35 research outputs found
WeCheck: Strong Factual Consistency Checker via Weakly Supervised Learning
A crucial issue of current text generation models is that they often
uncontrollably generate factually inconsistent text with respective of their
inputs. Limited by the lack of annotated data, existing works in evaluating
factual consistency directly transfer the reasoning ability of models trained
on other data-rich upstream tasks like question answering (QA) and natural
language inference (NLI) without any further adaptation. As a result, they
perform poorly on the real generated text and are biased heavily by their
single-source upstream tasks. To alleviate this problem, we propose a weakly
supervised framework that aggregates multiple resources to train a precise and
efficient factual metric, namely WeCheck. WeCheck first utilizes a generative
model to accurately label a real generated sample by aggregating its weak
labels, which are inferred from multiple resources. Then, we train the target
metric model with the weak supervision while taking noises into consideration.
Comprehensive experiments on a variety of tasks demonstrate the strong
performance of WeCheck, which achieves a 3.4\% absolute improvement over
previous state-of-the-art methods on TRUE benchmark on average.Comment: ACL 2023 Main Conferenc
A novel mRNA vaccine, SYS6006, against SARS-CoV-2
The development of vaccines that can efficiently prevent the infection of SARS-CoV-2 is necessary to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. mRNA vaccine has been proven to induce strong humoral and cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2. Here, we studied the immunogenicity and protection efficacy of a novel mRNA vaccine SYS6006. High expression of mRNA molecules in 293T cells was detected. The initial and boost immunization with a 21-day interval was determined as an optimal strategy for SYS6006. Two rounds of immunization with SYS6006 were able to induce the neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 wild-type (WT) strain, and Delta and Omicron BA.2 variants in mice or non-human primates (NHPs). A3rd round of vaccination could further enhance the titers of neutralization against Delta and Omicron variants. In vitro ELISpot assay showed that SYS6006 could induce memory B cell and T cell immunities specifically against SARS-CoV-2 in mice. FACS analysis indicated that SYS6006 successfully induced SARS-CoV-2-specific activation of T follicular helper cell (Tfh) and Th1 cell, and did not induce CD4+Th2 response in NHPs. SYS6006 vaccine could significantly reduce the viral RNA loads and prevent lung lesions in Delta variant infected hACE2 transgenic mice. Therefore, SYS6006 could provide significant immune protection against SARS-CoV-2
Research on the Evolution Characteristics and Synergistic Relationship between HSR Network and Economic Network in Hubei Province
We construct high-speed railway (HSR) networks for 15 cities in Hubei Province based on the HSR daily operating frequency panel data from 2009 to 2019 and construct economic networks for these cities through a gravity model. Then, we use social network analysis to explore the topological structure and evolutionary characteristics of the HSR and economic networks and use quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) analysis and coupling coordination to analyze the synergistic relationship between the HSR network and economic network. The results show that both the connectivity of the HSR network in Hubei Province and its interactive structure have improved significantly. The development of the HSR network has promoted the interaction of economic networks, but the economic connection among these cities is still weak. Overall, the two networks show a high correlation, but the development trend of both is not clear in the later stage. In general, the province’s level of coupling and coordination has increased, but local disequilibrium still exists
A Bilateral Tradeoff Decision Model for Wind Power Utilization with Extensive Load Scheduling
In this paper, we present the extensive load scheduling problem with intermittent and uncertain wind power availability. A chance-constrained bilateral tradeoff decision model is established to solve the problem. Our model aims at maximizing the wind power utilization and minimizing the system operation cost simultaneously by means of responsive loads, which are precisely divided into shiftable loads and high-energy loads. The chance constraint is applied to restrict the system imbalance with a small probability. Then, a revised sample average approximation (SAA) algorithm is developed to transform the chance constraint into sample average reformulations. Furthermore, the multi-objective differential evolution (MODE) method combined with SAA is proposed to solve the problem. Experiments enabling an effectiveness analysis of the two kinds of responsive loads are performed on the power system in Yancheng. The research of parameters of MODE, the sensitivity of different risk levels and the influence of iteration numbers are discussed. Finally, computational results prove that the combination of shiftable loads and high-energy loads have a better effect than adopting shiftable loads and high-energy loads separately, and the proposed method is convergent and valid in solving the problem
Edge computing task scheduling strategy based on load balancing
With the rapid development and wide application of the Internet of Everything, in order to cope with the increasing amount of data and computational scale of mobile terminal processing, and the imbalance of existing scheduling algorithms and low resource utilization, this paper proposes a task scheduling algorithm based on business priority. The algorithm firstly divides the service according to the priority of the service. Secondly, the standard deviation of the computing task group is used to determine the proportion of long and short services, and the dynamic selection model is established. Finally, according to the idea of secondary allocation, the task of heavy load is assigned to the scheduling strategy of light load resources to execute, and the service redistribution model is established. The simulation results show that compared with the typical algorithm, the proposed algorithm achieves the result of comprehensive consideration of Makespan and load balancing to improve system efficiency
Edge computing task scheduling strategy based on load balancing
With the rapid development and wide application of the Internet of Everything, in order to cope with the increasing amount of data and computational scale of mobile terminal processing, and the imbalance of existing scheduling algorithms and low resource utilization, this paper proposes a task scheduling algorithm based on business priority. The algorithm firstly divides the service according to the priority of the service. Secondly, the standard deviation of the computing task group is used to determine the proportion of long and short services, and the dynamic selection model is established. Finally, according to the idea of secondary allocation, the task of heavy load is assigned to the scheduling strategy of light load resources to execute, and the service redistribution model is established. The simulation results show that compared with the typical algorithm, the proposed algorithm achieves the result of comprehensive consideration of Makespan and load balancing to improve system efficiency
High density γ-ray emission and dense positron production via multi-laser driven circular target
A diamond-like carbon circular target is proposed to improve the -ray
emission and pair production with lasers intensity of by using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations with
quantum electrodynamics. It is found that the circular target can significantly
enhance the density of -photons than plane target when two colliding
circularly polarized lasers irradiate the target. By multi-lasers irradiate the
circular target, the optical trap of lasers can prevent the high energy
electrons accelerated by laser radiation pressure from escaping. Hence, high
density as -photons is obtained through nonlinear Compton
back-scattering. Meanwhile, positrons with average energy
of is achieved via multi-photon Breit-Wheeler process. Such
ultrabright -ray source and dense positrons source can be useful to
many applications. The optimal target radius and laser mismatching deviation
parameters are also discussed in detail.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figure
Th1, Th2, and Th17 Cytokine Involvement in Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy
To determine serum cytokine profiles in Graves’ disease (GD) patients with or without active and inactive thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), we recruited 65 subjects: 10 GD only (without TAO), 25 GD + active TAO, 20 GD + TAO, and 10 healthy controls. Liquid chip assay was used to measure serum Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines including IFN-γ (interferon-gamma), TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor-alpha), IL-1α (interleukin-1 alpha), IL-1Ra (IL-1 receptor antagonist), IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, and IL-17 and two chemokines: RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted) and IP-10 (IFN-γ-induced protein 10). Serum levels of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) receptor autoantibodies (TRAb) were measured using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Compared with healthy controls, TAO patients showed significantly elevated serum levels of IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-1α, IL-4, IL-6, IL-17, and IP-10. Comparing active and inactive TAO, serum Th1 cytokines IFN-γ and TNF-α were elevated in active TAO, while serum Th2 cytokine IL-4 was elevated in inactive TAO. Serum Th17 cytokine IL-17 was elevated in GD but reduced in both active and inactive TAO. A positive correlation was found between TRAb and IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-1α, IL-2, IL-4, and IL-6. Taken together, serum Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines and chemokines reflect TAO disease activity and may be implicated in TAO pathogenesis
Th1, Th2, and Th17 Cytokine Involvement in Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy
To determine serum cytokine profiles in Graves' disease (GD) patients with or without active and inactive thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), we recruited 65 subjects: 10 GD only (without TAO), 25 GD + active TAO, 20 GD + TAO, and 10 healthy controls. Liquid chip assay was used to measure serum Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines including IFN-(interferon-gamma), TNF-(tumor necrosis factor-alpha), IL-1 (interleukin-1 alpha), IL-1Ra (IL-1 receptor antagonist), IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, and IL-17 and two chemokines: RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted) and IP-10 (IFN--induced protein 10). Serum levels of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) receptor autoantibodies (TRAb) were measured using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Compared with healthy controls, TAO patients showed significantly elevated serum levels of IFN-, TNF-, IL-1 , IL-4, IL-6, IL-17, and IP-10. Comparing active and inactive TAO, serum Th1 cytokines IFN-and TNF-were elevated in active TAO, while serum Th2 cytokine IL-4 was elevated in inactive TAO. Serum Th17 cytokine IL-17 was elevated in GD but reduced in both active and inactive TAO. A positive correlation was found between TRAb and IFN-, TNF-, IL-1 , IL-2, IL-4, and IL-6. Taken together, serum Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines and chemokines reflect TAO disease activity and may be implicated in TAO pathogenesis