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ADS_UNet: A Nested UNet for Histopathology Image Segmentation
The UNet model consists of fully convolutional network (FCN) layers arranged
as contracting encoder and upsampling decoder maps. Nested arrangements of
these encoder and decoder maps give rise to extensions of the UNet model, such
as UNete and UNet++. Other refinements include constraining the outputs of the
convolutional layers to discriminate between segment labels when trained end to
end, a property called deep supervision. This reduces feature diversity in
these nested UNet models despite their large parameter space. Furthermore, for
texture segmentation, pixel correlations at multiple scales contribute to the
classification task; hence, explicit deep supervision of shallower layers is
likely to enhance performance. In this paper, we propose ADS UNet, a stage-wise
additive training algorithm that incorporates resource-efficient deep
supervision in shallower layers and takes performance-weighted combinations of
the sub-UNets to create the segmentation model. We provide empirical evidence
on three histopathology datasets to support the claim that the proposed ADS
UNet reduces correlations between constituent features and improves performance
while being more resource efficient. We demonstrate that ADS_UNet outperforms
state-of-the-art Transformer-based models by 1.08 and 0.6 points on CRAG and
BCSS datasets, and yet requires only 37% of GPU consumption and 34% of training
time as that required by Transformers.Comment: To be published in Expert Systems With Application
Prerequisites and Strategies for Women Empowerment in India through Vocational Skill Training
Large pool of skilled women workers is indispensable for attracting local, national and international industrial investment. Skilled women have tremendous potential in guaranteeing sustainable women empowerment. This study demonstrates efforts and explains prerequisites and strategies for women empowerment in India through vocational skill training. The article uses empirical methods, extensive literature review and follows an international case-based approach to assess the elements of strategic interventions required to attain women empowerment. Findings reveal that vocational skill training is a unique form of overall women development and women empowerment. skill training has enormous capacities to support improved employ- ability, entrepreneurship development. skill training encourages women’s empower- ment development culture in a growing number in India. Keywords:Women empowerment, vocational skill development, financial independence,micro-entrepreneurship DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/13-5-03 Publication date:March 31st 202
Corporate Social Responsibility: the institutionalization of ESG
Understanding the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on firm performance as it relates to industries reliant on technological innovation is a complex and perpetually evolving challenge. To thoroughly investigate this topic, this dissertation will adopt an economics-based structure to address three primary hypotheses. This structure allows for each hypothesis to essentially be a standalone empirical paper, unified by an overall analysis of the nature of impact that ESG has on firm performance. The first hypothesis explores the evolution of CSR to the modern quantified iteration of ESG has led to the institutionalization and standardization of the CSR concept. The second hypothesis fills gaps in existing literature testing the relationship between firm performance and ESG by finding that the relationship is significantly positive in long-term, strategic metrics (ROA and ROIC) and that there is no correlation in short-term metrics (ROE and ROS). Finally, the third hypothesis states that if a firm has a long-term strategic ESG plan, as proxied by the publication of CSR reports, then it is more resilience to damage from controversies. This is supported by the finding that pro-ESG firms consistently fared better than their counterparts in both financial and ESG performance, even in the event of a controversy. However, firms with consistent reporting are also held to a higher standard than their nonreporting peers, suggesting a higher risk and higher reward dynamic. These findings support the theory of good management, in that long-term strategic planning is both immediately economically beneficial and serves as a means of risk management and social impact mitigation. Overall, this contributes to the literature by fillings gaps in the nature of impact that ESG has on firm performance, particularly from a management perspective
STRATEGI PROMOSI DIGITAL DALAM MEMPERTAHANKAN EKUITAS MERK DI ERA NEW NORMAL (STUDI KASUS PADA PT. JAVA FESTIVAL PRODUCTION 2022)
Abstrak. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengungkap bagaimana analisa SWOT strategi promosi digital PT. Java Festival Production, serta bagaimana strategi promosi digital PT. Java Festival Production dalam mempertahankan ekuitas merek. Akibat pandemi, kiblat komunikasi cukup berubah. Perkembangan strategi promosi digital menimbulkan persaingan agar merek dapat menempati posisi teratas. Analisis SWOT digunakan pada asumsi bahwa suatu strategi yang efektif akan meminimalkan kelemahan dan ancaman Kemudian teori strategi komunikasi digital untuk mengetahui fokus segmen yang paling bernilai bagi perusahaan pada saat merancang strategi pemasaran produk dan cara penyampaian pesan yang paling relevan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dibantu dengan metode studi kasus. PT. JFP menggunakan tiga tahapan utama dalam menjalankan strategi promosi digital yakni; Tahap strategy formulation, strategy implementation, strategy evaluation. Kata Kunci : SWOT, Strategi Promosi Digital, Ekuitas Merek, New Norma
VIVE3D: Viewpoint-Independent Video Editing using 3D-Aware GANs
We introduce VIVE3D, a novel approach that extends the capabilities of
image-based 3D GANs to video editing and is able to represent the input video
in an identity-preserving and temporally consistent way. We propose two new
building blocks. First, we introduce a novel GAN inversion technique
specifically tailored to 3D GANs by jointly embedding multiple frames and
optimizing for the camera parameters. Second, besides traditional semantic face
edits (e.g. for age and expression), we are the first to demonstrate edits that
show novel views of the head enabled by the inherent properties of 3D GANs and
our optical flow-guided compositing technique to combine the head with the
background video. Our experiments demonstrate that VIVE3D generates
high-fidelity face edits at consistent quality from a range of camera
viewpoints which are composited with the original video in a temporally and
spatially consistent manner.Comment: CVPR 2023. Project webpage and video available at
http://afruehstueck.github.io/vive3
Examples of works to practice staccato technique in clarinet instrument
Klarnetin staccato tekniğini güçlendirme aşamaları eser çalışmalarıyla uygulanmıştır. Staccato
geçişlerini hızlandıracak ritim ve nüans çalışmalarına yer verilmiştir. Çalışmanın en önemli amacı
sadece staccato çalışması değil parmak-dilin eş zamanlı uyumunun hassasiyeti üzerinde de
durulmasıdır. Staccato çalışmalarını daha verimli hale getirmek için eser çalışmasının içinde etüt
çalışmasına da yer verilmiştir. Çalışmaların üzerinde titizlikle durulması staccato çalışmasının ilham
verici etkisi ile müzikal kimliğe yeni bir boyut kazandırmıştır. Sekiz özgün eser çalışmasının her
aşaması anlatılmıştır. Her aşamanın bir sonraki performans ve tekniği güçlendirmesi esas alınmıştır.
Bu çalışmada staccato tekniğinin hangi alanlarda kullanıldığı, nasıl sonuçlar elde edildiği bilgisine
yer verilmiştir. Notaların parmak ve dil uyumu ile nasıl şekilleneceği ve nasıl bir çalışma disiplini
içinde gerçekleşeceği planlanmıştır. Kamış-nota-diyafram-parmak-dil-nüans ve disiplin
kavramlarının staccato tekniğinde ayrılmaz bir bütün olduğu saptanmıştır. Araştırmada literatür
taraması yapılarak staccato ile ilgili çalışmalar taranmıştır. Tarama sonucunda klarnet tekniğin de
kullanılan staccato eser çalışmasının az olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Metot taramasında da etüt
çalışmasının daha çok olduğu saptanmıştır. Böylelikle klarnetin staccato tekniğini hızlandırma ve
güçlendirme çalışmaları sunulmuştur. Staccato etüt çalışmaları yapılırken, araya eser çalışmasının
girmesi beyni rahatlattığı ve istekliliği daha arttırdığı gözlemlenmiştir. Staccato çalışmasını yaparken
doğru bir kamış seçimi üzerinde de durulmuştur. Staccato tekniğini doğru çalışmak için doğru bir
kamışın dil hızını arttırdığı saptanmıştır. Doğru bir kamış seçimi kamıştan rahat ses çıkmasına
bağlıdır. Kamış, dil atma gücünü vermiyorsa daha doğru bir kamış seçiminin yapılması gerekliliği
vurgulanmıştır. Staccato çalışmalarında baştan sona bir eseri yorumlamak zor olabilir. Bu açıdan
çalışma, verilen müzikal nüanslara uymanın, dil atış performansını rahatlattığını ortaya koymuştur.
Gelecek nesillere edinilen bilgi ve birikimlerin aktarılması ve geliştirici olması teşvik edilmiştir.
Çıkacak eserlerin nasıl çözüleceği, staccato tekniğinin nasıl üstesinden gelinebileceği anlatılmıştır.
Staccato tekniğinin daha kısa sürede çözüme kavuşturulması amaç edinilmiştir. Parmakların
yerlerini öğrettiğimiz kadar belleğimize de çalışmaların kaydedilmesi önemlidir. Gösterilen azmin ve
sabrın sonucu olarak ortaya çıkan yapıt başarıyı daha da yukarı seviyelere çıkaracaktır
Machine Learning Research Trends in Africa: A 30 Years Overview with Bibliometric Analysis Review
In this paper, a critical bibliometric analysis study is conducted, coupled
with an extensive literature survey on recent developments and associated
applications in machine learning research with a perspective on Africa. The
presented bibliometric analysis study consists of 2761 machine learning-related
documents, of which 98% were articles with at least 482 citations published in
903 journals during the past 30 years. Furthermore, the collated documents were
retrieved from the Science Citation Index EXPANDED, comprising research
publications from 54 African countries between 1993 and 2021. The bibliometric
study shows the visualization of the current landscape and future trends in
machine learning research and its application to facilitate future
collaborative research and knowledge exchange among authors from different
research institutions scattered across the African continent
A Decision Support System for Economic Viability and Environmental Impact Assessment of Vertical Farms
Vertical farming (VF) is the practice of growing crops or animals using the vertical dimension via multi-tier racks or vertically inclined surfaces. In this thesis, I focus on the emerging industry of plant-specific VF. Vertical plant farming (VPF) is a promising and relatively novel practice that can be conducted in buildings with environmental control and artificial lighting. However, the nascent sector has experienced challenges in economic viability, standardisation, and environmental sustainability. Practitioners and academics call for a comprehensive financial analysis of VPF, but efforts are stifled by a lack of valid and available data.
A review of economic estimation and horticultural software identifies a need for a decision support system (DSS) that facilitates risk-empowered business planning for vertical farmers. This thesis proposes an open-source DSS framework to evaluate business sustainability through financial risk and environmental impact assessments. Data from the literature, alongside lessons learned from industry practitioners, would be centralised in the proposed DSS using imprecise data techniques. These techniques have been applied in engineering but are seldom used in financial forecasting. This could benefit complex sectors which only have scarce data to predict business viability.
To begin the execution of the DSS framework, VPF practitioners were interviewed using a mixed-methods approach. Learnings from over 19 shuttered and operational VPF projects provide insights into the barriers inhibiting scalability and identifying risks to form a risk taxonomy. Labour was the most commonly reported top challenge. Therefore, research was conducted to explore lean principles to improve productivity.
A probabilistic model representing a spectrum of variables and their associated uncertainty was built according to the DSS framework to evaluate the financial risk for VF projects. This enabled flexible computation without precise production or financial data to improve economic estimation accuracy. The model assessed two VPF cases (one in the UK and another in Japan), demonstrating the first risk and uncertainty quantification of VPF business models in the literature. The results highlighted measures to improve economic viability and the viability of the UK and Japan case.
The environmental impact assessment model was developed, allowing VPF operators to evaluate their carbon footprint compared to traditional agriculture using life-cycle assessment. I explore strategies for net-zero carbon production through sensitivity analysis. Renewable energies, especially solar, geothermal, and tidal power, show promise for reducing the carbon emissions of indoor VPF. Results show that renewably-powered VPF can reduce carbon emissions compared to field-based agriculture when considering the land-use change.
The drivers for DSS adoption have been researched, showing a pathway of compliance and design thinking to overcome the ‘problem of implementation’ and enable commercialisation. Further work is suggested to standardise VF equipment, collect benchmarking data, and characterise risks. This work will reduce risk and uncertainty and accelerate the sector’s emergence
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