118 research outputs found
When Face Recognition Meets with Deep Learning: an Evaluation of Convolutional Neural Networks for Face Recognition
Deep learning, in particular Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), has achieved
promising results in face recognition recently. However, it remains an open
question: why CNNs work well and how to design a 'good' architecture. The
existing works tend to focus on reporting CNN architectures that work well for
face recognition rather than investigate the reason. In this work, we conduct
an extensive evaluation of CNN-based face recognition systems (CNN-FRS) on a
common ground to make our work easily reproducible. Specifically, we use public
database LFW (Labeled Faces in the Wild) to train CNNs, unlike most existing
CNNs trained on private databases. We propose three CNN architectures which are
the first reported architectures trained using LFW data. This paper
quantitatively compares the architectures of CNNs and evaluate the effect of
different implementation choices. We identify several useful properties of
CNN-FRS. For instance, the dimensionality of the learned features can be
significantly reduced without adverse effect on face recognition accuracy. In
addition, traditional metric learning method exploiting CNN-learned features is
evaluated. Experiments show two crucial factors to good CNN-FRS performance are
the fusion of multiple CNNs and metric learning. To make our work reproducible,
source code and models will be made publicly available.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, 7 table
Collaborative Propagation on Multiple Instance Graphs for 3D Instance Segmentation with Single-point Supervision
Instance segmentation on 3D point clouds has been attracting increasing
attention due to its wide applications, especially in scene understanding
areas. However, most existing methods operate on fully annotated data while
manually preparing ground-truth labels at point-level is very cumbersome and
labor-intensive. To address this issue, we propose a novel weakly supervised
method RWSeg that only requires labeling one object with one point. With these
sparse weak labels, we introduce a unified framework with two branches to
propagate semantic and instance information respectively to unknown regions
using self-attention and a cross-graph random walk method. Specifically, we
propose a Cross-graph Competing Random Walks (CRW) algorithm that encourages
competition among different instance graphs to resolve ambiguities in closely
placed objects, improving instance assignment accuracy. RWSeg generates
high-quality instance-level pseudo labels. Experimental results on ScanNet-v2
and S3DIS datasets show that our approach achieves comparable performance with
fully-supervised methods and outperforms previous weakly-supervised methods by
a substantial margin
The Current Status and Development of Insect-Resistant Genetically Engineered Poplar in China
Poplar is one of the main afforestation tree species in China, and the use of a single, or only a few, clones with low genetic diversity in poplar plantations has led to increasing problems with insect pests. The use of genetic engineering to cultivate insect-resistant poplar varieties has become a hot topic. Over the past 20 years, there have been remarkable achievements in this area. To date, nearly 22 insect-resistant poplar varieties have been created and approved for small-scale field testing, environmental release, or pilot-scale production. Here, we comprehensively review the development of insect-resistant genetically modified (GM) poplars in China. This review mostly addresses issues surrounding the regulation and commercialization of Bt poplar in China, the various insecticidal genes used, the effects of transgenic poplars on insects, toxic protein expression, multigene transformation, the stability of insect resistance, and biosafety. The efficacy of GM poplars for pest control differed among different transgenic poplar clones, larval instars, and insect species. The Bt protein analysis revealed that the expression level of Cry3A was significantly higher than that of Cry1Ac. Temporal and spatial studies of Bt protein showed that its expression varied with the developmental stage and tissue. The inheritance and expression of the exogenous gene were reviewed in transgenic hybrid poplar progeny lines and grafted sections. Biosafety issues, in terms of transgene stability and the effects on soil microorganisms, natural enemies of insects, and arthropod communities are also discussed
Methylation of the candidate biomarker TCF21 is very frequent across a spectrum of early-stage nonsmall cell lung cancers
The transcription factor TCF21 is involved in mesenchymal-to-epithelial differentiation and was shown to be aberrantly hypermethylated in lung and head and neck cancers. Because of its reported high frequency of hypermethylation in lung cancer, we sought to characterize the stages and types of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that are hypermethylated and to define the frequency of hypermethylation and associated “second hits”
Baichuan 2: Open Large-scale Language Models
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable performance on a
variety of natural language tasks based on just a few examples of natural
language instructions, reducing the need for extensive feature engineering.
However, most powerful LLMs are closed-source or limited in their capability
for languages other than English. In this technical report, we present Baichuan
2, a series of large-scale multilingual language models containing 7 billion
and 13 billion parameters, trained from scratch, on 2.6 trillion tokens.
Baichuan 2 matches or outperforms other open-source models of similar size on
public benchmarks like MMLU, CMMLU, GSM8K, and HumanEval. Furthermore, Baichuan
2 excels in vertical domains such as medicine and law. We will release all
pre-training model checkpoints to benefit the research community in better
understanding the training dynamics of Baichuan 2.Comment: Baichuan 2 technical report. Github:
https://github.com/baichuan-inc/Baichuan
Association between the -159C/T polymorphism in the promoter region of the CD14 gene and sepsis: a meta-analysis
Global gene expression profiling identifies ALDH2, CCNE1 and SMAD3 as potential prognostic markers in upper tract urothelial carcinoma
Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control of New Double Full-Bridge ZVZCS Converter for Beam Supply
In view of the unstable output voltage of the new double full bridge ZVZCS converter of beam power supply when it is disturbed by external disturbance or internal parameter change in practical application, combined with the characteristics of the beam power supply system model, this paper proposes a beam power supply control strategy based on linear active disturbance rejection control (LADRC). Firstly, the working principle of the new double full bridge ZVZCS converter of beam power supply is analyzed, and considering the parasitic parameters and effective duty cycle of circuit components, the small signal equivalent model under two working modes is established. Secondly, combined with the system model and linear active disturbance rejection control theory, a double closed-loop controller is designed, which takes the second-order LADRC as the outer voltage loop and PI control as the inner current loop. Finally, the simulation and experimental results show that the designed controller has stronger robustness, anti-interference and better dynamic response speed than the traditional double closed-loop PI controller in load switching and dual-mode switching, and has a good development prospect
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