258 research outputs found
Synchronization in semiconductor laser rings
We examine the dynamics of semiconductor lasers coupled in a ring
configuration. The lasers, which have stable output intensity when isolated,
behave chaotically when coupled unidirectionally in a closed chain. In this
way, we show that neither feedback nor bidirectional coupling is necessary to
induce chaotic dynamics at the laser output. We study the synchronization
phenomena arising in this particular coupling architecture, and discuss its
possible application to chaos-based communications. Next, we extend the study
to bidirectional coupling and propose an appropriate technique to optical chaos
encryption/decryption in closed chains of mutually coupled semiconductor
lasers.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figure
Community structures and role detection in music networks
We analyze the existence of community structures in two different social
networks obtained from similarity and collaborative features between musical
artists. Our analysis reveals some characteristic organizational patterns and
provides information about the driving forces behind the growth of the
networks. In the similarity network, we find a strong correlation between
clusters of artists and musical genres. On the other hand, the collaboration
network shows two different kinds of communities: rather small structures
related to music bands and geographic zones, and much bigger communities built
upon collaborative clusters with a high number of participants related through
the period the artists were active. Finally, we detect the leading artists
inside their corresponding communities and analyze their roles in the network
by looking at a few topological properties of the nodes.Comment: 14 pages 7 figure
Senkronize bilateral üst üriner sistem ürotelyal karsinomu olgu sunumu]
Synchronous bilateral upper urinary tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) is a very rare form of urothelial cancer. In patients with high-risk unilateral UTUC, radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) is the gold standard treatment. However, there is no consensus on the treatment for synchronous bilateral UTUC. Evaluation of the patient and the tumor is recommended. Bilateral nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) was performed on a 53-year-old patient who presented with high-risk synchronous bilateral UTUC, and the outcome was reported
Science Learning in Playful Learning Environments: A Study from US Early Childhood Classrooms
Science may be a particularly vital subject in early life, serving not just to provide the foundation for future scientific understanding, but to expanding understanding and recognition of the value of young children's thinking and learning. therefore, designing learning environment to support children’s playful science learning is getting important. For this purpose, the current study was conducted to instigate how playful learning environments support children’s science learning. The data of this study was collected from four different US early childhood learning environments. The analysis of the data showed that children’s playful discoveries promotes their scientific skills and science learning. In these learning environments, children are encouraged to play more and explore a variety of situations in these learning environments thanks to the materials chosen and the design of the learning centers that encourage interaction between children. The findings of the current study suggest that exemplary practices should be developed in order to move away from traditional learning environments and to support learning through play, and to raise awareness on this issue, starting with teacher candidates
How to Combine Variational Bayesian Networks in Federated Learning
Federated Learning enables multiple data centers to train a central model
collaboratively without exposing any confidential data. Even though
deterministic models are capable of performing high prediction accuracy, their
lack of calibration and capability to quantify uncertainty is problematic for
safety-critical applications. Different from deterministic models,
probabilistic models such as Bayesian neural networks are relatively
well-calibrated and able to quantify uncertainty alongside their competitive
prediction accuracy. Both of the approaches appear in the federated learning
framework; however, the aggregation scheme of deterministic models cannot be
directly applied to probabilistic models since weights correspond to
distributions instead of point estimates. In this work, we study the effects of
various aggregation schemes for variational Bayesian neural networks. With
empirical results on three image classification datasets, we observe that the
degree of spread for an aggregated distribution is a significant factor in the
learning process. Hence, we present an investigation on the question of how to
combine variational Bayesian networks in federated learning, while providing
benchmarks for different aggregation settings
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