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Video semantic content analysis framework based on ontology combined MPEG-7
The rapid increase in the available amount of video data is creating a growing demand for efficient methods for understanding and managing it at the semantic level. New multimedia standard, MPEG-7, provides the rich functionalities to enable the generation of audiovisual descriptions and is expressed solely in XML Schema which provides little support for expressing semantic knowledge. In this paper, a video semantic content analysis framework based on ontology combined MPEG-7 is presented. Domain
ontology is used to define high level semantic concepts and their relations in the context of the examined domain. MPEG-7 metadata terms of audiovisual descriptions and video content analysis algorithms are expressed in this ontology to enrich video semantic analysis. OWL is used for the ontology description. Rules in Description Logic are defined to describe how low-level features and algorithms for video analysis should be applied according to different perception content. Temporal Description Logic is used to describe the
semantic events, and a reasoning algorithm is proposed for events detection. The proposed framework is demonstrated in sports video domain and shows promising results
Efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens -mediated transformation of Malus zumi (Matsumura) Rehd using leaf explant regeneration system
Malus zumi is known as an excellent dwarfing apple rootstock
occurring in natural or arid/semiarid soil or salina. Gene manipulation
of M. zumi through transgenic technology can modify plant feature for
further improvement fruit tree production by grafting the scion on a
transgenic rootstock. Here, we report the establishment of an
efficient, in vitro, shoot regeneration system and Agrobacterium
tumefaciens - mediated transformation from the leaf explants for Malus
zumi (Matsumura) Rehd. Leaf explants were infected with Agrobacterium
strains containing nptII and gus gene. The highest frequency of shoot
regeneration was obtained on MS medium containing 500 mg l-1
Lactalbumin hydrolysate, 30 g l-1 fructose, supplemented with 3.0 mg
l-1 BA, 0.2 mg l-1 NAA.Using fructose instead of sucrose significantly
increases the shoot regeneration and decreases vitrification. This
regeneration procedure was incorporated into an Agrobacterium-mediated
transformation procedure in M. zumi. Kanamycin was an efficient
selective agent for selection. Pre-selection (5 days after
co-cultivation) improved the transformation efficiency. The emergence
of expected bands by PCR analysis and Southern blot in transgenic
plantlets confirmed the transformation of foreign DNA into plant
genome
The application of oleogels in food products: Classification, preparation, and characterisation
Slow fluctuations in enhanced Raman scattering and surface roughness relaxation
We propose an explanation for the recently measured slow fluctuations and
``blinking'' in the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectrum of single
molecules adsorbed on a silver colloidal particle. We suggest that these
fluctuations may be related to the dynamic relaxation of the surface roughness
on the nanometer scale and show that there are two classes of roughness with
qualitatively different dynamics. The predictions agree with measurements of
surface roughness relaxation. Using a theoretical model for the kinetics of
surface roughness relaxation in the presence of charges and optical electrical
fields, we predict that the high-frequency electromagnetic field increases both
the effective surface tension and the surface diffusion constant and thus
accelerates the surface smoothing kinetics and time scale of the Raman
fluctuations in manner that is linear with the laser power intensity, while the
addition of salt retards the surface relaxation kinetics and increases the time
scale of the fluctuations. These predictions are in qualitative agreement with
the Raman experiments
First-principles study of nucleation, growth, and interface structure of Fe/GaAs
We use density-functional theory to describe the initial stages of Fe film
growth on GaAs(001), focusing on the interplay between chemistry and magnetism
at the interface. Four features appear to be generic: (1) At submonolayer
coverages, a strong chemical interaction between Fe and substrate atoms leads
to substitutional adsorption and intermixing. (2) For films of several
monolayers and more, atomically abrupt interfaces are energetically favored.
(3) For Fe films over a range of thicknesses, both Ga- and As-adlayers
dramatically reduce the formation energies of the films, suggesting a
surfactant-like action. (4) During the first few monolayers of growth, Ga or As
atoms are likely to be liberated from the interface and diffuse to the Fe film
surface. Magnetism plays an important auxiliary role for these processes, even
in the dilute limit of atomic adsorption. Most of the films exhibit
ferromagnetic order even at half-monolayer coverage, while certain
adlayer-capped films show a slight preference for antiferromagnetic order.Comment: 11 two-column pages, 12 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Characterization of a novel 4.0-kb y-type HMW-GS from Eremopyrum distans
A novel 4.0-kb Fy was sequenced and bacterially expressed. This gene, the largest y-type HMW-GS currently reported, is 4,032-bp long and encodes a mature protein with 1,321 amino acid (AA) residues. The 4.0-kb Fy shows novel modifications in all domains. In the N-terminal, it contains only 67 AA residues, as three short peptides are absent. In the repetitive domain, the undecapeptide RYYPSVTSPQQ is completely lost and the dodecapeptide GSYYPGQTSPQQ is partially absent. A novel motif unit, PGQQ, is present in addition to the two standard motif units PGQGQQ and GYYPTSPQQ. Besides, an extra cysteine residue also occurs in the middle of this domain. The large molecular mass of the 4.0-kb Fy is mainly due to the presence of an extra-long repetitive domain with 1,279 AA residues. The novel 4.0-kb Fy gene is of interest in HMW-GS gene evolution as well as to wheat quality improvement with regard to its longest repetitive domain length and extra cysteines residues
Phase separation and ferroelectric ordering in charge frustrated LuFe2O4-x
The transmission electron microscopy observations of the charge ordering (CO)
which governs the electronic polarization in LuFe2O4-x clearly show the
presence of a remarkable phase separation at low temperatures. Two CO ground
states are found to adopt the charge modulations of Q1 = (1/3, 1/3, 0) and Q2 =
(1/3 + y, 1/3 + y, 3/2), respectively. Our structural study demonstrates that
the incommensurately Q2-modulated state is chiefly stable in samples with
relatively lower oxygen contents. Data from theoretical simulations of the
diffraction suggest that both Q1- and Q2-modulated phases have ferroelectric
ordering. The effects of oxygen concentration on the phase separation and
electric polarization in this layered system are discussed.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure
Measurements of the observed cross sections for exclusive light hadrons containing at , 3.650 and 3.6648 GeV
By analyzing the data sets of 17.3, 6.5 and 1.0 pb taken,
respectively, at , 3.650 and 3.6648 GeV with the BES-II
detector at the BEPC collider, we measure the observed cross sections for
, , ,
and at the three energy
points. Based on these cross sections we set the upper limits on the observed
cross sections and the branching fractions for decay into these
final states at 90% C.L..Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Partial wave analysis of J/\psi \to \gamma \phi \phi
Using events collected in the BESII detector, the
radiative decay is
studied. The invariant mass distribution exhibits a near-threshold
enhancement that peaks around 2.24 GeV/.
A partial wave analysis shows that the structure is dominated by a
state () with a mass of
GeV/ and a width of GeV/. The
product branching fraction is: .Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures. corrected proof for journa
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