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Sentiment Recognition in Egocentric Photostreams
Lifelogging is a process of collecting rich source of information about daily
life of people. In this paper, we introduce the problem of sentiment analysis
in egocentric events focusing on the moments that compose the images recalling
positive, neutral or negative feelings to the observer. We propose a method for
the classification of the sentiments in egocentric pictures based on global and
semantic image features extracted by Convolutional Neural Networks. We carried
out experiments on an egocentric dataset, which we organized in 3 classes on
the basis of the sentiment that is recalled to the user (positive, negative or
neutral)
Log-Harnack Inequality for Stochastic Burgers Equations and Applications
By proving an -gradient estimate for the corresponding Galerkin
approximations, the log-Harnack inequality is established for the semigroup
associated to a class of stochastic Burgers equations. As applications, we
derive the strong Feller property of the semigroup, the irreducibility of the
solution, the entropy-cost inequality for the adjoint semigroup, and entropy
upper bounds of the transition density
Case-Fatality Ratio of Blood Culture-Confirmed Typhoid Fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
With impending rollout of new conjugate typhoid vaccines, better estimates of typhoid case-fatality ratio are needed for countries to set priorities for public health programs. We enrolled 1425 patients of all ages with blood culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhi from laboratory networks serving inpatients and outpatients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Participants were asked about symptoms and complications including death experienced over a median 3-month period following blood culture diagnosis. Four fatal cases were identified (case-fatality ratio of 0.3% [95% confidence interval, .05%-.55%]). Applying this case-fatality ratio to global typhoid burden estimates would reduce deaths by 70%
A viral CTL escape mutation leading to immunoglobulin-like transcript 4-mediated functional inhibition of myelomonocytic cells
Viral mutational escape can reduce or abrogate recognition by the T cell receptor (TCR) of virus-specific CD8+ T cells. However, very little is known about the impact of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope mutations on interactions between peptide–major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I complexes and MHC class I receptors expressed on other cell types. Here, we analyzed a variant of the immunodominant human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B2705–restricted HIV-1 Gag KK10 epitope (KRWIILGLNK) with an L to M amino acid substitution at position 6 (L6M), which arises as a CTL escape variant after primary infection but is sufficiently immunogenic to elicit a secondary, de novo HIV-1–specific CD8+ T cell response with an alternative TCR repertoire in chronic infection. In addition to altering recognition by HIV-1–specific CD8+ T cells, the HLA-B2705–KK10 L6M complex also exhibits substantially increased binding to the immunoglobulin-like transcript (ILT) receptor 4, an inhibitory MHC class I–specific receptor expressed on myelomonocytic cells. Binding of the B2705–KK10 L6M complex to ILT4 leads to a tolerogenic phenotype of myelomonocytic cells with lower surface expression of dendritic cell (DC) maturation markers and co-stimulatory molecules. These data suggest a link between CTL-driven mutational escape, altered recognition by innate MHC class I receptors on myelomonocytic cells, and functional impairment of DCs, and thus provide important new insight into biological consequences of viral sequence diversificatio
Nonlinear W(infinity) Algebra as Asymptotic Symmetry of Three-Dimensional Higher Spin Anti-de Sitter Gravity
We investigate the asymptotic symmetry algebra of (2+1)-dimensional higher
spin, anti-de Sitter gravity. We use the formulation of the theory as a
Chern-Simons gauge theory based on the higher spin algebra hs(1,1). Expanding
the gauge connection around asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetime, we specify
consistent boundary conditions on the higher spin gauge fields. We then study
residual gauge transformation, the corresponding surface terms and their
Poisson bracket algebra. We find that the asymptotic symmetry algebra is a
nonlinearly deformed W(infinity) algebra with classical central charges. We
discuss implications of our results to quantum gravity and to various
situations in string theory.Comment: 25 pages, no figure; v2. minor corrections, references added, v3.
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Characterising and predicting the relationship between translaminar fracture toughness and pull-out length distributions under distinct temperatures
The translaminar fracture toughness reflects the damage tolerance of a fibre-reinforced composite under longitudinal tension, which often governs the final failure of structures. One of the main energy-dissipation mechanisms that contributes to the translaminar toughness of composites is the fibre pull-out process. The present study aims to quantify and model the statistical distribution of fibre pull-out lengths formed on the translaminar fracture surface of composites, for the first time in the literature; this is done under different temperatures, so that the relationship between pull-out length distributions, micromechanical properties and the translaminar fracture toughness can be established. The fracture surfaces of cross-ply compact tension specimens tested under three different temperatures have been scanned through X-ray computed tomography to quantify the extent of fibre pull-out on the fracture surfaces; the distribution of pull-out lengths showed alarger average and larger variability with an increase in temperature, which also lead to an increase in translaminar fracture toughness. A similar trend has been captured by the proposed analytical model, which predicts the pull-out length distribution based on the analysis of quasi-fractal idealizations of the fracture surface, yielding an overall accuracy of more than 85%. This article is part of the theme issue 'Ageing and durability of composite materials'
On electromagnetic interactions for massive mixed symmetry field
In this paper we investigate electromagnetic interactions for simplest
massive mixed symmetry field. Using frame-like gauge invariant formulation we
extend Fradkin-Vasiliev procedure, initially proposed for investigation of
gravitational interactions for massless particles in AdS space, to the case of
electromagnetic interactions for massive particles leaving in (A)dS space with
arbitrary value of cosmological constant including flat Minkowski space. At
first, as an illustration of general procedure, we re-derive our previous
results on massive spin 2 electromagnetic interactions and then we apply this
procedure to massive mixed symmetry field. These two cases are just the
simplest representatives of two general class of fields, namely completely
symmetric and mixed symmetry ones, and it is clear that the results obtained
admit straightforward generalization to higher spins as well.Comment: 17 pages. Some clarifications added. Version to appear in JHE
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