136 research outputs found
Neural Generative Question Answering
This paper presents an end-to-end neural network model, named Neural
Generative Question Answering (GENQA), that can generate answers to simple
factoid questions, based on the facts in a knowledge-base. More specifically,
the model is built on the encoder-decoder framework for sequence-to-sequence
learning, while equipped with the ability to enquire the knowledge-base, and is
trained on a corpus of question-answer pairs, with their associated triples in
the knowledge-base. Empirical study shows the proposed model can effectively
deal with the variations of questions and answers, and generate right and
natural answers by referring to the facts in the knowledge-base. The experiment
on question answering demonstrates that the proposed model can outperform an
embedding-based QA model as well as a neural dialogue model trained on the same
data.Comment: Accepted by IJCAI 201
Effects of shrink range and preload on dynamics characteristics of anti-backlash geared rotor-bearing system with composite mesh stiffness
Anti-backlash gear can improve the static transmission precision of system. Besides, the dynamic characteristics of anti-backlash gear system have a significant effect on the performance of overall mechanism, and assembly parameter is an important factor to affect the dynamic characteristic. In order to study the effect of assembly parameter, a single-stage anti-backlash transmission box was taken as an example. Then, the influence of assembly shrink range and preload force on bearing contact stiffness was considered, and the calculation formula of bearing radial stiffness was derived. The calculation method of anti-backlash gear composite mesh stiffness was introduced. Based on this, the transverse-torsion geared rotor-bearing dynamics model and differential equations of anti-backlash gear system with bearing contact stiffness and composite mesh stiffness were proposed. Numerical calculation and the result analysis of frequency sweep show that increasing the shrink range can increase the bearing radial stiffness and further improve the low order resonant frequency (RF) of the system; the effect of inner and outer ring on resonant frequency is equivalent, but neither is obvious. Increasing preload can enhance the bearing radial stiffness and improve the resonant frequency of the system, and the extent of the effect is greater than that of shrink range on the resonant frequency; the effect of preload force on the resonant frequency is obvious
Optimal Space-Depth Trade-Off of CNOT Circuits in Quantum Logic Synthesis
Due to the decoherence of the state-of-the-art physical implementations of
quantum computers, it is essential to parallelize the quantum circuits to
reduce their depth. Two decades ago, Moore et al. demonstrated that additional
qubits (or ancillae) could be used to design "shallow" parallel circuits for
quantum operators. They proved that any -qubit CNOT circuit could be
parallelized to depth, with ancillae. However, the
near-term quantum technologies can only support limited amount of qubits,
making space-depth trade-off a fundamental research subject for quantum-circuit
synthesis.
In this work, we establish an asymptotically optimal space-depth trade-off
for the design of CNOT circuits. We prove that for any , any -qubit
CNOT circuit can be parallelized to depth, with ancillae. We
show that this bound is tight by a counting argument, and further show that
even with arbitrary two-qubit quantum gates to approximate CNOT circuits, the
depth lower bound still meets our construction, illustrating the robustness of
our result. Our work improves upon two previous results, one by Moore et al.
for -depth quantum synthesis, and one by Patel et al. for :
for the former, we reduce the need of ancillae by a factor of by
showing that additional qubits suffice to build -depth, size --- which is asymptotically optimal --- CNOT
circuits; for the later, we reduce the depth by a factor of to the
asymptotically optimal bound . Our results can be directly
extended to stabilizer circuits using an earlier result by Aaronson et al. In
addition, we provide relevant hardness evidences for synthesis optimization of
CNOT circuits in term of both size and depth.Comment: 25 pages, 5 figures. Fixed several minor typos and a mistake about
CNOT+Rz circui
Multiple distinct small RNAs originate from the same microRNA precursors
Abstract Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs), which originate from precursor transcripts with stem-loop structures, are essential gene expression regulators in eukaryotes. Results We report 19 miRNA precursors in Arabidopsis that can yield multiple distinct miRNA-like RNAs in addition to miRNAs and miRNA*s. These miRNA precursor-derived miRNA-like RNAs are often arranged in phase and form duplexes with an approximately two-nucleotide 3'-end overhang. Their production depends on the same biogenesis pathway as their sibling miRNAs and does not require RNA-dependent RNA polymerases or RNA polymerase IV. These miRNA-like RNAs are methylated, and many of them are associated with Argonaute proteins. Some of the miRNA-like RNAs are differentially expressed in response to bacterial challenges, and some are more abundant than the cognate miRNAs. Computational and expression analyses demonstrate that some of these miRNA-like RNAs are potentially functional and they target protein-coding genes for silencing. The function of some of these miRNA-like RNAs was further supported by their target cleavage products from the published small RNA degradome data. Our systematic examination of public small-RNA deep sequencing data from four additional plant species (Oryza sativa, Physcomitrella patens, Medicago truncatula and Populus trichocarpa) and four animals (Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila) shows that such miRNA-like RNAs exist broadly in eukaryotes. Conclusions We demonstrate that multiple miRNAs could derive from miRNA precursors by sequential processing of Dicer or Dicer-like proteins. Our results suggest that the pool of miRNAs is larger than was previously recognized, and miRNA-mediated gene regulation may be broader and more complex than previously thought
siRNAs from miRNA sites mediate DNA methylation of target genes
Arabidopsis microRNA (miRNA) genes (MIR) give rise to 20- to 22-nt miRNAs that are generated predominantly by the type III endoribonuclease Dicer-like 1 (DCL1) but do not require any RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases (RDRs) or RNA Polymerase IV (Pol IV). Here, we identify a novel class of non-conserved MIR genes that give rise to two small RNA species, a 20- to 22-nt species and a 23- to 27-nt species, at the same site. Genetic analysis using small RNA pathway mutants reveals that the 20- to 22-nt small RNAs are typical miRNAs generated by DCL1 and are associated with Argonaute 1 (AGO1). In contrast, the accumulation of the 23- to 27-nt small RNAs from the miRNA-generating sites is dependent on DCL3, RDR2 and Pol IV, components of the typical heterochromatic small interfering RNA (hc-siRNA) pathway. We further demonstrate that these MIR-derived siRNAs associate with AGO4 and direct DNA methylation at some of their target loci in trans. In addition, we find that at the miRNA-generating sites, some conserved canonical MIR genes also produce siRNAs, which also induce DNA methylation at some of their target sites. Our systematic examination of published small RNA deep sequencing datasets of rice and moss suggests that this type of dual functional MIRs exist broadly in plant
Editorial: The side effects of insecticides on insects and the adaptation mechanisms of insects to insecticides
The dual-frequency zero-backward scattering realized in a hybrid metallo-dielectric nanoantenna
In this paper, we propose a hybrid metallo-dielectric core-shell nanorod for the Kerker-type effect at two different frequencies. The effect arises from the interference of the scattering waves of the nanorod, which are generated by the magnetic dipole moment (MD) of the high-index hollow particle and the electric dipole moment (ED) induced in both metallic and dielectric particles. Interestingly, we find that such kind of unidirectional radiation properties, (i.e., zero back scattering occurring at dual frequencies) can be sustained with a single nanorod, which usually being equivalent to a local electric dipole source. The effect of substrate is also considered to investigate the typical experimental realization for the dual-frequency unidirectionalities of the nanoantenna. Furthermore, the unidirectionality can be further improved by the design of one-dimensional array of the hybrid nanoantenna. Our results could provide an additional degree of freedom for light scattering manipulation, and widen the versatile applications in nanoantennas, optical sensor, light emitters, as well as photovoltaic devices
Work done by atmospheric winds on mesoscale ocean eddies
Mesoscale eddies are ubiquitous in the ocean and dominate the ocean's kinetic energy. However, physical processes influencing ocean eddy energy remains poorly understood. Mesoscale ocean eddy-wind interaction potentially provides an energy flux into or out of the eddy field, but its effect on ocean eddies has not yet been determined. Here we examine work done by atmospheric winds on more than 1,200,000 mesoscale eddies identified from satellite altimetry data, and show that atmospheric winds significantly damp mesoscale ocean eddies, particularly in the energetic western boundary current regions and the Southern Ocean. Furthermore, the large-scale wind stress curl is found to on average systematically inject kinetic energy into anticyclonic (cyclonic) eddies in the subtropical (subpolar) gyres, while mechanically damps anticyclonic (cyclonic) eddies in the subpolar (subtropical) gyres
Correlated rigidity percolation and colloidal gels
Rigidity percolation (RP) occurs when mechanical stability emerges in
disordered networks as constraints or components are added. Here we discuss RP
with structural correlations, an effect ignored in classical theories albeit
relevant to many liquid-to-amorphous-solid transitions, such as colloidal
gelation, which are due to attractive interactions and aggregation. Using a
lattice model, we show that structural correlations shift RP to lower volume
fractions. Through molecular dynamics simulations, we show that increasing
attraction in colloidal gelation increases structural correlation and thus
lowers the RP transition, agreeing with experiments. Hence colloidal gelation
can be understood as a RP transition, but occurs at volume fractions far below
values predicted by the classical RP, due to attractive interactions which
induce structural correlation
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