Improved points (each point contributes 1~3pt improvement) Fully Convolutional Net Guided back propagation [2] Use the derivatives of multiple intermediate layers Aggregate multi-scale class saliency maps (3 scales) Assumption Raw saliency maps are affected by both class-specific saliency and generic object-ness The degree of class saliency factors should be larger than the generic object-ness ...

A new, systematic approach to the synthesis of Cartesian sti®ness by springs is presented using screw (spatial vector) algebra. The space of solutions is fully characterized for all sti®nesses realizable by springs. The main result shows that a rank r sti®ness can always be synthesized by r springs. Further, it can also be synthesized by an arbitrarily large number of springs greater than r: Sy...

Measuring “how much the human is in the interaction” – the level of engagement – is instrumental in building effective interactive robots. Engagement, however, is a complex, multi-faceted cognitive mechanism that is only indirectly observable. This article formalizes with-me-ness as one of such indirect measures. With-me-ness, a concept borrowed from the field of Computer-Supported Collaborativ...

Information technology is a means to the business end. IT is a tool designed to perform a business task within an overall business context. Thus, IT creates value only when it meets the business needs. A successful IT strategy must, therefore, align with the business, fully, from strategy setting, planning to detailed programs execution and delivery. The goal of IT strategy is to help business ...

These are expanded notes from a set of lectures given at the school “Actions Hamiltoniennes: leurs invariants et classification” at Luminy in April 2009. The topics center around the theorem of Kempf and Ness [58], which describes the equivalence between the notion of quotient in geometric invariant theory introduced by Mumford in the 1960’s [80], and the notion of symplectic quotient introduce...

XML is semi-structured. It can be used to annotate unstructured data, to represent structured data and almost anything in-between. Yet, it is unclear how to formally characterize, yet to quantify, structuredness of XML. In this paper we propose and evaluate entropy-based metrics for XML structured-ness. The metrics measure the structural uniformity of path and subtrees, respectively. We empiric...

We study a stratification of Kirwan-Ness type for the action of the loop group on the moduli space of framed bundles on a surface cut along a circle. The genus zero case is equivalent to Birkhoff decomposition of the loop group. The stratification is used to prove versions of Kähler quantization commutes with reduction and Kirwan surjectivity.

many patients with atopic eczema (ae) would “march” to develop allergic rhinitis (ar) and asthma. physicians, patients and their families often do not appreciate the significance of these diseases as co-morbidities of atopy. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of airway atopies in patients with ae. ar and asthma severity were assessed in consecutive ae patients see...

This article aimed to analyze the construction of teacher-ness identities in contemporary Thai films. The represented films were a unit cultural analysis popular culture, methodological approach informed by British Cultural Studies. researcher analyzed texts nine teacher-related released cinemas between 1977 and 2017, under theoretical framework social realities. findings indicated that teacher...

AB STRACT: Smoking pa tients show re duc tion of in flam ma tory clin i cal signs that might be as so ci ated with lo cal vasoconstriction and an in creased gingival ep i the lial thick ness. The pur pose of this work was to eval u ate the thick ness of the mar ginal gingival oral ep i the lium in smok ers and non-smok ers, with clin i cally healthy gingivae or with gin gi vi tis. Twenty bi op ...