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Res2Net: A New Multi-scale Backbone Architecture
Representing features at multiple scales is of great importance for numerous
vision tasks. Recent advances in backbone convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
continually demonstrate stronger multi-scale representation ability, leading to
consistent performance gains on a wide range of applications. However, most
existing methods represent the multi-scale features in a layer-wise manner. In
this paper, we propose a novel building block for CNNs, namely Res2Net, by
constructing hierarchical residual-like connections within one single residual
block. The Res2Net represents multi-scale features at a granular level and
increases the range of receptive fields for each network layer. The proposed
Res2Net block can be plugged into the state-of-the-art backbone CNN models,
e.g., ResNet, ResNeXt, and DLA. We evaluate the Res2Net block on all these
models and demonstrate consistent performance gains over baseline models on
widely-used datasets, e.g., CIFAR-100 and ImageNet. Further ablation studies
and experimental results on representative computer vision tasks, i.e., object
detection, class activation mapping, and salient object detection, further
verify the superiority of the Res2Net over the state-of-the-art baseline
methods. The source code and trained models are available on
https://mmcheng.net/res2net/.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figure
Tetraaquabis(4-formylbenzoato-κO)cobalt(II) tetrahydrate
The CoII atom in the title compound, [Co(C8H5O3)2(H2O)4]·4H2O, which exists in an all-trans octahedral coordination geometry, lies on a center of inversion. The coordinated and uncoordinated water molecules engage in extensive hydrogen-bonding interactions, forming a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network
The one-dimensional polymer poly[[aqua(2,2′-bipyridine)cadmium(II)]-μ-trans-stilbene-4,4′-dicarboxylato]
In the title polymer, [Cd(C16H10O4)(C10H8N2)(H2O)]n, the CdII ion is in a strongly distorted octahedral geometry, being coordinated by two N atoms from a 2,2′-bipyridine ligand, three carboxylate O atoms from two symmetry-related trans-stilbene-4,4′-dicarboxylate dianions and one water molecule. The stilbene ligand lies on an inversion centre at the midpoint of the central C=C bond. This feature generates the polymeric structure: adjacent CdII ions are bridged by trans-stilbene-4,4′-dicarboxylate dianions, giving rise to a one-dimensional structure. The coordinated water molecule is involved in interchain O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds
Non-coding RNAs participate in the regulatory network of CLDN4 via ceRNA mediated miRNA evasion
AbstractThousands of genes have been well demonstrated to play important roles in cancer progression. As genes do not function in isolation, they can be grouped into “networks” based on their interactions. In this study, we discover a network regulating Claudin-4 in gastric cancer. We observe that Claudin-4 is up-regulated in gastric cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. Claudin-4 reinforce proliferation, invasion, and EMT in AGS, HGC-27, and SGC-7901 cells, which could be reversed by miR-596 and miR-3620-3p. In addition, lncRNA-KRTAP5-AS1 and lncRNA-TUBB2A could act as competing endogenous RNAs to affect the function of Claudin-4. Our results suggest that non-coding RNAs play important roles in the regulatory network of Claudin-4. As such, non-coding RNAs should be considered as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets against gastric cancer.</jats:p
Topological Dirac states beyond orbitals for silicene on SiC(0001) surface
The discovery of intriguing properties related to the Dirac states in
graphene has spurred huge interest in exploring its two-dimensional group-IV
counterparts, such as silicene, germanene, and stanene. However, these
materials have to be obtained via synthesizing on substrates with strong
interfacial interactions, which usually destroy their intrinsic
()-orbital Dirac states. Here we report a theoretical study on the
existence of Dirac states arising from the orbitals instead of
orbitals in silicene on 4H-SiC(0001), which survive in spite of the strong
interfacial interactions. We also show that the exchange field together with
the spin-orbital coupling give rise to a detectable band gap of 1.3 meV. Berry
curvature calculations demonstrate the nontrivial topological nature of such
Dirac states with a Chern number , presenting the potential of realizing
quantum anomalous Hall effect for silicene on SiC(0001). Finally, we construct
a minimal effective model to capture the low-energy physics of this system.
This finding is expected to be also applicable to germanene and stanene, and
imply great application potentials in nanoelectronics.Comment: 6 Figures , Accepted by Nano Letter
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