625 research outputs found
Concept Graph Neural Networks for Surgical Video Understanding
We constantly integrate our knowledge and understanding of the world to
enhance our interpretation of what we see.
This ability is crucial in application domains which entail reasoning about
multiple entities and concepts, such as AI-augmented surgery. In this paper, we
propose a novel way of integrating conceptual knowledge into temporal analysis
tasks via temporal concept graph networks. In the proposed networks, a global
knowledge graph is incorporated into the temporal analysis of surgical
instances, learning the meaning of concepts and relations as they apply to the
data. We demonstrate our results in surgical video data for tasks such as
verification of critical view of safety, as well as estimation of Parkland
grading scale. The results show that our method improves the recognition and
detection of complex benchmarks as well as enables other analytic applications
of interest
Adding flavor to the gravity dual of non-commutative gauge theories
We study the addition of flavor degrees of freedom to the supergravity dual
of the non-commutative deformation of the maximally supersymmetric gauge
theories. By considering D7 flavor branes in the probe approximation and
studying their fluctuations we extract the spectrum of scalar and vector mesons
as a function of the non-commutativity. We find that the spectrum for very
large non-commutative parameter is equal to the one in the commutative theory,
while for some intermediate values of the non-commutativity some of the modes
disappear from the discrete spectrum. We also study the semiclassical dynamics
of rotating open strings attached to the D7-brane, which correspond to mesons
with large spin. Under the effect of the non-commutativity the open strings get
tilted. However, at small(large) distances they display the same Regge-like
(Coulombic) behaviour as in the commutative theory. We also consider the
addition of D5-flavor branes to the non-commutative deformation of the N=1
supersymmetric Maldacena-Nunez background.Comment: 50 pages, 9 figures, LaTeX; v2: minor improvements, references added;
v3: typos correcte
Differential impact of two risk communications on antipsychotic prescribing to people with dementia in Scotland: segmented regression time series analysis 2001-2011
The two risk communications were associated with reductions in antipsychotic use, in ways which were compatible with marked differences in their content and dissemination. Further research is needed to ensure that the content and dissemination of regulatory risk communications is optimal, and to track their impact on intended and unintended outcomes. Although rates are falling, antipsychotic prescribing in dementia in Scotland remains unacceptably hig
Pion decay constant in quenched QCD with Kogut-Susskind quarks
We present a non-perturbative calculation for the pion decay constant with
quenched Kogut-Susskind quarks. Numerical simulations are carried out at and 6.2 with various operators extending over all flavors. The
renormalization correction is applied for each flavor by computing
non-perturbative renormalization constants, and it is compared with a
perturbative calculation. We also study the behavior of in the
continuum limits for both non-perturbative and perturbative calculations. The
results in the continuum limit is also discussed.Comment: LATTICE99(matrix elements) 3 pages, 4 eps figure
An Atlas of Warm AGN and Starbursts from the IRAS Deep Fields
We present 180 AGN candidates based on color selection from the IRAS
slow-scan deep observations, with color criteria broadened from the initial
Point-Source Catalog samples to include similar objects with redshifts up to
z=1 and allowing for two-band detections. Spectroscopic identifications have
been obtained for 80 (44%); some additional ones are secure based on radio
detections or optical morphology, although yet unobserved spectroscopically.
These spectroscopic identifications include 13 Sy 1 galaxies, 17 Sy 2 Seyferts,
29 starbursts, 7 LINER systems, and 13 emission-line galaxies so heavily
reddened as to remain of ambiguous classification. The optical magnitudes range
from R=12.0-20.5; counts suggest that incompleteness is important fainter than
R=15.5. Redshifts extend to z=0.51, with a significant part of the sample at
z>0.2. The sample includes slightly more AGN than star-forming systems among
those where the spectra contain enough diagnostic feature to make the
distinction. The active nuclei include several broad-line objects with strong
Fe II emission, and composite objects with the absorption-line signatures of
fading starbursts. These AGN with warm far-IR colors have little overlap with
the "red AGN" identified with 2MASS; only a single Sy 1 was detected by 2MASS
with J-K > 2. Some reliable IRAS detections have either very faint optical
counterparts or only absorption-line galaxies, potentially being deeply
obscured AGN. The IRAS detections include a newly identified symbiotic star,
and several possible examples of the "Vega phenomenon", including dwarfs as
cool as type K. Appendices detail these candidate stars, and the
optical-identification content of a particularly deep set of high-latitude IRAS
scans (probing the limits of optical identification from IRAS data alone).Comment: ApJ Suppl, in press. Figures converted to JPEG/GIF for better
compression; PDF with full-resolution figures available before publication at
http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/aoagn.pd
Wrapped branes with fluxes in 8d gauged supergravity
We study the gravity dual of several wrapped D-brane configurations in
presence of 4-form RR fluxes partially piercing the unwrapped directions. We
present a systematic approach to obtain these solutions from those without
fluxes. We use D=8 gauged supergravity as a starting point to build up these
solutions. The configurations include (smeared) M2-branes at the tip of a G_2
cone on S^3 x S^3, D2-D6 branes with the latter wrapping a special Lagrangian
3-cycle of the complex deformed conifold and an holomorphic sphere in its
cotangent bundle T^*S^2, D3-branes at the tip of the generalized resolved
conifold, and others obtained by means of T duality and KK reduction. We
elaborate on the corresponding N=1 and N=2 field theories in 2+1 dimensions.Comment: 32 pages, LateX, v2: minor changes, reference added, v3: section
3.5.2 improve
Use of a porous membrane for gas bubble removal in microfluidic channels: physical mechanisms and design criteria
We demonstrate and explain a simple and efficient way to remove gas bubbles
from liquid-filled microchannels, by integrating a hydrophobic porous membrane
on top of the microchannel. A prototype chip is manufactured in hard,
transparent polymer with the ability to completely filter gas plugs out of a
segmented flow at rates up to 7.4 microliter/s per mm2 of membrane area. The
device involves a bubble generation section and a gas removal section. In the
bubble generation section, a T-junction is used to generate a train of gas
plugs into a water stream. These gas plugs are then transported towards the gas
removal section, where they slide along a hydrophobic membrane until complete
removal. The system has been successfully modeled and four necessary operating
criteria have been determined to achieve a complete separation of the gas from
the liquid. The first criterion is that the bubble length needs to be larger
than the channel diameter. The second criterion is that the gas plug should
stay on the membrane for a time sufficient to transport all the gas through the
membrane. The third criterion is that the gas plug travel speed should be lower
than a critical value: otherwise a stable liquid film between the bubble and
the membrane prevents mass transfer. The fourth criterion is that the pressure
difference across the membrane should not be larger than the Laplace pressure
to prevent water from leaking through the membrane
Star Formation at From the Spitzer Large Area Survey with Hyper-Suprime-Cam (SPLASH)
Using the first 50% of data collected for the Spitzer Large Area Survey with
Hyper-Suprime-Cam (SPLASH) observations on the 1.8 deg Cosmological
Evolution Survey (COSMOS) we estimate the masses and star formation rates of
3398 star-forming galaxies at with a
substantial population up to . We find that the
strong correlation between stellar mass and star formation rate seen at lower
redshift (the "main sequence" of star-forming galaxies) extends to .
The observed relation and scatter is consistent with a continued increase in
star formation rate at fixed mass in line with extrapolations from
lower-redshift observations. It is difficult to explain this continued
correlation, especially for the most massive systems, unless the most massive
galaxies are forming stars near their Eddington-limited rate from their first
collapse. Furthermore, we find no evidence for moderate quenching at higher
masses, indicating quenching either has not occurred prior to or
else occurs rapidly, so that few galaxies are visible in transition between
star-forming and quenched.Comment: ApJL, accepte
Pion decay constant for the Kogut-Susskind quark action in quenched lattice QCD
We present a study for the pion decay constant in the quenched
approximation to lattice QCD with the Kogut-Susskind (KS) quark action, with
the emphasis given to the renormalization problems. Numerical simulations are
carried out at the couplings and 6.2 on and
lattices, respectively. The pion decay constant is evaluated
for all KS flavors via gauge invariant and non-invariant axial vector currents
with the renormalization constants calculated by both non-perturbative method
and perturbation theory. We obtain MeV in the continuum limit
as the best value using the partially conserved axial vector current, which
requires no renormalization. From a study for the other KS flavors we find that
the results obtained with the non-perturbative renormalization constants are
well convergent among the KS flavors in the continuum limit, confirming
restoration of flavor symmetry, while perturbative
renormalization still leaves an apparent flavor breaking effect even in the
continuum limit.Comment: LaTex, 27 pages, 35 eps figures, uses revtex and eps
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