1,217 research outputs found
Seed, Expand and Constrain: Three Principles for Weakly-Supervised Image Segmentation
We introduce a new loss function for the weakly-supervised training of
semantic image segmentation models based on three guiding principles: to seed
with weak localization cues, to expand objects based on the information about
which classes can occur in an image, and to constrain the segmentations to
coincide with object boundaries. We show experimentally that training a deep
convolutional neural network using the proposed loss function leads to
substantially better segmentations than previous state-of-the-art methods on
the challenging PASCAL VOC 2012 dataset. We furthermore give insight into the
working mechanism of our method by a detailed experimental study that
illustrates how the segmentation quality is affected by each term of the
proposed loss function as well as their combinations.Comment: ECCV 201
Logarithmically-concave moment measures I
We discuss a certain Riemannian metric, related to the toric Kahler-Einstein
equation, that is associated in a linearly-invariant manner with a given
log-concave measure in R^n. We use this metric in order to bound the second
derivatives of the solution to the toric Kahler-Einstein equation, and in order
to obtain spectral-gap estimates similar to those of Payne and Weinberger.Comment: 27 page
Effect of water deficit on maize seeds (Zea mays L.) during germination
Received: October 29th, 2022 ; Accepted: March 23rd, 2023 ; Published: April 14th, 2023 ; Correspondence: [email protected] climate changes cause the frequent recurrence of droughts, which reduce crop
production more than any other environmental factor. This study was conducted to access the
effect of water deficit on maize seeds (Zea mays L.) DKC 5143 hybrid during germination. The
tasks were to assess the influence of different rank of osmotic stress on the maize lipid
peroxidation (LPO), proline content, catalase and aminotransferases activities, and morphometric
parameters during the early stages of maize seeds germination. The maize seeds were exposed to
five levels of water availability which produced by PEG-1500 solutions (0, 20, 50, 100,
200 g L-1
). Seeds of maize were germinated on Petri dishes for 7 days under controlled
parameters. Amounts of TBARS were increased in maize sprouted seeds by 1.9 times, coleoptiles
by 1.4 times, and in roots - by 1.9 times under water deficit. Proline content increased by 9.2
times in coleoptiles and by 6.0 times in 7 days maize roots while PEG-1500 (200 g L–1
) treatment.
An increasing of catalase (CAT), aminotransferases (ALT, AST) activities according to osmotic
potential value was also observed. A remarkable development of maize oxidative reaction was
associated with a significant reduction in emergence, wet weight and length of water-stressed
plants. These results assume that the maize adaptive strategy to osmotic stress during germination
was found in the activation of LPO and antioxidant components. The findings provide useful help
for correcting the stress state of maize using osmotically active regulators
Confidential Boosting with Random Linear Classifiers for Outsourced User-generated Data
User-generated data is crucial to predictive modeling in many applications.
With a web/mobile/wearable interface, a data owner can continuously record data
generated by distributed users and build various predictive models from the
data to improve their operations, services, and revenue. Due to the large size
and evolving nature of users data, data owners may rely on public cloud service
providers (Cloud) for storage and computation scalability. Exposing sensitive
user-generated data and advanced analytic models to Cloud raises privacy
concerns. We present a confidential learning framework, SecureBoost, for data
owners that want to learn predictive models from aggregated user-generated data
but offload the storage and computational burden to Cloud without having to
worry about protecting the sensitive data. SecureBoost allows users to submit
encrypted or randomly masked data to designated Cloud directly. Our framework
utilizes random linear classifiers (RLCs) as the base classifiers in the
boosting framework to dramatically simplify the design of the proposed
confidential boosting protocols, yet still preserve the model quality. A
Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) is used to assist the Cloud's processing,
reducing the complexity of the protocol constructions. We present two
constructions of SecureBoost: HE+GC and SecSh+GC, using combinations of
homomorphic encryption, garbled circuits, and random masking to achieve both
security and efficiency. For a boosted model, Cloud learns only the RLCs and
the CSP learns only the weights of the RLCs. Finally, the data owner collects
the two parts to get the complete model. We conduct extensive experiments to
understand the quality of the RLC-based boosting and the cost distribution of
the constructions. Our results show that SecureBoost can efficiently learn
high-quality boosting models from protected user-generated data
Сutting tools. Drilling and milling
The objective of this handbook is to provide a student understanding of conventional cutting processes applied to metallic workpieces, such as drilling and milling . The definition of tool geometry, cutting processes movements, machining regime elements are considered. The main types of drills and mill cutters are described
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY AS A PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY FACTOR
El objetivo de esta investigación es estudiar el factor de eficiencia y la productividad laboral. En gran medida, el nivel de productividad laboral creció debido a la intensificación de la producción. Al mismo tiempo, según Rosstat, en agricultura, silvicultura y pesca solo hay un 8% de empleos altamente eficientes. Por lo tanto, el factor de intensificación de la producción se utiliza de manera insignificante. Es obvio que hay una necesidad de un componente innovador del crecimiento de la productividad laboral, por un lado, y la creación de nuevos empleos en las zonas rurales para los recursos laborales liberados, por otro lado. Aquí es necesario determinar los principales factores que afectan la productividad en las condiciones modernas, y justificar las propuestas para mejorarla.Of the goal of this investigation is to study the efficiency factor and labor productivity. To a large extent, the level of labor productivity grew due to the intensification of production. At the same time, according to Rosstat, in agriculture, forestry and fisheries there are only 8% of high-efficient jobs. Thus, the factor of production intensification is used insignificantly. It is obvious that there is a need for an innovative component of labor productivity growth on the one hand, and the creation of new jobs in rural areas for the released labor resources, on the other hand. Here it is necessary to determine the main factors affecting productivity in modern conditions, and to justify proposals to improve it.O objetivo desta investigação é estudar o fator de eficiência e a produtividade do trabalho. Em grande medida, o nível de produtividade do trabalho aumentou devido à intensificação da produção. Ao mesmo tempo, segundo Rosstat, na agricultura, silvicultura e pesca, existem apenas 8% dos empregos de alta eficiência. Assim, o fator de intensificação da produção é usado de forma insignificante. É óbvio que é necessário um componente inovador do crescimento da produtividade do trabalho, por um lado, e a criação de novos empregos nas áreas rurais para os recursos liberados, por outro. Aqui é necessário determinar os principais fatores que afetam a produtividade nas condições modernas e justificar propostas para melhorá- la
Account for the contribution of higher vibration modes under seismic resistance estimation of system with elastomeric supports by nonlinear static method
The article presents higher vibration modes accounting method to evaluate system seismic resistance by nonlinear static method. As part of the study, in order to verify the proposed method for finding the inertial forces modified system series of dynamic and static calculations was performed. Proposed inertial forces modified system can be applied for seismic resistance estimation of system with elastomeric supports. The results difference varies within 12%. © 2020 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
N/V-limit for Langevin dynamics in continuum
We construct an infinite particle/infinite volume Langevin dynamics on the
space of configurations in having velocities as marks. The construction
is done via a limiting procedure using -particle dynamics in cubes
with periodic boundary conditions. A main step to this
result is to derive an (improved) Ruelle bound for the canonical correlation
functions of -particle systems in with periodic
boundary conditions. After proving tightness of the laws of finite particle
dynamics, the identification of accumulation points as martingale solutions of
the Langevin equation is based on a general study of properties of measures on
configuration space (and their weak limit) fulfilling a uniform Ruelle bound.
Additionally, we prove that the initial/invariant distribution of the
constructed dynamics is a tempered grand canonical Gibbs measure. All proofs
work for general repulsive interaction potentials of Ruelle type (e.g.
the Lennard-Jones potential) and all temperatures, densities and dimensions
Two-scale localization in disordered wires in a magnetic field
Calculating the density-density correlation function for disordered wires, we
study localization properties of wave functions in a magnetic field. The
supersymmetry technique combined with the transfer matrix method is used. It is
demonstrated that at arbitrarily weak magnetic field the far tail of the wave
functions decays with the length , where and are the localization lengths in the absence of a
magnetic field and in a strong magnetic field, respectively. At shorter
distances, the decay of the wave functions is characterized by the length
. Increasing the magnetic field broadens the region of the decay
with the length , leading finally to the decay with at all distances. In other words, the crossover between the orthogonal
and unitary ensembles in disordered wires is characterized by two localization
lengths. This peculiar behavior must result in two different temperature
regimes in the hopping conductivity with the boundary between them depending on
the magnetic field.Comment: 4 page
Gene of folate cycle MTHFR and nutrition
Climatic and geographical features always influenced on adaptation to the environment as well as the development level of economy and culture. The formation of certain food behavior in population determined fixation of specific gene alleles and mutation. They were responsible for digestion a typical food for the population. At the moment there is information about such genetic features as metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats for many races and nations. But a few studies are about causes of prevalence differences of gene polymorphisms of folate cycle in the world's populations. The main objective was to explore 677C>T mutation MTHFR gene among Russian and Buryat to compare it with ones in other populations. The total of399 children and adolescents (200 Russians and 199 Buryats) were involved in this study. Genotyping of MTHFR 677C>T was performed by PCR-RT We used soft "STATISTICA 8.0" to compare results. As a result, T-allele frequency was 30 % in Russians and 21,1 % in Buryats. We found significant differences of prevalence of polymorphism 677C>T between studied groups (p = 0.011). Also we found significant difference between Russian and British (p = 0.054), French (p = 0.0263), Spanish (p < 0.0001), Italian (p < 0.0001) and Greek samples (p = 0.0454). The Buryat group had significant differences with Chinese (p < 0.0001), Korean (p < 0.0001), Mongolian (p < 0.004), Japanese (p < 0.0001), Kazakh (p = 0.0198) samples and two samples of Hans (p < 0.0001; p = 0.0390)
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