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Utah Adaptive Resources Management Greater Sage- Grouse Local working Groups 2010-2011 Accomplishment Report
Utah Adaptive Resources Management Greater Sage-Grouse Local Working Groups 2009-2010 Accomplishment Report
Utah Adaptive Resources Management Greater Sage-Grouse Local working Groups 2006-2007 Accomplishment Report.
A Novel Hybrid CNN-AIS Visual Pattern Recognition Engine
Machine learning methods are used today for most recognition problems.
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) have time and again proved successful for
many image processing tasks primarily for their architecture. In this paper we
propose to apply CNN to small data sets like for example, personal albums or
other similar environs where the size of training dataset is a limitation,
within the framework of a proposed hybrid CNN-AIS model. We use Artificial
Immune System Principles to enhance small size of training data set. A layer of
Clonal Selection is added to the local filtering and max pooling of CNN
Architecture. The proposed Architecture is evaluated using the standard MNIST
dataset by limiting the data size and also with a small personal data sample
belonging to two different classes. Experimental results show that the proposed
hybrid CNN-AIS based recognition engine works well when the size of training
data is limited in siz
Ligand-independent activation of EphA2 by arachidonic acid induces metastasis-like behaviour in prostate cancer cells
BACKGROUND: High intake of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) has been associated with clinical progression in prostate cancer (CaP). This study investigates the signalling mechanism by which the omega-6 PUFA arachidonic acid (AA) induces prostatic cellular migration to bone marrow stroma. METHODS: Western blot analysis of the PC-3, PC3-GFP, DU 145 and LNCaP cells or their lipid raft (LR) components post AA stimulation was conducted in association with assays for adhesion and invasion through the bone marrow endothelial monolayers. RESULTS: Arachidonic acid increased transendothelial migration of PC3-GFP cells (adhesion 37%±0.08, P=0.0124; transmigration 270%±0.145, P=0.0008). Akt, Src and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) pathways were induced by AA and integrally involved in transendothelial migration. LR were critical in AA uptake and induced Akt activity. Ephrin receptor A2 (EphA2), localised in LR, is expressed in DU 145 and PC-3 cells. Arachidonic acid induced a rapid increase of EphA2 Akt-dependent/ligand-independent activation, while knockdown of the EphrinA1 ligand decreased AA induced transendothelial migration, with an associated decrease in Src and FAK activity. Arachidonic acid activated Akt in EphA2(â) LNCaP cells but failed to induce BMEC transendothelial invasion. CONCLUSION: Arachidonic acid induced stimulation of EphA2 in vitro is associated fundamentally with CaP epithelial migration across the endothelial barrier
Theory of Networked Minority Games based on Strategy Pattern Dynamics
We formulate a theory of agent-based models in which agents compete to be in
a winning group. The agents may be part of a network or not, and the winning
group may be a minority group or not. The novel feature of the present
formalism is its focus on the dynamical pattern of strategy rankings, and its
careful treatment of the strategy ties which arise during the system's temporal
evolution. We apply it to the Minority Game (MG) with connected populations.
Expressions for the mean success rate among the agents and for the mean success
rate for agents with neighbors are derived. We also use the theory to
estimate the value of connectivity above which the Binary-Agent-Resource
system with high resource level goes into the high-connectivity state.Comment: 24 pages, 3 figures, submitted to PR
Ground-layer wavefront reconstruction from multiple natural guide stars
Observational tests of ground layer wavefront recovery have been made in open
loop using a constellation of four natural guide stars at the 1.55 m Kuiper
telescope in Arizona. Such tests explore the effectiveness of wide-field seeing
improvement by correction of low-lying atmospheric turbulence with ground-layer
adaptive optics (GLAO). The wavefronts from the four stars were measured
simultaneously on a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor (WFS). The WFS placed a 5 x
5 array of square subapertures across the pupil of the telescope, allowing for
wavefront reconstruction up to the fifth radial Zernike order. We find that the
wavefront aberration in each star can be roughly halved by subtracting the
average of the wavefronts from the other three stars. Wavefront correction on
this basis leads to a reduction in width of the seeing-limited stellar image by
up to a factor of 3, with image sharpening effective from the visible to near
infrared wavelengths over a field of at least 2 arc minutes. We conclude that
GLAO correction will be a valuable tool that can increase resolution and
spectrographic throughput across a broad range of seeing-limited observations.Comment: 25 pages, 8 figures, to be published in Astrophys.
Love, rights and solidarity: studying children's participation using Honneth's theory of recognition
Recent attempts to theorize childrenâs participation have drawn on a wide range of ideas, concepts and models from political and social theory. The aim of this article is to explore the specific usefulness of Honnethâs theory of a âstruggle for recognitionâ in thinking about this area of practice. The article identifies what is distinctive about Honnethâs theory of recognition, and how it differs from other theories of recognition. It then considers the relevance of Honnethâs conceptual framework to the social position of children, including those who may be involved in a variety of âparticipatoryâ activities.
It looks at how useful Honnethâs ideas are in direct engagement with young peopleâs praxis, drawing on ethnographic research with members of a children and young peopleâs forum. The article concludes by reflecting on the implications of this theoretical approach and the further questions which it opens up for theories of participation and of adultâchild relations more generally
Minority games, evolving capitals and replicator dynamics
We discuss a simple version of the Minority Game (MG) in which agents hold
only one strategy each, but in which their capitals evolve dynamically
according to their success and in which the total trading volume varies in time
accordingly. This feature is known to be crucial for MGs to reproduce stylised
facts of real market data. The stationary states and phase diagram of the model
can be computed, and we show that the ergodicity breaking phase transition
common for MGs, and marked by a divergence of the integrated response is
present also in this simplified model. An analogous majority game turns out to
be relatively void of interesting features, and the total capital is found to
diverge in time. Introducing a restraining force leads to a model akin to
replicator dynamics of evolutionary game theory, and we demonstrate that here a
different type of phase transition is observed. Finally we briefly discuss the
relation of this model with one strategy per player to more sophisticated
Minority Games with dynamical capitals and several trading strategies per
agent.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figure
On the fermionic signature of the lattice monopoles
We consider fermions in the field of static monopole-like configurations in
the Euclidean space-time. In all the cases considered there exists an infinite
number of zero modes, labeled by frequency i\omega. The existence of such modes
is a manifestation of instability of the vacuum in the presence of the
monopoles and massless fermions. In the Minkowski space the corresponding
phenomenon is well known and is a cornerstone of the theory of the magnetic
catalysis. Moreover, the well known zero mode of Jackiw and Rebbi corresponds
to the limiting case, \omega = 0. We provide arguments why the chiral
condensate could be linked to the density of the monopoles in the infrared
cluster. A mechanism which can naturally explain the equivalence of the
critical temperatures for the deconfinement and chiral transitions, is
proposed. We discuss possible implications for the phenomenology of the lattice
monopoles.Comment: 8 pages, RevTeX 4. An extended version, to be published in the
Physical Review
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