This paper proposes a method to estimate the posture of an athlete moving on a vast field in a sporting event using a pan-tilt-zoom camera. In order to estimate the posture of an athlete on a sports field from a dynam...
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Understanding historical wildfire variations and their environmental driving mechanisms is key to predicting and mitigating wildfires. However, current knowledge of climatic responses and regional contributions to the...
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Understanding historical wildfire variations and their environmental driving mechanisms is key to predicting and mitigating wildfires. However, current knowledge of climatic responses and regional contributions to the interannual variability (IAV) of global burned area remains limited. Using recent satellite-derived wildfire products and simulations from version v1.0 of the land component of the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM land model [ELM] v1) driven by three different climate forcings, we investigated the burned area IAV and its climatic sensitivity globally and across nine biomes from 1997 to 2018. We found that 1) the ELM simulations generally agreed with the satellite observations in terms of the burned area IAV magnitudes, regional contributions, and covariations with climate factors, confirming the robustness of the ELM to the usage of different climate forcing sources;2) tropical savannas, tropical forests, and semi-arid grasslands near deserts were primary contributors to the global burned area IAV, collectively accounting for 71.7%–99.7% of the global wildfire IAV estimated by both the satellite observations and ELM simulations;3) precipitation was a major fire suppressing factor and dominated the global and regional burned area IAVs, and temperature and shortwave solar radiation were mostly positively related with burned area IAVs;and 4) noticeable local discrepancies between the ELM and remote-sensing results occurred in semi-arid grasslands, croplands, boreal forests, and wetlands, likely caused by uncertainties in the current ELM fire scheme and the imperfectly derived satellite observations. Our findings revealed the spatiotemporal diversity of wildfire variations, regional contributions and climatic responses, and provided new metrics for wildfire modeling, facilitating the wildfire prediction and management.
Digital image inpainting is the process by which corrupted or defective areas in an image are systematically corrected. New digital image inpainting techniques have been developed in recent years, leading to numerous ...
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Digital image inpainting is the process by which corrupted or defective areas in an image are systematically corrected. New digital image inpainting techniques have been developed in recent years, leading to numerous successful applications, particularly in the area of image restoration. We propose a new image inpainting algorithm based on wavelet sparse representation, and extend its applicability as a new approach for gap-filling in micrometeorological data. Our approach consists of treating the incomplete data set as a structured image that has a sparse representation in the wavelet domain. Therefore, an l_1 minimization problem is formulated in order to characterize the sparsest solution associated with the complete data set. A numerical experimentation on a real micrometeorological data set is conducted, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
We propose sink insertion as a new technique to improve the mesh quality of Delaunay triangulations. We compare it with the conventional circumcenter insertion technique under three scheduling regimes: incremental, in...
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The rapid rise in usage of mobile devices have not shown any signs of flattening or slowing down. Some efforts in the standardization bodies are underway to define new ways to boost data rate, network capacity and low...
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We present GranatumX,a next-generation software environment for single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)data *** is inspired by the interactive webtool *** enables biologists to access the latest scRNA-seq bioinformatics...
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We present GranatumX,a next-generation software environment for single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)data *** is inspired by the interactive webtool *** enables biologists to access the latest scRNA-seq bioinformatics methods in a web-based graphical *** also offers software developers the opportunity to rapidly promote their own tools with others in customizable *** architecture of GranatumX allows for easy inclusion of plugin modules,named Gboxes,which wrap around bioinformatics tools written in various programming languages and on various *** can be run on the cloud or private servers and generate reproducible *** is a community-engaging,flexible,and evolving software ecosystem for scRNA-seq analysis,connecting developers with bench *** is freely accessible at http://***/granatumx/app.
Identifying minimum-energy paths (MEPs) is crucial for understanding chemical reaction mechanisms but remains computationally demanding. We introduce MEPIN, a scalable machine-learning method for efficiently predictin...
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Objectives: Recent studies have introduced middle ear volume(MEV) as a novel determinant of perforation-induced conductive hearing loss(CHL) in a mechanism driven by trans-tympanic membrane pressure differences. The p...
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Objectives: Recent studies have introduced middle ear volume(MEV) as a novel determinant of perforation-induced conductive hearing loss(CHL) in a mechanism driven by trans-tympanic membrane pressure differences. The primary aims of this preliminary report are to: 1) correlate CHL with perforation size; 2) describe the relationship between CHL and MEV; and 3) compare CHL across a range of cholesteatoma ***: A retrospective pilot study was performed in 31 subjects with audiometry indicative of conductive hearing loss, temporal bone CT scans,and no prior middle ear surgery. Perforation size and MEV were analyzed with respect to CHL in a cohort of 10 perforated ears with no cholesteatoma. CHLs were compared in 3 groups defined by extent of cholesteatoma ***: Ears with large and small perforations showed mean ABG values of 32.0 ± 15.7 dB and 16.0 ± 16.4 dB, respectively. A direct relationship was observed between MEV and CHL for ears with large perforations across all frequencies, whereas this relationship for small perforations was frequency-dependent. Finally, a statistically significant increase in CHL was found across ears with increasing cholesteatoma involvement at 1000 Hz(X^2(2) = 9.786, p = 0.008),2000 Hz(x^2(2) = 8.455, p = 0.015),and 4000 Hz(x^2(2)= 8.253, p = 0.016).Conclusions: These pilot data suggest that greater perforation-induced conductive hearing losses may be associated with larger perforation sizes and cholesteatoma. The correlation between MEV and CHL may require additional study.
In this research study, we compare the predictive performance of two advanced deep learning-based models in order to provide a solution to TACE (Transarterial Chemoembolization) response prediction in HCC (Hepatocellu...
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