a method, named Indexed Virtual Tables (IVT for short), to share polymorphic objects efficiently. On object construction, the virtual table pointers are replaced with indexes, which are used to find the actual virtual table pointers on dynamic dispatch. Only a few addition and load instructions are needed for both operations. Experimental results show that the IVT can outperform prior techniques on both object construction time and dynamic dispatch time. We also apply the proposed IVT technique to several practical scenarios, resulting the improvement of overall performance.
Software Engineering in Medical Informatics: A Systematic Literature Review

This study presents a systematic literature review to provide overall view of the application of Software Engineering (SE) in Medical Informatics (MI) field. Articles published from 2010 to 2019 from seven selected databases (Emerald, PubMed, IEEE, ACM, Taylor Francis, SAGE and Wiley) were investigated. The existing literature was analyzed, and the emerging areas of research in the medical informatics field have been identified. According to the findings of this study, medical informatics research has been applied in many fields but there is still potential of further research in different areas. Most of the reviewed studies were conducted on data mining, decision support, deep learning and IoT. Also, it can be said that most of the applications are provided as web-based instead of mobile applications. To conclude, the results of this study provides insights to the researchers about the research directions and the gaps in the literature in the MI and SE fields.
Demo: vrAIn Proof-of-Concept -- A Deep Learning Approach for Virtualized RAN Resource Control

While the application of the NFV paradigm into the network is proceeding full steam ahead, there is still one last mile- stone to be achieved in this context: the virtualization of the radio access network (vRAN). Due to the very complex de- pendency between the radio conditions and the computing resources needed to provide the baseband processing func- tionality, attaining an efficient resource control is particularly challenging. In this demonstration, we will showcase vrAIn, a vRAN dynamic resource controller that employs deep re- inforcement learning to perform resource assignment deci- sions. vrAIn, which is implemented using an open-source LTE stack over a Linux platform, can achieve substantial sav- ings in the used CPU resources while maintaining the target QoS for the attached terminals and maximize throughput when there is a deficit of computational capacity.
SuperMem: Enabling Application-transparent Secure Persistent Memory with Low Overheads

Non-volatile memory (NVM) suffers from security vulnerability to physical access based attacks due to non-volatility. To ensure data security in NVM, counter mode encryption is often used by considering its high security level and low decryption latency. However, the counter mode encryption incurs new persistence problem for crash consistency guarantee due to the requirement for atomically persisting both data and its counter. To address this problem, existing work requires a large battery backup or complex modifications on both hardware and software layers due to employing a writeback counter cache. The large battery backup is expensive and software-layer modifications limit the portability of applications from the un-encrypted NVM to the encrypted one. Our paper proposes SuperMem, an application-transparent secure persistent memory by leveraging a write-through counter cache to guarantee the atomicity of data and counter writes without the needs of a large battery backup and software-layer modifications. To reduce the performance overhead of a baseline write-through counter cache, SuperMem leverages a locality-aware counter write coalescing scheme to reduce the number of write requests by exploiting the spatial locality of counter storage and data writes. Moreover, SuperMem leverages a cross-bank counter storage scheme to efficiently distribute data and counter writes to different banks, thus speeding up writes by exploiting bank parallelism. Experimental results demonstrate that SuperMem improves the performance by about 2× compared with an encrypted NVM with a baseline write-through counter cache, and achieves the performance comparable to an ideal secure NVM that exhibits the optimal performance of an encrypted NVM.