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Scalable Image Retrieval by Sparse Product Quantization
Fast Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) search technique for high-dimensional
feature indexing and retrieval is the crux of large-scale image retrieval. A
recent promising technique is Product Quantization, which attempts to index
high-dimensional image features by decomposing the feature space into a
Cartesian product of low dimensional subspaces and quantizing each of them
separately. Despite the promising results reported, their quantization approach
follows the typical hard assignment of traditional quantization methods, which
may result in large quantization errors and thus inferior search performance.
Unlike the existing approaches, in this paper, we propose a novel approach
called Sparse Product Quantization (SPQ) to encoding the high-dimensional
feature vectors into sparse representation. We optimize the sparse
representations of the feature vectors by minimizing their quantization errors,
making the resulting representation is essentially close to the original data
in practice. Experiments show that the proposed SPQ technique is not only able
to compress data, but also an effective encoding technique. We obtain
state-of-the-art results for ANN search on four public image datasets and the
promising results of content-based image retrieval further validate the
efficacy of our proposed method.Comment: 12 page
Observation of prolonged coherence time of the collective spin wave of atomic ensemble in a paraffin coated Rb vapor cell
We report a prolonged coherence time of the collective spin wave of a thermal
87Rb atomic ensemble in a paraffin coated cell. The spin wave is prepared
through a stimulated Raman Process. The long coherence time time is achieved by
prolonging the lifetime of the spins with paraffin coating and minimize
dephasing with optimal experimental configuration. The observation of the long
time delayed-stimulated Stokes signal in the writing process suggests the
prolonged lifetime of the prepared spins; a direct measurement of the decay of
anti-Stokes signal in the reading process shows the coherence time is up to 300
us after minimizing dephasing. This is one hundred times longer than the
reported coherence time in the similar experiments in thermal atomic ensembles
based on the Duan-Lukin-Cirac-Zoller (DLCZ) and its improved protocols. This
prolonged coherence time sets the upper limit of the memory time in quantum
repeaters based on such protocols, which is crucial for the realization of
long-distance quantum communication. The previous reported fluorescence
background in the writing process due to collision in a sample cell with buffer
gas is also reduced in a cell without buffer gas.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
The Underlying Mechanisms of Chinese Herbal Medicine-Induced Apoptotic Cell Death in Human Cancer
The high incidence of cancer is a global burden. Cancer cells acquire immortality, which results in loss of control in cell proliferation and population expansion. Cancer cells undergo a series of genomic instability, leading to mutated amplification or deletion of certain genes that strictly control the cell fate. Programmed cell death is a mechanism of cell fate control that is aberrantly regulated in cancer cells. Apoptosis is the major form of programmed cell death regulated by both intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. Discovering effective and specific alternative solutions that can reprogram apoptosis in cancer cells is always a challenge. Chinese herbal medicine has captured increasing attention from both researchers and manufacturers, as evidenced by observable curative effects from previous clinical experience. Hence, to clarify and reinforce the understanding of the effect of Chinese medicine on cancer, in this chapter, we will retrospectively review the latest 5 years of literature and summarize the mode of action of Chinese herbal medicine on apoptotic cell death in cancer. Both Chinese medicine-induced intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of apoptosis will be discussed, and common compounds from Chinese medicine with druggable potential as novel apoptosis-inducing agents will be highlighted
Therapeutic effects of combined meloxicam and glucosamine sulfate treatment on patients with osteoarthritis, and its effect on serum CTX-Ⅰ, CTX-Ⅱ, COMP and MMP-3
Purpose: To study the therapeutic influence of meloxicam-glucosamine sulfate combination in patients with osteoarthritis and their effect on serum CTX-I, CTX-II, COMP and MMP-3.
Methods: A total of 88 patients with osteoarthritis were assigned to control (n = 44) and treatment groups (n = 44), using the random number table method. Control group was given 7.5 mg of meloxicam, while treatment group received 0.5 g of glucosamine sulfate capsule in addition to meloxicam. Both groups were treated continuously for 8 weeks. Serum levels of C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX-I), C-terminal telopeptide of type II collagen (CTX-II), cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) were compared for the two groups after treatment.
Results: Lysholm score significantly increased in the two groups after treatment. Serum CTX-I, CTX-II, COMP and MMP-3 in the two groups were significantly lower than before treatment, but the reductions were more pronounced in the treatment group (p < 0.05). During treatment, mild vomiting and pruritus of the skin appeared in both groups, but these were relieved after symptomatic treatment without any serious adverse reactions.
Conclusion: Treatment with a combination of meloxicam and glucosamine sulfate produces significant beneficial effects in patients with osteoarthritis by reduction of clinical symptoms, pain relief and reduction of serum CTX-I, CTX-II, MMP-3 and COMP
Systematic Fusion of Multi-Source Cognitive Networks With Graph Learning - A Study on Fronto-Parietal Network
Cognitive tasks induce fluctuations in the functional connectivity between brain regions which constitute cognitive networks in the human brain. Although several cognitive networks have been identified, consensus still cannot be achieved on the precise borders and distribution of involved brain regions for each network, due to the multifarious use of diverse brain atlases in different studies. To address the problem, the current study proposed a novel approach to generate a fused cognitive network with the optimal performance in discriminating cognitive states by using graph learning, following the synthesization of one cognitive network defined by different brain atlases, and the construction of a hierarchical framework comprised of one main version and other supplementary versions of the specific cognitive network. As a result, the proposed method demonstrated better results compared with other machine learning methods for recognizing cognitive states, which was revealed by analyzing an fMRI dataset related to the mental arithmetic task. Our findings suggest that the fused cognitive network provides the potential to develop new mind decoding approaches
Radiative transitions in charmonium from twisted mass lattice QCD
We present a study for charmonium radiative transitions:
, and
using twisted mass lattice QCD gauge
configurations. The single-quark vector form factors for and
are also determined. The simulation is performed at a lattice
spacing of fm and the lattice size is . After
extrapolation of lattice data at nonzero to 0, we compare our results
with previous quenched lattice results and the available experimental values.Comment: typeset with revtex, 15 pages, 11 figures, 4 table
Non-coding RNAs participate in the regulatory network of CLDN4 via ceRNA mediated miRNA evasion
AbstractThousands of genes have been well demonstrated to play important roles in cancer progression. As genes do not function in isolation, they can be grouped into “networks” based on their interactions. In this study, we discover a network regulating Claudin-4 in gastric cancer. We observe that Claudin-4 is up-regulated in gastric cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. Claudin-4 reinforce proliferation, invasion, and EMT in AGS, HGC-27, and SGC-7901 cells, which could be reversed by miR-596 and miR-3620-3p. In addition, lncRNA-KRTAP5-AS1 and lncRNA-TUBB2A could act as competing endogenous RNAs to affect the function of Claudin-4. Our results suggest that non-coding RNAs play important roles in the regulatory network of Claudin-4. As such, non-coding RNAs should be considered as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets against gastric cancer.</jats:p
QoS-aware User Association and Transmission Scheduling for Millimeter-Wave Train-ground Communications
With the development of wireless communication, people have put forward
higher requirements for train-ground communications in the high-speed railway
(HSR) scenarios. With the help of mobile relays (MRs) installed on the roof of
the train, the application of Millimeter-Wave (mm-wave) communication which has
rich spectrum resources to the train-ground communication system can realize
high data rate, so as to meet users' increasing demand for broad-band
multimedia access. Also, full-duplex (FD) technology can theoretically double
the spectral efficiency. In this paper, we formulate the user association and
transmission scheduling problem in the mm-wave train-ground communication
system with MR operating in the FD mode as a nonlinear programming problem. In
order to maximize the system throughput and the number of users meeting quality
of service (QoS) requirements, we propose an algorithm based on coalition game
to solve the challenging NP-hard problem, and also prove the convergence and
Nash-stable structure of the proposed algorithm. Extensive simulation results
demonstrate that the proposed coalition game based algorithm can effectively
improve the system throughput and meet the QoS requirements of as many users as
possible, so that the communication system has a certain QoS awareness.Comment: 14 page
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