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A nonlinear connectionist approach to performance enhancement of correlation filters (2003)

Correlation-based filters (e.g MACE, MACH) have been widely employed for automatic target acquisition. In general, a bank of filters is developed wherein each filter is trained to respond to a particular range of conditions (such as aspect angle). Individual filter outputs are utilized to determine a best match between objects in a scene and the training information. However, it is not uncommon for discrete clutter objects to correlate well with an individual filter, resulting in an unacceptable false alarm rate (FAR). It is the authors' hypothesis that although a clutter event may correlate well with an individual filter, there are discernable differences in the way clutter and targets correlate across the bank of filters. In this paper, the authors investigate a connectionist based approach that combines the individual filter outputs in a non-linear manner for improved performance. Particular attention is given to designing the correlation filter constraints in conjunction with the combination approach to optimize performance.
Modeling current and proposed COMET x-ray laser experiments (2003)

We model recent experiments done using the COMET laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to illuminate slab targets of Pd up to 1.25 cm long with a two joule, 600 ps prepulse followed 700 psec later by a six joule, six psec drive pulse. The experiments measure the two-dimensional near-field and far-field laser patterns for the 14.7 nm Ni-like Pd x-ray laser line. The experiments are modeled using the LASNEX code to calculate the hydrodynamic evolution of the plasma and provide the temperatures and densities to the CRETIN code, which then does the kinetics calculations to determine the gain. Using a ray tracing code to simulate the near and far-field output the simulations are then compared with experiments. In addition we model recent experiments that used a streak camera to measure the time duration of the Pd X-ray laser when pumped with a constant energy short pulse with different time durations that ranged from 0.5 to 27 ps.
Air Permeability as a Function of Three Pore-Network Parameters (1983)

Summary A new relationship between air permeability and three parameters describing a pore network is presented. The parameters are normally derived from the mercury/air capillary-pressure curve but may also be approximated from a petrographic analysis of thin sections. petrographic analysis of thin sections. Introduction In 1960 Thomeer showed that mercury/air capillary-pressure curves form a family. Each curve can be uniquely defined by specific values of three parameters of the equation that describe the family. The following parameters of the equation that describe the family. The following relationship between capillary pressure ( ) and bulk volume occupied by mercury ( ) was proposed: ............................(1) This equation describes a hyperbola when plotted on log-log paper. The values of and determine the location of its asymptotes, and the value of defines its shape. An individual capillary-pressure curve is uniquely defined by specific values of the following three parameters. = pore geometrical factor, reflecting the distribution of pore throats and their associated PV; = mercury/air extrapolated displacement pressure, indicating the pressure required for mercury to enter the largest pore throat, psia (kPa); and = percent bulk volume occupied by mercury at infinite capillary pressure, or total interconnected PV. Methods to determine the values of these parameters for a capillary-pressure curve are given in the referenced 1960 paper. Thomeer also evaluated both the significance and accuracy of determination of these parameters. Values were determined from capillary-pressure curves on 144 parameters. Values were determined from capillary-pressure curves on 144 diverse rock samples and correlated with air permeabilities measured on the same samples. This correlation showed a good relationship between air permeability and the parameters. In this paper, we propose improvements permeability and the parameters. In this paper, we propose improvements and refinements of this relationship and also suggest a method for estimating air permeability from a petrographic rock description. This method employs conversion of petrographic observations into equivalent capillary curve parameters. The Data Set Laboratory-measured porosities, air permeabilities, and mercury/air capillary-pressure curves on 279 rock samples were used. The samples were obtained from reservoirs in about 54 fields and consisted of 165 siliciclastics and 114 carbonates. All three laboratory measurements were performed on the same piece of rock. Air permeabilities represent routine performed on the same piece of rock. Air permeabilities represent routine measurements-i.e., they were not corrected for the Klinkenberg effect. For each capillary curve, the parameters, and were determined using the overlay procedure. Figs. 1 through 3 show the distribution of porosities, air permeabilities, and pore geometrical factors for the 279 samples separately permeabilities, and pore geometrical factors for the 279 samples separately for the total set, the carbonates, and the siliciclastics. JPT p. 809
Performance Comparison of Machine Learning Models Trained on Manual vs ASR Transcriptions for Dialogue Act Annotation (2018)

Automatic dialogue act annotation of speech utterances is an important task in human-agent interaction in order to correctly interpret user utterances. Speech utterances can be transcribed manually or via Automatic Speech Recognizer (ASR). In this article, several Machine Learning models are trained on manual and ASR transcriptions of user utterances, using bag of words and n-grams feature generation approaches, and evaluated on ASR transcribed test set. Results show that models trained using ASR transcriptions perform better than algorithms trained on manual transcription. The impact of irregular distribution of dialogue acts on the accuracy of statistical models is also investigated, and a partial solution to this issue is shown using multimodal information as input.
P05.11 Combined FET PET/MRI radiomics for the differentiation of radiation injury from recurrent brain metastasis (2018)

The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of combined radiomics textural feature analysis of contrast-enhanced MRI (CE-MRI) and static O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) PET for the differentiation of recurrent brain metastasis from radiation injury. Fifty-two patients with newly diagnosed or progressive contrast-enhancing brain lesions on MRI after radiotherapy (predominantly radiosurgery, 84% of patients) of brain metastases were additionally investigated using FET PET. Based on histology (n=19) or clinicoradiological follow-up (n=33), local recurrent brain metastases were diagnosed in 21 patients (40%) and radiation injury in 31 patients (60%). Forty-two textural features were calculated on both unfiltered and filtered CE-MRI and summed FET PET images (20–40 min p.i). After feature selection, logistic regression models using a maximum of five features to avoid overfitting were calculated for each imaging modality separately and for the combined FET PET/MRI features. The resulting models were validated using cross-validation. Diagnostic accuracies were calculated for each imaging modality separately as well as for the combined model. For differentiation between radiation injury and brain metastasis recurrence, textural features extracted from CE-MRI had a diagnostic accuracy of 81%. FET PET textural features revealed a slightly higher diagnostic accuracy of 83%. However, the highest diagnostic accuracy was obtained when combining CE-MRI and FET PET features (accuracy, 89%). Our findings suggest that combined FET PET/CE-MRI radiomics using textural feature analysis offers a great potential to contribute significantly to the management of patients with brain metastases.
A novel benzene quantitative analysis method using miniaturized metal ionization gas sensor and non-linear bistable dynamic system (2015)

In this paper, a novel benzene quantitative analysis method utilizing miniaturized metal ionization gas sensor and non-linear bistable dynamic system was investigated. Al plate anodic gas-ionization sensor was installed for electrical current-voltage data measurement. Measurement data was analyzed by non-linear bistable dynamics system. Results demonstrated that this method realized benzene concentration quantitative determination. This method is promising in laboratory safety management in benzene leak detection.
Infrared optical characteristics of type 2A diamonds (1991)

The absorption coefficient of two samples of type 2A diamond was measured by laser calorimetry at 10.6 microm and found to be 0.033 and 0.0415 cm(-1). Transmission properties from 2.5 to 20 microm are also presented.
Bearing-Opportunistic Network Coding (2015)

This paper presents a novel, practical, routing-independent networkcodingÂ algorithm: BON-Bearing opportunistic network coding. Simplicity is its mainÂ benefit as it introduces little overhead to the network since nodes do not need to keepÂ track of received traffic for their neighbouring nodes. Algorithm makes coding decisionsÂ based solely on the information about the packet previous and next hop nodeÂ position. Algorithm functions between the MAC and link layers, with small modificationsÂ made only to the MAC layer. Using different topologies and different trafficÂ loads and distributions in the simulation model we evaluated algorithm Â performanceÂ and compared it to a well-known COPE algorithm.
Endocrine therapies of breast cancer. (1996)

Endocrine therapies for breast cancer have been used for more than a century. The concept that changing the hormonal balance of the patient with breast cancer could lead to changes in tumor growth and regression of metastatic disease was recognized even before hormones and endocrine agents were available. Ablation of ovaries, adrenals, or hypophysis was used in advanced disease to obtain tumor regression and control of symptoms. Ovarian ablation was also tested for operable breast cancer showing a significant beneficial treatment effect. Several endocrine agents have been developed in recent years: estrogens, androgens, progestins, antiestrogens, aromatase inhibitors, gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs, antiprogestins, and antiandrogens. The use of some of these agents in advanced disease led to investigations in early breast cancer: tamoxifen was the drug which was most extensively tested, showing a significant long-term benefit for treated patients. Progestins (medroxyprogesterone acetate) and aromatase inhibitors (aminoglutethimide) were also tested in a few clinical trials, but no conclusive recommendations for their use in patients with operable disease may be formulated. The most important current challenges for the appropriate use of endocrine therapies in breast cancer include (1) understanding the effect of endocrine therapies and the mechanisms of resistance associated with their use; (2) developing new agents with novel endocrine antitumor effect; (3) defining the best way to combine endocrine agents with cytotoxics or with other endocrine manipulations; and (4) identifying long-term effects of endocrine agents in terms of disease control and prevention, as well as desirable and undesirable side effects.
Synthèse de la parole à partir du texte (2003)

Parallèlement à l’accroissement de la puissance de calcul des ordinateurs, on observe une tendance à la généralisation de modes d’interface de plus en plus conviviaux et naturels. À l’heure actuelle, les progrès réalisés dans le domaine des interfaces graphiques et des périphériques (souris, écran t
Fluorescent optical fiber sensors for cell viability monitoring (2013)

A new simple method for non-invasive cell culture viability monitoring based on vital fluorescent stains is introduced, and its efficiency for long-term experiments on cells is demonstrated. In contrast to common methods for cell viability control, which are usually either destructive (like flow-type counters or dead cells coloring and counting), or hardly quantitative like fluorescent microscopy, the method described is automated, does not require the removal of cells from their growth area and is sensitive enough to deal with as low as tens of cells.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Phosphoramide Mustard Analogues of Daunomycin and Carminomycin. (1999)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
‘Fibre/radio’ for the provision of cordless/mobile telephony services in the access network (1990)

A four channel CT2 fibre/radio system has been demonstrated over singlemode fibre using subcarrier multiplexing techniques. A spurious free electrical dynamic range of 51 dB was achieved which is sufficient for a mobile range of approximately 100 m. The use of subcarrier multiplexing simplifies the design of the radio transceiver and allows complex processing equipment to be located at the local exchange.
Methods for predicting the quality of nylon 612 filament for use as a bristle material (1992)

Abstract Splaying and curling of bristles is a very important performance characteristic of nylon toothbrushes. For this reason, analytical methods are needed that correlate fundamental physical–chemical properties with the eventural development of bristle splaying. Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction were each found to identify subtle differences in nylon 612 filament that had been subjected to varying processing conditions during manufacture. These differences were found to be related to water absorption and crystalline perfection and could be correlated with the characteristics of toothbrush wear. From the results, it was concluded that these three methods can be used for quality control and research purposes to predict and to study end‐use performance factors such as bristle splaying. © 1992 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc.
Synthesis and Spectral-Luminescence Properties of Ytterbium Complexes with β-Diketonate Derivatives of Hematoporphyrin (2009)

In this work the synthesis, optical and luminescence spectroscopic characterization of the new ytterbium complexes with asymmetric porphyrins of hematoporphyrin group, modified by two β-diketone fragments are presented. All ligands and complexes are investigated by the methods of molecular mechanics, elemental analysis, UV-vis, IR, luminescence, mass and 1H NMR spectroscopy. Influence of some factors (such as location of β-diketones substituents, value of charges on ytterbium ion, etc.) on the value of 4f-luminescence is discussed.
Protein secondary structure: entropy, correlations and prediction (2004)

Both the data sets and analysis code are freely available from our Web site at http://compbio.berkeley.edu/
PalmSpace (2012)

Rotating 3D objects is a difficult task on mobile devices, because the task requires 3 degrees of freedom and (multi-)touch input only allows for an indirect mapping. We propose a novel style of mobile interaction based on mid-air gestures in proximity of the device to increase the number of DOFs and alleviate the limitations of touch interaction with mobile devices. While one hand holds the device, the other hand performs mid-air gestures in proximity of the device to control 3D objects on the mobile device's screen. A flat hand pose defines a virtual surface which we refer to as the PalmSpace for precise and intuitive 3D rotations. We constructed several hardware prototypes to test our interface and to simulate possible future mobile devices equipped with depth cameras. We conducted a user study to compare 3D rotation tasks using the most promising two designs for the hand location during interaction -- behind and beside the device -- with the virtual trackball, which is the current state-of-art technique for orientation manipulation on touch-screens. Our results show that both variants of PalmSpace have significantly lower task completion times in comparison to the virtual trackball.
PATTERNS OF TRAVEL TO SCHOOL AND WORK IN READING IN 1971 (1977)

Data from the 1971 Reading Travel Survey are used to examine and compare patterns of travel from home to schools and workplaces located in different parts of the survey area. Schools in the outer area tend to have more clearly defined and somewhat smaller catchment areas with 80 per cent of trips within 2 km, compared to 65 per cent for schools near the centre. Walking is the main mode of travel ranging from 62 to 35 percent of trips. Bus travel is more important for schools in the inner area where it accounts for 50 per cent of trips. Workplaces are mostly located near the centre and draw trips uniformly from all parts of the survey area, with only 28 per cent of trips within 2 km. The outer area locations tend to have more localized catchment areas, with 52 per cent of trips within 2 km, but are less clearly defined. The car is consistently the main mode of travel and accounts for between 40 and 50 percent of work trips. Bus travel is important for workplaces near the centre, accounting for 34 percent of trips. The proportion of school and work trips at lunchtime is relatively small.
Identification of Aim2 as a Sensor for DNA Vaccines (2014)

Recent human study data have re-established the value of DNA vaccines, especially in priming high-level Ag-specific Ab responses, but also raised questions about the mechanisms responsible for such effects. Whereas previous reports have shown involvement of downstream signaling molecules in the innate immune system, the current study investigated the role of absent in melanoma 2 (Aim2) as a sensor for DNA vaccines. The Aim2 inflammasome directs maturation of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18 and an inflammatory form of cell death called pyroptosis. Both the humoral and cellular Ag-specific adaptive responses were significantly reduced in Aim2-deficient mice in an IL-1β/IL-18-independent manner after DNA vaccination. Surprisingly, Aim2-deficient mice also exhibited significantly lower levels of IFN-α/β at the site of injection. These results indicate a previously unreported link between DNA vaccine-induced pyroptotic cell death and vaccine immunogenicity that is instrumental in shaping the Ag-specific immune response to DNA vaccines.
A Hybrid Approach to Wide-Baseline Image Matching. (2017)

Recent works such as DEEPDESC, DEEPCOMPARE have proposed the learning of robust local image descriptors using a Siamese convolutional neural network directly from images instead of handcrafting them like traditional descriptors such as SIFT and MROGH. Though these algorithms show the state-of-the-art results on the Multi-View Stereo (MVS) dataset, they fail to accomplish many challenging real world tasks such as stitching image panoramas, primarily due to the limited performance of finding correspondence. 
In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid algorithm with which we are able to harness the power of a learning based approach along with the discriminative advantages that traditional descriptors have to offer. We also propose the PhotoSynth dataset, with size of an order of magnitude more that the traditional MVS dataset in terms of the number of scenes, images, patches along with positive and negative correspondence. Our PhotoSynth dataset also has better coverage of the overall viewpoint, scale, and lighting challenges than the MVS dataset. We evaluate our approach on two data sets which provides images having high viewpoints difference and wide-baselines. One of them is Graffiti scene from the Oxford Affine Covariant Regions Dataset (ACRD) for matching images with 2D affine transformations. The other is the Fountain-P11 dataset for images with 3D projective transformations. We report, to the best of our knowledge, the best results till date on the ACRD Graffiti scene compared to descriptors such as SIFT, MROGH or any other learnt descriptors such as DEEPDESC.
Surface scanning through a cylindrical tank of coupling fluid for clinical microwave breast imaging exams (2012)

The laser scanning system provides a fast and accurate method of three dimensional surface capture in the aqueous environment commonly found in microwave breast imaging. Optical distortions imposed by the imaging tank and coupling bath diminished the effectiveness of the ray tracing approach; however, calibration through image registration techniques reliably produced scans of submillimeter accuracy. Tests of the system with breast-shaped phantoms demonstrated the successful implementation of the scanner for the intended application.
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Directly Monitors Coalescence During Nanoparticle Preparation (2012)

Dual color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (DC FCCS) experiments were conducted to study the coalescence and aggregation during the formation of nanoparticles. To assess the generality of the method, three completely different processes were selected to prepare the nanoparticles. Polymeric nanoparticles were formed either by solvent evaporation from emulsion nanodroplets of polymer solutions or by miniemulsion polymerization. Inorganic nanocapsules were formed by polycondensation of alkoxysilanes at the interface of nanodroplets. In all cases, DC FCCS provided fast and unambiguous information about the occurrence of coalescence and thus a deeper insight into the mechanism of nanoparticle formation. In particular, it was found that coalescence played a minor role for the emulsion-solvent evaporation process and the miniemulsion polymerization, whereas substantial coalescence was detected during the formation of the inorganic nanocapsules. These findings demonstrate that DC FCCS is a powerful tool for monitoring nanoparticles genesis.
Biofidelity corridors for whole‐body pedestrian impact with a generic buck (2015)

Efforts to develop a dummy capable of assessing injury risk in a pedestrian collision require biofidelity assessment targets in full‐scale pedestrian‐impact scenarios. The goal of this study was to develop trajectory analysis methods and kinematic biofidelity corridors for 50th percentile male adults subjected to 40 km/h pedestrian impacts using a recently‐developed generic sedan buck. Tests were performed with three male post‐mortem human surrogates initially positioned to be struck laterally in a mid‐gait stance. The kinematics of the post‐mortem human surrogates were recorded via high‐speed video imagers and a three-dimensional (3D) optoelectronic motion capture system. Trajectories of the head center of gravity, T1, T8, and the pelvis were digitized via a two-dimensional (2D) video (up to the time of head impact). The 2D trajectory data were verified against comparable measures from the 3D motion tracking system. These data were then scaled to a 50th percentile adult male and corridors for the scaled trajectories were developed. Combined with the generic vehicle buck and validated trajectory capture and analysis methods, these results provide a means to evaluate the whole body kinematic biofidelity of 50th percentile male pedestrian dummies and computational models in perpetuity.
Capnocytophaga Infection: A Risk in the Immunocompromised Host (1984)

SummaryCapnocytophaga infection in two granulocytopenic patients is presented. The first patient, treated for a non Hodgkin lymphoma (Sezary syndrome), developed septicaemia. The second patient, treated with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide for a systemic lupus erythematosus, suffered from biiateral pneumonia. Both patients had multiple oral ulcerations.The unusual cultural and biochemical features of Capnocytophaga, a gram-negative, capnophilic rod, are discussed together with a review of the literature.