Mutual information maximizing GAN inversion for real face with identity preservation

Recent generative adversarial networks (GANs) have yielded remarkable performance in face image synthesis. GAN inversion embeds an image into the latent space of a pretrained generator, enabling it to be used for real face manipulation. However, current inversion approaches for real faces suffer the dilemma of initialization collapse and identity loss. In this paper, we propose a hierarchical GAN inversion for real faces with identity preservation based on mutual information maximization. We first use a facial domain guaranteed initialization to avoid the initialization collapse. Furthermore, we prove that maximizing the mutual information between inverted faces and their identities is equivalent to minimizing the distance between identity features from inverted and original faces. Optimization for real face inversion with identity preservation is implemented on this mutual information-maximizing constraint. Extensive experimental results show that our approach outperforms state-of-the-art solutions for inverting and editing real faces, particularly in terms of face identity preservation.     

铁尾矿沥青混合料基本性能及老化耐久性研究

为了避免过度使用天然砂石材料做为沥青混合料的骨料以及符合绿色发展的战略方针，采用固体废弃物铁尾矿来代替砂石材料来制备一种新型的铁尾矿沥青混合料。采用质谱仪对所选用铁尾矿进行化学成分分析，并对不同铁尾矿掺量作用下沥青混合料的针入度、锥入度、软化点、延度、粘度以及老化耐久性等方面进行了研究。研究结果表明:铁尾矿沥青混合料的较佳制备温度选定为180℃；综合经济效益和有效性确定铁尾矿的较佳掺量为30%；相对老化后的铁尾矿沥青材料而言，在同一铁尾矿掺量作用下两种不同沥青混合料老化前的针入度和延度均出现了降低的趋势，但是在同一铁尾矿掺量作用下两种不同沥青混合料老化前的软化点却出现了增大的趋势。综合分析得到:温度为180℃以及铁尾矿掺量为30%制备的沥青混合料可以满足公路的路用要求。所有沥青试样的光谱变化规律基本一致，说明了掺入铁尾矿改性沥青的结构与未掺入铁尾矿沥青的结构基本一致；但是随着铁尾矿掺量的增大，沥青的FT-IR光谱在同一波数作用下却呈现出不断减小的变化趋势，说明了铁尾矿可以有效改善沥青的物理性能。      

Cyclic thermal shock resistance for MgAlON–MgO composites obtained with additions of spent MgO–C brick: Microstructure characteristics,thermal shock parameter and thermal shock mechanism

Thermal shock parameters (R, R''', R'''' and R_st) of MgAlON–MgO composites obtained with additions of spent MgO–C brick were calculated using measured mechanical properties and thermal expansion coefficient, determining their resistance to fracture initiation and crack propagation. The cyclic thermal shock experiments of MgAlON–MgO composites performed from 1398 K to ambient temperature indicate that as number of thermal shock cycle increases, retained strength ratio of MgAlON and MgAlON–4.2 wt%MgO sharply decrease and then keep constant, while that of MgAlON–10.5 wt%MgO and MgAlON–15.7 wt%MgO slowly decrease. The reason for the difference is that MgAlON and MgAlON–4.2 wt%MgO show low value of R''' and R'''', and high value of R and R_st. Moreover, precipitation of impurity containing Fe may play a positive role in improvement of thermal shock resistance of MgAlON–MgO composites. MgAlON?4.2 wt%MgO has the maximum retained strength (55 MPa) even after 5 thermal shock cycles, which is expected to be used in the metallurgical industry.     

A non-invasive learning branch to capture leaf-image attention for tree species classification

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Tree species classification is a necessary and challenging task for both multimedia technique and forestry engineering. Continuous developments in multimedia and...     

DFD-SS: Document Forgery Detection using Spectral – Spatial Features for Hyperspectral Images

In the present era of machines and edge-cutting technologies, still document frauds persist. They are done intuitively by using almost identical inks, that it becomes challenging to detect them—this demands an approach that efficiently investigates the document and leaves it intact. Hyperspectral imaging is one such a type of approach that captures the images from hundreds to thousands of spectral bands and analyzes the images through their spectral and spatial features, which is not possible by conventional imaging. Deep learning is an edge-cutting technology known for solving critical problems in various domains. Utilizing supervised learning imposes constraints on its usage in real scenarios, as the inks used in forgery are not known prior. Therefore, it is beneficial to use unsupervised learning. An unsupervised feature extraction through a Convolutional Autoencoder (CAE) followed by Logistic Regression (LR) for classification is proposed (CAE-LR). Feature extraction is evolved around spectral bands, spatial patches, and spectral-spatial patches. We inspected the impact of spectral, spatial, and spectral-spatial features by mixing inks in equal and unequal proportion using CAE-LR on the UWA writing ink hyperspectral images dataset for blue and black inks. Hyperspectral images are captured at multiple correlated spectral bands, resulting in information redundancy handled by restoring certain principal components. The proposed approach is compared with eight state-of-art approaches used by the researchers. The results depicted that by using the combination of spectral and spatial patches, the classification accuracy enhanced by 4.85% for black inks and 0.13% for blue inks compared to state-of-art results. In the present scenario, the primary area concern is to identify and detect the almost similar inks used in document forgery, are efficiently managed by the proposed approach.     

基于FLAC3D的破碎围岩巷道支护效果分析

为了解破碎围岩分别采用锚杆支护、锚喷支护以及锚喷+锚索耦合三种支护方式下的支护效果,进而为破碎围岩巷道选择合理的支护方式提供参考。通过借助FLAC^3D软件建立数值模型,分析不同支护条件下的破碎围岩巷道位移量、应力分布以及塑性区的时空演化特征。结果表明,采用锚喷+锚索耦合支护时,可以较好的控制巷道围岩的位移量、减小应力集中效应、缩小塑性区的影响范围。     

Experimental study on the load bearing behavior of geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments with different facing conditions

This paper presents an experimental study on reduced-scale model tests of geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) bridge abutments with modular block facing, full-height panel facing, and geosynthetic wrapped facing to investigate the influence of facing conditions on the load bearing behavior. The GRS abutment models were constructed using sand backfill and geogrid reinforcement. Test results indicate that footing settlements and facing displacements under the same applied vertical stress generally increase from full-height panel facing abutment, to modular block facing abutment, to geosynthetic wrapped facing abutment. Measured incremental vertical and lateral soil stresses for the two GRS abutments with flexible facing are generally similar, while the GRS abutment with rigid facing has larger stresses. For the GRS abutments with flexible facing, maximum reinforcement tensile strain in each layer typically occurs under the footing for the upper reinforcement layers and near the facing connections for the lower layers. For the full-height panel facing abutment, maximum reinforcement tensile strains generally occur near the facing connections.     

Fabrication and comprehensive structural and spectroscopic properties of Er:Y2O3 transparent ceramics

Transparent Er:Y₂O₃ ceramics with sub-micron grain size (<1 μm) were fabricated by using one-step vacuum sintering followed by hot isostatic pressing (HIPing) technique. The transmission of the undoped Y₂O₃ reaches 83%. The structural characteristics including the phonon energy were investigated through X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurement. The overall spectroscopic properties of transmission, fluorescence emission up to 3000 nm, lifetime, up-conversion luminescence, and refractive index were systematically studied for both 0.25 at% and 7.0 at% Er:Y₂O₃ ceramics with different thicknesses. The comparison of the spectra of the fluorescence emission and up-conversion luminescence under both 976 and 808 nm laser excitation was performed. The multiple high-energy-state transitional processes after the excited state absorption (ESA) processes involved in the up-conversion are discriminated between the multi-phonon non-radiative transitions and the radiative transitions according to the measured maximum phonon vibrational energy. The calculation was performed based on the Judd–Ofelt theory.     

三聚硫氰酸单钠盐的制备及应用研究进展

三聚硫氰酸单钠盐是一种新型的多官能团化精细化学品。介绍了三聚硫氰酸单钠盐的制备方法,以及其在橡胶硫化、橡胶与金属的硫化粘合等领域的应用研究进展。     

基于光纤光栅技术测力锚杆及保护结构的研究

本文介绍了光纤光栅技术在测力锚杆上的应用,并且基于常用托盘的力学结构,增大了托盘内部的空间、设计了与之相连接的金属保护套筒使之成为一体式结构,从而有效地保护了光纤测力锚杆的主体结构。