681 research outputs found

    Learning Complex Policy Distribution with CEM Guided Adversarial Hypernetwork

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    Cross-Entropy Method (CEM) is a gradient-free direct policy search method, which has greater stability and is insensitive to hyperparameter tuning. CEM bears similarity to population-based evolutionary methods, but, rather than using a population it uses a distribution over candidate solutions (policies in our case). Usually, a natural exponential family distribution such as multivariate Gaussian is used to parameterize the policy distribution. Using a multivariate Gaussian limits the quality of CEM policies as the search becomes confined to a less representative subspace. We address this drawback by using an adversarially-trained hypernetwork, enabling a richer and complex representation of the policy distribution. To achieve better training stability and faster convergence, we use a multivariate Gaussian CEM policy to guide our adversarial training process. Experiments demonstrate that our approach outperforms state-of-the-art CEM-based methods by 15.8% in terms of rewards while achieving faster convergence. Results also show that our approach is less sensitive to hyper-parameters than other deep-RL methods such as REINFORCE, DDPG and DQN.Interactive Intelligenc

    "Kitâb-ı Cem Sultân" and Southwestern Europe

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    Anonim bir eser olan “Kitâb-ı Cem Sultân” Cem Sultan’ın hayatı, Osmanlı ve Batı arasındaki siyasal ve diplomatik ilişkiler ve yazann seyahati esnasında gördüğü yerlerdeki bazı ilginç gelenekler ile ilgili bilgiler ihtiva eder. Dolayısı ile bu eser Avrupa ile Osmanlı arasındaki diplomatik, siyasi ve kültürel ilişkiler bakımından önemlidir. Eserin bahsi geçen yönlerine bağlı olarak bu çalışmada Kâfir imajı, bölge insanının kültürü, gelenekleri ve iki kültürün karşılıklı bakış açılan İncelenmektedir.“Kitâb-ı Cem Sultân” is an anonymous book, contains information about Cem Sultan’s life and politic\diplomatic relations betvveen Ottoman and the Westem Europe. A part from these it has data of culture and tradition of regions which was seen by author. Indirectly it is important from cultural and politics relation point of view. According to these ways of text, in this study, infidel image in the Turkish people and their interesting against Europe culture and Christian faith were examined

    The unlucky life story of Cem Sultan in Câm-ı Cem-âyîn and his new poems

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    Bu çalıĢmada, Bayatî‟nin Câm-ı Cem-âyîn adlı eserindeki Cem Sultan‟a ait hasb-i hâl türü Ģiirler üzerinde durulmuĢtur. ÇalıĢmanın amacı eserden yola çıkarak Ģairin hayatı, kiĢiliği, Ģiirleri ve dönemi hakkında bilinmeyenleri ortaya koymaktır. ÇalıĢma, ġehzâde Cem (ö. 900/1495) ve Hasan Bayatî (ö. 900/1495‟te sağ) arasında Kâbe‟de Ģiirle baĢlayan dostluğu; Câm-ı Cem-âyîn adlı eserin yazılıĢ sebebi, konusu, önemi ve neĢrini içermektedir. Bu çalıĢmayla, Cem‟in Türkçe divanında yer almayan iki Ģiiri incelenmiĢ olup hem bu Ģiirlerden hem de Ali Emîrî‟nin tespitlerinden yola çıkılarak Cem Sultan‟a dair yeni bilgilere ulaĢılmıĢtır. Türk-Osmanlı neslinin öz tarihçesi olan Câm-ı Cem-âyîn, Bayatî ve özellikle Cem Sultan‟ın hayat ve kiĢiliğine dair önemli bilgiler içermesi bakımından oldukça önemli bir eserdir. ÇalıĢma giriĢ, iki bölüm, sonuç ve kaynakçadan oluĢmaktadır. GiriĢ bölümünde, Câmı Cem-âyîn‟i eski harflerle neĢreden Ali Emîrî‟nin ön sözü ve eserin dîbâcesindeki bilgiden hareketle eser ve müellifi hakkında bilgi verilmiĢ, sonra adı geçen eserin Ģekil, içerik ve yayın bilgisi üzerinde durulmuĢtur. Birinci bölümde, iki farklı eserden Cem‟in hayatına dair yeni bilgiler aktarılmıĢ, Bayatî‟nin Farsça bir gazeli ve bu gazele Cem Sultan tarafından yazılan Türkçe bir nazire gazel incelenmiĢtir. Ġkinci bölümde, Câm-ı Cemâyîn‟in hatime bölümünde yer alan ve çalıĢmamıza konu olan tarihî bir “tahmisnâme” Ģekil, içerik, dil ve anlatım özellikleri yönünden incelenmiĢtir. Hasb-i hâl türündeki bu önemli manzumenin tam metni, dil içi çevirisi ve notlarla birlikte verildikten sonra sonuç ve kaynakça yazımıyla çalıĢma tamamlanmıĢtır.This study focuses on Cem Sultan‟s poems written in the tone of friendly chat included in the book Câm-ı Cem-âyîn by Bayatî. The study aims to reveal what is unknown about the poet‟s life, personality, poems and his era. This study is concerned with friendship between Prince Cem (date of death 900/1495) and Hasan Bayatî (date of death 900/1495 in life) which started in Kaaba, the reason why the book “Câm-ı Cem-âyîn” was written, its importance and publication. This current study analyses two poems of Cem Sultan which are not included in his Turkish Collection of Poems, and makes explorations about Cem Sultan by setting out from these two poems and from the findings obtained by Ali Emîrî. Câm-ı Cem-âyîn, a short history of Ottoman Turks lineage, is a very important work in that it includes information on Bayatî‟s and especially Cem Sultan‟s life and personality. The study consists of introduction, two chapters, conclusion and a chapter about bibliography. In the introduction part the preface written by Ali Emîrî, information about the work based on the preface, and about the author is presented and then information on the form, content and publication of the book is offered. In Chapter One information about Cem Sultan‟s life is given based on two different studies, and a lyric poem (gazal) written by Bayatî in Persian language and a poem written by Cem Sultan in parallel to Bayatî‟s gazal in Turkish language (nazire gazal) are also analysed in this chapter. In Chapter Two a historical “tahmisnâme”, which is included in the epilogue of Câm-ı Cem-âyîn and which is the subject matter of this study is analysed in terms of form, content, and linguistic and stylistic properties. Having paraphrased the full text of this important poem- which is in the tone of friendly chat- with explanatory notes, the book reaches the conclusion and ends with bibliography giving references

    Method for sample preparation for cryoelectron microscopy (CEM) microreactor and loading platform

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    A method for sample preparation for cryoelectron microscopy (CEM), wherein the sample is held in a microreactor, wherein the conditions in the microreactor are regulated relative to the environment, wherein the sample in the microreactor is frozen according to a quench freeze process, whereupon the sample, in frozen condition, is placed in the electron microscope. A microreactor for use with cryoelectron microscopy (CEM), comprising a first and second membrane, which membranes, at least in a condition of use, enclose a chamber, while the membranes are configured to last until at least the beginning of a quench freeze process.Applied Science

    Does strict employment protection discourage job creation? Evidence from Croatia

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    Employment protection legislation in Croatia is among the most strict in Europe. Firing is difficult and costly, and flexible forms of employment are limited. Is this apparent rigidity reflected-as one would expect based on standard economic theory-in low labor market dynamics? Is job creation low and hiring limited? Is the job security of insiders achieved at the cost of outsiders not being able to enter thelabor market? The author attempts to answer these questions by examining job flows. If the employment protection legislation is binding, then job and worker turnover should be low. He shows that this is indeed the case. Hiring is limited and the average job tenure is very long in Croatia. Job destruction is low, however job creation is still lower. The result is accumulation of unemployment, in large part due to new labor market entrants not being able to find a job. The high degree of job protection also seems to strengthen the bargaining position of insiders and results in relatively high wages. So, wages in Croatia are higher than among its competitors, even after adjusting for productivity. These high labor costs are likely to contribute to limited job creation in existing firms, but also are likely to discourage the entry of-and thus job creation in-new firms. The author presents evidence that firm growth has been indeed limited in Croatia, contributing to the low employment level. The author examines other potential causes of high unemployment in Croatia (the unemployment benefit system, labor taxation, the wage structure, and skill and spatial mismatches). He argues that they do not play a substantial part in accounting for poor labor market outcomes in Croatia. The author concludes that the stringent employment protection legislation is the key labor market institution behind low job creation and high unemployment. Based on this he recommends specific measures aimed at liberalizing the labor market to foster job creation and employment.Labor Management and Relations,Labor Policies,Labor Markets,Environmental Economics&Policies,Trade Finance and Investment,Labor Markets,Labor Management and Relations,Labor Standards,Banks&Banking Reform,Environmental Economics&Policies

    Brentuximab vedotin use in a jaundiced case with resistant Hodgkin lymphoma (vol 95, pg 145, 2016)

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    WOS: 000472835700032PubMed ID: 31161385The original version of this article contained a mistake in one of the author names. Cem Irili should have been Cem Mirili

    New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (December 2011)

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    The present work reports on recent biodiversity records of Mediterranean native species such as Olindias phosphorica in the Turkish Aegean Sea and extended distribution of eleven alien species in the Mediterranean. These are: Bursatella leachi (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Algeria); Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Decapoda: Greek Ionian Sea); Caprella scaura (Crustacea, Amphipoda: Mar Piccolo of Taranto); Fistularia commersonii (Fish: Saronikos Gulf, Aegean Sea); Sphoeroides pachygaster (Fish: South Turkey); Musculista perfragilis (Mollusca, Bivalvia: South Turkey); Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Mollusca, Cephalopoda: central eastern coast of Tunisia); Flabellina rubrolineata (Mollusca, opisthobranchia: central Aegean, Greece); Hesionura serrata (Polychaeta: Apulian coast); Stephanolepis diaspros (Fish: Saronikos Gulf, Aegean Sea); and Parvocalanus crassirostris (Crustacea, Copepoda: Lesvos Island, Greek Aegean Sea).Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [109Y284]The authors (Cem Cevik, Levent Cavas, Osman Bans Derici and Fatma Cevik) are grateful to the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for financial support of the study (Grant number 109Y284). Abdallah Hattour would like to thank the fishermen of Salakta who provided the examined specimen of Sepioteuthis. Souad Lamouti would like to thank Mr Adlane Ferchouli for his help in the field

    First record of phyllorhiza punctata von lendenfeld, 1884 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) from Turkey

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    The Australian spotted jellyfish Phyllorhiza punctata has been reported from several locations in the Mediterranean, but the present report is the first record from Turkish waters. Juveniles of the Erythrean alien shrimp scad, Alepes djedaba, were observed nestling among its tentacles. Possible vectors are mentioned. © 2011 The Author(s)

    Home-education : rationales, practices and outcomes

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