664 research outputs found
HEVC-SVS: Low-level HEVC features and CNN features for TVSum, SumMe, OVP and VSUMM datasets
No full textProposed HEVC feature sets along with CNN features from GoogleNet, AlexNet, Inception-ResNet-V2, and VGG16 for TVSum, SumMe, OVP and VSUMM datasets. The new modified datasets names are "HEVC-SVS-TVSum", "HEVC-SVS-SumMe", "HEVC-SVS-OVP" and "HEVC-SVS-VSUMM", respectively.The datasets contain the original ground truth data they came with, and these stayed unmodified.Upon using any of these datasets, please do cite our publications where we proposed the HEVC feature set for the first time:If you are using (HEVC-SVS-OVP) and/or (HEVC-SVS-VSUMM) datasets: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9815254/@article{issa_cnn_2022,title = {{CNN} and {HEVC} {Video} {Coding} {Features} for {Static} {Video} {Summarization}},volume = {10},issn = {2169-3536},url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9815254/},doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3188638},urldate = {2022-09-29},journal = {IEEE Access},author = {Issa, Obada and Shanableh, Tamer},year = {2022},pages = {72080--72091},}If you are using (HEVC-SVS-TVSum) and/or (HEVC-SVS-SumMe) datasets: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/10/6065@article{issa_static_2023,title = {Static {Video} {Summarization} {Using} {Video} {Coding} {Features} with {Frame}-{Level} {Temporal} {Subsampling} and {Deep} {Learning}},volume = {13},issn = {2076-3417},url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/10/6065},doi = {10.3390/app13106065},number = {10},journal = {Applied Sciences},author = {Issa, Obada and Shanableh, Tamer},month = may,year = {2023},pages = {6065},}Make sure to also cite the original authors for each of the datasets:TVSum (https://people.csail.mit.edu/yalesong/tvsum/)SumMe (https://gyglim.github.io/me/vsum/index.html)OVP and VSUMM (https://www.sites.google.com/site/vsummsite/download)Acknowledgement:The work in this research project is supported by the American University of Sharjah under research grant number FRG22-E-E44. This research work represents the opinions of the author(s) and does not mean to represent the position or opinions of the American University of Sharjah
HEVC-SVS: Low-level HEVC features and CNN features for TVSum, SumMe, OVP and VSUMM datasets
No full text**HEVC-SVS Datasets**Proposed HEVC feature sets along with CNN features from GoogleNet, AlexNet, Inception-ResNet-V2, and VGG16 for TVSum, SumMe, OVP and VSUMM datasets. The new modified datasets names are "HEVC-SVS-TVSum", "HEVC-SVS-SumMe", "HEVC-SVS-OVP" and "HEVC-SVS-VSUMM", respectively.The datasets contain the original ground truth data they came with, and these stayed unmodified.Upon using any of these datasets, please do cite our publication where we proposed the HEVC feature set for the first time:If you are using (HEVC-SVS-OVP) and/or (HEVC-SVS-VSUMM) datasets:@article{issa_cnn_2022,title = {{CNN} and {HEVC} {Video} {Coding} {Features} for {Static} {Video} {Summarization}},volume = {10},copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-ND)},issn = {2169-3536},url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9815254/},doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3188638},urldate = {2022-09-29},journal = {IEEE Access},author = {Issa, Obada and Shanableh, Tamer},year = {2022},pages = {72080--72091},}If you are using (HEVC-SVS-TVSum) and/or (HEVC-SVS-SumMe) datasets:{ PENDING }Make sure to also cite the original authors for each of the datasets:TVSum:@INPROCEEDINGS{7299154, author = {Yale Song and Vallmitjana, Jordi and Stent, Amanda and Jaimes, Alejandro}, booktitle = {2015 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)}, title = {TVSum: Summarizing web videos using titles}, year = {2015}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {5179-5187}, doi = {10.1109/CVPR.2015.7299154}}SumMe:@inproceedings{GygliECCV14, author ={Gygli, Michael and Grabner, Helmut and Riemenschneider, Hayko and Van Gool, Luc}, title = {Creating Summaries from User Videos}, booktitle = {ECCV}, year = {2014}}OVP and VSUMM:@article{Avila, title = "VSUMM: A mechanism designed to produce static video summaries and a novel evaluation method", journal = "Pattern Recognition Letters", volume = "32", number = "1", pages = "56 - 68", year = "2011", note = "<ce:title>Image Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition in Latin America</ce:title>", issn = "0167-8655", doi = "10.1016/j.patrec.2010.08.004", author = "Sandra Eliza Fontes de Avila and Ana Paula Brand„o Lopes and Antonio da Luz Jr. and Arnaldo de Albuquerque Ara˙jo",}Acknowledgement:The work in this research project is supported by the American University of Sharjah under research grant number FRG22-E-E44. This research work represents the opinions of the author(s) and does not mean to represent the position or opinions of the American University of Sharjah
Contributing Causes of Injury or Death in Grain Entrapment, Engulfment, and Extrication
No full textObjectives: Grain entrapments and engulfments are one of most common hazards associated with grain storage facilities, with over 1,140 such entrapments/engulfments documented since the 1970s. The objective of the study was to determine the factors that contribute to injury or death in grain entrapment, engulfment, and extrication cases. Methods: A literature review, including data contained in the Purdue Agricultural Confined Spaces Incident Database (PACSID), was conducted to determine the conditions that the body experiences during an entrapment or engulfment in grains and during extrication efforts. Results: Based on the review, the conditions a human body faces during an entrapment, engulfment, or extraction can be split into two broad categories—environmental and physiological/psychological. The environmental factors depend on the grain’s properties, depth of entrapment or engulfment, position of the victim’s body, and characteristics of the storage unit, which include the grain’s lateral pressure, vertical pressure, and weight, as well as friction, oxygen availability and diffusion rate, and grain temperature. The physiological and psychological factors are related to the individual’s age and physical and psychological conditions, and manifest themselves in terms of oxygen consumption, asphyxiation (including aspiration, lack of oxygen, compression or splinting of the thorax), blood flow, and heart rate. Conclusion: Of all the above factors, a review of fatality data contained in the PACSID indicate that aspiration, asphyxiation, grain weight, and lateral pressure are most likely the primary cause of death for most entrapment victims. Research gaps found by this study include an understanding of the impact of lateral pressure on lung expansion and oxygen availability and consumption rate, and the need for more case studies to accurately determine cause of death.This is the Submitted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis as Issa, Salah Fuad, William E. Field, Charles V. Schwab, Fadi S. Issa, and Eric A. Nauman. "Contributing Causes of Injury or Death in Grain Entrapment, Engulfment, and Extrication." Journal of Agromedicine 22, no. 2 (2017): 159-169. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1283277. Posted with permission.</p
sj-pdf-1-jhs-10.1177_17531934231164959 - Supplemental material for Computerized adaptive testing for the patient evaluation measure (PEM) in patients undergoing cubital tunnel syndrome surgery
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jhs-10.1177_17531934231164959 for Computerized adaptive testing for the patient evaluation measure (PEM) in patients undergoing cubital tunnel syndrome surgery by Joris S. Teunissen, Steven E. R. Hovius, Dietmar J. O. Ulrich, Fadi Issa,
Jeremy N. Rodrigues, Conrad J. Harrison in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)</p
A folkloristic image of homeland in the novel „The Issa valley“ by Czesław Miłosz
No full texte-ISSN 2029-8692The article reveals that the novel The Issa valley by Czesław Miłosz aims to represent the Issa valley as a preserver of an archaic cultural heritage, mainly by using folklore genres which have preserved mythical thinking (mythological songs, belief legends and historical legends). It may be observed that nearly all folklore material at least in some detail is associated with the river Issa – the fulcrum of the represented world. In the novel, folklore material is employed when the author seeks to reveal a junction of paganism and Christianity and the battle between them, which continues both in the collective world outlook of the inhabitants of the Issa valley and in the inner world of a particular person. Orienting himself to folkloristic prototypes, the author in his novel epitomizes individual characters. Moreover, the article discloses that mythological songs about the Sun and the Moon, which in the novel are introduced as registered on the river Issa (Nevėžis is a prototype of Issa), in reality are taken from a song collection by L. Rėza Dainos oder Litthauische Volkslieder (1825), published in Lithuania Minor.Kultūrų studijų katedra / Department of Cultural StudiesHumanitarinių mokslų fakultetas / Faculty of HumanitiesVytauto Didžiojo universitetas / Vytautas Magnus Universit
Measurement of Left Ventricular Dimensions and Ejection Fraction in Neonates by Three-Dimensional Echocardiography: A Comparative Study Between Philips QLAB and TOMTEC Software-Are the Values Interchangeable?
No full textPEMAKNAAN SIMBOL MATSU (マツ) DALAM ANTOLOGI HAIKU ISSA AND BEING HUMAN KAJIAN SEMIOTIKA 「Issa And Being Human」という俳句のアンソロジにおけるマツのシンボの意味『記号論研究』
No full textABSTRACT
Azzahra, Qonita. 2018. "Meaning of the Matsu Symbol (マツ) in the Anthology of Haiku Issa And Being Human Semiotics Study". Thesis S1 Japanese Language and Culture Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Diponegoro University. Supervisor Nur Hastuti, S.S., M.Hum.
This study examines the meaning of the pine symbol found in Kobayashi Issa's haiku and the relation between the pine symbol and the background of Issa's life. The author will analyze five haiku which contain pine symbols, from the anthology of Issa And Being Human Haiku (Lanoue in 2017). This study aims to find the meaning of pine symbols and how they relate to the background of the life of Kobayashi Issa.
The method used in this study is literature study. Whereas to analyze the meaning of the pine symbol found in haiku, uses the semiotic theory of C.S. Peirce. After knowing the true meaning of the pine symbol, the author then relates it to the background of the life of Kobayashi Issa. This way is to find out if there is a connection between the pine symbols and the background of the life of Kobayashi Issa.
From the analysis, it is known that the symbol of pine could mean strength, fortitude, kindness, longevity, and a bright future / luck. While the relationship between the pine symbol and the background of the life of Kobayashi Issa is as a description of the properties that Issa has or wants. Living side by side with pine trees makes Issa very understanding of the true characters of pine. That is why he put a lot of pine symbols into his haiku to describe his own nature.
Keywords: semiotics, Kobayashi Issa, symbol of pine, Issa's life
A contribution to the study of Gnathia ware from Issa
No full textKeramika tipa Gnathia pronađena je na 38 nalazišta duž istočne
obale Jadrana i bliže mu unutrašnjosti. Ipak, najviše posuda te
keramičke vrste pronađeno je u antičkoj Isi. Brojnost i određene
značajke u obliku i ukrasu na posudama iz Ise otvorile su
pretpostavku o lokalnoj isejskoj proizvodnji keramike tipa
Gnathia. Prvi je tu pretpostavku iznio Branko Kirigin. Na temelju
proučavanja grobnog inventara s nekropole na Martvilu u Visu
podijelio je posude tipa Gnathia iz Ise u četiri faze. Autorica je
pomoću arheoloških komparativnih metoda analize dekoracije i
morfologije na svim dosad objavljenim posudama ove vrste na
istočnom Jadranu usporedila novije spoznaje o ovoj keramičkoj
vrsti s Kiriginovim tezama. Također je ponudila razvoj tipologije
posuda isejske keramike tipa Gnathia unutar kronološkog okvira
od sredine 3. do kraja 2. st. pr. Kr.Gnathia ware was found at 38 sites on the eastern Adriatic coast
and its immediate interior. Nonetheless, the most vessels of this
pottery type were found in Antique-era Issa. The high number
and specific characteristics in the shape and ornamentation on
the vessels from Issa have led to the hypothesis on local Issa
production of this pottery type. Branko Kirigin first stated this
hypothesis on the basis of study of the tomb inventory from the
necropolis at Martvilo in Vis, dividing the Gnathia vessels from
Issa into four phases. Using stylistic methods for the attribution
of painters and groups, analysis of morphology on all vessels thus
far published in the eastern Adriatic, the author compared new
knowledge on this pottery type with Kirigin’s theses. She also offers
a development of the typology of the Issa Gnathia ware vessels
inside a chronological framework from the mid-third to the end of
the second century BC
Modulation of regulatory T cell function through specific molecular pathways in transplantation
No full textRegulatory T cells (Tregs) are crucial mediators of immune homeostasis that have shown immense promise as a cellular therapy for immune-mediated pathologies such as transplant rejection. Methods to optimise current Treg-based therapies are critical for its successful and widespread translation to the clinical setting. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of two molecular pathways for the modulation of Treg biology and function.
In the first part of this study, the role of the interleukin-33 (IL-33)/ST2 axis was interrogated in Tregs. This highly pleiotropic pathway has recently been demonstrated to have an important role in Treg biology. Here, it is shown that IL-33-expanded Tregs have enhanced in vivo suppressive function in a transplantation model. An in-depth characterization of IL-33-expanded Tregs is presented, providing a detailed quantitative transcriptomic and immunophenotypic analysis. Interestingly, this reveals IL-33-expanded Tregs to harbour a phenotypic signature of enhanced potential for graft-homing.
In the second part of the study, Treg plasticity and the environmental factors which govern their phenotype and function were examined, with a particular focus on the role of hypoxia and the principal regulators of oxygen homeostasis, the HIF/PHD pathway, in modulating Treg biology. Using an array of HIF/PHD2 transgenic mouse models, the study demonstrates that silencing of the critical prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing enzyme, Phd2, induces an autoimmune-like phenotype in mice. This is driven by upregulated HIF-2a signalling, in which the suppressive function of Treg populations is significantly impaired with loss of ability to control graft rejection. Additionally, evidence is presented to demonstrate that HIF-2a may be inhibited to enhance suppressive function of both mouse and human Tregs. These findings are replicated, at least in part, in mice subjected to chronic hypoxic.
While significant progress has been made to unlock the therapeutic potential of Tregs, there remains a great deal more to be learned regarding their behaviour and function for their effective and safe implementation within the clinic. The findings presented in this thesis uncover methods for the molecular manipulation of Tregs to help exploit their versatility for therapeutic use
Social Regulation of the Escape and Swim Motor Circuits in Dopamine Receptor Type 1 Mutant Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
No full textDominance hierarchies are an evolutionary mechanism to ensure the stability of animal groups by enabling the division of resources like food and mates according to social rank. Once dominance is established, the behavior pattern of individual group members shifts according to their social rank. We are motivated to better understand the neural bases of social behavior and how social activity influence nervous system function particularly the role of neuromodulators in regulating spinal motor circuits. Using zebrafish as a model organism, we tested the importance of the dopamine type 1 receptor (DRD1) in regulating social activity and spinal motor circuits in socially dominant and submissive fish by genetically knocking the DRD1 receptor.
Our motivation stems out of the fact that in many animal species dopamine plays an important role in regulating aggression, motivation and spinal motor activity. However, it remains poorly understood how social factors can influence dopaminergic signaling and its impact on motor function. We focused out attention on two easily quantifiable behaviors: the startle escape response and swimming behaviors.
In wildtype zebrafish, we found that subordinate animals display an elevated startle response sensitivity and reduced swimming activity compared to dominant animals. However, preliminary results show that although the DRD1 KO animals display similar status-dependent behavior patterns compared to wildtype pairs, these differences are less distinct. DRD1 KO subordinates continue to display heightened escape response sensitivity and reduced swimming activity compared to dominants, but those differences are less discernable. We aim to verify these results with a larger sample size. If confirmed, our results would suggest that the DRD1 receptor potentially plays an important role in regulating motor activity in a socially status-dependent manner
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