143 research outputs found
Contour projected dimension reduction
In regression analysis, we employ contour projection (CP) to develop a new
dimension reduction theory. Accordingly, we introduce the notions of the
central contour subspace and generalized contour subspace. We show that both of
their structural dimensions are no larger than that of the central subspace
Cook [Regression Graphics (1998b) Wiley]. Furthermore, we employ CP-sliced
inverse regression, CP-sliced average variance estimation and CP-directional
regression to estimate the generalized contour subspace, and we subsequently
obtain their theoretical properties. Monte Carlo studies demonstrate that the
three CP-based dimension reduction methods outperform their corresponding
non-CP approaches when the predictors have heavy-tailed elliptical
distributions. An empirical example is also presented to illustrate the
usefulness of the CP method.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/08-AOS679 the Annals of
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
Correlations between aesthetic preferences of river and landscape characters
Some landscape characters put great influences on the aesthetic preferences of a river. Finding out these characters will provide for river landscape design and management with explicit keystones. In this paper, 23 sample areas of rivers were selected in Xuzhou, China, and 15 landscape characters of rivers were identified. The photos taken at the sample areas were as stimuli, and undergraduate students were respondents. The results demonstrate that the aesthetic preferences of photos judged one-by-one and judged together receive similar results; the preference scores of deflective views are significantly higher than the ones of opposite views; for urban rivers, “river accessibility” and “number of colours” are reliably positive predictors to aesthetic preferences, “wood diversity index” and “plants on water” are negative ones; for rural rivers, “coverage of riparian vegetation”, “perspective” and “wood diversity index” are reliably positive predictors to aesthetic preferences.
First published online: 14 Dec 201
STGC-GNNs: A GNN-based traffic prediction framework with a spatial-temporal Granger causality graph
The key to traffic prediction is to accurately depict the temporal dynamics
of traffic flow traveling in a road network, so it is important to model the
spatial dependence of the road network. The essence of spatial dependence is to
accurately describe how traffic information transmission is affected by other
nodes in the road network, and the GNN-based traffic prediction model, as a
benchmark for traffic prediction, has become the most common method for the
ability to model spatial dependence by transmitting traffic information with
the message passing mechanism. However, existing methods model a local and
static spatial dependence, which cannot transmit the global-dynamic traffic
information (GDTi) required for long-term prediction. The challenge is the
difficulty of detecting the precise transmission of GDTi due to the uncertainty
of individual transport, especially for long-term transmission. In this paper,
we propose a new hypothesis\: GDTi behaves macroscopically as a transmitting
causal relationship (TCR) underlying traffic flow, which remains stable under
dynamic changing traffic flow. We further propose spatial-temporal Granger
causality (STGC) to express TCR, which models global and dynamic spatial
dependence. To model global transmission, we model the causal order and causal
lag of TCRs global transmission by a spatial-temporal alignment algorithm. To
capture dynamic spatial dependence, we approximate the stable TCR underlying
dynamic traffic flow by a Granger causality test. The experimental results on
three backbone models show that using STGC to model the spatial dependence has
better results than the original model for 45 min and 1 h long-term prediction.Comment: 14 pages, 16 figures, 4 table
Distinct Effects of IL-18 on the Engraftment and Function of Human Effector CD8+ T Cells and Regulatory T Cells
IL-18 has pleotropic effects on the activation of T cells during antigen presentation. We investigated the effects of human IL-18 on the engraftment and function of human T cell subsets in xenograft mouse models. IL-18 enhanced the engraftment of human CD8+ effector T cells and promoted the development of xenogeneic graft versus host disease (GVHD). In marked contrast, IL-18 had reciprocal effects on the engraftment of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the xenografted mice. Adoptive transfer experiments indicated that IL-18 prevented the suppressive effects of Tregs on the development of xenogeneic GVHD. The IL-18 results were robust as they were observed in two different mouse strains. In addition, the effects of IL-18 were systemic as IL-18 promoted engraftment and persistence of human effector T cells and decreased Tregs in peripheral blood, peritoneal cavity, spleen and liver. In vitro experiments indicated that the expression of the IL-18Rα was induced on both CD4 and CD8 effector T cells and Tregs, and that the duration of expression was less sustained on Tregs. These preclinical data suggest that human IL-18 may have use as an adjuvant for immune reconstitution after cytotoxic therapies, and to augment adoptive immunotherapy, donor leukocyte infusions, and vaccine strategies
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