610 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
Malaria vaccines: Genomic search for profiling naturally acquired immunity
No full textMalaria remains a major public health problem worldwide. Despite many efforts to control or to eliminate the disease many malaria cases and deaths are still reported. The current measures to control malaria include quick diagnosis and treatment of malaria cases, vector control strategies, active research for malaria vaccine discovery and new drugs. Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to the common and affordable antimalarial drugs as well as the resistance of the malaria vector to usual insecticides has been reported. An effective and affordable malaria vaccine would be the most important tool to control malaria. To date there is no licensed malaria vaccine. Traditional approaches toward malaria vaccine discovery have shown their limitations because of the limited number of proteins that were evaluated. The completion of the genome sequence of Plasmodium falciparum as well as the availability of the high throughput protein microarray immunoassay and other bioinformatic approaches offer the possibility to accelerate and to widen research on malaria vaccine candidates. The harnessing of the well-established model of the naturally acquired immunity (NAI) developed in people living in malaria endemic areas is an important way for the discovery of novel malaria vaccine candidates. Protein microarray is a high throughput technology, which allows the profiling of the humoral immune response to many proteins expressed at different stages of the Plasmodium life cycle in a single experiment. However, despite the hope generated by the sequencing of P. falciparum malaria genome no antigen identified by the protein microarray technology has yet been developed as a potential vaccine. On the other hand identification of structurally stable domains with limited or no polymorphism has led to the development of one candidate tested in phase 1a and 1b clinical trials
Malaria vaccines: Genomic search for profiling naturally acquired immunity
No full textMalaria remains a major public health problem worldwide. Despite many efforts to control or to eliminate the disease many malaria cases and deaths are still reported. The current measures to control malaria include quick diagnosis and treatment of malaria cases, vector control strategies, active research for malaria vaccine discovery and new drugs. Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to the common and affordable antimalarial drugs as well as the resistance of the malaria vector to usual insecticides has been reported. An effective and affordable malaria vaccine would be the most important tool to control malaria. To date there is no licensed malaria vaccine. Traditional approaches toward malaria vaccine discovery have shown their limitations because of the limited number of proteins that were evaluated. The completion of the genome sequence of Plasmodium falciparum as well as the availability of the high throughput protein microarray immunoassay and other bioinformatic approaches offer the possibility to accelerate and to widen research on malaria vaccine candidates. The harnessing of the well-established model of the naturally acquired immunity (NAI) developed in people living in malaria endemic areas is an important way for the discovery of novel malaria vaccine candidates. Protein microarray is a high throughput technology, which allows the profiling of the humoral immune response to many proteins expressed at different stages of the Plasmodium life cycle in a single experiment. However, despite the hope generated by the sequencing of P. falciparum malaria genome no antigen identified by the protein microarray technology has yet been developed as a potential vaccine. On the other hand identification of structurally stable domains with limited or no polymorphism has led to the development of one candidate tested in phase 1a and 1b clinical trials
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
PEMAKNAAN 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
Behavior and potential mobility of trace elements in contaminated soils surrounding a secondary lead smelter : experimental and modelling approaches
No full textLa contamination en éléments traces métalliques (ETM) des sols constitue un problème environnemental majeur qui réside principalement dans le risque de leur transfert vers les eaux superficielles et souterraines et/ou vers la chaîne alimentaire. L’objectif principal de ce travail était de comprendre le comportement des ETM dans des sols impactés par une usine de recyclage de batteries au plomb localisée dans les Ardennes. Sur une zone de 17 ha environnant l’usine, la répartition spatiale des teneurs en ETM étudiée par fluorescence X portable a révélé que les sols étaient majoritairement impactés par Pb et dans une moindre mesure par Cd, Cu, Ni, Sb, Sn et Zn. Une méthode géostatistique a permis d’identifier l’origine industrielle ou lithogénique de la plupart des ETM précédemment cités. A partir de cette cartographie, de la nature des sols et du mode d’occupation, le comportement des ETM a été étudié le long de six profils pédologiques. Le calcul des coefficients de distribution a permis de mettre en évidence une mobilité importante des ETM liée au caractère acide des sols (pH 4-5). Quel que soit le profil étudié, Cd présentait la mobilité la plus élevée, suivi de Zn, Ni, Pb et Cu. Le couplage de méthode expérimentale (soil-column Donnan membrane technique) et de modélisation géochimique a permis de préciser que Cd, Ni et Zn étaient totalement sous forme libre, Pb majoritairement sous forme libre mais également associé aux acides fulviques et Cu principalement associé aux acides fulviques dans la solution du sol. La répartition de Pb dans la phase solide des horizons de surface a également été déterminée en combinant des méthodes chimiques (extractions séquentielles), des méthodes physiques (MEB-EDS, microspectrométrie Raman) et de la modélisation. Le plomb était majoritairement associé à la matière organique et, dans une moindre mesure, aux oxydes de manganèse. Aucune des phases cristallines riches en plomb potentiellement émises par ce type d’industrie n’a été identifiée, ce qui suggère que Pb a été redistribué dans les sols à partir de ces phases. Ce travail insiste sur l’importance de l’étude conjointe des sols et de leur solution pour mieux comprendre le comportement des ETM, évaluer les risques et proposer d’éventuelles solutions de remédiation.The soil contamination by trace elements (TE) is a major environmental issue which mainly lies in their potential transfers from soils to surface and ground waters and/or to food chain.The main objective of this study was to understand the behaviour of TE in impacted soils located in the vicinity of a lead-acid battery recycling plant (Ardennes, France). In a 17 ha surrounding area, the spatial distribution of TE was performed using portable X-ray fluorescence. It indicated that the soils were mainly contaminated by Pb and, to a lesser degree, by Cd, Cu, Ni, Sb, Sn and Zn. A geostatistical approach enabled to discriminate the natural or anthropogenic sources of most of these TE.Based on the TE mapping, the soil type and the land cover, the behaviour of the TE was studied along six soil profiles. The calculated partition coefficients highlighted a high mobility of the TE which is related to the acidic soil conditions (pH 4-5). Regardless of the studied soil profile, Cd exhibited the highest mobility, followed by Zn, Ni, Pb and Cu. A combined experimental (soil-column Donnan membrane technique) and modelling approach helped to specify that Cd, Ni and Zn occurred as free ions, Pb mainly occurred as free ion and associated to fulvic acids and Cu was mainly associated to fulvic acids in the soil solutions. The distribution of Pb among the soil components of upper soil horizons was also determined using chemical methods (sequential extraction), physical methods (SEM-EDS, Raman microspectroscopy) and modelling. Lead was mainly associated with soil organic matter and to a lesser extent with manganese oxides. None of the Pb-bearing phases potentially emitted by the recycling plant were identified, suggesting a remobilization of Pb in the studied soils after smelter particles deposition. This work emphasizes the importance of studying the soil and its solution to better understand the behaviour of TE, to assess the environmental risks and to suggest remediation strategies
Carbonate accumulation horizons in Champagne-Ardenne : regional distribution, characterization and impact on hydric transfers
No full textLes horizons d'accumulations carbonatées (HAC) de Champagne sont des horizons particuliers présents de manière non systématique dans les profils de sol directement sous l'horizon organo-minéral. Bien que des travaux antérieurs se soient déjà attachées à l'étude de ces structures particulières, certaines questions restent encore en suspens, notamment en ce qui concerne leur localisation dans le cadre régional, leur caractérisation par rapport aux autres horizons du profil et la quantification de leur rôle dans les transferts hydriques. Leur localisation sur le terrain n'étant pas réalisable méthodes de prospection habituelles (pénétrométrie dynamique, tarière), les zones de localisation préférentielle des HAC ont été déterminées par une exploration bibliographique. Des analyses en laboratoire ont été conduites sur des échantillons prélevés sur un site pilote représentatif, le Mont du Ménil (08). En plus des analyses géochimiques et de la colorimétrie, les échantillons prélevés tout au long des profils ont subi des analyses pétrophysiques habituellement utilisées dans la caractérisation des pierres en œuvre (porosité totale à l'eau, porosimétrie mercure, cinétiques d'absorptions capillaires et d'évaporation). Ces analyses montrent que les HAC sont bien différents des horizons sus et sous-jacents. Ce sont des niveaux présentant une forte porosité qui va de pair avec leur induration plus faible contrairement à ce qui est généralement admis dans la bibliographie. Les HAC présentent également des micromorphologies différentes des autres horizons du profil pédologique ce qui justifient les réseaux poreux différents identifiés. L'étude des transferts hydriques en laboratoire montre également que ces réseaux poreux différents sont responsables de transferts hydriques plus rapides dans les HAC que dans leurs grèzes d'accueil. Il apparaît donc que contrairement à ce qui est généralement avancé dans la littérature, les HAC champardennais ne semblent pas faire obstacle aux transferts hydriques mais semble au contraire les favoriser. Ce phénomène pourrait avoir des conséquences agronomiques importantes favorisant le drainage et les remontées capillaires.Carbonate accumulation horizons (CAH) are structures un-systematically present in Champagne-Ardenne soils (NE of France) and are localized directly under de rendic leptosol. They have already been studied but their regional repartition, characterization compare to other soils horizons and impact on water transfers remain unknown. On the field, CAH cannot be directly localized by currently prospection methods. Preferential location areas have been determined by literature analyze. Geochemistry, colorimetry and petrophysical analyzes (total water porosity, mercury porosimetry, absorption en evaporation kinetics tests) have been applied on samples took on a representative site : Mont du Ménil. These analyses have shown that CAH present a high porosity linked to their weak induration contrary to what is generally advanced in the literature. The micromorphology of CAH is different from others horizons that induces porous network différences. Laboratory water transfers study links these porous network differences to faster water transfers measured for CAH contrary to the others horizons. CAH of Champagne do not impede water transfers contrary to what is generally fund into the literature but seems to favor them. This phenomenon could have important agronomic implications favouring draining and capillary rises
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
The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions
No full textThe Endurance of Palestinian Political Factions is an ethnographic study of Palestinian political factions in Lebanon through an immersion in daily home life. Perla Issa asks how political factions remain the center of political life in the Palestinian camps in the face of mounting criticism. Through an examination of the daily, mundane practices of refugees in Nahr el-Bared camp in particular, this book shows how intimate, interpersonal, and kin-based relations are transformed into political networks and offers a fresh analysis of how those networks are in turn metamorphosed into political structures. By providing a detailed and intimate account of this process, this book reveals how factions are produced and reproduced in everyday life despite widespread condemnation. “Utilizing rich ethnographic fieldwork, Perla Issa provides an engaging analysis of Palestinian factions in the refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared. Her book illuminates the centrality of political factions to quotidian social interactions and the rhythms of everyday life.” Adam Hanieh, author of Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East “How do political factions maintain centrality in Palestinian political life even when they are widely unpopular and even delegitimized? How are such factions reproduced in the face of widespread condemnation? The questions that animate this manuscript are vitally important.” Ilana Feldman, author of Life Lived in Relief: Humanitarian Predicaments and Palestinian Refugee Politic
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