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Algorithmic Clustering of Music
We present a fully automatic method for music classification, based only on
compression of strings that represent the music pieces. The method uses no
background knowledge about music whatsoever: it is completely general and can,
without change, be used in different areas like linguistic classification and
genomics. It is based on an ideal theory of the information content in
individual objects (Kolmogorov complexity), information distance, and a
universal similarity metric. Experiments show that the method distinguishes
reasonably well between various musical genres and can even cluster pieces by
composer.Comment: 17 pages, 11 figure
Poly(1,3,4-oxadiazoles) via aromatic nucleophilic displacement
Poly(1,3,4-oxadiazoles) (POX) are prepared by the aromatic nucleophilic displacement reaction of di(hydroxyphenyl) 1,3,4-oxadiazole monomers with activated aromatic dihalides or activated aromatic dinitro compounds. The polymerizations are carried out in polar aprotic solvents such as sulfolane or diphenylsulfone using alkali metal bases such as potassium carbonate at elevated temperatures under nitrogen. The di(hydroxyphenyl) 1,3,4-oxadiazole monomers are synthesized by reacting 4-hydroxybenzoic hydrazide with phenyl 4-hydrobenzoate in the melt and also by reacting aromatic dihydrazides with two moles of phenyl 4-hydroxybenzoate in the melt. This synthetic route has provided high molecular weight POX of new chemical structure, is economically and synthetically more favorable than other routes, and allows for facile chemical structure variation due to the large variety of activated aromatic dihalides which are available
Island Distance in One-Dimensional Epitaxial Growth
The typical island distance in submonlayer epitaxial growth depends on
the growth conditions via an exponent . This exponent is known to
depend on the substrate dimensionality, the dimension of the islands, and the
size of the critical nucleus for island formation. In this paper we study
the dependence of on in one--dimensional epitaxial growth. We
derive that for and confirm this result
by computer simulations.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, uses revtex, psfig, 'Note added in proof'
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Comment on "Test of constancy of speed of light with rotating cryogenic optical resonators"
A recent experiment by Antonini et. al. [Phys. Rev. A {\bf 71}, 050101R
2005], set new limits on Lorentz violating parameters in the frame-work of the
photon sector of the Standard Model Extension (SME),
, and the Robertson-Mansouri-Sexl (RMS) framework,
. The experiment had significant systematic effects caused by
the rotation of the apparatus which were only partly analysed and taken into
account. We show that this is insufficient to put a bound on
and the bound on represents a
five-fold improvement not a ten-fold improvement as claimed.
(For reply see Phys. Rev. A 72, 066102 (2005) DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.72.066102)Comment: 2 page
A Compressed Sensing Algorithm for Sparse-View Pinhole Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) systems are being developed with multiple cameras and without gantry rotation to provide rapid dynamic acquisitions. However, the resulting data is angularly undersampled, due to the limited number of views. We propose a novel reconstruction algorithm for sparse-view SPECT based on Compressed Sensing (CS) theory. The algorithm models Poisson noise by modifying the Iterative Hard Thresholding algorithm to minimize the Kullback-Leibler (KL) distance by gradient descent. Because the underlying objects of SPECT images are expected to be smooth, a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) using an orthogonal spline wavelet kernel is used as the sparsifying transform. Preliminary feasibility of the algorithm was tested on simulated data of a phantom consisting of two Gaussian distributions. Single-pinhole projection data with Poisson noise were simulated at 128, 60, 15, 10, and 5 views over 360 degrees. Image quality was assessed using the coefficient of variation and the relative contrast between the two objects in the phantom. Overall, the results demonstrate preliminary feasibility of the proposed CS algorithm for sparse-view SPECT imaging
Write Channel Model for Bit-Patterned Media Recording
We propose a new write channel model for bit-patterned media recording that
reflects the data dependence of write synchronization errors. It is shown that
this model accommodates both substitution-like errors and insertion-deletion
errors whose statistics are determined by an underlying channel state process.
We study information theoretic properties of the write channel model, including
the capacity, symmetric information rate, Markov-1 rate and the zero-error
capacity.Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures, journa
A spatial panel approach to the east German wage curve
This study presents results about wage effects of unemployment in eastern Germany. The standard approach to analyse the wage curve takes no account of the spatial relationship among regions. Ignoring this relationship may seriously bias the results. To investigate this, the East German wage curve is estimated including spatial effects using panel data classified into 114 administrative districts over the period 1993-1999. It extends the analysis of Baltagi, Blien and Wolf (2000) in which spatial effects were not taken into account. To control for the possible endogeneity of the unemployment rate, one of the explanatory variables, instrumental variable methods should be used. To control for spatial dependence, this paper adopts the use of matrix exponentials for spatially transforming the error terms. This transformation has the advantage that the Jacobian term equals zero. Two important empirical results appear. If spatial effects are not taken into account, the unemployment elasticity in Eastern Germany is larger than in Western countries. If spatial effects are added, the unemployment elasticity significantly reduces.
Determination of Optimum Harvest Date for Winter Malting Quality Barley in Northwest Arkansas
Due to the strict quality requirements, only 10 percent of worldwide barley is used for malting, though malting quality barley comes with a price increase of up to 50 percent or higher. With the craft brewery industry growing in Northwest Arkansas there is a growing demand for locally sourced malt quality barley. However, data is lacking regarding production practices for barley in Arkansas. The optimum harvest date for malting quality barley is at physiological maturity. This is because many of the malting traits (such as germination energy) decline as harvest is delayed, which will make it difficult to meet the criteria for malting quality if the barley is left in the field. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of harvest date on the malting quality of barley grown in Northwest Arkansas, specifically, the effect of harvest date on barley seed quality characteristics that impact malting and the interaction of harvest date and cultivar. Harvest date, cultivar, and in many cases the interaction of harvest date and cultivar were significant for grain yield, test weight, water sensitivity, germination energy, and germination capacity. There was no significant variation between cultivars for protein content. In general, all malting quality traits decreased with delayed harvest and the decrease at 21 days after physiological maturity was statistically significantly. Of the cultivars tested Thoroughbred was closest to meeting the criteria for malting quality, having the highest grain yield, while maintaining germination energy and capacity into a later harvest date
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