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Image Input OR Video Hierarchical LSTMs with Adaptive Attention ( hLSTMat ) Feature Extraction Generated Captions Losses

Recent progress has been made in using attention based encoder-decoder framework for image and video captioning. Most existing decoders apply the attention mechanism to every generated word including both visual words (e.g., “gun” and “shooting”) and non-visual words (e.g. “the”, “a”). However, these non-visual words can be easily predicted using natural language model without considering visual signals or attention. Imposing attention mechanism on non-visual words could mislead and decrease the overall performance of visual captioning. Furthermore, the hierarchy of LSTMs enables more complex representation of visual data, capturing information at different scales. To address these issues, we propose a hierarchical LSTM with adaptive attention (hLSTMat) approach for image and video captioning. Specifically, the proposed framework utilizes the spatial or temporal attention for selecting specific regions or frames to predict the related words, while the adaptive attention is for deciding whether to depend on the visual information or the language context information. Also, a hierarchical LSTMs is designed to simultaneously consider both low-level visual information and high-level language context information to support the caption generation. We initially design our hLSTMat for video captioning task. Then, we further refine it and apply it to image captioning task. To demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed framework, we test our method on both video and image captioning tasks. Experimental results show that our approach achieves the state-of-the-art performance for most of the evaluation metrics on both tasks. The effect of important components is also well exploited in the ablation study.
A multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a Peruvian hospital: Another threat from the COVID-19 pandemic

Kovy Arteaga-Livias MD, MSc(c)123 , Karim Pinzas-Acosta MD3, Lourdes Perez-Abad MD4, Vicky Panduro-Correa MD, MSc2, Ali A. Rabaan PhD5, Samuel Pecho-Silva MD, MSc(c)3 and Bernardo Dámaso-Mata MD, MSc, DSc12 1Hospital II-EsSalud, Huánuco, Perú, 2Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán, Huánuco, Perú, 3Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú, 4Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú and 5Molecular Diagnostic laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Impact of political dispute on international trade based on an international trade Inoperability Input-Output Model: A case study of the 2012 Diaoyu Islands Dispute

While political disputes occur frequently and widely among many countries, their impact on the international trade is unclear and less systematically investigated. Considering the 2012 Diaoyu Islands Dispute, under several premised assumptions, this paper applies the international trade Inoperability Input-Output Model to determine the indirect economic loss and to screen out Chinese industries that are sensitive to the dispute. Results based on Leontief's technical coefficients matrix show that the total indirect economic loss of China's gross trade is between RMB 540.4226 billion and RMB 1023.3068 billion. Industries that are sensitive to the dispute include electrical equipment and machinery, general special equipment manufacturing, metal smelting and rolling processing, manufacture and processing of metals and metal products, and chemical. The empirical findings suggest that China establish an early-warning mechanism and trade assistance system, so that key industries that were damaged could be properly compensated.
GUARANTEES ON THE PROBABILITY OF GOOD SELECTION

This tutorial provides an overview of guarantees on the probability of good selection (PGS), i.e., statistical guarantees on selecting – with high probability – an alternative whose expected performance is within a given tolerance of the best. We discuss why PGS guarantees are superior to more popular, related guarantees on the probability of correct selection (PCS) under the indifference-zone formulation. We review existing procedures that deliver PGS guarantees and assess several direct and indirect methods of proof. We compare the frequentist and Bayesian interpretations of PGS and highlight the differences in how procedures are designed to deliver PGS guarantees under the two frameworks.
Agonistic planning theory revisited: The planner’s role in dealing with conflict

Approaches from agonistic planning theory view conflict as immanent to pluralistic democracies and criticize communicative planning theories for disregarding such conflict and relying too much on consensus and cooperation. This criticism has led to a partial division between agonistic and communicative planning theories. The article presents the basic principles of agonistic planning theory and develops a criticism of its biasedly positive view of conflict as a productive force, as well as the significant gap between its theory and practice. In order to expand the scope of planning and to bridge this gap between theory and practice, the article distinguishes between three ideal types of dealing with conflict: (a) avoidance of conflict that is understood as disruptive, (b) conflict as an occasion for participation and consensus building, and (c) acceptance of conflict. These passive, reactive, and proactive manners of dealing with conflict are assigned to the comprehensive-rationalistic, communicative, and agonistic planning theories. Because these ideal types occur in practice in various mixed forms, the theoretical framework may help to understand and analyze the politics of planning. Finally, the article presents some planning challenges and dilemmas with regard to the ongoing transition towards pluralist democracies.
Human Nutrition and Metabolism Urinary Disposition of the Soybean Isoflavones Daidzein , Genistein and Glycitein Differs among Humans with Moderate Fecal Isoflavone Degradation Activity 1 , 2

Glycitein metabolism was compared with other isoflavones to begin to understand the effect of this compound. Total isoflavones of 4.5 mmol/kg body weight from soymilk (high in genistein and daidzein) and soygerm (high in daidzein and glycitein) was fed to seven women and seven men. To minimize interindividual variation, only subjects with moderate fecal isoflavone degradation rates (half-lives of daidzein and genistein were 15.7 and 8.9 h, respectively) were included. The average 48-h urinary excretion of glycitein, daidzein and genistein was ;55, 46 and 29% of the dose ingested, respectively, which was significantly different from each other in men and women (P , 0.001). Plasma isoflavone concentrations at 6 and 24 h after soymilk feeding paralleled relative amounts of isoflavones in soymilk (genistein . daidzein . glycitein) (P , 0.05) in men and women, but plasma isoflavone concentrations after soygerm feeding did not parallel soygerm isoflavone concentrations in women because genistein and glycitein did not differ from each other at 6 h after feeding. Six hours after soygerm dosing, plasma isoflavone concentrations paralleled soygerm isoflavone levels in men. Based on plasma isoflavone concentrations at 6 h after dosing, the bioavailabilities of daidzein and genistein were similar in men and women. At the high glycitein dose (soygerm), plasma concentration at 24 h after dosing suggested a modest gender difference in glycitein bioavailability. J. Nutr. 129: 957–962, 1999.
Transgenics in Fruit Crops Research- A Review

Genetically modified organisms are the one which the genetic material has been altered in such a way to get the required quality. This technology is called as Recombinant DNA technology or Genetic engineering. Genetically engineered organisms are referred to as Transgenic or cisgenic organisms. The process of transferring, integration and expression of transgene in an organism are called transgenic transformation. A transgenic crop plant contains a gene which has been artificially inserted instead of the plant, acquiring them through fertilization or pollination. The inserted gene sequence (known as the transgene) may come from another unrelated plant. Improvement of the plant characteristics by transfer of selected genes into fruit plant cells is possible mainly through two principal methods: Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and micro projectile bombardment. Genetic transformation and genetic engineering contribute to an overall increase in crop productivity. Contrary to conventional plant International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 12 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Effect of Macro-economic Factors on Aggregate Stock Returns in the Tunisian Financial Market

The stock market returns are known to be significantly correlated with both inflation and money growth. Nevertheless, the impact of real macroeconomic variables on aggregate equity returns has been difficult to establish, perhaps, because their effects are neither linear nor time-invariant. Therefore, we estimate a GARCH model of daily equity returns in which the realized returns and their conditional volatility depend on twelve macro-series announcements. Hence, we perceive the absence of a significant relation between the macroeconomic announcement and the stock market returns. Moreover, the effect of the announcement of these variables has been tested on the returns. The obtained results show that the macroeconomic variables disclosed in the Tunisian financial market do not have any impact on the volatility of the returns of the shares quoted in the B.V. M.T.
The Chemical Composition of NGC 5824, a Globular Cluster without Iron Spread but with an Extreme Mg–Al Anticorrelation

NGC 5824 is a massive Galactic globular cluster suspected to have an intrinsic spread in its iron content, according to the strength of the calcium triplet lines. We present chemical abundances of 117 cluster giant stars using high-resolution spectra acquired with the multi-object spectrograph FLAMES. The metallicity distribution of 87 red giant branch stars is peaked at [Fe/H] = −2.11 ± 0.01 dex, while that derived from 30 asymptotic giant branch stars is peaked at [Fe/H] = −2.20 ± 0.01 dex. Both the distributions are compatible with a null spread, indicating that this cluster did not retain the ejecta of supernovae. The small iron abundance offset between the two groups of stars is similar to the abundances already observed among red and asymptotic giant branch stars in other clusters. The lack of intrinsic iron spread rules out the possibility that NGC 5824 is the remnant of a disrupted dwarf galaxy, as previously suggested. We also find evidence of the chemical anomalies usually observed in globular clusters, namely the Na–O and the Mg–Al anticorrelations. In particular, NGC 5824 exhibits a huge range of [Mg/Fe] abundance, observed in only a few metal-poor and/or massive clusters. We conclude that NGC 5824 is a normal globular cluster, without spread in [Fe/H] but with an unusually large spread in [Mg/Fe], possibly due to an efficient self-enrichment driven by massive asymptotic giant branch stars.
Evidence for enhanced chlorophyll-a levels in the Bay of Bengal during early north-east monsoon

To understand the chlorophyll-a distribution in the neritic waters of the northern Indian Ocean, which comprises the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east, seawater samples were collected during early north-east monsoon season (November, 2008). The column integrated chlorophyll-a over the Arabian Sea and the North Bay of Bengal exhibit high concentrations. However, the southernmost station (0806) shows enhanced chlorophyll-a concentration compared to other stations in the south Bay (0807, 0808 and 0809). This is attributed to eddy pumping of nutrients from subsurface to surface waters of the Bay during the study period due to cyclonic conditions. This observation is further supported by the lack of nutrients in the surface waters at the other stations from the south Bay compared to the station 0806, which has high nutrient concentrations. The observed salinity in the Bay of Bengal shows a strong north-south gradient with higher salinity in the southern part of the Bay. The supply of nutrients through fluvial input (that is, dominantly from the northern region) is insignificant. The enhanced chlorophyll-a concentration over the farthest station (0806) can be either due to Eddy mediated biological production or lateral advective transport of nutrients. Key words: Chlorophyll-a, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, GEOTRACES, Eddies.
Determination and application of TMD parton densities using the Parton Branching method

We present a determination of parton densities at NLO obtained with the Parton Branching method using precision measurements of deep inelastic scattering cross sections at HERA. The two sets of parton densities shown in this work are obtained with the same angular angular ordering condition for the evolution scale and they differ in the chosen scale for the strong coupling evaluation, for which we consider two scenarios: the evolution scale, and the transverse momentum qT from the angular ordering prescription. The transverse momentum dependent densities obtained with the Parton Branching method are applied to two LHC processes: the Drell-Yan pT spectrum and the azimuthal correlation in high pT dijet events. For the Drell-Yan pT spectrum a significant effect from the strong coupling scale choice is observed.
A Comprehensive Review On Energy Harvesting Techniques For Cognitive Radio Network

 Abstract — Latest focus on green communications has created great interest in research into connectivity and networking for energy harvesting. Energy harvesting from natural sources may theoretically minimize dependency on grid or battery energy supply, adding several enticing environmental benefits and usage. However, unlike traditional reliable electricity, the erratic and random aspect of renewable energy renders transmission networks impossible to introduce. During the past few years, comprehensive investigation has been conducted over to resolve the Implicit complexity in several factors: energy sources and models, protocols for energy conservation and usage, monitoring and utilization of energy,Usage of energy storage in mutual networks, smart radio networks, wireless and multi-user networks, etc. However, as their number is increasing, adequate and regular reviews of advances must now be rendered in the sector. In addition, a growing array of proven energy harvesters are expanding into commercial markets from the laboratory. Energy harvesters must be combined in operation with power storage and/or end users such as wireless sensor networks and sensors. The harvester-storage and harvester-sensor integration systems must also be regularly checked. We study various hybrid spectrum access schemes and energy harvesting methods for cognitive radio signals.
Supercurrents in lead—copper—-lead sandwiches

The resistance of thin-film lead-copper-lead junctions has been studied with the lead in the superconducting state. The junctions will sustain a supercurrent up to a certain critical value above which a voltage appears, rising smoothly from zero as the current is increased. The effect of a magnetic field upon the critical current has demonstrated that the sandwiches behave phenomenologically as Josephson junctions. The critical current rises rapidly as the temperature is lowered, decreases exponentially with increasing thickness of copper and increases with increase of the mean free path of the copper. A simplified version of the de Gennes theory of the proximity effect has been used to account quantitatively for this behaviour. The experiments show that the coherence length of the paired electrons in the copper increases as the temperature decreases, implying that thermal fluctuations govern the decay of the pairs. From the value of the decay length, the interaction parameter in copper is estimated to lie between +0·06 and +0·14. The properties of these junctions are compared with those of junctions with insulating barriers.
Workshop on SRM drives an alternative for E-traction SRM drives an alternative for E-traction

Electrification of road vehicles is one of the most consistent initiatives to achieve a clean, environmentally friendly and efficient transport system. The choice of the electric machine for the powertrain is an important consideration, nowadays tilted towards permanent magnet synchronous machines. However, rare earth permanent magnet supply drawbacks open up new prospects for other types of machines, such as switched reluctance machines (SRM). This Workshop, Switched reluctance motor drives an alternative for E-traction, aims to deepen into the potential of SRM for electric traction, to be a meeting point for groups that are currently working on the development of SRM drives and an opportunity to establish future collaborations. The Workshop consists of two parts. In the first part, participants will present papers about issues related with switched reluctance machines for electric traction applications. In the second part, they will discuss what aspects slow down the application of SRM drives for electric traction and their possible solutions.
Dolphin : Dataplane Load-balancing in Programmable Hybrid Networks

Programmability allows networks to adopt flexible policies without requiring hardware changes every time a new policy is deployed. However, the first step to transition to such a network today is to first replace all existing devices with programmable ones. This is often a major hurdle for enterprises to upgrade due to the high upfront operational costs and inherent risks involved. In this paper, we explore how to deploy programmable networks incrementally, such that networks can still reap the benefits of programmability by upgrading only a small fraction of their switches. Our work targets the use case of loadbalancing at dataplane time scales. Existing schemes, such as HULA [9] and CONGA [3], require devices in the network to be homogeneous and capable of functionality not available on legacy switches. We propose two schemes to approximate the same behavior on hybrid networks where only a fraction of the switches are programmable.
Systemization and Review of Non-Monetary Costs of Tax Evasion

The pervasive problem with tax evasion of individuals was commonly examined by analyzing the monetary costs of tax evasion (e.g. audit probability, fine and tax rate). Only recently, the analysis has been expanded to non-monetary costs of tax evasion. This paper systemizes this area of research and reviews its findings including latest developments. In particular, the paper reviews seven sources of non-monetary costs of tax evasion, namely social norm, trust, fairness, participation rights, complexity and knowledge, patriotism, and moral emotions. Finally, I discuss interdependencies between these sources of non-monetary costs of tax evasion on the one hand and between non-monetary and monetary costs of tax evasion on the other.
GbTCP , a cotton TCP transcriptio fa tor , co fer fibre elongation and root hair developme t by a complex regulating system

In mammals, cadmium is widely considered as a non-genotoxic carcinogen acting through a methylation-dependent epigenetic mechanism. Here, the effects of Cd treatment on the DNA methylation patten are examined together with its effect on chromatin reconfiguration in Posidonia oceanica. DNA methylation level and pattern were analysed in actively growing organs, under short(6 h) and long(2 d or 4 d) term and low (10 mM) and high (50 mM) doses of Cd, through a Methylation-Sensitive Amplification Polymorphism technique and an immunocytological approach, respectively. The expression of one member of the CHROMOMETHYLASE (CMT) family, a DNA methyltransferase, was also assessed by qRT-PCR. Nuclear chromatin ultrastructure was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Cd treatment induced a DNA hypermethylation, as well as an up-regulation of CMT, indicating that de novo methylation did indeed occur. Moreover, a high dose of Cd led to a progressive heterochromatinization of interphase nuclei and apoptotic figures were also observed after long-term treatment. The data demonstrate that Cd perturbs the DNA methylation status through the involvement of a specific methyltransferase. Such changes are linked to nuclear chromatin reconfiguration likely to establish a new balance of expressed/repressed chromatin. Overall, the data show an epigenetic basis to the mechanism underlying Cd toxicity in plants.
Influence of prior knowledge on museum engagement

Minor attention has been given to level of engagement during consumption and how cultural consumers engage with a cultural place (Chhabra, 2008; Coulter, Price, & Feick, 2003; Goulding, 2000; Welsh, 2005). As museums recognise the greater complexity of their relationships with consumers, they have developed new mechanisms for enhancing the degree of engagement . The concept of engagement can be identified throughout a number of literatures spanning the disciplines of consumer psychology, education, leisure, tourism and the arts, with multiple, though related, definitions. Meaning is construed as variously the involvement (Higgins, 2006) , commitment (Mollen & Wilson, 2010) or emotional connection (Rappaport, 2007) a consumer has with a product, process or brand; meaningful interaction resulting in learning (Kearsley & Schneiderman, 1998); the interchange and exchange between art exhibits and consumers (Edmonds, Muller, & Connell, 2006) and the ways in which consumers use museums to create images of themselves (Welsh, 2005).
Graph-based Feature Enrichment for Online Intrusion Detection in Virtual Networks

The ubiquitousness of Internet-of-Things devices paves the way for distributed network attacks at an unprecedented scale. Graph theory, strengthened by machine learning techniques, improves an automatic discovery of group behavior patterns of distributed network threats often omitted by traditional security systems. This dissertation proposes an intrusion detection system for online threat detection enriched by a graph-learning analysis. We develop a feature enrichment algorithm that infers metrics based on a graph analysis. By using different machine learning techniques, we evaluated our system for three network traffic datasets. Results show that the proposed enrichment improves the threat detection accuracy up to 15.7% and significantly reduces false-positive rate. Furthermore, we evaluate intrusion detection systems deployed as virtual network functions and propose SFCPerf, a framework for automating performance evaluation of service function chaining. To demonstrate SFCPerf functionality, we evaluate different NFV scenarios, including a real security service function chain prototype, composed of our intrusion detection system and a firewall.
Effects of gender and gender role orientation on high school students' teaching perceptions and aspirations in Hong Kong

Teaching is a female-dominated career in both Western and Eastern societies. While low salary and social status have been suggested by previous research as the main reasons, these cannot explain the phenomenon in Hong Kong where teachers enjoy high social status and salary. My Master of Psychology research will include samples of Hong Kong and Australian senior high school students, to contrast their gender stereotypes as measured by Bem’s Sex-Role Inventory (Bem, 1981), and how these, along with their gender and gender role orientations, affect their views of what characterises a good primary and secondary teacher, likelihood to consider teaching as a career, self-efficacy, and interests in