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Sap, M.N.Md and Awan, A. Majid and Mansur, M.O (2006) Weighted kernel K-means for clustering spatial data. WSEAS Transaction on System, 5 (6). pp. _PHONE_.
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This paper presents a method for unsupervised partitioning of data for finding spatio-temporal patterns in climate data using kernel methods which offer strength to deal with complex data non-linearly separable in input space. This work gets inspiration from the notion that a non-linear data transformation into some high dimensional feature space increases the possibility of linear separability of the pattern in the transformed space. Therefore, it simplifies exploration of the associated structure in the data. Kernel methods implicitly perform a non-linear mapping of the input data into a high dimensional feature space by replacing the inner products with an appropriate positive definite function. In this paper we present a robust weighted kernel k-means algorithm incorporating spatial constraints for clustering climate data. The proposed algorithm can effectively handle noise, outliers and auto-correlation in the spatial data, for effective and efficient data analysis.
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||Clustering, K-means, Kernel methods, spatial data, unsupervised learning|
|Subjects:||Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science|
|Divisions:||Computer Science and Information System (Formerly known)|
|Deposited By:||Maznira Sylvia Azra Mansor|
|Deposited On:||09 Jan 2009 01:36|
|Last Modified:||09 Jan 2009 01:36|
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Whenever there is no service while using live tracking, all the points in between losing Internet connection and regaining it are gone. It would be great to have an option to send all cached points once a connection is back. As they can be timestamped, it should not be a problem for receiving servers to parse the points. They could be sent in an array, for example.
Local caching for live tracking when out of data signal
Would it be possible to add local caching to the live tracking so locations are sent from when the phone is out of data signal?
For implementation I envisage it working something like:
- In a live tracking profile, users can opt to use caching
- Caching is unavailable for GET requests (as data length is limited and you do not want to poll a url multiple times in a short time)
- For POST requests, Locus sends (if data available) a cache variable which is an array of locations (in the same format as the live beacon).
On the receiving server:
- any local authentication etc.
- process live location
- check for cache variable
- if present and supported, process cached locations
As an extra bonus, Locus could detail how many cached locations are stored in notifications (with where it currently reports successes and failures), and provide a way of manually sending the data to the server (example is when you finish a walk out of signal - you stop the tracking, but want to share the outstanding locations when you are back in signal.)

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My user needs to type freehand notes into an Excel UserForm textbox control. But this requires the accurate spelling of some words that are easy to mis-spell, and accuracy is required. So, at the side of the Userform, I can provide the user with a list of these 'tedious' spellings, each in the form of caption text in a UserForm label control.
In the model below, I can replace text in UserForm textbox with new copied text, or I can append new copied text to existing text. But:
MY QUESTION: how do I inset the copied text into existing text at a position marked by the Cursor in the text box?
MY MODEL (attached file):
When the user clicks a label control (in code below ctl.name = "Label1" ) its caption text is copied to clipboard:
Private MyData As New DataObject
Private Sub Label1_Click()
MsgBox "Copy active in Label1_Click()" 'visual check that click event works
This pastes copied text into textbox1:
Private Sub pasteText_Click()
TextBox1.Text = MyData.GetText
I can append the copied text to existing text in texBox1 by:
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " " & MyData.GetText


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British artist Benjamin Shine creates textured "paintings" by carefully folding and ironing one giant sheet of tulle fabric. His subjects range from portraits of iconic stars like Elizabeth Taylor to realistic renditions of elderly hands and beautifully abstract faces emerging from the flowing netted material.
Shine says, "The idea of 'painting with fabric' led to the development of this technique where the portrait image is created through the intricate pleating and pressing of a single length of tulle fabric. The technique aims to utilize the translucent qualities of the tulle fabric to generate various gradients, tones and textures."
The naturally semitransparent mesh is layered upon itself to succeed in simulating varying shades. The result is an amazing monochromatic image rich with texture. For some of his more abstract work known as Flows, Shine says, "[They] take their compositional cues from the fabric itself to reveal the inherent qualities of motion, fragility and transience."


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Water Measurement App Created by Reclamation's Provo Area Office
Beginning 1953, Reclamation in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, printed the first edition of the Water Measurement Manual to provide for more precise water measurement techniques to enhance the accuracy of water delivery, accounting, and irrigation practices; support improved operational efficiencies; and facilitate water conservation. This manual has been revised and reprinted through 2001. In 2007 the Utah Association of Conservation Districts in cooperation with Reclamation produced a pocket reference version of the Water Measurement Manual to support water managers in their day-to-day water delivery duties.
The importance of accurate and reliable water measurement data is essential to the management practices and operational decisions made by public and private water resource agencies and organizations alike. Some of the key benefits include:
- More equitable allocation and distribution of water shares both on and off farm
- Improved irrigation practices and reduced negative environmental impacts
- More efficient metering and seepage loss evaluation data
- Support for automation technologies
- Improved data for decisions regarding canal and ditch improvements and prevention of excess runoff
- Ability to reduce excessive use and enhance conservation
The continuous revisions and additions to the manual reflect the refinements and improvements in water measurement practices made possible through implementation of evolving technology. The design of delivery system upgrades incorporated new technologies resulting in significant efficiency improvements. Not surprisingly, the value of new technology led to water managers expressing an interest in development of a water measurement app for mobile devices that could replace the need do manual calculations based on the pocket reference version of the Water Measurement Manual.
In March 2012, Reclamation's Provo Area Office Resource Management Division Manager Edward Vidmar began investigating what it would take to develop such an app. His objective was to design something that would perform a range of water measurement functions including all the necessary calculations to convert staff gage readings to a flow reading based on formulas or mathematical calculations. He also wanted to include another type of water measurement functionality for dam tenders to make the necessary calculations to replace the need to take water measurement readings using a bucket and a stopwatch. By performing all the mathematical calculations, the new app will reduce the potential for human error and significantly improve the final reading data.
Vidmar began laying out the initial conceptualization for the new app by constructing a slideshow using PowerPoint to depict what each screen in the app should look like. In November 2012, he located a business to handle writing the code for the app for its initial availability for use on iPhone and iPad. The free "Measure H2O" app became available for download in the Apple Store on February 4, 2013.
The app is still undergoing some minor tweaks to improve functionality and a 1.1 version will be soon available as will an Android device version of the app.
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Wedding Frame
Wedding Frame
Create a personal wedding frame that complements a photo of your wedding day.
Step 1: Collect Supplies and Tools
Instructions: You'll need the following:
- Avery Printable Cotton (3384™)
- Fiskars® Shape Cutter and Wave Edge template (4860)
- Cutting knife
- Scrapbook album or chipboard frame, 12" x 12"
- Dark green scrapbook paper
- Dark green and white ribbon
- Personal photo
- Glue
Step 2: Create Your Design
Instructions: Using your favorite software, create a text box that fills the page. Color the text box a light pale green. Type the couple's names in a darker green text. Copy and paste the names repeatedly to fill the page.
Step 3: Print and Attach
Instructions: Print out the text on two sheets of Avery Printable Cotton. Use both sheets to completely cover the surface area of the album, then attach the sheets to the album with glue.
Attach picture on top with glue.
Note: As an alternative project, you can also glue the sheets to a chipboard frame. Using a cutting knife, trim out the area where the picture will show through.
Step 4: Cut and Attach
Instructions: Use the Fiskars® Shape Cutter and Wave Edge template (4860) to cut 1" borders from the dark green scrapbook paper.
Glue onto the edges of the album or frame.
Step 5: Decorate
Instructions: Embellish with ribbon, covering seam between the sheets of Avery Printable Cotton.


Claremont Primary and Nursery School
A Brighter Future for Everyone
Week Commencing 07/12/20
Click on the link and watch the video for that lesson and then complete the worksheet.
Lesson 1: Divide by 2
Lesson 2: Divide by 5
Lesson 3: Divide by 10
Lesson 4: No video - complete multiplication and division assessment
Lesson 5: Times Tables Rock Stars Practise
Follow the link and complete lessons 1 to 5 (one a day).
Activity 1: Create a pitch for your chocolate truffles. Explain why I should buy your chocolates.
 - What are they made with?
 - Why is it special?
 - Who is it designed for?
 - How much do they cost?
An adult could even video you doing your pitch and send it on dojo, to show the rest of the class when we do ours!
Activity 2: Evaluate your chocolate truffles using the worksheet below. If you didn't get a chance to try your truffles, create an evaluation for your favourite sweet treat.
Please follow the link and complete Lesson 4.
Please follow the link and complete Lesson 4.
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An animal nutritionist is responsible for creating and balancing rations to ensure that dietary needs are met for the animals under their supervision.Duties
An animal nutritionist must take into consideration the varied nutritional needs of different species as they formulate balanced rations. Nutritional and caloric requirements may vary greatly based on the animal's condition and level of activity (such as performance, reproduction, lactation, or overcoming nutritional deficiencies in cases of prior neglect).
Animal nutritionists use an assessment of fatness or thinness, known as body condition scoring, to determine what adjustments should be made to an animal's diet. The condition scores generally range from 1 (extremely thin with no fat reserves) to 9 (extremely obese) in cattle and horses; the ideal score for these species is a 5. Cattle, swine, sheep, dogs, and cats are evaluated on a scale from 1 (extremely thin) to 5 (extremely obese); the ideal score for these species is a 3. Generally a nutritionist will palpate the vertebrae, breastbone and ribs to determine the thickness of fat cover in these areas, as well as make a visual assessment of the animal's musculature, when assigning a body condition score.
Nutritionists may also be involved in research or teaching activities. They may work in conjunction with veterinarians and veterinary technicians, zoo keepers, wildlife rehabilitators, broodmare managers, and other animal professionals.Career Options
Animal nutritionists can specialize by working with a specific group of animals such as companion breeds, livestock, or exotics/wildlife. Some nutritionists specialize their focus even further, working specifically with only one species such as horses, dairy cattle, dogs, or cats.
Animal nutritionists can work in a variety of environments such as farms, corporate research and development facilities, pharmaceutical or nutraceutical companies, pet or livestock feed companies, federal government offices, laboratories, zoos, and wildlife rehabilitation facilities.
While many animal nutritionists are traditionally employed, some choose to determine their own schedule and seek freelance consulting work.Education & Training
Animal nutritionists must take college courses in areas such as biology, chemistry, animal husbandry, animal nutrition, anatomy and physiology, mathematics, animal science, animal behavior, forage and food production, and ration formulation. During the course of their education, animal nutritionists are taught both computerized methods of creating and balancing rations as well as how to accomplish the same results by hand.
A Bachelor of Science degree is usually required for entry level positions in the field of animal nutrition. Many college programs offer undergraduate degrees in the field of animal nutrition, but nutritionists may hold degrees in a variety of areas ranging from animal science to biology to biochemistry. Masters and Ph.D. degrees are generally required for research and teaching positions, especially those at the collegiate level.
Those working as college professors are usually required to conduct and publish research as they seek to obtain tenure in their department. Some corporate employers may require completion of intensive internships or apprenticeships in the field for the potential employee to gain practical experience.
Some veterinarians attain board certification in the specialty of nutrition through the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN). This intensive program requires a two year residency after the completion of the basic veterinary degree and year of general residency. This residency is conducted under the supervision of a board certified veterinary nutritionist.
Some veterinary technicians attain certification in nutrition through the Academy of Veterinary Nutrition Technicians (AVNT). To be certified, a licensed tech must have 3 years of work experience in the field, 40 hours of continuing education credits directly related to the study of nutrition, and detailed documentation showing advanced clinical or research experience.Salary
Animal nutritionists generally earn a solid salary, though this can vary widely based on years of experience, level of education, and the specific nature of their work. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics cites an average annual wage for all food scientists of $60,180 in 2011. The BLS research data indicate that those specifically employed by the animal food manufacturing industry averaged a salary of $70,060 in 2011.
Indeed.com cites a similar average salary of $55,000 for animal nutritionists in 2011. The site lists an average salary for animal nutrition sales representatives of about $75,000. Another popular site, Simplyhired.com, cites an average salary of $61,000 for animal nutritionists in 2011.Job Outlook
Animal nutritionist careers are expected to grow more quickly than average according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The rate of growth is expected to be a healthy 16% from 2008 to 2018. While competition for college faculty positions will continue to be especially keen, there should be ample opportunities for animal nutritionist positions in research, manufacturing, and sales.


being—perhaps something similar to this:
Fig. 31. Pan
We can also see the resemblance of Satan in him. Now, look at fig. 32 below, which supposedly is a Sumerian drawing of En.lil and Nin.lil, but…is it really En.lil? Look at the tail and the hooves.
Fig. 32. En.lil and Nin.lil?
V. Asterism Ruled by Queen Ereškigal
The last being to be mentioned here is the one who is in charge of the 19th Nakshatra called Mula, which means "the root."[123] This being is Queen Ereškigal, joint ruler of the Underworld in liaison with and Marduk. This means that the three main AIF gods we have concentrated on in these papers all have their own asterisms and/or star systems in the Nakshatras under their control.
Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, and Nu Scorpionis. Here is somebody who apparently is in charge of more or less an entire asterism—at least nine of the stars in it! This is not very common. The deity who rules the Scorpius Constellation is called Nirṛti, which is a feminine name. Her masculine counterpart is Nirṛta, which is another name for Rudra—Marduk.
Before we research Nirṛti, I would like to research the word Mula—the name of the Lunar Mansion. In the definition, it says that Mula is ruled by Nirṛti, who is the goddess of dissolution and destruction[124]— which indicates it is Ereškigal, doesn't it? However, let us investigate some more and research Nirṛti.
The Shatapatha Brahmana[125] states that Nirṛti is "associated with pain and as the southwest quarter is her region, pain is associated with the southwest. However, elsewhere in the same text (V.2.3.3.), she is mentioned as living in the south, the direction of the kingdom of the dead."[126] [127] This indicates exactly what we need to know—this goddess has the very same attributes as the Queen of the Underworld. The fact that her counterpart in Rudra—the Vedic name for Marduk—is also a giveaway, defining who she is. Together, the two are ruling the dimensions of the Dead and the Afterlife in both the Sumerian, Akkadian, and Vedic scriptures. Also, "[s]he is depicted on this temple holding a sword and a severed head, and standing over a prostrate body."[128] Where have we seen something similar before? (See fig. 32 below).
Researcher and author David Kinsley, whom I referred to in footnote #124, says that there is little evidence that Kali and Nirṛti are one and the same, although the thought of it as a possibility had apparently entered his mind—or he must have had it pointed out to him. I would say I disagree with him—there are too many similarities. Also, Kali is the Goddess of the Underworld, and so is Nirṛti. There's proof already there, in addition to the rest I have found (see above).
In mythology, the constellation Scorpius is quite interesting and is related to Orion. It is the story of Artemis, who is Mother Goddess, and Orion, the Great Hunter. I wrote about this story in an earlier paper. However, there are a few things I'd like to add now that we know who is in charge of Scorpius.
The story states that Artemis sent a scorpion to deal with Orion when he boasted too much and said he would kill every animal of the Earth. Artemis was the protector of these animals (as Mother Goddess she is, as we know, in charge of the Living Library, but also an incarnation of Mother Gaia—Earth). Zeus (who is equated with Marduk) threw Orion and the scorpion up in the Heavens, and they both became star constellations. However, there is a variant of that story, saying that Artemis took a liking to Orion and that it was Apollo (Marduk) who got the scorpion and had it sting Orion.[129]
Fig. 32. Scorpius.
Thus, we have gone through the Nakshatras and discussed which gods and goddesses are in charge of which star systems or constellations. As usual, they are the same old names coming back repeatedly, and after a while, it becomes even predictable. This is good, however, because when we notice it becomes predictable, it's when we really have found insights into who is controlling us behind the scenes. We realize that there is no doubt anymore that this is actually true, and therefore, it's necessary to bring up all these different instances—it becomes as clear as the clearest sky. Therefore, I hope that it, occasionally, is beginning to get predictable because then we have come a long way.
The Nakshatras do not go into in any details about which star races inhabit certain solar systems, other than that they sometimes mention the Nagas and Asuras, but we know there are many more races out there that are either collaborating with the AIF, the Orions, or are on their own quest. This is not very important in the larger scheme of things, albeit I know that many readers, and people in general, are quite curious to know the details.
The next paper will discuss star systems and constellations that are not covered in the Nakshatras, showing who is in charge of those, but it will also introduce quite a few new and very interesting revelations that I've encountered lately and would like to share with the readers.
Sometime in the future, I am hoping to be able to summarize things a little better. I may, for example, present an Appendix listing the different gods and which star systems and asterisms they are in charge of. In addition, I may use a map for star systems and constellations—one showing the Northern Hemisphere and another showing the Southern Hemisphere. In these two maps, I will then highlight the stars and constellations that are owned by different gods. This way, the reader can get a better overview of our part of the Galaxy and the relationship between the different star locations and their gods. However, at the point of this writing, I don't know when this will be a reality.
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[12] Messier and New General Catalog are exchangeable in astronomy and astrophysics. Messier (M) is the older system to name and count stars and other celestial objects, while New General Catalog (NGC) is the newer system, which was supposed to substitute the Messier Catalog decades ago, but it never happened. Hence, both catalog numbers are often shown side by side.
[13] Richard L. Thompson, Alien Identities, 1995, p. 238.
[15] Ibid.
[17] SB 4.1.39, Translation and Purport, op. cit.
[18] Anonymous source.
[29] Bakich, M. E., (1995): The Cambridge Guide to the Constellations, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 21, 22.
[33] Ibid.
[36] Ibid. (We need to keep in mind that astronomers and astrophysicists are comparing this with Earth circumstances. If a planet does not have similar conditions, they don't believe there can be life there. What they don't take into consideration is that life is multidimensional.)
[37] A small letter following the name of the star, such as Gliese 581 d, means that this is the 3rd planet from its sun as far as our scientists know—the small letter a represents the sun itself, but is hardly ever written out. Gliese g would thereby be the 6th planet.
[44] Ibid.
[48] Ibid.
[51] Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Stanza 6, op. cit.
[53] Nakshatra Purvabhadrapada—the Former Happy Feet, p.2, op. cit.
[56] Ibid.
[57] Ibid.
[60] Ibid.
[62] Ibid.
[63] Ibid.
[64] Ibid.
[65] Rogers, J. H. (February 1998). "Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions". Journal of the British Astronomical Association, no.1 108: 9–28.
[68] See Quote #1 in this paper.
[70] Ibid.
[73] Ibid.
[75] Ibid.
[78] Richard Hinckley Allen, "Star-names and their Meanings, New York, 1899, pp.59-60.
[82] Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket".Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
[86] I refuse to call it "the Vegan War"


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This paper aimed to investigate conditions for pit initiation on type 304 stainless steel under MgCl2 solution layer in atmospheric environment using a CCD camera system and a surface potential measurement equipment. A droplet of dilute MgCl2 solution was put on the specimen. The specimen was set in the chamber with a relative humidity of 33% in order to make the droplet dry into the layer. The CCD camera system was employed to observe the change in the shape of the droplet and in the specimen surface during the drying process. In addition, the surface potential measurement equipment was applied for monitoring the surface potential of the specimen with the layer. When the droplet of dilute solution became thin and saturated, pitting corrosion occurred and the surface potential rapidly lowered. By contrast, thick and saturated layer did not induce pitting corrosion and the surface potential indicated the relatively low and steady. Therefore, it was revealed that the atmospheric corrosion occurred on the steel under saturated MgCl2 solution layer whose thickness less than 0.2 mm.
|ジャーナル||Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals|
|出版ステータス||Published - 2017|
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Wildly Blooming Springtime (Activity Books, 1)
The young painters can fly with bees and butterflies, talk to some birds, and spend a relaxing time while giving colours to some charming snails or beautiful feathers. They can dive into the wonderful bloom of flowers and trees by using their imagination to finish the pages with all their creativity.
-39 pages and 31 of them lavishly illustrated in colour
-A4 (21x 29,7 cm)
-90 gsm, saddle stitch binding
-Including mazes and a dot to dot game


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Using two or more word lists in a single puzzle
You can use any number of word lists in a single puzzle. If any of the
word lists contains the same word as another word list in the same puzzle,
EclipseCrossword will use the clue from the first word list you opened, and
ignore the second clue.
- First, start the EclipseCrossword software. (How
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click I would like to start a new crossword and then Next.
- Click Let me create a word list from scratch now and then click
- Now you're at the page where you can add words to your word list.
From here, click the Tools button, and then Open word list.
- Choose the first word list you'd like to use and click Open.
- Click Tools again, and then Open word list again.
- Choose the second word list you'd like to use and click Open.
- EclipseCrossword will merge the second word list into the one you're
using. You can repeat steps 5 and 6 as many times as you'd like to add
more word lists to your puzzle. When you click Next, you can
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|The Tools button and Open word list
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IMPROVING RICE YIELD AND INCOME OF FARMERS BY MANGING THE SOIL ORGANIC CARBON IN SOUTH SUMATRA LANDSCAPE, INDONESIA
The research aimed to improve rice yield and income of farmers by managing the soil organic carbon to achieve food security in South Sumatra landscape. This research has been done in agricultural land of Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) District, South Sumatra. This research is an experimental research by using completely randomized design in factorial. The first factor was rice variety (local and superior), and the second factor was six ricefields, namely ricefields of sandy rainfed; loamy rainfed; lebak (freshwater swamp); tidal swamp; and technical irrigation. Composite soil samples were taken from each ricefield and analyzed in the laboratory for organic C content. Rice production data were collected by quadratic methods measuring 5x5 m. The research resulted that the SOC can increase the soil productivity, if the soil productivity can be increased, then the rice yield also increases and the consequences income of household also increases linearly. The contribution of the SOC contents in the rooting areas is able to improve the soil productivity, especially for soils having the following characteristics: coarse and sandy textures, lower SOC contents, receiving lower chemical fertilizer, managed under rainfed conditions rather than irrigation, and poor soils rather than good quality of soils.


Background Penetratin is a protein transduction domain derived from the homeoprotein
Background Penetratin is a protein transduction domain derived from the homeoprotein Antennapedia. the penetratin connection with three different phospholipids: phosphatidylcholine (Personal computer) and Dovitinib phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) to mimic respectively the outer and the inner leaflets of the eukaryotic plasma membrane and phosphatidylglycerol (PG) to mimic the bacterial membrane. We demonstrate that with Personal computer penetratin is able to form vesicle aggregates with no major switch in membrane fluidity and presents no well defined secondary structure corporation. With PE penetratin aggregates vesicles raises membrane rigidity and acquires an α-helical structure. With PG membranes penetratin does not aggregate vesicles but decreases membrane fluidity and acquires a structure with both α-helical and β-sheet contributions. Conclusions/Significance These data from membrane models suggest that the different penetratin actions in eukaryotic cells Dovitinib (membrane translocation during export and import) and on prokaryotes may result from different peptide and lipid structural plans. The data suggest that for eukaryotic cell penetration penetratin does not acquire classical secondary structure but requires a different conformation compared to that in remedy. Intro Cell penetrating peptides (CPP) and Protein Transduction Domains (PTDs) are potential restorative vectors for the VPS15 delivery of molecules inside eukaryotic cells (for review observe [1]-[3]). These peptides are alternative to more "aggressive" methods used to expose molecules into cells such as trituration [4] and microinjection. Such peptides (i.e. Tat penetratin polyarginine) are usually rich in fundamental amino acid residues and some of them are derived from proteins suggesting that they play a role in messenger protein transduction [5]. Penetratin a peptide derived from the homeodomain transcription element Antennapaedia was described as one of the 1st peptides to successfully carry active molecules inside cells and is one of the most analyzed PTDs [6]-[8]. Different physicochemical guidelines are involved in membrane binding and penetration of CPPs [9]. Cell penetration is known to be self-employed from receptors and metabolic energy. Several studies possess shown that endocytosis is also involved in the internalization of fundamental peptides [10] [11]. However to attain the cytosol as well as the nucleus the peptides must get away in the endosome through the endosomal membrane hurdle. Hence a primary interaction with membrane lipids appears to be very important to their nuclear or cytosolic localization. Several systems for CPP membrane translocation have already been proposed. Included in these are an "electroporation-like" system [12] neutralization of arginine residues by guanidinium-phosphate complicated development [13] and inverted micelles development [14] (for evaluations discover [1] [2] [15]). Nevertheless Dovitinib the electroporation mechanism continues to be contested and a primary translocation through the bilayer continues to be suggested [16] lately. Tests with model membranes established how the translocation in huge unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) would depend on membrane potential and it is modulated from the lipid structure [17]. Yet in huge unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) membrane translocation had not been reliant on membrane potential [18] [19]. This Dovitinib difference of potential level of sensitivity may be linked to membrane curvature and/or membrane pressure that are higher in LUVs than in GUVs. A far more positively curved membrane shall want a traveling potential that may possibly not be necessary for a set membrane. Using membrane Dovitinib versions we've previously demonstrated that penetratin and different basic peptides induce membrane invaginations which results in the formation of tubular structures [20]-[22]. We suggested that membrane curvature induced by basic peptides could be crucial to their mechanisms of internalization [23]. Positive curvature-induction would be necessary for pore formation of amphipathic peptides. Negative curvature would be related to the formation of tubes ("physical endocytosis") [20] and inverted micelles. Another important property of basic peptides is their capacity to aggregate membranes. This property.
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text: First, a 2D orthogonal cutting model for titanium alloy is constructed by finite element method in this study. The cutting tool is incrementally advanced forward from an incipient stage of tool-workpiece engagement to a steady state of chip formation. Cockroft and Latham fracture criterion is adopted as a chip separation criterion. By changing the settings of cutting variables such as cutting speed, depth of cut and tool rake angle to investigate the chip formation process and the variation of cutting performance during titanium cutting simulation. The changes of chip type, cutting force, effective stress/strain and cutting temperature with different cutting condition combinations are thus analyzed. The result demonstrates that the serrated chip type is obviously produced when cutting titanium alloy. Next, water-based and oil-based cutting fluids are employed in conjunction with proper cutting parameter arrangements to perform up-milling experiments. By measuring the cutting force, surface roughness and tool wear to investigate the effect of these combinations of milling variables on the variation of cutting performance for Ti-6Al-4V. The chip shape and cutting force obtained from the experiment are compared with those calculated from simulation. It is shown that there is a good agreement between simulation and experimental results.


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Polarity is determined by the "vectors" of electronegativity of the atoms in the compound. Electronegativity is theoretically related to the pull of an atom's nucleus for the electrons in its outer most energy shell. In practice, it means how much an atom wants to pull additional electrons towards it within a compound. Electronegativity is a relative measure and is important in compounds for determining polarity. If there are 2 atoms in a compound with different electronegativities, the compound will be polar because the pull for electrons is geometrically imbalanced towards one atom or the other. In more complex compounds, you have to take into account the 3 dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms. This is because electronegative atoms pull electrons in general directions. If there are 4 atoms in a compound and 3 of the atoms surrounding a central atom have a greater electronegativity, they each pull electrons away from the central (less electronegative) atom. If these atoms are arranged in such a way that they are pulling electrons in equal but opposite directions, the compound will be non-polar (ex: tetrahedral symmetry). If the pull is imbalanced, the compound will be polar.
Polar likes polar, and nonpolar likes nonpolar. There's actually a joke about it: "Do you know why the bear dissolved in water?" Answer: "It was a POLAR BEAR!"


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Sir Alan Cunningham was educated at Cheltenham College and then the Royal Military Academy after he joined the Royal Artillery in 1906. He served with the Royal Horse Artillery during The Great War being awarded an MC in 1915 and DSO in 1918. After the war he served in the Straits Settlements for two years. He then returned to Britain. In 1937 he became the commander of the 1st Division of Royal Artillery and then the commander of the relatively new Anti-Aircraft division.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was sent to command the troops in East Africa. He led the campaign to take Somaliland and Addis Ababa from the Italians. He achieved this in a very short period of time and took over 50,000 prisoners for the loss of only 500 of his own men. This success meant that he was trusted with command of the 8th Army in North Africa. Unfortunately, he was outfought by Rommel and was dismissed by Auchinleck. He was transferred to the Staff College and Northern Ireland before returning to the Middle East as High Commissioner of Palestine from 1945 to 1948. He continued to have a role as the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery until 1954. He died in 1983.


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You just never see a story like this every day - a cardinal convicted in a sordid shortwave radio plot:
A court in Rome on Monday convicted a Vatican cardinal and the head of the city-state's radio station for electromagnetic pollution. They were given 10-day suspended sentences, which they have appealed. Cardinal Roberto Tucci, former head of Vatican Radio's management committee, and the Rev. Pasquale Borgomeo, the station's director general, were charged with "dangerous launching of objects," referring to the station's electromagnetic waves. Residents of the Rome suburb Cessano near the station complained they could hear Vatican Radio broadcasts through their lamps because of electromagnetic disturbances.That is just beautiful. Sadly, it is not just funny nutty tale as the high intensity transmitters, still using shortwaves to broadcast to the globe, are a possible source of illness in the neighbouring residential area. Within the actual city, there are around 100 Kw worth of transmitters dated to the early 1950s. That is a lot less than the 1700 Kw worth of tranmitters Canada has at Sackville, NB (seen left 60 years ago when style was king) but they are surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of acres of salt marsh as opposed to Italian suburbs. This 2001 defence of Vatican Radio's transmitters indicates that the allegation was leukemia rates were higher and is contrary to this statement in support of the correlation between RF and leukemia. It also indicated that the district of Rome in question is not cheek to jowl with Vatican City's walls but one called Santa Maria in Galeria where the Vatican's transmitters pump out 2410 Kw under an agreement reached decades ago. The VR PR looks better in Italian but what doesn't.
The defence I came across in favour of the Vatican contains one most charming argument in terms of its sensitivity to public health issues:
All the more "correct" were the observations made by the director of Vatican Radio, Father Borgomeo, who recalled that in 1951 the area where the transmitters were being installed was virtually uninhabited. The development of the area, and the construction of homes there, began only after the transmission facility was in place. So one might ask: If there is a direct link between the electromagnetic transmissions and cancer statistics, why aren't the local builders and administrators, who allowed the residential developments in the area, called to account? For that matter, why are only radio broadcasters being investigated, and not television stations? After all, the transmission facilities of the state-owned RAI television network are located right in the heart of Rome, on Via Teulada.Amazing and takes no responsibility for the fact that 2000 Kw of the 2410 Kw were built since 1976. No wonder they can hear the radio through light bulbs. I bet if they checked, there also would be a low instance of perms being ordered at hair dress salons as well.
"I'm on the Vatican, woe-oh, Radi-o..."


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FRIDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Unlike adults and older
children, toddlers do not listen to the sound of their voice to
correct their speech, a new study finds.
Researchers had adults and 4-year-old and 2-year-old children
say the word "bed" repeatedly while simultaneously hearing
themselves say the word "bad."
This contradiction caused the adults and 4-year-olds to change
the way they said "bed" to something more like the word "bid."
However, the 2-year-olds kept saying "bed," the investigators
The findings, published online Dec. 22 in the journal
Current Biology, suggest that toddlers use a different strategy to control their speech.
For example, they may rely on their parents or other people to
monitor how they speak, study author Ewen MacDonald, of the
Technical University of Denmark, noted in a journal news
MacDonald pointed out that parents and other caregivers often
repeat back to young children what they've heard them say.
"As they play music, violinists will listen to the notes they produce to ensure they are in tune. If they aren't, they will adjust the position of their fingers to bring the notes back in tune," MacDonald said in the news release.
"When we speak, we do something very similar. We subconsciously listen to vowel and consonant sounds in our speech to ensure we are producing them correctly. If the acoustics of our speech are slightly different from what we intended, then, like the violinists, we will adjust the way we speak to correct for these slight errors," MacDonald explained. "In our study, we found that 4-year-olds monitor their own speech in the same way as adults. Surprisingly, 2-year-olds do not."
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association outlines
activities to encourage
children's speech and language development.


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Researchers Collect "Signals Intelligence" on Insect Pests
By Jan Suszkiw
March 23, 2011
Using commercially available parts, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and colleagues have developed a new automated system for detecting insects based on the peculiar sounds the insects make while moving.
According to entomologist Richard Mankin of USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), one likely application will be to automate routine monitoring of industrial-scale traps, especially those placed in hard-to-reach areas like crawl spaces or near food processing equipment.
Automated insect monitoring could also be useful in situations where frequent checking of traps is impractical, adds Mankin, with the ARS Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research Unit in Gainesville, Fla. ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and the research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.
Mankin developed the device in collaboration with North Carolina State University researchers Ryan Hodges, Troy Nagel and Coby Schal, all in Raleigh, and Roberto Pereira and Philip Koehler, both at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The team's objective was to make automated insect monitoring affordable, easy to use and reliable.
Toward that end, they integrated commercially available sensors (LEDs, microphones and piezoelectric film) with high-gain amplifiers and laptop-run software for analyzing signals. The system uses the sensors to collect infrared, acoustic and vibration signals generated by three kinds of insect movements: wriggling, crawling and scraping. The software analyzes the signals to create a profile of the target insect that distinguishes it from other species.
The researchers tested the device on three stored-product pests (rice weevil, red flour beetle and drugstore beetle) and two household pests (German cockroach and bed bug). In tests, individuals of each pest species were placed in small arenas where their signals could be collected and analyzed for differences in profile, amplitude and duration.
All species tested generated all signal types, but red flour beetles mostly wriggled, German cockroaches typically ran or crawled, and bed bugs mostly scraped.
Mankin envisions users placing the devices in traps or near infested structures and monitoring them remotely.
Read more about the research in the March 2011 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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Along with the behavioural guidance and the training of particular attributes, chess can also allow for the development of certain brain functions which may improve creativity, logic and proficiency in school. Chess is particularly vital during a child's development years as physical changes to the brain can allow for neurological maturity at a younger age. This last section of The Benefits of Chess for Children series will focus on the modifications chess can have on the brain and the resulting advantages that would allow children to be potentially smarter and more creative.
Changes to the Brain
Dendrite ExpansionsJust as training the body improves strength and endurance, training the brain also has its benefits. Without delving too far into neuroscience, neurons are nerve cells that communicate signals. Between these cells are branches called dendrites, which allow signals to carry information between the neurons. These dendrites grow and shrink in response to stimuli. Actions such as alcohol consumption as well as specific diseases such as Alzheimer's can cause dendrites to degenerate, however certain physical and mental activities cause the dendrites to expand. With more dendrites, information can be transmitted between different areas of the brain more efficiently.
Imagine neurons are towns, having different purposes. While one town may be primarily residential, another may be agricultural or commercial. In order for people to travel and exchange services in the local area, roads must exist between the towns. As more people travel a certain route, the road will expand, allowing for the faster transportation of people, goods and services. Just as towns in this analogy have different purposes, neurons also have specializations as they can be sensory neurons, motor neurons or interneurons. The roads that connect each town are the dendrites that connect the neurons, allowing for signals to travel between them. Adding lanes to these roads is like expanding the branches of the dendrites. Wider roads allow for faster travel between the towns, and larger dendrites allow signals to move from neuron to neuron more quickly.
In order for these roads to expand, there must be more people using them, usually for a particular reason. Perhaps a massive chess tournament takes place in one of the towns on a regular basis and the whole population of another town travels to see it! The burden on a small road would be too great, so the road expands, possibly even into a highway! Just as chess could be a stimulus for considerable traffic, chess is a powerful stimulus that leads to the expansion of dendrites. Some of the strongest stimuli for dendrite expansion are social interaction and challenging activities, and chess is both of these! Playing chess exercises the brain and actively causes dendrites to expand, allowing for your own mental highways to be constructed.
Children who play chess are steadily training their brains and expanding the dendritic branches in between their neurons. Dendrites are often thought to be linked with memory and learning, as more and more research points to the structures playing a role in storing experiences as memories. With further research being made around the connection of dendrites and learning, in the near future we may know just how beneficial chess is with its promotion of dendritic growth.
Left and RightOur brains are split into two cerebral hemispheres, left and right, which process information in unique ways. The left side of our brain focuses on aspects such as logic, memory, analysis and calculation, which are useful for language, science, strategy and mathematics. The right side of our brain is dominant in non-verbal, visuospatial aspects such as creativity and imagination as well as intuition, emotion and art. While significant controversy exists whether humans can be more dominant in one hemisphere than the other, in certain situations the brain can rely on one side more than the other. Lateralization is a function of the brain to use one side of the brain more than the other for certain activities. For example, classroom skills are more dependent on the logical, factual left side of the brain, while playing a musical instrument may harness the creative and rhythmic right side of the brain. While some activities use lateralization to prioritize the use of one side of the brain, some activities, including chess, activate both sides of the brain.
Chess is powerful in its ability to demand the creativity and pattern-recognition from the right side of the brain to work in tandem with the logical, analytical left side of the brain to discover the best next move. A study by four German scientists proved that even at higher levels of chess play, the right side of the brain is still extremely active, showing chess depends on both hemispheres of the brain at all skill levels. This is important as it signifies that chess develops and trains not only the logical, left side of the brain, but also the creative, intuitive right side of the brain. The ability of chess to holistically train both hemispheres is very beneficial for children to ensure the unified development of cognitive functions.
School ProficiencyOver the past few decades, a vast number of studies have been made on the correlation between playing chess and academic performance. Time and time again, students who play chess have proven to have significant improvements in their math skills, reading skills and cognitive development. Dr. Christiaen, a Belgian psychologist conducted a famous chess study with a group of fifth graders. Christiaen documented that the chess-playing experimental group experienced greater cognitive development and scored higher on both internal and external tests than the control group. Dr. Adriaan de Groot, another Belgian psychologist and chess master, also noted based on the study by Dr. Christiaen that the game had a significant positive influence on academic motivation.
Problem Solving SkillsWhile chess is a wonderful instrument of cognitive development, it is also a game! Children are always keen to play games and have fun, and the playful aspect of chess can be a powerful motivator for building strong problem solving skills. While certain playstyles, strategies and tactics can be carried over from game to game, a new game of chess brings a whole arsenal of new problems and positions to analyze. These force children to dissect the puzzle that faces them with each move, while pulling useful strategies and tactics from memory to aid in their problem solving. The infinite variety of chess games ensure that children can enhance their problem solving skills with fresh positions bundled into an eight by eight board of fun.
Math SkillsThe ability of chess to train the problem solving skills of children coincides directly with the improvement of math skills. Of all academic fields, math has been the highlight for studies involving chess and school as math is heavily integrated in chess in a multitude of ways. Each move in chess is a carefully calculated decision, bringing into account an array of potential responses by the opponent. Making proper exchanges and captures in chess involves logic and the comparison of piece values, and moving pieces uses board notation, a variation of the fundamental coordinate system in math. The benefits of the amalgamation of chess in math is apparent in a number of studies conducted over the years. A two-year study by Dr. Yee Wang Fung at the Chinese University in Hong Kong from _PHONE_ reported a 15% improvement in math and science test scores by chess players over non-chess players. In New Brunswick, Canada, a three-year study between 1989 and 1992 using 437 fifth graders found a proportionate increase in math problem solving skills to the amount of chess in the curriculum.
Reading SkillsThe same study in New Brunswick also recorded a similar proportionate increase in comprehension with the amount of chess the test student group played. Another study conducted with the New York City Schools Chess Program from _PHONE_ found strong evidence that playing chess improves reading performance. The improvement of reading skills is likely due to the strong correlation between chess and comprehension, as both the positions on a board and the words on a page require analysis, decoding and understanding.
Additional BenefitsThe benefits of chess in school programs is an often explored area of scientific research and has proven a strong link between the game and problem solving, math and reading skills as well as motivation and classroom focus. Apart from scientific studies, anecdotal sources have consistently shown that chess can improve a child's confidence and aid in building friendships. Nearly all grandmasters began their love for chess at an early age and exposing your child to chess could also uncover a special talent or passion for the game.
Over the years, extensive scientific research of chess has proven the existence of a multitude of benefits to cognitive functions and academic performance. Whether a child dreams of being the next chess world champion or simply enjoys playing a casual game, it is clear that the game provides much more than fun. During the key development years of childhood, it is paramount for children to have the opportunity to develop healthy, positive habits while being happy. While chess is a powerful tool with significant advantages, it is also primarily an extremely enjoyable and challenging game. Next time your child finds themselves with some spare time or entranced by the TV, why not pull out a chessboard?


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OrchestraThere were 6 orchestras at Auschwitz including a women's orchestra at Birkenau and a male orchestra at Auschwitz I which consisted of 100 musicians.
Their activities included playing music for the prisoners who were marching to work and for the arrival of important guests at the camp. In addition, they played at parties for the SS and gave formal concerts for the camp staff.
Various survivor memoirs mention the orchestra's playing for the arrival of deportees to give them a false sense of comfort. There were orchestras at most of the major concentration and extermination camps.
Sources: informal conversation with Bret Werb, Music Archivist at the USHMM; Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.


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As new modalities and device types emerge, touchpoints increase in frequency. In a digital world, with companies constantly competing for the attention of their consumers, multiexperience is well on its way to becoming the future of app development. In order to meet user and industry demands, we're seeing the birth of multiexperience development platforms. These are used in creating voice, chat, wearable, and augmented reality (AR) experiences that support digital businesses.
In terms of complete digital transformation, MX technology is a step forward. According to Daniel Sun, Vice President Analyst at Gartner, "Development teams should master mobile app design, development, and architecture because 'mobile' is typically the gateway to multiexperience."
If you want to design a multiexperience, consider exploring:
- Augmented reality
- Virtual reality
- Mixed reality
- The Internet of Things (IoT)
In conjunction with websites, social media, and apps, these technologies will contribute to the multiexperience as a whole.
Multiexperience development platforms (MXDP) centralize all the activities involved in putting together a multiexperience: designing, developing, testing, distributing, managing, and analyzing. MXDP's help companies scale their apps quickly across a variety of devices and platforms. Using an MXDP, you can develop an application that can be deployed on a range of devices.
Low-Code and No-Code
MXDP's are platforms that use no-code or low-code development to integrate tailored environmental experiences. Low-code, just as it sounds, means less coding or programming, while no-code cuts out the need for it entirely. One such solution that offers this is WalkMe's Digital Adoption Platform. It utilizes visual approaches to software development that streamline the development process. Digital adoption solutions like WalkMe do so by affording organizations opportunities for greater collaboration (anyone can use it, not just skilled programmers), and faster delivery of applications because less time is spent coding manually. These types of development tools allow you to update and manage new and engaging content across as many systems as you want—and in real-time.
Other benefits of low-code and no-code development platforms include:
- Rapid delivery of apps
- Greater collaboration
- Faster decision-making due to streamlined collaboration
- Easy scalability on cloud-native architecture
- Enablement of agility and fast response times
MX Development Barriers
One major challenge in terms of developing MX applications is aligning business and IT. According to Gartner's survey, among the 278 participants from 6 countries, more than a quarter of respondents indicated gaps in developer skills and user experience expertise. The respondents represent organizations that have developed and deployed at least 3 types of applications. This gap, as it relates to arising technology, hinders the scaling of digital initiatives like MX development.


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ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201712.0197.v1
Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Information Technology & Data Management Keywords: air pollutant prediction; multi-task learning; regularization; analytical solution
Online: 28 December 2017 (09:09:20 CET)
In this paper, we tackle air quality forecasting by using machine learning approaches to predict the hourly concentration of air pollutants (e.g., Ozone, PM2.5 and Sulfur Dioxide). Machine learning, as one of the most popular techniques, is able to efficiently train a model on big data by using large-scale optimization algorithms. Although there exists some works applying machine learning to air quality prediction, most of the prior studies are restricted to small scale data and simply train standard regression models (linear or non-linear) to predict the hourly air pollution concentration. In this work, we propose refined models to predict the hourly air pollution concentration based on meteorological data of previous days by formulating the prediction of 24 hours as a multi-task learning problem. It enables us to select a good model with different regularization techniques. We propose a useful regularization by enforcing the prediction models of consecutive hours to be close to each other, and compare with several typical regularizations for multi-task learning including standard Frobenius norm regularization, nuclear norm regularization, ℓ2,1 norm regularization. Our experiments show the proposed formulations and regularization achieve better performance than existing standard regression models and existing regularizations.
ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0461.v1
Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: multi-task; Gaussian processes; cross convolution; spectral mixture; dependency
Online: 22 October 2018 (04:19:00 CEST)
Multi-task Gaussian processes (MTGPs) are a powerful approach for modeling structured dependencies among multiple tasks. Researchers on MTGPs have contributed to enhance this approach in various ways. Current MTGP methods, however, cannot model nonlinear task correlations in a general way. In this paper we address this problem. We focus on spectral mixture (SM) based kernels and propose an enhancement of this type of kernels, called multi-task generalized convolution spectral mixture (MT-GCSM) kernel. The MT-GCSM kernel can model nonlinear task correlations and mixtures dependency, including time and phase delay, not only between different tasks but also within a task at the spectral mixture level. Each task in MT-GCSM has its own generalized convolution spectral mixture kernel (GCSM) with a different number of convolution structures and all spectral mixtures from different tasks are dependent. Furthermore, the proposed kernel uses inner and outer full cross convolution between base spectral mixtures, so that the base spectral mixtures in the tasks are not necessarily aligned. Extensive experiments on synthetic and real-life datasets illustrate the difference between MT-GCSM and other kernels as well as the practical effectiveness of MT-GCSM.
ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0457.v1
Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, General & Theoretical Computer Science Keywords: graph neural networks; machine learning; transfer learning; multi-task learning
Online: 31 January 2022 (12:49:31 CET)
Graph neural networks (GNNs) build on the success of deep learning models by extending them for use in graph spaces. Transfer learning has proven extremely successful for traditional deep learning problems: resulting in faster training and improved performance. Despite the increasing interest in GNNs and their use cases, there is little research on their transferability. This research demonstrates that transfer learning is effective with GNNs, and describes how source tasks and the choice of GNN impact the ability to learn generalisable knowledge. We perform experiments using real-world and synthetic data within the contexts of node classification and graph classification. To this end, we also provide a general methodology for transfer learning experimentation and present a novel algorithm for generating synthetic graph classification tasks. We compare the performance of GCN, GraphSAGE and GIN across both the synthetic and real-world datasets. Our results demonstrate empirically that GNNs with inductive operations yield statistically significantly improved transfer. Further we show that similarity in community structure between source and target tasks support statistically significant improvements in transfer over and above the use of only the node attributes.
ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0036.v1
Subject: Earth Sciences, Geoinformatics Keywords: multi-task learning; feature fusion; sparse representation; low-rank representation; scene classification
Online: 7 November 2016 (05:25:11 CET)
Scene classification plays an important role in the intelligent processing of high-resolution satellite (HRS) remotely sensed image. In HRS image classification, multiple features, e.g. shape, color, and texture features, are employed to represent scenes from different perspectives. Accordingly, effective integration of multiple features always results in better performance compared to methods based on a single feature in the interpretation of HRS image. In this paper, we introduce a multi-task joint sparse and low-rank representation model to combine the strength of multiple features for HRS image interpretation. Specifically, a multi-task learning formulation is applied to simultaneously consider sparse and low-rank structure across multiple tasks. The proposed model is optimized as a non-smooth convex optimization problem using an accelerated proximal gradient method. Experiments on two public scene classification datasets demonstrate that the proposed method achieves remarkable performance and improves upon the state-of-art methods in respective applications.
ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0307.v1
Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: constrained optimization; multi-operator; multi-parameter adaptation; ensemble constraint handling techniques; Evolutionary Algorithms
Online: 17 August 2022 (08:35:44 CEST)
Real-world optimization problems are often governed by one or more constraints. Over the last few decades, extensive research has been performed in Constrained Optimization Problems (COPs) fueled by advances in computational intelligence. In particular, Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) are a preferred tool for practitioners for solving these COPs within practicable time limits. We propose an ensemble of multimethod hybrid EA framework with four mutation operators, two crossover operators, multi-search [Differential Evolution (DE) & Gaining Sharing Knowledge (GSK)] optimization algorithm, and ensemble of constraint handling techniques to solve global realworld constrained optimization problem. The proposed framework FEPEA has an ascendancy of multiple adaptation strategies concerning the control parameters, search mechanisms, two sub-populations as well as uses knowledge sharing mechanism between junior and senior phases. The algorithm also combines the power of four popular constraint handling techniques (CHT) and uses a voting mechanism to select any particular CHT. On top of that, this algorithm also uses both linear and nonlinear population size reduction in every step of the evolutionary process. We test our method on 57 real-world problems provided as part of the CEC 2020 special session & competition on realworld constrained optimization benchmark suite. Experimental results indicate that FEPEA is able to achieve state-of-theart performance on real-world constrained global optimization when compared against other well-known real-world constrained optimizers.
Subject: Materials Science, Biomaterials Keywords: plastics thermoforming; sheet thickness distribution; evolutionary algorithms; multi-objective optimization
Online: 1 June 2021 (09:41:57 CEST)
The practical application of a multi-objective optimization strategy based on evolutionary algorithms was proposed to optimize the plastics thermoforming process. For that purpose, the various steps of the process were considered individually and the optimization strategy was applied to the determination of the final part thickness distribution with the aim of demonstrating the validity of the methodology proposed. The preliminary results obtained considering three different theoretical initial sheet shapes indicates clearly that the methodology proposed is valid, as it provides solutions with physical meaning and with a great potential to be applied in real practice.
ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0331.v3
Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Algebra & Number Theory Keywords: optimization; multi-objective optimization; decision making; Time
Online: 3 February 2022 (17:30:32 CET)
Multi-objective optimization (MOO) is an optimization involving minimization or maximization of several objective functions more than the conventional one objective optimization, which is useful in many fields. Many of the current methodologies addresses challenges and solutions that attempt to solve simultaneously several Objectives with multiple constraints subjoined to each. Often MOO are generally subjected to linear inequality, equality and or bounded constraint that prevent all objectives from being optimized at once. This paper reviews some recent articles in area of MOO and presents deep analysis of Random and Uniform Entry-Exit time of objectives. It further break down process into sub-process and then provide some new concepts for solving problems in MOO, which comes due to periodical objectives that do not stay for the entire duration of process lifetime, unlike permanent objectives which are optimized once for the entire process duration. A methodology based on partial optimization that optimizes each objective iteratively and weight convergence method that optimizes sub-group of objectives are given. Furthermore, another method is introduced which involve objective classification, ranking, estimation and prediction where objectives are classified based on their properties, and ranked using a given criteria and in addition estimated for an optimal weight point (pareto optimal point) if it certifies a coveted optimal weight point. Then finally predicted to find how far it deviates from the estimated optimal weight point. A Sample Mathematical Tri-Objectives and Real world Optimization was analyzed using partial method, ranking and classification method, the result showed that an objective can be added or removed without affecting previous or existing optimal solutions. Therefore suitable for handling time governed MOO. Although this paper presents concepts


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all. I am reading a paper and I could not understand the dimension of the vector space $Hom_{\Gamma}(\rho_i\otimes \rho, \rho_j)$. The paper is _URL_ section 1.1, page 113. Here $\rho$ is a 2-dimensional C-vector space. $\Gamma$ is a finite subgroup of the special linear group $SL(\rho)$. Then $\rho$ is a $\Gamma$-module. Let $I$ be the set of isomorphism classes of simple $\Gamma$-modules. For each $i\in I$, $\rho_i$ is a simple $\Gamma$-module in class $i$. It is said that $dim Hom_{\Gamma}(\rho_i\otimes \rho, \rho_j)$ is 0, 1, or 2. I don't know why. Could you explain this? Thank you very much.
I have another question about this paper. On page 114, equation (c), it is said that $(M, M')=|\Gamma|^{-1}\sum_{\gamma\in \Gamma}tr(\gamma, M)tr(\gamma^{-1}, M')(2-tr(\gamma, \rho))$. Here $(M, M')$ is defined on page 113, section 1.2. $(M, M')=(M\otimes C^2: M')-(M\otimes \rho: M')$, $(M, M')=dim Hom_{\Gamma}(M, M')$. Why the equation (c) is true? What does $tr(\gamma, \rho)$ mean? We could define trace of a linear map of a matrix. But here $(\gamma, \rho)$ is not a matrix or a map. Thank you very much.
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This follows from the lemmas proven in this blog post about the McKay correspondence (see the paragraph under the $\tilde{D}_n$ diagrams). The more general result is also true and also follows by the lemmas in the post: if $\rho$ is a faithful self-dual representation of a finite group $G$ and $\rho_i, \rho_j$ are irreducible, then $\dim \text{Hom}_G(\rho_i \otimes \rho, \rho_j) \le \dim \rho$.
Lemma 6 implies something stronger: the inequality is strict unless $G$ has at most two irreducible representations! Unfortunately I don't know a more direct proof. One is tempted to write down an argument using characters and the triangle inequality, but it doesn't seem to work and I don't know if it can be fixed.
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thank you very much. If we use the lemmas, we need to have the condition $\rho$ is a faithful self-dual representation of $\Gamma$. I don't know whether $\rho$ is a faithful self-dual representation. It is only said that $\rho$ is a 2 dimensional space and is a representation of $\Gamma$. – user Mar 12 '11 at 21:19
_USER_: any $2$-dimensional representation with image in $\text{SL}$ is self-dual. This is because a $2 \times 2$ matrix of finite order and determinant $1$ must have eigenvalues $\lambda, \lambda^{-1}$ for some root of unity $\lambda$, hence has real trace. And since $\Gamma$ is supposed to be a subgroup, the representation is faithful by definition. – Qiaochu Yuan Mar 12 '11 at 21:25
thank you very much. – user Mar 13 '11 at 0:33
I don't think the first question is a general feature of groups, so it is probably something special about finite subgroups of SL(2,C). They are basically cyclic or dihedral, and so ρi and ρj have dimension at most 2, and the tensor product has dimension at most 4, so you immediately get Tij is at most 4, and I guess you just rule out having too many linear constituents (and the few exceptions).
Actually this is a general feature of finite groups and their irreducible representations. Suppose χ and θ are irreducible characters and ρ is a character with complex conjugate ρ′. Then [ χρ, θ ] = [ χ, ρθ ]. Whenever φ is a character, [ χ, φ ] ≤ φ(1)/χ(1), and equality holds iff φ = (φ(1)/χ(1))⋅χ. In our case we get [ χρ, θ ] ≤ χ(1)/θ(1) ⋅ ρ(1) but also [ χ, ρθ ] ≤ θ(1)/χ(1) ⋅ ρ′(1) = θ(1)/χ(1) ⋅ ρ(1). Since at most one of { θ(1)/χ(1), χ(1)/θ(1) } is bigger than 1, we get that [ χρ, θ ] ≤ ρ(1). In the paper, ρ(1) = 2. (This does not require faithful or self-dual characters.)
For your third question, I believe tr(g,V) means the trace of the group element g acting on the G-module V. Sometimes he uses M to mean the module and sometimes he uses ρ to mean the module.
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The largest exceptional finite subgroup (the binary icosahedral group) has an irreducible representation of dimension $6$, so I don't think your argument works. – Qiaochu Yuan Mar 12 '11 at 20:13
_USER_, thank you very much. – user Mar 12 '11 at 21:19
When you say the finite subgroups of $SL(2,C)$ are «basically cyclic or dihedral» you are leaving out the interesting one! :) – Mariano Suárez-Alvarez Mar 12 '11 at 22:18
_USER_: this is interesting. Do you have a reference / proof of that inequality $\langle \chi, \varphi \rangle \le \frac{\varphi(1)}{\chi(1)}$? I don't think I am familiar with this. – Qiaochu Yuan Mar 16 '11 at 19:25
_USER_: It follows from the orthogonality relations. I think of it as: [χ,φ]χ is a submodule of φ, so [χ,φ]χ(1) ≤ φ(1), since φ(1) is the dimension of the module φ. It does require χ to be (absolutely) irreducible ([χ,χ]=1), but I don't think any other field restrictions are needed (the Hom's involved factor through/land in semisimple modules). – Jack Schmidt Mar 17 '11 at 1:46
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First Way (My Advice);
1 – Power Off Nas and Plug out all HDDs,
2 – Start Qnap witout HDD's
3 – A few minutes later, Qnapfinder should find your NAS. Start the setup.
4 – When Qnap ask you to Plug HDD, one by one, but wait 15 second while inserting next one
5 – After 15 minutes, Qnap should format & Installation should complete. Now login device and go to RAID Managments screen. Plug all HDD's, and start "Format" Process for all HDDs.
6 – If all HDD scan result is Good, Start building RAID at the same menu. This should take around 12 Hours to complete synronization.
Login Qnap and go to Administration Page -> Reset to Factory Defaults. This will Reset, Format and Install RAID system.
Qnap Offical Complete Reinitialization Document;
The following information is two methods for performing a complete re-installation of a QNap NAS. The first involves hot swapping the hard disks at a particular point in the process. The second involves installing the hard disks in another computer and using an application to remove the partitions from the drives.
DANGER: BOTH METHODS DESCRIBED BELOW WILL DELETE ALL DATA. IF YOU GOT IT AND WANT TO KEEP IT. BACK IT UP!
Method 1 (Hot swapping)
- Remove your HDD(s) from the tray (if for TS-109, the same).
- Boot up the NAS without HDD(s) installed. You will hear a short beep, and after about 1~2 minutes, a long beep.
- The system will use the embedded image to boot up.
- Then run the Finder on your PC, it will help you to find the NAS on the network.
- Use the default ID (admin) and password (admin) to login if it asks.
- Hot-plug the HDD(s) into the NAS.
- Go through the installation process including formating hard disk and installing the firmware.
Method 2 (Manually removing partitions using a Windows PC)
- Shut down the NAS and remove the HDD(s) from the tray.
- Install the HDD(s) in a Microsoft Windows client machine.
- Boot the client computer and open the Computer Management application. (Right click My Computer –> Manage)
- Locate the HDD(s) from the NAS in the Disk Management section and delete all the partitions.
- Shut down the client computer and remove the HDD(s).
- Install the HDD(s) in the NAS.
- Boot the NAS. As there is no OS installed the NAS uses its embedded image to boot.
- Run the QNAP Finder application on the client machine to locate and connect to the NAS.
- Use the default username (admin) and password (admin) to login if it ask.
- Go through the installation process including formatting the HDD(s) and installing the firmware.
Method 3 (Manually removing partitions using QNAP)
- On TS110, TS210 there is fdisk available. So login to your QNAP with ssh and type in mount on the list find the device binded with /share/HDA_DATA (for single disk configuration) or /share/MD0_DATA (for raid configurations). Launch fdisk with the disk as a parameter and remove all partitions.
- There is also another more brutal way to destroy the partition table on the disk: dd if=/dev/urandom of= bs=1024k count=1.