RADIO: Reference-Agnostic Dubbing Video Synthesis

One of the most challenging problems in audio-driven talking head generation is achieving high-fidelity detail while ensuring precise synchronization. Given only a single reference image, extracting meaningful identity attributes becomes even more challenging, often causing the network to mirror the facial and lip structures too closely. To address these issues, we introduce RADIO, a framework engineered to yield high-quality dubbed videos regardless of the pose or expression in reference images. The key is to modulate the decoder layers using latent space composed of audio and reference features. Additionally, we incorporate ViT blocks into the decoder to emphasize high-fidelity details, especially in the lip region. Our experimental results demonstrate that RADIO displays high synchronization without the loss of fidelity. Especially in harsh scenarios where the reference frame deviates significantly from the ground truth, our method outperforms state-of-the-art methods, highlighting its robustness. Pre-trained model and codes will be made public after the review.Comment: Under revie

Single-Session Percutaneous Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute and Subacute Deep Vein Thrombosis: Clinical Outcomes and Predictive Factors of Recurrence

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of single-session percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (PMT) for deep vein thrombosis (DVT), to compare clinical outcomes and recurrences between acute and subacute DVT, and to identify factors predicting recurrence. Materials and Methods: From January 2018 to March 2021, 100 consecutive patients (age: 64.64 ± 17.28 years; male, 42%) with symptomatic DVT who underwent single-session PMT were enrolled for this study. These patients were divided into an acute DVT group (< 14 days, n = 75) and a subacute DVT group (15–28 days, n = 25). Results: A large-bore aspiration thrombectomy was used in 80 (80%) cases, Angiojet (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA, USA) device in one (1%) case, and a combination of both techniques in 19 (19%) cases. The anatomic success rate was 97% and the clinical success rate was 95%. There were no major complications. Clinical outcomes were not different between the two groups. The recurrence-free survival rate in the acute DVT group was significantly (p = 0.015) better than that in the subacute DVT group. The anatomic success (HR, 52.3; 95% CI, 3.82–715.21; p = 0.003) and symptom duration (HR, 17.58; 95% CI, 1.89–163.34; p = 0.012) were predictive factors associated with recurrence. Conclusions: Single-session PMT is safe and effective for immediate symptom relief in acute and subacute DVT patients. However, recurrence occurred more frequently in patients with subacute DVT than in those with acute DVT. Anatomic success of the procedure and duration of symptoms were independent predictors of DVT recurrence

Evaluating indoor positioning systems in a shopping mall : the lessons learned from the IPIN 2018 competition

The Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN) conference holds an annual competition in which indoor localization systems from different research groups worldwide are evaluated empirically. The objective of this competition is to establish a systematic evaluation methodology with rigorous metrics both for real-time (on-site) and post-processing (off-site) situations, in a realistic environment unfamiliar to the prototype developers. For the IPIN 2018 conference, this competition was held on September 22nd, 2018, in Atlantis, a large shopping mall in Nantes (France). Four competition tracks (two on-site and two off-site) were designed. They consisted of several 1 km routes traversing several floors of the mall. Along these paths, 180 points were topographically surveyed with a 10 cm accuracy, to serve as ground truth landmarks, combining theodolite measurements, differential global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and 3D scanner systems. 34 teams effectively competed. The accuracy score corresponds to the third quartile (75th percentile) of an error metric that combines the horizontal positioning error and the floor detection. The best results for the on-site tracks showed an accuracy score of 11.70 m (Track 1) and 5.50 m (Track 2), while the best results for the off-site tracks showed an accuracy score of 0.90 m (Track 3) and 1.30 m (Track 4). These results showed that it is possible to obtain high accuracy indoor positioning solutions in large, realistic environments using wearable light-weight sensors without deploying any beacon. This paper describes the organization work of the tracks, analyzes the methodology used to quantify the results, reviews the lessons learned from the competition and discusses its future

The IPIN 2019 Indoor Localisation Competition—Description and Results

IPIN 2019 Competition, sixth in a series of IPIN competitions, was held at the CNR Research Area of Pisa (IT), integrated into the program of the IPIN 2019 Conference. It included two on-site real-time Tracks and three off-site Tracks. The four Tracks presented in this paper were set in the same environment, made of two buildings close together for a total usable area of 1000 m 2 outdoors and and 6000 m 2 indoors over three floors, with a total path length exceeding 500 m. IPIN competitions, based on the EvAAL framework, have aimed at comparing the accuracy performance of personal positioning systems in fair and realistic conditions: past editions of the competition were carried in big conference settings, university campuses and a shopping mall. Positioning accuracy is computed while the person carrying the system under test walks at normal walking speed, uses lifts and goes up and down stairs or briefly stops at given points. Results presented here are a showcase of state-of-the-art systems tested side by side in real-world settings as part of the on-site real-time competition Tracks. Results for off-site Tracks allow a detailed and reproducible comparison of the most recent positioning and tracking algorithms in the same environment as the on-site Tracks

Musical Oration: J.S. Bach’s Use of Rhetorical Devices in the Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904, and the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

The study of rhetorical theory can lead to a deeper understanding of Baroque keyboard music. As Renaissance artists and philosophers rediscovered the classical culture of the Greeks, partly shaped by Greek rhetoricians, rhetorical study became a central part of the curriculum in European schools and universities. Many Baroque musicians such as Joachim Burmeister (1564-1629) and Johann Mattheson (1681-1764) related rhetorical practice to the music of their time. Thus, Baroque composers such as Bach, who were involved in education in schools or churches, considered the art of rhetoric to be linked with music study and may have purposely adopted rhetorical devices, translating them into analogous musical events and processes in their compositions. The Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV 904 and the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903 by J.S. Bach are regarded as important masterpieces in their length and creativity compared with the other fantasias and fugues by many musicologists including David Schulenberg and Robert L. Marshall. The Fantasia and Fugue in A minor features a strictly contrapuntal texture in the Fantasia and two contrasting subjects in the double fugue. The Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue is distinctive in terms of the extensive improvisatory styles of the Chromatic Fantasia and the free treatment of the Chromatic Fugue. An examination of J.S. Bach's Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV 904 and Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903 demonstrates the ways in which classical rhetorical principles may have influenced J.S. Bach's writing, and leads the performer to a more thorough understanding of Bach's compositional techniques and more intentional, purposeful interpretative choices in performance

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