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Predicting Fluid Intelligence of Children using T1-weighted MR Images and a StackNet
In this work, we utilize T1-weighted MR images and StackNet to predict fluid
intelligence in adolescents. Our framework includes feature extraction, feature
normalization, feature denoising, feature selection, training a StackNet, and
predicting fluid intelligence. The extracted feature is the distribution of
different brain tissues in different brain parcellation regions. The proposed
StackNet consists of three layers and 11 models. Each layer uses the
predictions from all previous layers including the input layer. The proposed
StackNet is tested on a public benchmark Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development
Neurocognitive Prediction Challenge 2019 and achieves a mean squared error of
82.42 on the combined training and validation set with 10-fold
cross-validation. In addition, the proposed StackNet also achieves a mean
squared error of 94.25 on the testing data. The source code is available on
GitHub.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables, Accepted by MICCAI ABCD-NP Challenge
2019; Added ND
Unbiased estimators for spatial distribution functions of classical fluids
We use a statistical-mechanical identity closely related to the familiar
virial theorem, to derive unbiased estimators for spatial distribution
functions of classical fluids. In particular, we obtain estimators for both the
fluid density rho(r) in the vicinity of a fixed solute, and for the pair
correlation g(r) of a homogeneous classical fluid. We illustrate the utility of
our estimators with numerical examples, which reveal advantages over
traditional histogram-based methods of computing such distributions.Comment: 15 pages, includes 3 color figure
Error Estimates for Measurements of Cosmic Shear
In the very near future, weak lensing surveys will map the projected density
of the universe in an unbiased way over large regions of the sky. In order to
interpret the results of studies it is helpful to develop an understanding of
the errors associated with quantities extracted from the observations. In a
generalization of one of our earlier works, we present estimators of the
cumulants and cumulant correlators of the weak lensing convergence field, and
compute the variance associated with these estimators. By restricting ourselves
to so-called compensated filters we are able to derive quite simple expressions
for the errors on these estimates. We also separate contributions from cosmic
variance, shot noise and intrinsic ellipticity of the source galaxies.Comment: 12 pages, including 5 figures, uses mn.sty. Substantially revised
version accepted by MNRA
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