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Collect-and-Distribute Transformer for 3D Point Cloud Analysis
No full textRemarkable advancements have been made recently in point cloud analysis
through the exploration of transformer architecture, but it remains challenging
to effectively learn local and global structures within point clouds. In this
paper, we propose a new transformer network equipped with a
collect-and-distribute mechanism to communicate short- and long-range contexts
of point clouds, which we refer to as CDFormer. Specifically, we first employ
self-attention to capture short-range interactions within each local patch, and
the updated local features are then collected into a set of proxy reference
points from which we can extract long-range contexts. Afterward, we distribute
the learned long-range contexts back to local points via cross-attention. To
address the position clues for short- and long-range contexts, we additionally
introduce the context-aware position encoding to facilitate position-aware
communications between points. We perform experiments on five popular point
cloud datasets, namely ModelNet40, ScanObjectNN, ShapeNetPart, S3DIS and
ScanNetV2, for classification and segmentation. Results show the effectiveness
of the proposed CDFormer, delivering several new state-of-the-art performances
on point cloud classification and segmentation tasks. The source code is
available at \url{https://github.com/haibo-qiu/CDFormer}.Comment: Code is available at https://github.com/haibo-qiu/CDForme
sj-pdf-1-trr-10.1177_03611981231165997 – Supplemental material for Vision-Based Work Zone Safety Alert System in a Connected Vehicle Environment
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-trr-10.1177_03611981231165997 for Vision-Based Work Zone Safety Alert System in a Connected Vehicle Environment by Haibo Cui, Kaizhe Hou, Jiarui Zhang, Siqi Yan, Mudasser Seraj, Yingke Wang, Mahdi Tavakoli and Tony Qiu in Transportation Research Record</p
Supplemental Material, FIG_S1 - The Effect of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications and Hospital Length of Stay in Postoperative Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
No full textSupplemental Material, FIG_S1 for The Effect of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications and Hospital Length of Stay in Postoperative Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zhonghua Lu, Wei Chang, Shanshan Meng, Ming Xue, Jianfeng Xie, Jingyuan Xu, Haibo Qiu, Yi Yang, and Fengmei Guo in Journal of Intensive Care Medicine</p
Serum ACTH and Cortisol Level is Associated with the Acute Gastrointestinal Injury Grade in ICU Patients [Erratum]
No full textXu W, Qiu Y, Qiu H, Zhong M, Li L. Int J Gen Med. 2024;17:127–134.
On page 127, the third author’s name should read from “Hongping Qiu” to “Hongping Qu”.
This error was introduced by the Editorial staff during the publication process
Neural versus pneumatic control of pressure support in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases at different levels of positive end expiratory pressure: a physiological study
No full textIntrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) is a "threshold" load that must be overcome to trigger conventional pneumatically-controlled pressure support (PSP) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Application of extrinsic PEEP (PEEPe) reduces trigger delays and mechanical inspiratory efforts. Using the diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi), neurally controlled pressure support (PSN) could hypothetically eliminate asynchrony and reduce mechanical inspiratory effort, hence substituting the need for PEEPe. The primary objective of this study was to show that PSN can reduce the need for PEEPe to improve patient-ventilator interaction and to reduce both the "pre-trigger" and "total inspiratory" neural and mechanical efforts in COPD patients with PEEPi. A secondary objective was to evaluate the impact of applying PSN on breathing pattern
Last words from Montmartre
No full textWhen Taiwanese author Qiu Miaojin ended her life in 1995, she left behind her final work, the experimental novel Last Words from Montmartre. This article outlines some of the challenges in translating Qiu Miaojin's novel from Chinese to English. Structured as a series of letters to mirror the novel's own epistolary form, the article discusses how, supported by the novel's constructed chaos, Qiu's narrator occupies several distinct genders over the course of the novel. The authors argue that what might be construed in certain Western literary traditions as the novel's excessive emotionality is in fact a radical act of expression and even resistance to prevailing calls for queer 'reticence' in the time and place of its production
QIU XIAOLONG’S NOVELS: AMERICAN DETECTIVE STORIES WITH CHINESE ROOTS
No full textQiu Xiaolong is an American writer born in China, but he has been living
in the United States since 1988. He wrote eleven novels about Inspector Chen, who
lives in Shanghai and investigates crimes committed in that city. One of the features of
Qiu Xiaolong’s work is insertions of poetry. Its main character is an educated person,
he writes poetry himself, translates and actively uses the Chinese poetic heritage to
express feelings. The author uses the form of a detective novel to show the various
problems of modern China (the period covered is from the 1990s to the present day)
Eupolyphaga hanae Qiu & Che & Wang 2018, sp. nov.
No full textEupolyphaga hanae sp. nov. (Figs. 5 E–J; 13 G–I; 19 A–D; 38 C–D, M; 40 A–K; 41 A–H) Type material. Holotype: CHINA: Sichuan: male (SWU ex LQLC), Puzhao Temple [普照寺], Daguan Town [大观镇], Dujiangyan Prefectural-Level City [都江堰市], Chengdu City [成都市], 770 m, found inside tree holes around the root of a broadleaf tree, 19.V.2015, Lu Qiu & Jing-Fei Han leg., reared by Lu Qiu from the nymph. Paratypes: Sichuan: 1 male and 1 female (LQLC, male in 100% alcohol), same data as the holotype, reared by Lu Qiu from the nymphs; 6 males and 5 females (SWU ex LQLC, 3 males and 2 females in 100% alcohol), Laogangmo Village [老岗磨村], Taixing Township [太兴乡], Fuxing Town [复兴镇], Shehong County [射洪县], Suining City [遂宁市], found around an old house, 8.III.2016, Lei Wang leg., males and parts of the females reared by Lu Qiu from the nymphs. Chongqing: 9 males and 4 females (SWU, ex LQLC, 7 males and 2 females in 100% alcohol), Majiagou [马家沟], near Feilongmiao Temple [飞龙庙], Mt. Simianshan [四面山], Jiangjin District [江 津区], 970 m, found inside the loose muddy sand under the woodpile near an old farm house, 5.VI.2016, Hao Xu, Jian-Yue Qiu & Lu Qiu leg., adult males all reared by Lu Qiu from the nymphs; 1 female (SWU), Shunzigou [笋子 沟], Mt. Simianshan, Jiangjin District, found inside a hole under a cliff, 6.III.2016, Jian-Yue Qiu & Hao Xu leg.; 1 male and 1 female (SWU), Mt. Jinyunshan [缙云山], Beibei District, 650m, 22.IX.2018, Lu Qiu leg. Guizhou: 1 male (GZU), Linjiang village [蔺江村], Xishui County [习水县], Zhunyi City [遵义市], 24-30.IX.2000, Qiong- Zhang Song leg. Other material examined. Several nymphs and oothecae (SWU), same data as the types from Dujiangyan, Suining and Mt. Simianshan. Diagnosis. Male of this species superficially resembles E. hupingensis sp. nov., but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characteristics: 1) abdomen and legs whitish yellow (Fig. 5 F), while E. hupingensis with blackish legs and abdomen (Fig. 5 B); 2) styli thin and small (Fig. 19 B), while styli stout and robust in E. hupingensis (Fig. 20 B); 3) L3 thin, anterior of L1 reduced, R2 round (Fig. 19 C–D), while L3 robust, anterior of L1 elongated, R2 with median concave in E. hupingensis (Fig. 20 C–D). Description. Male. General: measurements (mm): body length: 16.7–21.4, overall length: 27.6–36.8, pronotum length×width 5.1–5.8×8.2–9.4, tegmen length: 23.8–33.0. Small to large, brown to blackish brown in dorsal view, light pale yellow to light orange in ventral view, tegmina with dense maculae (Fig. 5 E–H). Head: round, as long as width; reddish brown, darker at vertex and the space between ocelli. Interocular space very narrow. Ocelli large, protruded, Ocelli ridge wide. Frons brownish yellow, each lateral with a large orange spot which next to the antennal socket. Antennae brown. Clypeus small, flat, ante-clypeus light orange, lateral sides white; post-clypeus reddish brown, sometimes divided by a light colored longitudinal line medially. Labrum small, brown, hind margin thin, emarginated. Maxillary palpi and labial palpi reddish brown, with joint parts and apex whitish yellow (Fig. 13 H–I). Pronotum: unicolored, reddish brown to brown. Surface generally with many small yellowish-brown pubescence and very a few reddish-brown setae, margins with additional long reddish-brown setae. Apex convex and truncated; lateral fore borders oblique roundly; lateral parts round, becoming straight towards hind part, and forming obtuse angle with the hind margin; hind margin slightly outward (Fig. 13 G). Tegmina and wings: exceeded the end of abdomen about 9.0– 14.4 mm. Tegmina dark brown, irregularly with many small hyaline maculae, denser in margins and distal half of tegmen, and more likely with several large hyaline spots around R. Wings hyaline, slightly orange, darker toward apex, venation distinct, distal portion of M, CuA densely with black maculae. Legs: with brownish pubescence, whitish yellow, tibiae darker; tibial spines usually dark reddish brown with basal portion light reddish brown. Abdomen: whitish yellow. Supra-anal plate apex slightly emarginated, anterior margin and paraprocts well pubescent; two median sclerites distinct, unequalsized; cerci yellow, slender (Fig. 19 A). Subgenital plate generally symmetrical, unicolored for the exposed part, lateral corners round, anterior margin fully with setae; styli yellow, very small (Fig. 19 B). Genitalia: well sclerited. Left phallomere: L1 very short, anterior part reduced, left with a very small process, two hind lobes robust; L2 curved roundly, right end with two short processes; L3 strongly curved, apex mildly sharped; pda well developed, paa strongly protruded. Right phallomere: small. R1M short; R1L thoroughly sclerited, thick; R2 small, divides into two round chunks, the chunks generally equal sized (Fig. 19 C–D). Female. Measurements (mm): body length: 24.3–27.9, body width: 18.4–20.5. Unicolored, pubescent, dark brown both in dorsal and ventral view, spines on the legs dark brown. Supra-anal plate transverse type, hind margin nearly straight, median distinctly emarginated, and divided by a longitudinal line. Subgenital plate with median protruded, bulged (Fig. 5 I–J). Nymph. Coloration varies from yellowish brown to dark brown, some individuals with abdomen orange, but the rest parts brown. Ootheca. As Fig. 38 C–D and M, reddish brown, serration of keel large, curved. Respiratory canals well developed. The longitudinal ridges distinct. Variation. Male of the species varied in the following characters: 1) body size, according to the material we examined, we found the Suining and Dujiangyan populations with shorter tegmina and body size (Fig. 5 E–F, H), while the Simianshan population more possible to with larger body and longer tegmina (Fig. 5 G); 2) the hyaline macula on tegmina ranging from small spots to extremely large spots (Fig. 5 E, H); 3) usually the black maculae on wings distribute on the margin of M and CuA, but some extreme individuals with the maculae expand to the median of CuA area; 4) usually individuals may have dark brown pronotum and tegmina, while some individuals may have light colored pronotum and tegmina (generally light yellowish rather than brown). Natural History. This species can be found inside the dry loose earth around old houses (Figs. 40 G–J; 41 D–E), or in the broad-leaved forest (Fig. 40 A); in the forest, they would like to live together in the tree holes, the humus in the holes is a little wet, but is loose enough for them to creep (Fig. 40 B–D). In Mt. Simianshan, E. hanae were found in a cliff hole, which is difficult to be wetted by the rain, the earth in the hole is wet but loose for E. hanae (Fig. 41 A–C); plenty individuals of E. hanae were also found under the woodpiles next to a farm house at Mt. Simianshan, the earth under the woodpiles is slightly wet and loose, which is mixed with bits of wood (Fig. 41 E); the house-owner said these roaches were not originally live under her woodpiles, they were brought by the owner from the cliff at the hillside. Mt. Simianshan is wet, but the environment under the cliff is dry, the roaches were found inside the sand; the local people call Eupolyphaga roaches as “turtle bugs”, they catch them and put them in the spirit for medicine use, the house-owner also put E. hanae under her woodpiles to breed them for medicine use. Etymology. This species is named after Ms. Jing-Fei Han, who helped the first author collect the type specimens from Dujiangyan. Distribution. China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou) (Fig. 2). Remarks. A species distributes around Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou. This new species was firstly noticed by the first author in Dujiangyan since 2012, but only a photo left (Fig. 40 C). Later from 2015 to 2016, the first author successfully obtained this species from Dujiangyan again (Fig. 40 D–F), and discovered two other populations from Suining, Sichuan and Mt. Simianshan, Chongqing. All the male adults were reared from the nymphs and oothecae were obtained from the females (Figs. 40 E–F, K; 41 F–H). One specimen from GZU was captured from Xishui, where near the border between Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou (Fig. 2). Before the present paper is published, a pair of this new species were captured from Mt. Jinyunshan, Chongqing. The two individuals as well as several nymphs were found inside the humus under a stone table in the forest and a nearby small hole under a cliff.Published as part of Qiu, Lu, Che, Yang-Li & Wang, Zong-Qing, 2018, A taxonomic study of Eupolyphaga Chopard, 1929 (Blattodea: Corydiidae: Corydiinae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4506 (1) on pages 16-18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4506.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/260671
Gated relational stacked denoising autoencoder with localized author embedding for global citation recommendation
No full textCitation recommendation is an effective and efficient way to facilitate authors finding desired references. This paper presents a novel neural network based model, called gated relational probabilistic stacked denoising autoencoder with localized author (GRSLA) embedding, for global citation recommendation task. Our model is comprised of two modules with different neural network architecture. For each citing and cited papers, we use a gated paper embedding module, which is extended from probabilistic stacked denoising autoencoder (PSDAE) by adding gated units, to obtain their paper vectors. The added gated units are able to utilize text information of cited paper to refine the vector representation of citing paper in multiple semantic levels. For an author in papers, we first apply topic model to obtain his/her semantic neighbors, and then use a localized author embedding (LAE) module to excavate author vector representation from semantic and explicit neighbors. Unlike most graph convolutional network (GCN) based methods, the LAE module is able to avoid computing global Laplacian in whole graph by taking limited neighbors. Moreover, the LAE module can also be stacked to absorb more neighbors, which makes our model have high extendibility. Based on the generation process of GRSLA, we also derive a learning algorithm of our model by maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation. We conduct experiments on the AAN, DBLP and CORD-19 datasets, and the results show that GRSLA model works well than previous global citation recommendation methods
Cybercrime deterrence and international legislation: Evidence from distributed denial of service attacks
No full textWang Qiu Hong is the corresponding author. Authors are listed in alphabetical order.</p
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