154 research outputs found
Bi-directional Ontology Versioning BOV
his paper defines a new type of ontology versioning: Bi-directional Ontology Versioning: BOV. BOV provides bi-directional mappings and transformations between concepts in two ontology versions. BOV is identified by two levels mapping processes: linguistic mapping and structural mapping. BOV can satisfy the requirement of mapping in distributed environment
A robust modulation classification method using convolutional neural networks
Automatic modulation classification (AMC) is a core technique in noncooperative communication systems. In particular, feature-based (FB) AMC algorithms have been widely studied. Current FB AMC methods are commonly designed for a limited set of modulation and lack of generalization ability; to tackle this challenge, a robust AMC method using convolutional neural networks (CNN) is proposed in this paper. In total, 15 different modulation types are considered. The proposed method can classify the received signal directly without feature extracion, and it can automatically learn features from the received signals. The features learned by the CNN are presented and analyzed. The robust features of the received signals in a specific SNR range are studied. The accuracy of classification using CNN is shown to be remarkable, particularly for low SNRs. The generalization ability of robust features is also proven to be excellent using the support vector machine (SVM). Finally, to help us better understand the process of feature learning, some outputs of intermediate layers of the CNN are visualized
Automatic Truss Design with Reinforcement Learning
Truss layout design, namely finding a lightweight truss layout satisfying all
the physical constraints, is a fundamental problem in the building industry.
Generating the optimal layout is a challenging combinatorial optimization
problem, which can be extremely expensive to solve by exhaustive search.
Directly applying end-to-end reinforcement learning (RL) methods to truss
layout design is infeasible either, since only a tiny portion of the entire
layout space is valid under the physical constraints, leading to particularly
sparse rewards for RL training. In this paper, we develop AutoTruss, a
two-stage framework to efficiently generate both lightweight and valid truss
layouts. AutoTruss first adopts Monte Carlo tree search to discover a diverse
collection of valid layouts. Then RL is applied to iteratively refine the valid
solutions. We conduct experiments and ablation studies in popular truss layout
design test cases in both 2D and 3D settings. AutoTruss outperforms the
best-reported layouts by 25.1% in the most challenging 3D test cases, resulting
in the first effective deep-RL-based approach in the truss layout design
literature.Comment: IJCAI2023. The codes are available at
https://github.com/StigLidu/AutoTrus
FELM: Benchmarking Factuality Evaluation of Large Language Models
Assessing factuality of text generated by large language models (LLMs) is an
emerging yet crucial research area, aimed at alerting users to potential errors
and guiding the development of more reliable LLMs. Nonetheless, the evaluators
assessing factuality necessitate suitable evaluation themselves to gauge
progress and foster advancements. This direction remains under-explored,
resulting in substantial impediments to the progress of factuality evaluators.
To mitigate this issue, we introduce a benchmark for Factuality Evaluation of
large Language Models, referred to as felm. In this benchmark, we collect
responses generated from LLMs and annotate factuality labels in a fine-grained
manner. Contrary to previous studies that primarily concentrate on the
factuality of world knowledge (e.g.~information from Wikipedia), felm focuses
on factuality across diverse domains, spanning from world knowledge to math and
reasoning. Our annotation is based on text segments, which can help pinpoint
specific factual errors. The factuality annotations are further supplemented by
predefined error types and reference links that either support or contradict
the statement. In our experiments, we investigate the performance of several
LLM-based factuality evaluators on felm, including both vanilla LLMs and those
augmented with retrieval mechanisms and chain-of-thought processes. Our
findings reveal that while retrieval aids factuality evaluation, current LLMs
are far from satisfactory to faithfully detect factual errors.Comment: Accepted by NeurIPS 2023 Track on Datasets and Benchmark
Current Situation and Development Trend of Mobile Communication Systems
This paper introduces the development background of mobile communication and the development of mobilecommunication. It introduces the application principle, network structure, main technology, the advantages anddisadvantages of the three generations of mobile communication system respectively, and introduces the currentthird generation mobile communication system, including its technical support and research direction, analysis andcomparison of the European WCDMA system, the United States CDMA2000 system and China's TD-SCDMA systemtechnical characteristics. Finally, the development trend and prospect of future mobile communication system arediscussed
Coding the negative emotions of family members and patients among the high-risk preoperative conversations with the Chinese version of VR-CoDES
Abstract Background Little is known about family members' and patients' expression of negative emotions among high‐risk preoperative conversations. Objectives This study aimed to identify the occurrence and patterns of the negative emotions of family members and patients in preoperative conversations, to investigate the conversation themes and to explore the correlation between the negative emotions and the conversation themes. Methods A retrospective study was conducted using the Chinese version of Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences (VR‐CoDES‐C) to code 297 conversations on high‐risk procedures. Inductive content analysis was used to analyse the topics in which negative emotions nested. The χ2 Test was used to test the association between the cues and the conversation themes. Results The occurrence rate of family members' and patients' negative emotions was very high (85.9%), much higher when compared to most conversations under other medical settings. The negative emotions were mainly expressed by cues (96.4%), and cue‐b (67.4%) was the most frequent category. Cues and concerns were mostly elicited by family members and patients (71.6%). Negative emotions were observed among seven themes, in which ‘Psychological stress relating to illness severity, family's care and financial burden’ (30.3%) ranked the top. Cue‐b, cue‐c and cue‐d had a significant correlation (p < .001) with certain themes. Conclusions Family members and patients conveyed significantly more negative emotions in the high‐risk preoperative conversations than in other medical communications. Certain categories of cues were induced by specific emotional conversation contents. Patient Contribution Family members and patients contributed to data
Boosting Few-Shot Text Classification via Distribution Estimation
Distribution estimation has been demonstrated as one of the most effective
approaches in dealing with few-shot image classification, as the low-level
patterns and underlying representations can be easily transferred across
different tasks in computer vision domain. However, directly applying this
approach to few-shot text classification is challenging, since leveraging the
statistics of known classes with sufficient samples to calibrate the
distributions of novel classes may cause negative effects due to serious
category difference in text domain. To alleviate this issue, we propose two
simple yet effective strategies to estimate the distributions of the novel
classes by utilizing unlabeled query samples, thus avoiding the potential
negative transfer issue. Specifically, we first assume a class or sample
follows the Gaussian distribution, and use the original support set and the
nearest few query samples to estimate the corresponding mean and covariance.
Then, we augment the labeled samples by sampling from the estimated
distribution, which can provide sufficient supervision for training the
classification model. Extensive experiments on eight few-shot text
classification datasets show that the proposed method outperforms
state-of-the-art baselines significantly.Comment: Accepted to AAAI 202
Genetic Inactivation of β-Catenin Is Salubrious, Whereas Its Activation Is Deleterious in Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy
AIMS: Mutations in the DSP gene encoding desmoplakin, a constituent of the desmosomes at the intercalated discs (IDs), cause a phenotype that spans arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) and dilated cardiomyopathy. It is typically characterized by biventricular enlargement and dysfunction, myocardial fibrosis, cell death, and arrhythmias. The canonical wingless-related integration (cWNT)/β-catenin pathway is implicated in the pathogenesis of ACM. The β-catenin is an indispensable co-transcriptional regulator of the cWNT pathway and a member of the IDs. We genetically inactivated or activated β-catenin to determine its role in the pathogenesis of desmoplakin cardiomyopathy.
METHODS AND RESULTS: The Dsp gene was conditionally deleted in the 2-week-old post-natal cardiac myocytes using tamoxifen-inducible MerCreMer mice (Myh6-McmTam:DspF/F). The cWNT/β-catenin pathway was markedly dysregulated in the Myh6-McmTam:DspF/F cardiac myocytes, as indicated by a concomitant increase in the expression of cWNT/β-catenin target genes, isoforms of its key co-effectors, and the inhibitors of the pathway. The β-catenin was inactivated or activated upon inducible deletion of its transcriptional or degron domain, respectively, in the Myh6-McmTam:DspF/F cardiac myocytes. Genetic inactivation of β-catenin in the Myh6-McmTam:DspF/F mice prolonged survival, improved cardiac function, reduced cardiac arrhythmias, and attenuated myocardial fibrosis, and cell death caused by apoptosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis, i.e. PANoptosis. In contrast, activation of β-catenin had the opposite effects. The deleterious and the salubrious effects were independent of changes in the expression levels of the cWNT target genes and were associated with changes in several molecular and biological pathways, including cell death programmes.
CONCLUSION: The cWNT/β-catenin was markedly dysregulated in the cardiac myocytes in a mouse model of desmoplakin cardiomyopathy. Inactivation of β-catenin attenuated, whereas its activation aggravated the phenotype, through multiple molecular pathways, independent of the cWNT transcriptional activity. Thus, suppression but not activation of β-catenin might be beneficial in desmoplakin cardiomyopathy
Tunable topological phase transition in soft Rayleigh beam system with imperfect interfaces
Acoustic metamaterials, particularly the topological insulators, exhibit
exceptional wave characteristics that have sparked considerable research
interest. The study of imperfect interfaces affect is of significant importance
for the modeling of wave propagation behavior in topological insulators. This
paper models a soft Rayleigh beam system with imperfect interfaces, and
investigates its topological phase transition process tuned by mechanical
loadings. The model reveals that the topological phase transition process can
be observed by modifying the distance between imperfect interfaces in the
system. When a uniaxial stretch is applied, the topological phase transition
points for longitudinal waves decrease within a limited frequency range, while
they increase within a larger frequency scope for transverse waves. Enhancing
the rigidity of the imperfect interfaces also enables shifting of the
topological phase transition point within a broader frequency range for
longitudinal waves and a confined range for transverse waves. The transition of
topologically protected interface modes in the transmission performance of a
twenty-cell system is verified, which include altering frequencies, switching
from interface mode to edge mode. Overall, this study provides a new approach
and guideline for controlling topological phase transition in composite and
soft phononic crystal systems.Comment: 39 pages,8 figure
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