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Video Saliency Detection by 3D Convolutional Neural Networks
Different from salient object detection methods for still images, a key
challenging for video saliency detection is how to extract and combine spatial
and temporal features. In this paper, we present a novel and effective approach
for salient object detection for video sequences based on 3D convolutional
neural networks. First, we design a 3D convolutional network (Conv3DNet) with
the input as three video frame to learn the spatiotemporal features for video
sequences. Then, we design a 3D deconvolutional network (Deconv3DNet) to
combine the spatiotemporal features to predict the final saliency map for video
sequences. Experimental results show that the proposed saliency detection model
performs better in video saliency prediction compared with the state-of-the-art
video saliency detection methods
Spectroscopic Observations of Planetary Nebulae in the Northern Spur of M31
We present spectroscopy of three planetary nebulae (PNe) in the Northern Spur
of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) obtained with the Double Spectrograph on the 5.1
m Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory. The samples are selected from the
observations of Merrett et al. Our purpose is to investigate formation of the
substructures of M31 using PNe as a tracer of chemical abundances. The [O III]
4363 auroral line is detected in the spectra of two objects, enabling
temperature determinations. Ionic abundances are derived from the observed
collisionally excited lines, and elemental abundances of nitrogen, oxygen, and
neon as well as sulphur and argon are estimated. Correlations between oxygen
and the alpha-element abundance ratios are studied, using our sample and the
M31 disk and bulge PNe from the literature. In one of the three PNe, we
observed relatively higher oxygen abundance compared to the disk sample in M31
at similar galactocentric distances. The results of at least one of the three
Northern Spur PNe might be in line with the proposed possible origin of the
Northern Spur substructure of M31, i.e. the Northern Spur is connected to the
Southern Stream and both substructures comprise the tidal debris of the
satellite galaxies of M31.Comment: 5 tables, 17 figures; accepted for publication in Ap
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