Audio indexing: primary components retrieval

This work addresses the soundtrack indexing of multimedia documents. Our purpose is to detect and locate sound unity to structure the audio dataflow in program broadcasts (reports). We present two audio classification tools that we have developed. The first one, a speech music classification tool, is based on three original features: entropy modulation, stationary segment duration (with a Forward–Backward Divergence algorithm) and number of segments. They are merged with the classical 4 Hz modulation energy. It is divided into two classifications (speech/non-speech and music/non-music) and provides more than 90% of accuracy for speech detection and 89% for music detection. The other system, a jingle identification tool, uses an Euclidean distance in the spectral domain to index the audio data flow. Results show that is efficient: among 132 jingles to recognize, we have detected 130. Systems are tested on TV and radio corpora (more than 10 h). They are simple, robust and can be improved on every corpus without training or adaptation.

Fast attack detection using correlation and summarizing of security alerts in grid computing networks

Due to the extensive growth of grid computing networks, security is becoming a challenge. Usual solutions are not enough to prevent sophisticated attacks fabricated by multiple users especially when the number of nodes connected to the network is changing over the time. Attackers can use multiple nodes to launch DDoS attacks which generate a large amount of security alerts. On the one hand, this large number of security alerts degrades the overall performance of the network and creates instability in the operation of the security management solutions. On the other hand, they can help in camouflaging other real attacks. To address these issues, a?correlation mechanism is proposed which reduces the security alerts and continue detecting attacks in grid computing networks. To obtain the more accurate results, a?major portion of the experiments are performed by launching DDoS and Brute Force (BF) attacks in real grid environment, i.e., the Grid??5000 (G5K) network.     

Shear Stress in Smooth Rectangular Open-Channel Flows

The average bed and sidewall shear stresses in smooth rectangular open-channel flows are determined after solving the continuity and momentum equations. The analysis shows that the shear stresses are function of three components: (1) gravitational; (2) secondary flows; and (3) interfacial shear stress. An analytical solution in terms of series expansion is obtained for the case of constant eddy viscosity without secondary currents. In comparison with laboratory measurements, it slightly overestimates the average bed shear stress measurements but underestimates the average sidewall shear stress by 17% when the width–depth ratio becomes large. A second approximation is formulated after introducing two empirical correction factors. The second approximation agrees very well (R2>0.99 and average relative error less than 6%) with experimental measurements over a wide range of width–depth ratios.     

Proteomic Biomarkers of the Apnea Hypopnea Index and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights into the Pathophysiology of Presence,Severity, and Treatment Response

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disease associated with excessive sleepiness and increased cardiovascular risk, affects an estimated 1 billion people worldwide. The present study examined proteomic biomarkers indicative of presence, severity, and treatment response in OSA. Participants (n = 1391) of the Stanford Technology Analytics and Genomics in Sleep study had blood collected and completed an overnight polysomnography for scoring the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI). A highly multiplexed aptamer-based array (SomaScan) was used to quantify 5000 proteins in all plasma samples. Two separate intervention-based cohorts with sleep apnea (n = 41) provided samples pre- and post-continuous/positive airway pressure (CPAP/PAP). Multivariate analyses identified 84 proteins (47 positively, 37 negatively) associated with AHI after correction for multiple testing. Of the top 15 features from a machine learning classifier for AHI ≥ 15 vs. AHI < 15 (Area Under the Curve (AUC) = 0.74), 8 were significant markers of both AHI and OSA from multivariate analyses. Exploration of pre- and post-intervention analysis identified 5 of the 84 proteins to be significantly decreased following CPAP/PAP treatment, with pathways involving endothelial function, blood coagulation, and inflammatory response. The present study identified PAI-1, tPA, and sE-Selectin as key biomarkers and suggests that endothelial dysfunction and increased coagulopathy are important consequences of OSA, which may explain the association with cardiovascular disease and stroke.     

虚拟群体与动态视频场景的在线实时融合

将虚拟人群与实拍视频场景融合实现虚拟人群对现实场景中动态目标的合理避让,是增强现实技术有待解决的一个新问题.文中首先对实拍视频流进行分析,获取真实动态目标在三维空间中的运动信息;然后将动态目标的运动转化为每个虚拟角色的约束条件,实时更新虚拟角色的运动决策,实现其对现实场景中动态目标的避让以及虚拟角色之间的避让.为了清晰地展示现实世界中多个目标的空间位置关系,还对视频画面中的目标体做了精确的实时分割,以产生正确的遮挡关系和目标定位.最后通过实验结果表明了该算法的有效性.     

Beam on elastic foundation with anticlastic curvature: Application to analysis of mode I fracture tests

A first order correction is proposed taking into account both interface elasticity and transverse anticlastic curvature of flexible substrate(s) in the DCB (and related tests). Adherends are represented by Kirchhoff–Love plates, and the interface by a Winkler-type elastic foundation. Two functions are introduced, representing evolution of beam deflection along the sample midline and anticlastic curvature along the plate. A method of virtual work is used to find the associated equilibrium equation. The two-dimensional sample deformation is determined semi-analytically. Sample rigidity and energy release rate are computed for various geometrical configurations and compared to more common models.     

Guaranteed error bounds on pointwise quantities of interest for transient viscodynamics problems

A new method is developed to obtain guaranteed error bounds on pointwise quantities of interest for linear transient viscodynamics problems. The calculation of strict error bounds is based on the concept of “constitutive relation error” (CRE) and the solution of an adjoint problem. The central and original point of this work is the treatment of the singularity in space and time introduced by the loading of the adjoint problem. Hence, the adjoint solution is decomposed into two parts: (i) an analytical part determined from Green’s functions; (ii) a residual part approximated with classical numerical tools (finite element method, Newmark integration scheme). The capabilities and the limits of the proposed approach are analyzed on a 2D example.     

Milk fever in dairy cows. VIII. Effect of injected vitamin D3 and calcium and phosphorus intake on incidence.

In a field trial, effects of prepartal intermuscular injection of 10 million units of vitamin D3 on incidence of milk fever were examined both in relation to intake of calcium and phosphorous during the dry period and previous history of milk fever. Based upon intake of calcium and phosphorus cooperating herds were grouped as feeding: 1) greater than .53% of the total ration dry matter as calcium and greater than .28% as phosphorus: 2) less than .47% as calcium and greater than .28% as phosphorus; 3) greater than .47% to less than .53% as calcium and greater than .22% to less than .28% as phosphorus. Injections of vitamin D3 given approximately 1 wk prepartum reduced incidence of milk fever in cows with previous history of milk fever in all three groups but had no effect in cows with no previous milk fever. Incidence of milk fever was lower in group 3 than for cows of groups 1 and 2 with previous milk fever and than for cows of group 1 with no previous history. The results indicate that careful control of calcium and phosphorus intake during the dry period at .5% calcium and .25% phosphorus of the dry matter of the total ration will limit milk fever incidence to about 10%. Injections of vitamin D3 as described will reduce inicidence of milk fever further in cows with previous milk fever but not in cows with no previous milk fever.     

Matching degradation of threshold voltage and gate voltage of NMOSFET after Hot Carrier Injection stress

Device degradation modelling is more and more important for reliable circuit design. On MOSFET, the threshold voltage drift in time can lead to circuit performance degradation. In this study, V_T shift due to Hot Carrier Injection stress is accelerated on small width devices. V_T matching is also degraded during stress as a function of V_T deterioration. This width dependence allows explaining gate voltage matching behavior in the sub-threshold area used in low power analog applications.