Commonsense Knowledge Augmentation for Low-Resource Languages via Adversarial Learning

Commonsense reasoning is one of the ultimate goals of artificial intelligence research because it simulates the human thinking process. However, most commonsense reasoning studies have focused on English because available commonsense knowledge for low-resource languages is scarce due to high construction costs. Translation is one of the typical methods for augmenting data for low-resource languages; however, translation entails ambiguity problems, where one word can be translated into multiple words due to polysemes and homonyms. Previous studies have suggested methods to measure the validity of translated multiple triples by using additional metadata and manually labeled data. However, such handcrafted datasets are not available for many low-resource languages. In this paper, we propose a knowledge augmentation method using adversarial networks that does not require any labeled data. Our adversarial networks can transfer knowledge learned from a resource-rich language to low-resource languages and thus measure the validity score of translated triples even without labeled data. We designed experiments to demonstrate that high-scoring triples obtained by the proposed model can be considered augmented knowledge. The experimental results show that our proposed method for a low-resource language, Korean, achieved 93.7% precision@1 on a manually labeled benchmark. Furthermore, to verify our model for other low-resource languages, we introduced new test sets for knowledge validation in 16 different languages. Our adversarial model obtains strong results for all language test sets. We will release the augmented Korean knowledge and test sets for 16 languages

Effect of Iron Content on Corrosion Properties of Pure Titanium as Grain Refiner

Microstructures and corrosion properties of pure titanium were characterized when iron was used as a grain refiner. The added Fe element acted as a strong grain refiner for pure titanium by forming β Ti phase at grain boundaries, and 0.15 wt% Fe was revealed to be a sufficient amount to make the grain size of pure titanium below 20 μm, which was the requirement for the desired titanium cathode. However, corrosion resistance was decreased with the Fe amount added. From the open circuit potential (OCP) results, it was obvious that the TiO2 stability against the reducing acid environment was deteriorated with the Fe amount, which seemed to be the main reason for the decreased corrosion resistance. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) results showed that both the decrease in the compact oxide film’s resistance (Rb) and the appearance of the outer porous film occurred as a result of the dissolution of the TiO2 layer, whose phenomena became more apparent as more Fe was added

Insulation Coating of Fe–Si–Cr Soft Magnetic Powder by Selective Oxidation

Abstract: This study examines the insulation coating technology of Fe–Si–Cr powder via selective oxidation annealing, which oxidizes elements selectively by controlling the oxidation potential. The study calculated the oxidation driving force of Fe, Si, and Cr, and conducted a thermodynamic analysis of oxidation and reduction conditions according to temperature and oxidation potential. Based on the results, a selective oxidation annealing was performed in an atmosphere in which Fe is reduced and only Si and Cr are selectively oxidized. The oxidation potential was controlled through the partial pressure ratio of hydrogen and water vapor. The XPS analysis results confirmed that a Si and Cr complex oxide layer formed on the powder surface after the selective oxidation annealing. Afterward, withstanding voltages were analyzed to evaluate the insulation property. Then, the withstanding voltage of the powder applying the selective oxidation annealing increased significantly compared to that of the initial powder. Further analysis showed that the powder annealed in an air atmosphere had a significantly lower saturation magnetic flux density than the initial powder, while the powder applying the selective oxidation annealing had only a slightly reduced saturation magnetic flux density. Graphic Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2021, The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials.N

Preparation of Spherical Mo5Si3 Powder by Inductively Coupled Thermal Plasma Treatment

A method was developed to fabricate spherical Mo5Si3 powder by milling and spheroidizing using inductively coupled thermal plasma. A Mo5Si3 alloy ingot was fabricated by vacuum arc melting, after which it was easily pulverized into powder by milling due to its brittle nature. The milled powders had an irregular shape, but after being spheroidized by the thermal plasma treatment, they had a spherical shape. Sphericity was increased with increasing plasma power. After plasma treatment, the percentage of the Mo3Si phase had increased due to Si evaporation. The possibility of Si evaporation was thermodynamically analyzed based on the vapor pressure of Mo and Si in the Mo5Si3 liquid mixture. By this process, spherical Mo silicide powders with high purity could be fabricated successfully