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DeepSketch2Face: A Deep Learning Based Sketching System for 3D Face and Caricature Modeling
Face modeling has been paid much attention in the field of visual computing.
There exist many scenarios, including cartoon characters, avatars for social
media, 3D face caricatures as well as face-related art and design, where
low-cost interactive face modeling is a popular approach especially among
amateur users. In this paper, we propose a deep learning based sketching system
for 3D face and caricature modeling. This system has a labor-efficient
sketching interface, that allows the user to draw freehand imprecise yet
expressive 2D lines representing the contours of facial features. A novel CNN
based deep regression network is designed for inferring 3D face models from 2D
sketches. Our network fuses both CNN and shape based features of the input
sketch, and has two independent branches of fully connected layers generating
independent subsets of coefficients for a bilinear face representation. Our
system also supports gesture based interactions for users to further manipulate
initial face models. Both user studies and numerical results indicate that our
sketching system can help users create face models quickly and effectively. A
significantly expanded face database with diverse identities, expressions and
levels of exaggeration is constructed to promote further research and
evaluation of face modeling techniques.Comment: 12 pages, 16 figures, to appear in SIGGRAPH 201
Magnetic field-modulated exciton generation in organic semiconductors: an intermolecular quantum correlation effect
Magnetoelectroluminescence (MEL) of organic semiconductor has been
experimentally tuned by adopting blended emitting layer consisting of both hole
and electron transporting materials. A theoretical model considering
intermolecular quantum correlation is proposed to demonstrate two fundamental
issues: (1) two mechanisms, spin scattering and spin mixing, dominate the two
different steps respectively in the process of the magnetic field modulated
generation of exciton; (2) the hopping rate of carriers determines the
intensity of MEL. Calculation successfully predicts the increase of singlet
excitons in low field with little change of triplet exciton population.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure
Two variants on T2DM susceptible gene HHEX are associated with CRC risk in a Chinese population
Increasing amounts of evidence has demonstrated that T2DM (Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus) patients have increased susceptibility to CRC (colorectal cancer). As HHEX is a recognized susceptibility gene in T2DM, this work was focused on two SNPs in HHEX, rs1111875 and rs7923837, to study their association with CRC. T2DM patients without CRC (T2DM-only, n=300), T2DM with CRC (T2DM/CRC, n=135), cancer-free controls (Control, n=570), and CRC without T2DM (CRC-only, n=642) cases were enrolled. DNA samples were extracted from the peripheral blood leukocytes of the patients and sequenced by direct sequencing. The χ(2) test was used to compare categorical data. We found that in T2DM patients, rs1111875 but not the rs7923837 in HHEX gene was associated with the occurrence of CRC (p= 0.006). for rs1111875, TC/CC patients had an increased risk of CRC (p=0.019, OR=1.592, 95%CI=1.046-2.423). Moreover, our results also indicated that the two variants of HEEX gene could be risk factors for CRC in general population, independent on T2DM (p< 0.001 for rs1111875, p=0.001 for rs7923837). For rs1111875, increased risk of CRC was observed in TC or TC/CC than CC individuals (p<0.001, OR= 1.780, 95%CI= 1.385-2.287; p<0.001, OR= 1.695, 95%CI= 1.335-2.152). For rs7923837, increased CRC risk was observed in AG, GG, and AG/GG than AA individuals (p< 0.001, OR= 1.520, 95%CI= 1.200-1.924; p=0.036, OR= 1.739, 95%CI= 0.989-3.058; p< 0.001, OR= 1.540, 95%CI= 1.225-1.936). This finding highlights the potentially functional alteration with HHEX rs1111875 and rs7923837 polymorphisms may increase CRC susceptibility. Risk effects and the functional impact of these polymorphisms need further validation
Antiferromagnetic to Ferrimagnetic Phase Transition and Possible Phase Coexistence in Polar Magnets (FeMn)MoO
In the present work, magnetic properties of single crystal
(FeMn)MoO () have been studied by performing
extensive measurements. A detailed magnetic phase diagram is built up, in which
antiferromagnetic state dominates for and ferrimagnetic phase arises
for . Meanwhile, sizeable electric polarization of spin origin is
commonly observed in all samples, no matter what the magnetic state is. For the
samples hosting a ferrimagnetic state, square-like magnetic hysteresis loops
are revealed, while the remnant magnetization and coercive field can be tuned
drastically by simply varying the Mn-content or temperature. Possible
coexistence of the antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic phases is proposed to be
responsible for the remarkable modulation of magnetic properties in the
samples
Influence of different processing times on the quality of Polygoni Multiflora Radix by metabolomics based on ultra high performance liquid chromatography with quadrupole timeâ ofâ flight mass spectrometry
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