This extended abstract details our submission to the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX) 2011 for the audio tag classification task. First of all, we extract a fixed-length feature vector (composed of some timbral as well as modulation spectrum features) from each song clip. Then, by using l-reconstruction to represent each test song clip as a linear combination of all train...

A TGFb-like signal is required for spicule development in Caenorhabditis elegans males. This signal appears to originate in the male-specific musculature and is required for the migrations of cells within the proctodeum. The migrations of these cells form cellular molds, the spicule traces, in which the cuticle of the spicules is secreted. Mutations in daf-4, sma-2, sma-3, and sma-4, which disr...

This paper presents a multi-cache profiler for shared memory multiprocessor systems. For each program’s static data structure, the profiler outputs the readand write-miss frequencies that are due to cache line migrations. Those program’s static data structures, which their manipulations, result in excessive cache line migrations—potentially a source for excessive falsemisses—are identified. The...

Literate programming is a method to integrate programs with their documentation. Compilable modules are no separate entities, but they are extracted from the documentation. Most literate programming tools use explicit commands in the formatter input files to guide the extraction process. The CLiP approach presented in this paper relies on coding style instead. This makes the code extraction com...

A methodology is proposed to identify narrative peaks in video clips. Three basic clip properties are evaluated which reflect on video, audio and text related features in the clip. Furthermore, the expected distribution of narrative peaks throughout the clip is determined and exploited for future predictions. Results show that only the text related feature, related to the usage of distinct word...

Antigen presentation by HLA class I (HLA-I) and HLA class II (HLA-II) complexes is achieved by proteins that are specific for their respective processing pathway. The invariant chain (Ii)-derived peptide CLIP is required for HLA-II-mediated antigen presentation by stabilizing HLA-II molecules before antigen loading through transient and promiscuous binding to different HLA-II peptide grooves. H...

Virtualization is widely used owing to its advantages, such as flexibility, scalability, and cost reduction. One important advantage is the decrease in power consumption, which is obtained by concentrating virtual machines (VMs) into a fewer physical machines (PMs). This is done by optimally placing VMs to their hosts. This placement problem is an intractable combinatorial optimization problem....