cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Китайские прообразы в произведениях для кларнета итальянских композиторов Микеле Мангани и Джузеппе Рикотта
Creators: name: Каркина, Светлана
Publisher: name: ИП Соколова М.В.
Year: 2022
Subjects: кларнет
Китай
фольклорные прообразы
европейская традиция
стилевой синтез
Италия
Микеле Мангани
Джузеппе Рикотта

description: Международный научно-исследовательский журнал 5(119) 5.2022, №5(119) (2022)
พลวัตและการสื่อความหมายทางวัฒนธรรมของพิธีกรรมตัดเหมรยแก้บน อำเภอเขาพนม                         จังหวัดกระบี่และอำเภอทุ่งใหญ่ จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช
Creators: name: รินภา ณ ศรีสุข
name: อุมารินทร์ ตุลารักษ์
Publisher: name: สถาบันวิจัยและพัฒนา มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏมหาสารคาม
Year: 2559
Subjects: พิธีตัดเหมรยแก้บน,พิธีกรรมของภาคใต้,โนรา

description: No.1, Vol.3, วารสารวิจัยเพื่อพัฒนาสังคมและชุมชน มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏมหาสารคาม
Micro Turbine Drilling – MTD
Creators: name: Geißler, Niklas
name: Garsche, Florian
name: Samus, Vitalii
name: Bracke, Rolf
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2021

description: The main component of the MTD process is a high-speed micro drilling turbine driven by high-pressure fluid. Equipped with an impregnated diamond drill bit, it is possible to cut through hard rock and steel in a single operation. This eliminates the need to change the drill bit during operation, saving time and money. To connect a formation using ⌀40 mm micro-sidetracks, a deflector shoe is installed inside the cased well to the desired drilling depth using jointed pipes. Then, the drilling unit attached to a flexible hose is run in to drill first through the casing and then further into the formation. The compact design of the drilling tool allows a deflection of the micro sidetracks of approx. 50°in a 5 1/2" casing. Since the drilling tool consists of temperature-resistant components, the MTD can also be used for very deep, high-temperature geothermal wells. Conclusion Tests have proven that the MTD can be used to drill micro-sidetracks from a well through steel casing into hard rock such as granite. This way, surrounding fracture zones can be connected and production rates can be increased in a cost-effective manner. This was not possible for us with previous technologies such as conventional Radial Jet Drilling-RJD 3 and now opens up new possibilities for the geothermal industry.
title: Changes in the landscape pattern of the north bank of Xiyuan based on drawing archives (1669–1980)
Creators: name: Zhang, Nan
Publisher: name: Conference Proceedings XXIX International Seminar on Urban Form ISUF 2022 Urban Redevelopment and Revitalisation A Multidisciplinary Perspective/Lodz University of Technology Press
Year: 2023
Subjects: Imperial garden, Gardening, Beihai, Drawing, Modulus.

description: The gardens of Beijing's Xiyuan have received widespread attention since the 1930s during the period of the Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture. Based on five drawings from 1669, 1750, 1759, 1874 and 1936, combined with the latest laser scanning point cloud model, this paper compiles and compares the landscape relationship, architectural layout and dimensions of individual buildings of the group over time. While sorting out the changes of the north bank of the Xiyuan, analysed the different garden design concept and pointed out that the precious value about the Xiyuan case is that each new construction and reconstruction is based on a large scale urban pattern and a small scale architectural modulus relationship, with a very clear design concept. At the same time, through the comparison of drawing methods and expressions of different periods, and discuss the functions and meanings of drawings for the recording and presentation of landscape architecture in different technical contexts. At the level of Architecture Survey, promote the elaborate documentation of this important group of historical gardens and at the methodological level, by combining pictorial and historical documentary analysis increase the inter-evidence relationship between the three types of research materials: physical, textual and pictorial.
วรรณกรรมชาดกพื้นบ้านอีสาน : ภาพสะท้อนอัตลักษณ์ด้านความเชื่อ วิถีชีวิตประเพณีและพิธีกรรม
Creators: name: ราชันย์ นิลวรรณาภา
name: พิพัฒน์ ประเสริฐสังข์
Publisher: name: สถาบันวิจัยและพัฒนา มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏมหาสารคาม
Year: 2559
Subjects: วรรณกรรมชาดกพื้นบ้านอีสาน,ภาพสะท้อน,อัตลักษณ์,สังคมวัฒนธรรม

description: No.1, Vol.3, วารสารวิจัยเพื่อพัฒนาสังคมและชุมชน มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏมหาสารคาม
Simultaneously Reconstructing Transparent and Opaque Surfaces from Texture Images
Creators: name: Fanany, Mohamad Ivan
name: Kumazawa, Itsuo
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: This paper addresses the problem of reconstructing non-overlapping transparent and opaque surfaces from multiple view images. The reconstruction is attained through progressive refinement of an initial 3D shape by minimizing the error between the images of the object and the initial 3D shape. The challenge is to simultaneously reconstruct both the transparent and opaque surfaces given only a limited number of images. Any refinement methods can theoretically be applied if analytic relation between pixel value in the training images and vertices position of the initial 3D shape is known. This paper investigates such analytic relations for reconstructing opaque and transparent surfaces. The analytic relation for opaque surface follows diffuse reflection model, whereas for transparent surface follows ray tracing model. However, both relations can be converged for reconstruction both surfaces into texture mapping model. To improve the reconstruction results several strategies including regularization, hierarchical learning, and simulated annealing are investigated.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Visual Person Searches for Retail Loss Detection : Application and Evaluation
Creators: name: Senior, Andrew W
name: Brown, L.
name: Shu, C.-F.
name: Tian, Y.-L.
name: Lu, M.
name: Zhai, Y.
name: Hampapur, A.
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: We describe a novel computer-vision based system for facilitating the search for people across multiple non-overlapping cameras. The system has been applied in a retail environment most specifically for returns fraud prevention. The system detects and tracks people in multiple cameras and enables rapid cross-camera association of tracks. The system has been tested in a real store environment and we present results with a breakdown of error types.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Schlagen Frauenherzen anders? – Geschlechterunterschiede im Lipidmanagement
Creators: name: Muck, Maximilian Arne
name: Baessler, Andrea
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Kardiovaskuläre Erkrankung · Lipidstoffwechsel · LDL-Zielwerterreichung · Statinintoleranz · Kombinationstherapie
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Geschlechterspezifische Unterschiede im Lipidstoffwechsel sind vor allem hormonell bedingt. Frauen haben prämenopausal im Vergleich zu Männern tendenziell günstigere Lipidwerte, wie höhere Konzentrationen an High-Density-Lipoprotein-Cholesterin (HDL-C) und niedrigere Konzentrationen an Low-Density-Lipoprotein-Cholesterin (LDL-C). Mit Beginn der Menopause verschlechtern sich diese Werte jedoch durch hormonelle Veränderungen, wodurch sich bei Frauen das Risiko für atherosklerotische Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen erhöht.

Trotz vergleichbarer Wirksamkeit lipidsenkender Therapien bei Männern und Frauen zeigen mehrere Studien einheitlich, dass Frauen seltener die empfohlenen LDL-C-Zielwerte erreichen. Besonders in der klinischen Praxis bestehen große Diskrepanzen zwischen Leitlinienempfehlungen und tatsächlicher Behandlung, vor allem bei Hochrisikopatientinnen. Verschiedene Barrieren tragen wesentlich dazu bei: Dazu gehören die Unterschätzung des Risikos bei Frauen durch behandelnde Ärzte, ein zurückhaltenderes Verordnungsverhalten, ein eingeschränktes Bewusstsein für die Notwendigkeit einer Therapie bei Patientinnen sowie eine verminderte Medikamentenadhärenz. Letztere wird unter anderem durch eine stärkere Wahrnehmung von Nebenwirkungen und eine höhere Prävalenz von Statinintoleranz beeinflusst.

Die Betreuung in spezialisierten Lipidzentren zeigt, dass viele schwer einstellbare Patienten, wie z. B. Patienten mit Statinintoleranz oder hohen LDL-C-Ausgangswerten, mit gezielter Nachsorge erfolgreich behandelt werden können. Neue pharmakologische Ansätze und Kombinationstherapien ermöglichen es, die Therapieziele zu erreichen. Dennoch erreichen Frauen trotz solcher Maßnahmen seltener ihre LDL-Zielwerte, was auf die Notwendigkeit intensiverer Betreuung und geschlechtersensibler Strategien hinweist.

Eine wirksame Lipidtherapie erfordert verstärkt den Einsatz von Kombinationstherapien, regelmäßige Kontrollen und eine enge Zusammenarbeit zwischen Patient und Arzt. Besonders bei Frauen ist es entscheidend, die Therapieadhärenz zu verbessern und mögliche Barrieren konsequent anzugehen, um das kardiovaskuläre Risiko effektiv zu senken.
title: Abgeleitete Textformate: Text und Data Mining mit urheberrechtlich geschützten Textbeständen
Creators: name: Schöch, Christof
name: Döhl, Frédéric
name: Rettinger, Achim
name: Gius, Evelyn
name: Trilcke, Peer
name: Leinen, Peter
name: Jannidis, Fotis
name: Hinzmann, Maria
name: Röpke, Jörg
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften - ZfdG
Year: 2020

description: Das Text und Data Mining (TDM) mit urheberrechtlich geschützten Texten unterliegt trotz der TDM-Schranke (§ 60d UrhG) weiterhin Einschränkungen, die u. a. die Speicherung, Veröffentlichung und Nachnutzung der entstehenden Korpora betreffen und das volle Potenzial des TDM in den Digital Humanities ungenutzt lassen. Als Lösung werden abgeleitete Textformate vorgeschlagen: Hier werden urheberrechtlich geschützte Textbestände so transformiert, dass alle wesentlichen urheberrechtlich relevanten Merkmale entfernt werden, verschiedene einschlägige Methoden des TDM aber weiterhin zum Einsatz kommen können. Mehrere abgeleitete Textformate werden aus Sicht der Computational Literary Studies, der Informatik, der Gedächtnisinstitutionen und der Rechtswissenschaften beleuchtet.
An Un-awarely Collected Real World Face Database: The LabName-Door Face Database
Creators: name: Ekenel, Hazim Kemal
name: Stiefelhagen, Rainer
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: In this paper we present a new face database that has been collected under real world conditions and without collaborating with the individuals whose images are being captured. The images in the database are recorded with a zoom camera monitoring the door of the laboratory. The developed capture software processes each frame and whenever it detects a face as well as the eyes, it saves the frame to the database. A face recognition software is also accompanied to the image acquisition system to help to label the identities of the individuals in the database. Recordings have been done for six months and this way ten thousands pictures of more than 100 individuals have been collected. From this set, approximately 33000 images of 30 people are made available to public. To give an idea about the difficulty level of doing face recognition under such a scenario, the well-known face recognition algorithms are tested on the collected database.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Salient Visual Features to Help Close the Loop in 6D SLAM
Creators: name: Kunze, Lars
name: Lingemann, Kai
name: Nüchter, Andreas
name: Hertzberg, Joachim
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: One fundamental problem in mobile robotics research is _Simultaneous Localization and Mapping_ (SLAM): A mobile robot has to localize itself in an unknown environment, and at the same time generate a map of the surrounding area. One fundamental part of SLAM algorithms is loop closing: The robot detects whether it has reached an area that has been visited before, and uses this information to improve the pose estimate in the next step. In this work, visual camera features are used to assist closing the loop in an existing 6 degree of freedom SLAM (6D SLAM) architecture. For our robotics application we propose and evaluate several detection methods, including salient region detection and maximally stable extremal region detection. The detected regions are encoded using SIFT descriptors and stored in a database. Loops are detected by matching of the images' descriptors. A comparison of the different feature detection methods shows that the combination of salient and maximally stable extremal regions suggested by Newman and Ho performs moderately.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
СЕПАРАТИСТСКИЕ ДВИЖЕНИЯ В СОВРЕМЕННОЙ ФРАНЦИИ
Creators: name: Сообщество рецензентов Международного научно-исследовательского журнала
Publisher: name: ИП Соколова М.В.
Year: 2022
Subjects: сепаратизм
национализм
терроризм
радикальное движение
автономия

description: Международный научно-исследовательский журнал 5(119) 5.2022, №5(119) (2022)
Attention Based Auto Image Cropping
Creators: name: Stentiford, Fred
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: Many images contain salient regions that are surrounded by too much uninteresting background material and are not as enlightening as a sensibly cropped version. The choice of the best picture window both at capture time and during subsequent processing is normally subjective and a wholly manual task. This paper proposes a method of automatically cropping visual material based upon a new measure of visual attention that reflects the informativeness of the image.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Topological Degeneracy Induced by Twisting
Creators: name: Peng, Han
name: Wang, Qiang
name: Xiao, Meng
name: Wang, Xiayi
name: Zhu, Shining
name: Liu, Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In recent years, twisting has emerged as a new degree of freedom that plays an increasingly important role in Bloch bands of various physical systems. However, there is currently a lack of reports on the non-trivial physics of topological degeneracy in twisted systems. In this work, we investigated the intrinsic physical correlation between twisting and topological degeneracy. We found that twisting not only breaks the symmetry of the system but also introduces topological degeneracy that does not exist under the original symmetric system without twisting. Furthermore, the topological degeneracy can be easily tuned through twisting. This new twist-induced topological degeneracy gives rise to a unique polarization-degenerate birefringent medium, wherein the twist angle acts as a novel degree of freedom for dispersion and polarization management of interface states. Exhibiting fascinating properties and experimental feasibilities, our work points to new possibilities in the research of various topological physics in twisted photonics.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures
An Attention Based Method For Motion Detection And Estimation
Creators: name: Zhang, Shijie
name: Stentiford, Fred
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: The demand for automated motion detection and object tracking systems has promoted considerable research activity in the field of computer vision. A novel approach to motion detection and estimation based on visual attention is proposed in the paper. Two different thresholding techniques are applied and comparisons are made with Black's motion estimation technique based on the measure of overall derived tracking angle. The method is illustrated on various video data and results show that the new method can extract both motion and shape information.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Adaptive Backdoor Attacks with Reasonable Constraints on Graph Neural Networks
Creators: name: Dong, Xuewen
name: Li, Jiachen
name: Li, Shujun
name: You, Zhichao
name: Qu, Qiang
name: Kholodov, Yaroslav
name: Shen, Yulong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recent studies show that graph neural networks (GNNs) are vulnerable to backdoor attacks. Existing backdoor attacks against GNNs use fixed-pattern triggers and lack reasonable trigger constraints, overlooking individual graph characteristics and rendering insufficient evasiveness. To tackle the above issues, we propose ABARC, the first Adaptive Backdoor Attack with Reasonable Constraints, applying to both graph-level and node-level tasks in GNNs. For graph-level tasks, we propose a subgraph backdoor attack independent of the graph's topology. It dynamically selects trigger nodes for each target graph and modifies node features with constraints based on graph similarity, feature range, and feature type. For node-level tasks, our attack begins with an analysis of node features, followed by selecting and modifying trigger features, which are then constrained by node similarity, feature range, and feature type. Furthermore, an adaptive edge-pruning mechanism is designed to reduce the impact of neighbors on target nodes, ensuring a high attack success rate (ASR). Experimental results show that even with reasonable constraints for attack evasiveness, our attack achieves a high ASR while incurring a marginal clean accuracy drop (CAD). When combined with the state-of-the-art defense randomized smoothing (RS) method, our attack maintains an ASR over 94%, surpassing existing attacks by more than 7%.
title: Analyse von Begleittexten am Beispiel von 103 Ethnografien
Creators: name: Kilchör, Fabienne
name: Lehmann, Jörg
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften
Year: 2020

description: Die vorliegende Studie präsentiert und erprobt eine Methodik, mit der die Paratexte eines mittelgroßen Textkorpus erfasst und analysiert werden. Zunächst wird eine Einführung in die Erzähltheorie gegeben, dann werden die einzelnen methodischen Schritte zur Erfassung der unterschiedlichen paratextuellen und textuellen Signale ausführlich dargelegt. Deren Quantifizierung ermöglicht ein Clustering und damit die Zusammenfassung der untersuchten Texte in Gruppen. An einem Korpus von 103 wissenschaftlichen Ethnografien wird beispielhaft vorgeführt, zu welchen Ergebnissen die Analyse von Paratexten führen kann. Sie zeigt, dass ethnografisches Schreiben im 20. Jahrhundert zwischen einer wissenschaftlichen Darstellung einerseits und einer autobiografischen Erzählform andererseits changiert. Die Analyse nimmt dabei sowohl das Textkorpus als Ganzes in den Blick als auch die Entwicklungen im Zeitverlauf. Hieran lässt sich die Geschichte der Disziplin nachvollziehen, die das Forschersubjekt zunächst passiv als neutralen Beobachter konzipiert hat und erst in jüngerer Zeit als aktiv interagierende Persönlichkeit präsentiert. Der Schlussteil diskutiert Möglichkeiten zur Automatisierung der Datenerhebung sowie den Einsatz von machine learning-Verfahren. Das Potential von Paratextanalysen, Einsichten in die sich seit dem ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert vollziehende funktionale Ausdifferenzierung der Darstellungskonventionen zu gewähren, wird so umrissen.
Mt. Emei 峨眉山
Creators: name: Travagnin, Stefania
Publisher: name: Database of Religious History (DRH)
Year: 2023

description: Mt. Emei is well-known as one of the four Buddhist sacred mountains in China, devoted to the worship of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (Ch: Puxian pusa 普賢菩薩), the bodhisattva associated with "practice", and represented, iconographically, on a white elephant with six tusks. Mt. Emei is made of four main peaks, called Big Emei (Ch: Da e 大峨), Second Emei (Ch: Er e 二峨), Third Emei (Ch: San e 三峨), and Fourth Emei (Ch: Si e 四峨), which all house Buddhist temples. However, in the early days of the Imperial era, Mt. Emei was considered mostly a Daoist sacred site and had housed several Daoist temples since the Eastern Han (25-220 CE); this is why Mt. Emei is also known, in the Daoist context, as “the seventh grotto” (Ch: diqi dongtian 第七洞天). Buddhists have been present on Mt. Emei since the Eastern Jin period (317-420 CE), with the monk Huichi 慧持 moving there from Lushan and building Puxian Temple (Ch: Puxiansi 普賢寺), which is now called Wannian Temple (Ch: Wanniansi 萬年寺). The temple was so named because of the Samantabhadra statue enshrined there, and this may be the origin of the cult of Samantabhadra on the mountain; certainly, by the Northern and Southern Song, Mt. Emei was enshrined as a Samantabhadra site. During the Eastern Jin, Daoists and Buddhists coexisted, although a series of Daoist temples started being converted into Buddhist sites. Buddhism developed and spread even further during the Tang and Song, also due to the Imperial support during the Tang. During the Ming, the amount of Daoists and Daoist sites starts declining, and by the Qing they were outnumbered by the Buddhist presence; it was during the Qing that Mt. Emei became mainly a Buddhist site, and many of the temples that we see today were, indeed, rebuilt during that period. The monastic population of Mt. Emei has changed continuously, with new Sangha members moving to the mountain and other traveling to other sites for study and practice; this factor, plus the lack of a clear system of management of the temples, makes the reconstruction of the history of the local Sangha and individual temples very difficult. Mt. Emei housed only male temples until the 1950s; it was in the 1950s that the local committee of the Buddhist Association of China discussed the relocation of nuns from nunneries in the neighboring counties to Mt. Emei. In 1956, Fuhu Temple (Ch: Fuhusi 伏虎寺) became a nunnery with 21 resident nuns, and the nun Qingchang 清常 acting as abbess. Right now there are five main nunneries on Mt. Emei: Fuhu Temple, that also hosts the female branch of the Mt. Emei Institute of Buddhist Studies; Leiyin Temple (Ch: Leiyinsi 雷音寺), Chunyang Hall (Ch: Chunyang dian 純陽殿), Shengshui Temple (Ch: Shengshuige 聖水閣), Shanjue Nunnery (Ch: Shanjuesi善覺寺). The Daoist nature of the site is still felt on the mountain, not only for the presence of important Daoist masters in the area even after the early Imperial time, but also with the belief that Lu Chunyang 呂純陽 became an immortal there.
Supplementary document for Quasi-acoustic impedance matching distributed opto-mechanical sensor with Aluminized coating optical fiber - 6075476.pdf
Creators: name: Dong, Yong Kang
name: Ren, Yuli
name: Li, Hongwei
name: Chipouline, Arkadi
name: Zhou, Dengwang
name: Li, Tianfu
name: Zhang, Hongying
name: Lin, Dianyang
name: Ba, Dexin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: 476555-Quasi-acoustic impedance matching distributed opto-mechanical sensor with Aluminized coating optical fiber: supplemental document
3D Modeling of Objects by Using Resilient Neural Network
Creators: name: Besdok, Erkan
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: Camera Calibration (CC) is a fundamental issue for Shape-Capture, Robotic-Vision and 3D Reconstruction in Photogrammetry and Computer Vision. The purpose of CC is the determination of the intrinsic parameters of cameras for metric evaluation of the images. Classical CC methods comprise of taking images of objects with known geometry, extracting the features of the objects from the images, and minimizing their 3D backprojection errors. In this paper, a novel implicit-CC model (CC-RN) based on Resilient Neural Networks has been introduced. The CC-RN is particularly useful for 3D reconstruction of the applications that do not require explicitly computation of physical camera parameters in addition to the expert knowledge. The CC-RN supports intelligent-photogrammetry, photogrammetron. In order to evaluate the success of the proposed implicit-CC model, the 3D reconstruction performance of the CC-RN has been compared with two different well-known implementations of the Direct Linear Transformation (DLT). Extensive simulation results show that the CC-RN achieves a better performance than the well-known DLTs in the 3D backprojection of scene.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Endothelial inflammation and neutrophil transmigration are modulated by extracellular matrix composition in an inflammation-on-a-chip model
Creators: name: Riddle, Rebecca B
name: Jennbacken, Karin
name: Hansson, Kenny M
name: Harper, Matthew
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Article
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article

description: Funder: AstraZeneca; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100004325
description: Abstract: Inflammatory diseases are often characterised by excessive neutrophil infiltration from the blood stream to the site of inflammation, which damages healthy tissue and prevents resolution of inflammation. Development of anti-inflammatory drugs is hindered by lack of in vitro and in vivo models which accurately represent the disease microenvironment. In this study, we used the OrganoPlate to develop a humanized 3D in vitro inflammation-on-a-chip model to recapitulate neutrophil transmigration across the endothelium and subsequent migration through the extracellular matrix (ECM). Human umbilical vein endothelial cells formed confluent vessels against collagen I and geltrex mix, a mix of basement membrane extract and collagen I. TNF-α-stimulation of vessels upregulated inflammatory cytokine expression and promoted neutrophil transmigration. Intriguingly, major differences were found depending on the composition of the ECM. Neutrophils transmigrated in higher number and further in geltrex mix than collagen I, and did not require an N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) gradient for transmigration. Inhibition of neutrophil proteases inhibited neutrophil transmigration on geltrex mix, but not collagen I. These findings highlight the important role of the ECM in determining cell phenotype and response to inhibitors. Future work could adapt the ECM composition for individual diseases, producing accurate models for drug development.
A Three-Level Computational Attention Model
Creators: name: Mancas, Matei
name: Gosselin, Bernard
name: Macq, Benoît
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: This article deals with a biologically-motivated three-level computational attention model architecture based on the rarity and the information theory framework. It mainly focuses on a low-level step which aims in fastly highlighting important areas and a middle-level step which analyses the behaviour of the detected areas. Their application on both still images and videos provide results to be used by the third high-level step.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Unit-level resistant colonisation in European neonatal intensive care units – Results from NeoIPC feasibility study
Creators: name: Minotti, Chiara
name: Cook, Aislinn
name: Martin, Jennifer
name: Berkell, Matilda
name: Schlaeppi, Chloé
name: Bielicki, Julia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: NeoDeco, part of the Horizon 2020-funded NeoIPC project (n. 965328) and sponsored by Fondazione Penta ETS, is a cluster randomised hybrid effectiveness-implementation study, starting in 2024. It aims to assess whether the implementation of an optimised skin-to-skin contact reduces neonatal severe infection and resistant bacterial colonisation among infants born <32 weeks' gestation, defined as high-risk, in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). A 4-week feasibility study assessing unit-level resistant colonisation preceded NeoDeco in 14 European sites in 2022-2023.

Resistant bacterial colonisation (detection of minimum one of the following genes via PCR in a stool sample: VanA, VanB, blaKPC, blaNDM, blaVIM, blaIMP, blaOXA-48, blaCTX-M group1, blaCTX-M group9) outcomes were measured using cross-sectional surveys of stool samples. Colonisation data were captured using REDCap.

Overall, 753/934 infants contributed stool samples (181 not producing stools) in 56 surveys, 333 being high-risk. Of the 42/56 surveys with any resistant bacteria colonisation, the median of colonised infants per survey was 28% (IQR 15%-56%), with a median of 3 infants colonised (IQR 2-7). A median of 45% (IQR 30%-58%) of colonised infants per survey were high-risk (median=2 infants (IQR 1-3), Figure 1. The resistant bacterial colonisation prevalence, overall and in high-risk infants, varied by site, being higher in southern Europe.

NeoDeco will soon run in 24 NICUs in 5 countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom). The effectiveness outcomes measured in high-risk infants will be cumulative incidence of hospital-acquired sepsis and unit-level resistant bacterial colonisation, applying the same pragmatic approaches to data collection and monitoring, that could be implemented and used for wider applications.
Genetic and phylogenetic uncoupling of structure and function in human transmodal cortex.
Creators: name: Valk, Sofie L
name: Xu, Ting
name: Paquola, Casey
name: Park, Bo-Yong
name: Bethlehem, Richard AI
name: Vos De Wael, Reinder
name: Royer, Jessica
name: Masouleh, Shahrzad Kharabian
name: Bayrak, Şeyma
name: Kochunov, Peter
name: Yeo, BT Thomas
name: Margulies, Daniel
name: Smallwood, Jonathan
name: Eickhoff, Simon B
name: Bernhardt, Boris C
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Article
/631/378/2649
/631/378/2583
/141
/123
article

description: Brain structure scaffolds intrinsic function, supporting cognition and ultimately behavioral flexibility. However, it remains unclear how a static, genetically controlled architecture supports flexible cognition and behavior. Here, we synthesize genetic, phylogenetic and cognitive analyses to understand how the macroscale organization of structure-function coupling across the cortex can inform its role in cognition. In humans, structure-function coupling was highest in regions of unimodal cortex and lowest in transmodal cortex, a pattern that was mirrored by a reduced alignment with heritable connectivity profiles. Structure-function uncoupling in macaques had a similar spatial distribution, but we observed an increased coupling between structure and function in association cortices relative to humans. Meta-analysis suggested regions with the least genetic control (low heritable correspondence and different across primates) are linked to social-cognition and autobiographical memory. Our findings suggest that genetic and evolutionary uncoupling of structure and function in different transmodal systems may support the emergence of complex forms of cognition.
Presentation Agents That Adapt to Users' Visual Interest and Follow Their Preferences
Creators: name: Hoekstra, Arjen
name: Prendinger, Helmut
name: Bee, Nikolaus
name: Heylen, Dirk
name: Ishizuka, Mitsuru
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: This research proposes an interactive presentation system that employs eye gaze as an intuitive and unobtrusive input modality. Eye movements are an excellent clue to users' attention, visual interest, and preference. By analyzing and interpreting eye behavior in real-time, our system can adapt to the current (visual) interest state of the user, and thus provide a more personalized and 'attentive' experience of the presentation. The system implements a virtual presentation room, where research content is presented by a team of two highly realistic 3D agents in a dynamic and interactive way. A small preliminary study was conducted to investigate users' gaze behavior with a non-interactive version of the system. A demo video based on our system was awarded as the best application of life-like agents at the GALA event in 2006.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Computational Attention for Event Detection
Creators: name: Mancas, Matei
name: Couvreur, Laurent
name: Gosselin, Bernard
name: Macq, Benoît
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: This article deals with a biologically-motivated three-level computational attention model architecture based on the rarity and the information theory framework. It mainly focuses on low-level and medium-level steps and their application in pre-attentive detection of tumours in CT scans and unusual events in audio recordings.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Investigation of a UK biobank cohort reveals causal associations of self-reported walking pace with telomere length
Creators: name: Dempsey, Paddy C.
name: Musicha, Crispin
name: Rowlands, Alex V.
name: Davies, Melanie
name: Khunti, Kamlesh
name: Razieh, Cameron
name: Timmins, Iain
name: Zaccardi, Francesco
name: Codd, Veryan
name: Nelson, Christopher P.
name: Yates, Tom
name: Samani, Nilesh J.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Article
/692/308/53/2423
/692/499
/692/53
article

description: Abstract: Walking pace is a simple and functional form of movement and a strong predictor of health status, but the nature of its association with leucocyte telomere length (LTL) is unclear. Here we investigate whether walking pace is associated with LTL, which is causally associated with several chronic diseases and has been proposed as a marker of biological age. Analyses were conducted in 405,981 UK Biobank participants. We show that steady/average and brisk walkers had significantly longer LTL compared with slow walkers, with accelerometer-assessed measures of physical activity further supporting this through an association between LTL and habitual activity intensity, but not with total amount of activity. Bi-directional mendelian randomisation analyses suggest a causal link between walking pace and LTL, but not the other way around. A faster walking pace may be causally associated with longer LTL, which could help explain some of the beneficial effects of brisk walking on health status. Given its simple measurement and low heritability, self-reported walking pace may be a pragmatic target for interventions.
Computational Attention for Defect Localisation
Creators: name: Mancas, Matei
name: Unay, Devrim
name: Gosselin, Bernard
name: Macq, Benoît
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: This article deals with a biologically-motivated three-level computational attention model architecture based on the rarity and the information theory framework. It mainly focuses on a low-level step and its application in pre-attentive defect localisation for apple quality grading and tumour localisation for medical images.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Influence on the Bead Geometry in Laser Metal Deposition
Creators: name: Weidemann, Tizia
name: :Unav
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2023
Subjects: Laser metal deposition with wire
Bead geometry
Parameter study

description: Laser metal deposition with wire (LMD-w) is a promising additive manufacturing technology, which attracts interest due to the low waste of material, the flexible application possibilities along the production chain and the improved metallurgical properties compared to powder-based processes. However, the complex handling of the technology and the resulting low process stability inhibit the broad industrial application. In particular, the varying bead geometry prevents automation and series production. To improve the geometric accuracy, it is necessary to understand influencing parameters. For this purpose, a parameter study is carried out in the present work. Different combinations of laser power, wire feed rate, traverse speed and welding angle are set, and the deposited beads are evaluated in terms of height and width. A factorial design experiment with the Box-Behnken was used to analyse and understand the interaction of these parameters on the deposited beads.
Attentional Robot Localization and Mapping
Creators: name: Frintrop, Simone
name: Jensfelt, Patric
name: Christensen, Henrik I.
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: In this paper, we introduce an application of visual attention in the field of robotics: attentional visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). A biologically motivated attention system finds regions of interest which serve as visual landmarks for the robot. The regions are tracked and matched over consecutive frames to build stable landmarks and to estimate the 3D position of the landmarks in the environment. Furthermore, matching of current landmarks to database entries enables loop closing and global localization. Additionally, the system is equipped with an active camera control, which supports the system with a tracking, a re-detection, and an exploration behaviour.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Pop-out and IOR in Static Scenes with Region Based Visual Attention
Creators: name: Aziz, Muhammad Zaheer
name: Mertsching, Bärbel
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: This paper proposes a novel approach to construct the saliency map by combining region-based maps of distinct features. The multiplication style feature fusion process in the natural visual attention is modelled as weighted average of the features under influence of the external top-down and the internal bottom-up inhibitions. The recently discovered aspect of feature-based inhibition is also included in the procedure of IOR along with the commonly implemented spatial and feature-map based inhibitions. Results obtained from the proposed method are compatible with the well known attention models but with the advantages of faster computation, direct usability of focus of attention in machine vision, and broader coverage of visually prominent objects.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Control of Attention by Nonconscious Information: Do Intentions Play a Role?
Creators: name: Scharlau, Ingrid
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: The present study explores the deployment of attention towards nonconscious information. It is both theoretically and empirically likely that the deployment of attention can be controlled by information which is not consciously registered (attentional priming), similar to the control of sensorimotor responses by nonconscious information (response priming). However, not much is known about the functional basis of attentional priming. The present experiment explore whether and how strongly intentions (current action pans) determine whether attention is allocated towards invisible information (so called direct parameter specification). The results demonstrate that intention-mediated control is possible, but it seems to break down easily, that is to provide a weak and non-robust type of control.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Dynamic Visual Attention: competitive versus motion priority scheme
Creators: name: Bur, Alexandre
name: Wurtz, Pascal
name: Müri, René M.
name: Hügli, Heinz
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: Defined as attentive process in presence of visual sequences, dynamic visual attention responds to static and motion features as well. For a computer model, a straightforward way to integrate these features is to combine all features in a competitive scheme: the saliency map contains a contribution of each feature, static and motion. Another way of integration is to combine the features in a motion priority scheme: in presence of motion, the saliency map is computed as the motion map, and in absence of motion, as the static map. In this paper, four models are considered: two models based on a competitive scheme and two models based on a motion priority scheme. The models are evaluated experimentally by comparing them with respect to the eye movement patterns of human subjects, while viewing a set of video sequences. Qualitative and quantitative evaluations, performed in the context of simple synthetic video sequences, show the highest performance of the motion priority scheme, compared to the competitive scheme.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Bowling for Calibration: An Undemanding Camera Calibration Procedure Using a Sphere
Creators: name: Cerri, Pietro
name: Gerelli, Oscar
name: Lodi Rizzini, Dario
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: Camera calibration is a critical problem in computer vision. This paper presents a new method for extrinsic parameters computation: images of a ball rolling on a flat plane in front of the camera are used to compute roll and pitch angles. The calibration is achieved by an iterative Inverse Perspective Mapping (IPM) process that uses an estimation on ball gradient invariant as a stop condition. The method is quick and as easy to use as throw a ball and is particularly suited to be used to quickly calibrate vision systems in unfriendly environments where a grid is not available. The algorithm correctness is demonstrated and its accuracy is computed using both computer generated and real images.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Real-time scattering compensation for time-of-flight camera
Creators: name: Mure-Dubois, James
name: Hügli, Heinz
Publisher: name: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings
Year: 2007

description: 3D images from time-of-flight cameras may suffer from false depth readings caused by light scattering. In order to reduce such scattering artifacts, a scattering compensation procedure is proposed. First, scattering is analysed and expressed as a linear transform of a complex image. Then, a simple scattering model is formulated. Assuming a space invariant point spread function as a model for the scattering leads to a solution in a form of a deconvolution scheme whose computational feasibility and practical applicability are further discussed in this paper.
description: International Conference on Computer Vision Systems : Proceedings, The 5th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS)
Einleitung: Peter Szondi. Stellungnahmen zur literarischen Hermeneutik
Creators: name: Maeding, Linda
name: Garrido, Germán
Publisher: name: Aisthesis Verlag
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Hermeneutik
subject: Peter Szondi
subject: Literaturtheorie
subject: 800

description: 1929 in Budapest geboren und bereits 1971, also nur ein Jahr nach seinem Freund Paul Celan, aus dem Leben geschieden, hat uns der jüdische Intellektuelle, Literaturwissenschaftler und Kritiker Peter Szondi ein dichtes Werk an Essays, Vorlesungen und anderen Schriften hinterlassen. Szondis Texte sind den Autor*innen dieses Bandes – darunter ausgewiesene internationale Kenner verschiedener Universitäten sowie Nachwuchswissenschaftler – in der Praxis des Lesens, Forschens und der Vermittlung philologischer Praktiken noch heute ein Kompass. Dies liegt vor allem an ihrer oft hervorgehobenen Fähigkeit zur Selbstbefragung der Philologie. Mit Szondis Einladung zur philologischen Reflexion können wir die Frage nach den Grenzen der Disziplin neu kartieren. Beim vorliegenden Text handelt es sich um die Einleitung des Sammelbandes.
Robust Model Predictive Control-Based Energy Management System for the Island Power System of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands
Creators: name: Alferink, Marco
name: Reus, Lucas
name: Hofmann, Lutz
name: Michels, Kai
Publisher: name: Universität Bremen
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Uncertainty
subject: Costs
subject: Wind farms
subject: Predictive models
subject: Robustness
subject: Power systems
subject: State of charge
subject: Wind forecasting
subject: Energy management systems
subject: Predictive control
subject: 600

description: In this paper a robust Model Predictive Control (MPC)-based Energy Management System (EMS) is developed and investigated for the case study of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, under uncertainties resulting from real data. This island power system comprises volatile renewable energy sources, synchronous machines and a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). In the presented robust MPC both uncertainties from the wind farm power and load demand forecasts are considered. Simulation results are derived from data of one week focusing on the diesel generators’ operational costs and the BESS usage. A comparison against a deterministic MPC-based EMS as well as historical grid operation data is performed. In the presented case study it is shown that both the deterministic MPC and the robust MPC provide significant economic benefits compared to the current grid operation. It is also found that the robust MPC achieves similar performance to the deterministic MPC regarding operational costs. Increased robustness gained through higher state of charge of the BESS is not traded for higher operational costs, highlighting the advantages of the robust MPC-based EMS.
Asklepieion of Kos
Creators: name: Schievink, Pim
Publisher: name: Database of Religious History (DRH)
Year: 2023

description: The sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing, of Kos is located on a hill approximately 3-4 km outside the ancient city of Kos. This city was founded in 366 BC after synoecism. The sanctuary was excavated by Rudolf Herzog in the beginning of the twentieth century. The excavations were continued by Italian archaeologists. Consisting of three main terraces, this sanctuary overlooks the city of Kos. There are four main building phases: 1) third century BC; 2) second century BC; 3) first century AD; 4) second-third century AD. Lamps found on the middle terrace date to up until the fourth century AD (Interdonato, 2013, 116). The island was throughout its history hit by earthquakes that also damaged the sanctuary. It is very likely that the massive earthquake of 554 AD, that ravaged Kos, destroyed the sanctuary. An altar found on the second terrace dates to the mid-late fourth century BC (IG XII,4 1: 397) and is the earliest evidence of activity on the site, altough the sacred grove might have been used earlier for worship of Apollo Kyparissos.