October 2024 arXiv papers — page 25
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Dehao Xu, Simen T. Bootsma, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse
The presence of salt in seawater significantly affects the melt rate and morphological evolution of ice. This study investigates the melting process of a vertical cylinder in saline water using a combination of laboratory experiments and direct numerical simulations. The two-dimensional (2D) direct numerical simulations and 3D experiments achieve thermal Ray
On the Synthesis of Reactive Collision-Free Whole-Body Robot Motions: A Complementarity-based Approach
cs.ROHaowen Yao, Riddhiman Laha, Anirban Sinha, Jonas Hall
This paper is about generating motion plans for high degree-of-freedom systems that account for collisions along the entire body. A particular class of mathematical programs with complementarity constraints become useful in this regard. Optimization-based planners can tackle confined-space trajectory planning while being cognizant of robot constraints. Howev
Jorge Quesada, Zoe Fowler, Mohammad Alotaibi, Mohit Prabhushankar
The remarkable capabilities of the Segment Anything Model (SAM) for tackling image segmentation tasks in an intuitive and interactive manner has sparked interest in the design of effective visual prompts. Such interest has led to the creation of automated point prompt selection strategies, typically motivated from a feature extraction perspective. However, t
Hongsheng Dai, Xiequan Fan, Jianya Lu
In this paper, we study the self-normalized Cram\'er-type moderate deviation of the empirical measure of the stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics (SGLD). Consequently, we also derive the Berry-Esseen bound for SGLD. Our approach is by constructing a stochastic differential equation (SDE) to approximate the SGLD and then applying Stein's method as developed
Yaran Fan, Jamie Pool, Senja Filipi, Ross Cutler
Workplace meetings are vital to organizational collaboration, yet a large percentage of meetings are rated as ineffective. To help improve meeting effectiveness by understanding if the conversation is on topic, we create a comprehensive Topic-Conversation Relevance (TCR) dataset that covers a variety of domains and meeting styles. The TCR dataset includes 1,
Advanced Hybrid Deep Learning Model for Enhanced Classification of Osteosarcoma Histopathology Images
eess.IVArezoo Borji, Gernot Kronreif, Bernhard Angermayr, Sepideh Hatamikia
Recent advances in machine learning are transforming medical image analysis, particularly in cancer detection and classification. Techniques such as deep learning, especially convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and vision transformers (ViTs), are now enabling the precise analysis of complex histopathological images, automating detection, and enhancing class
Spyridon Kantarelis, Konstantinos Thomas, Vassilis Lyberatos, Edmund Dervakos
Chord progressions encapsulate important information about music, pertaining to its structure and conveyed emotions. They serve as the backbone of musical composition, and in many cases, they are the sole information required for a musician to play along and follow the music. Despite their importance, chord progressions as a data domain remain underexplored.
Tseganesh Getachew Gebrehana, Hunduma Legesse Geleta
We investigate an extended version of Hilbert space of analytic functions called Hilbert space of complex-valued harmonic functions. It is found that functions in Hilbert space of complex-valued harmonic functions exhibit many properties analogous to its analytic counter part such as complex-valued harmonic function analogous of norm, equivalent norms, repro
Andreas Katsanikakis, Nikolaos Bekiaris-Liberis, Delphine Bresch-Pietri
We develop an input delay-compensating feedback law for linear switched systems with time-dependent switching. Because the future values of the switching signal, which are needed for constructing an exact predictor-feedback law, may be unavailable at current time, the key design challenge is how to construct a proper predictor state. We resolve this challeng
Saliency-Based diversity and fairness Metric and FaceKeepOriginalAugment: A Novel Approach for Enhancing Fairness and Diversity
cs.CVTeerath Kumar, Alessandra Mileo, Malika Bendechache
Data augmentation has become a pivotal tool in enhancing the performance of computer vision tasks, with the KeepOriginalAugment method emerging as a standout technique for its intelligent incorporation of salient regions within less prominent areas, enabling augmentation in both regions. Despite its success in image classification, its potential in addressin
Realistic ab initio predictions of excimer behavior under collective light-matter strong coupling
physics.chem-phMatteo Castagnola, Marcus T. Lexander, Henrik Koch
Experiments show that light-matter strong coupling affects chemical properties, though the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We present an ab initio quantum electrodynamics coupled cluster method for the collective strong coupling regime. The model accurately describes electronic and electron-photon correlation within a molecular subsystem, while a simpl
An LLM-based Simulation Framework for Embodied Conversational Agents in Psychological Counseling
cs.HCLixiu Wu, Yuanrong Tang, Qisen Pan, Xianyang Zhan
Due to privacy concerns, open dialogue datasets for mental health are primarily generated through human or AI synthesis methods. However, the inherent implicit nature of psychological processes, particularly those of clients, poses challenges to the authenticity and diversity of synthetic data. In this paper, we propose ECAs (short for Embodied Conversationa
Mart Lubbers, Peter Achten
This note is meant to give people who are familiar with the functional programming language Haskell a concise overview of Clean language elements and how they differ from Haskell.
Swastik Kopparty, Harry Sha
We study the problem of partitioning the unit cube $[0,1]^n$ into $c$ parts so that each $d$-dimensional axis-parallel projection has small volume. This natural combinatorial/geometric question was first studied by Kopparty and Nagargoje [KN23] as a reformulation of the problem of determining the achievable parameters for seedless multimergers -- which extra
Sergey Kurapov, Maxim Davidovsky
The monography presents a new algorithm for finding the clique of maximal length in a nonseparable graph. The algorithm is based on the properties of the representation of a clique as a subset of the set of cycles with a length of three, the ring sum of which is an empty set. As a result of selecting the cycles of the length of three, two vectors are formed:
Ricardo Fraiman, Leonardo Moreno, Thomas Ransford
We show how a Cram\'er-Wold theorem for a family of multivariate probability distributions can be used to generate a similar theorem for mixtures (convex combinations) of distributions drawn from the same family. Using this abstract result, we establish a Cram\'er-Wold theorem for mixtures of multivariate Gaussian distributions. According to this theorem, tw
Assessing the Auditability of AI-integrating Systems: A Framework and Learning Analytics Case Study
cs.CYLinda Fernsel, Yannick Kalff, Katharina Simbeck
Audits contribute to the trustworthiness of Learning Analytics (LA) systems that integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) and may be legally required in the future. We argue that the efficacy of an audit depends on the auditability of the audited system. Therefore, systems need to be designed with auditability in mind. We present a framework for assessing the
Synthesis Method for Obtaining Characteristic Modes of Multi-Structure Systems via independent Structure T-Matrix
cs.CEChenbo Shi, Xin Gu, Shichen Liang, Jin Pan
This paper presents a novel and efficient method for characteristic mode decomposition in multi-structure systems. By leveraging the translation and rotation matrices of vector spherical wavefunctions, our approach enables the synthesis of a composite system's characteristic modes using independently computed simulations of its constituent structures. The co
Amir. M Mousavi Harris, Jamal Esmaily, Sajjad Zabbah, Reza Ebrahimpour
Everyday decisions often involve many different levels. What connects these higher and lower level decisions hierarchy to one another determines how the cause(s) of failures are interpreted. It is hypothesized that decision confidence guides the assignment of blame to the correct level of hierarchy but this hypothesis has only been tested by manipulation of
Barbara Gatti, Gioia Schulte
In the study of algebraic curves with many points over a finite field, a well known general problem is to understanding better the properties of $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$-maximal curves whose genera fall in the higher part of the spectrum of the genera of all $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$-maximal curves. This problem is still open for genera smaller than $ \lfloor \frac{1}{6}
Unsupervised Training of a Dynamic Context-Aware Deep Denoising Framework for Low-Dose Fluoroscopic Imaging
eess.IVSun-Young Jeon, Sen Wang, Adam S. Wang, Garry E. Gold
Fluoroscopy is critical for real-time X-ray visualization in medical imaging. However, low-dose images are compromised by noise, potentially affecting diagnostic accuracy. Noise reduction is crucial for maintaining image quality, especially given such challenges as motion artifacts and the limited availability of clean data in medical imaging. To address the
Shourya Khanna, Jie Yu, Ronald Drimmel, Eloisa Poggio
We present an exploration of the Milky Way's structural parameters using an all-sky sample of RC giants to map the stellar density from the Galactic disc beyond 3 kpc. These evolved giants are considered to be standard candles due to their low intrinsic variance in their absolute luminosities, allowing us to estimate their distances with reasonable confidenc
Md Abu Ahammed Babu, Sushant Kumar Pandey, Darko Durisic, Ashok Chaitanya Koppisetty
Data leakage is a very common problem that is often overlooked during splitting data into train and test sets before training any ML/DL model. The model performance gets artificially inflated with the presence of data leakage during the evaluation phase which often leads the model to erroneous prediction on real-time deployment. However, detecting the presen
Generalized Scattering Matrix of Antenna: Moment Solution, Compression Storage and Application
eess.SPChenbo Shi, Jin Pan, Xin Gu, Shichen Liang
This paper presents a computation method of generalized scattering matrix (GSM) based on integral equations and the method of moments (MoM), specifically designed for antennas excited through waveguide ports. By leveraging two distinct formulations -- magnetic-type and electric-type integral equations -- we establish concise algebraic relations linking the G
Andrew Marks, Dino Rossegger, Theodore Slaman
We show that if $E$ is a countable Borel equivalence relation on $\mathbb{R}^n$, then there is a closed subset $A \subset [0,1]^n$ of Hausdorff dimension $n$ so that $E \restriction A$ is smooth. More generally, if $\leq_Q$ is a locally countable Borel quasi-order on $2^{\omega}$ and $g$ is any gauge function of lower order than the identity, then there is a
Tomoya Nishida, Harsh Purohit, Kota Dohi, Takashi Endo
This paper proposes a framework of explaining anomalous machine sounds in the context of anomalous sound detection~(ASD). While ASD has been extensively explored, identifying how anomalous sounds differ from normal sounds is also beneficial for machine condition monitoring. However, existing sound difference captioning methods require anomalous sounds for tr
Quan Quan, Shuhan Huang, Kai-Yuan Cai
With the rapid development of robotics swarm technology, there are more tasks that require the swarm to pass through complicated environments safely and efficiently. Virtual tube technology is a novel way to achieve this goal. Virtual tubes are free spaces connecting two places that provide safety boundaries and direction of motion for swarm robotics. How to
Chenghao Xu, Malcolm Mielle, Antoine Laborde, Ali Waseem
Achieving the EU's climate neutrality goal requires retrofitting existing buildings to reduce energy use and emissions. A critical step in this process is the precise assessment of geometric building envelope characteristics to inform retrofitting decisions. Previous methods for estimating building characteristics, such as window-to-wall ratio, building foot
NetAurHPD: Network Auralization Hyperlink Prediction Model to Identify Metabolic Pathways from Metabolomics Data
q-bio.MNTamir Bar-Tov, Rami Puzis, David Toubiana
Metabolite biosynthesis is regulated via metabolic pathways, which can be activated and deactivated within organisms. Understanding and identifying an organism's metabolic pathway network is a crucial aspect for various research fields, including crop and life stock breeding, pharmacology, and medicine. The problem of identifying whether a pathway is part of
Yue Chen, Jian Li
To incorporate the gravitational influence of Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) in planetary ephemerides, uniform-ring models are commonly employed. In this paper, for representing the KBO population residing in Neptune's 2:3 mean motion resonance (MMR), known as the Plutinos, we introduce a three-arc model by considering their resonant characteristics. Each `arc'
Ayush Singh, Mansi Gupta, Shivank Garg
Vision Language Models excel in handling a wide range of complex tasks, including Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Visual Question Answering (VQA), and advanced geometric reasoning. However, these models fail to perform well on low-level basic visual tasks which are especially easy for humans. Our goal in this work was to determine if these models are tr
X. Tong, A. Li, L. Lei, X. Hu
In this paper, we investigate symbol-level precoding (SLP) and efficient decoding techniques for downlink transmission, where we focus on scenarios where the base station (BS) transmits multiple QAM constellation streams to users equipped with multiple receive antennas. We begin by formulating a joint symbol-level transmit precoding and receive combining opt
Maria Anna Sisak
This submission is a PhD dissertation. Kapustin and Witten conjectured that there is a mirror symmetry relation between the hyperk\"ahler structures on certain Higgs bundle moduli spaces. As a consequence, they conjecture an equivalence between categories of BBB and BAA-branes. At the classical level, this mirror symmetry is given by T-duality between semi-f
Kun Song, Ruben Solozabal, Li hao, Lu Ren
Hyperbolic representation learning is well known for its ability to capture hierarchical information. However, the distance between samples from different levels of hierarchical classes can be required large. We reveal that the hyperbolic discriminant objective forces the backbone to capture this hierarchical information, which may inevitably increase the Li
Inertial Transformations and the Nonexistence of Tachyons for Spacetime Dimension Greater than Two
hep-thDavid Acton, Owen Doyle, Michael P. Tuite
We consider real linear transformations between two inertial frames with constant relative speed $v$ in a $d$-dimensional spacetime where light moves with constant speed $c=1$ (for some chosen units) in all frames. For $d=2$ we show that the standard relative velocity formula holds and that any associated anisotropic conformal factor is multiplicative under
Olaf Parczyk, Christoph Spiegel
Graham, R\"odl, and Ruci\'nski originally posed the problem of determining the minimum number of monochromatic Schur triples that must appear in any 2-coloring of the first $n$ integers. This question was subsequently resolved independently by Datskovsky, Schoen, and Robertson and Zeilberger. Here we suggest studying a natural anti-Ramsey variant of this que
Shaokai Li, Yixuan Ji, Peng Song, Haoqin Sun
In this paper, we propose a novel deep inductive transfer learning framework, named feature distribution adaptation network, to tackle the challenging multi-modal speech emotion recognition problem. Our method aims to use deep transfer learning strategies to align visual and audio feature distributions to obtain consistent representation of emotion, thereby
Shape and Size-Dependent Surface Plasmonic Resonances of Liquid Metal Alloy (EGaIn) Nanoparticles
physics.opticsSina Jamalzadegan, Mohammadreza Zare, Micah J. Dickens, Florian Schenk
Liquid metals (LM) are emerging plasmonic nanomaterials with transformable surface plasmon resonances (SPR) due to their liquid-like deformability. This study delves into the plasmonic properties of LM nanoparticles, with a focus on EGaIn (eutectic gallium-indium)-based materials. Leveraging Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulations and experimental v
Licheng Zhang, Shengxiang Lv, Yuanqiu Huang
The existence of Hamiltonian cycles in 1-planar graphs with higher connectivity has attracted considerable attention. Recently, the authors and Dong proved that 4-connected 1-planar chordal graphs are Hamiltonian-connected. In this paper, we investigate the non-Hamiltonicity of a broader class of graphs, specifically perfect graphs, under the constraint of 1
Danae Pla Karidi, Evaggelia Pitoura
Path-based explanations provide intrinsic insights into graph-based recommendation models. However, most previous work has focused on explaining an individual recommendation of an item to a user. In this paper, we propose summary explanations, i.e., explanations that highlight why a user or a group of users receive a set of item recommendations and why an it
Coupling quantum-like cognition with the neuronal networks within generalized probability theory
physics.soc-phAndrei Khrennikov, Masanao Ozawa, Felix Benninger, Oded Shor
The past few years have seen a surge in the application of quantum theory methodologies and quantum-like modeling in fields such as cognition, psychology, and decision-making. Despite the success of this approach in explaining various psychological phenomena such as order, conjunction, disjunction, and response replicability effects there remains a potential
Chunchao Fan, Xinyu Hu, Qizhong Lin, Xin Lu
We focus on two hypergraph Ramsey problems. First, we consider the Erd\H{o}s-Hajnal function $r_k(k+1,t;n)$. In 1972, Erd\H{o}s and Hajnal conjectured that the tower growth rate of $r_k(k+1,t;n)$ is $t-1$ for each $2\le t\le k$. To finish this conjecture, it remains to show that the tower growth rate of $r_4(5,4;n)$ is three. We prove a superexponential lowe
Room temperature Multiferroicity and Magnetoelectric coupling in Ca/Mn modified BaTiO3
cond-mat.mtrl-sciP. Maneesha, Koyal Suman Samantaray, Rakhi Saha, Rajashri Urkude
Materials with magnetoelectric coupling (MEC) between ferroic orders at room temperature are emerging field in modern technology and physics. BaTiO3 is a robust ferroelectric in which several doping has led to MEC. In Ca and Mn modified BaTiO3 has been study with a series of Ba(1-x)Ca(x)Ti(1-y)Mn(y)O3 (x=y= 0, 0.03, 0.06, 0.09), in this MEC was only observed
Crystal structure and collective oxygen transport in high-temperature Ta$_{2}$O$_{5}$
cond-mat.mtrl-sciSung-Hoon Lee, Ki-Ha Hong
Ionic conduction in crystalline solids is conventionally understood to proceed via atomic-scale defects such as vacancies or interstitials. Here, by addressing the long-standing structural ambiguity of high-temperature tetragonal tantalum pentoxide (H-Ta$_2$O$_5$), we identify a qualitatively different transport mechanism. Based on first-principles calculati
Zujin Wen, Jin-Long Huang, Oscar Dahlsten
We design a quantum version of neural networks with sinusoidal activation functions and compare its performance to the classical case. We create a general quantum sine circuit implementing a discretised sinusoidal activation function. Along the way, we define a classical discrete sinusoidal neural network. We build a quantum optimization algorithm around the
City-Scale Assessment of Pedestrian Exposure to Air Pollution: A Case Study in Barcelona
physics.soc-phJan Mateu Armengol, Cristina Carnerero, Clément Rames, Álvaro Criado
Air pollution is a pressing environmental risk to public health, particularly in cities where population density and pollution levels are high. Traditional methods for exposure analysis often rely on census data, but recent studies highlight the impact of daily mobility on individuals' exposure. Here, we develop a methodology to determine unprecedented pedes
A preconditioning technique of Gauss--Legendre quadrature for the logarithm of symmetric positive definite matrices
math.NAFuminori Tatsuoka, Tomohiro Sogabe, Tomoya Kemmochi, Shao-Liang Zhang
This note considers the computation of the logarithm of symmetric positive definite matrices using the Gauss--Legendre (GL) quadrature. The GL quadrature becomes slow when the condition number of the given matrix is large. In this note, we propose a technique dividing the matrix logarithm into two matrix logarithms, where the condition numbers of the divided
Chengkai Huang, Shoujin Wang, Xianzhi Wang, Lina Yao
Sequential recommendation aims to predict the next item which interests users via modeling their interest in items over time. Most of the existing works on sequential recommendation model users' dynamic interest in specific items while overlooking users' static interest revealed by some static attribute information of items, e.g., category, or brand. Moreove
Xudong Wang, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato, Lijie Zhou
In wireless networks, applying deep learning models to solve matching problems between different entities has become a mainstream and effective approach. However, the complex network topology in 6G multiple access presents significant challenges for the real-time performance and stability of matching generation. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has
Georgios Mylonas, Athanasios Kalogeras, Sobah Abbas Petersen, Luis Muñoz
Smart cities have been a very active research area in the past 20 years, while continuously adapting to new technological advancements and keeping up with the times regarding sustainability and climate change. In this context, there have been numerous proposals to expand the scope of smart cities, focusing on resilience and sustainability, among other aspect
Sergio A. Ortega, Miguel A. Martin-Delgado
This work introduces a graph-phased Szegedy's quantum walk, which incorporates link phases and local arbitrary phase rotations (APR), unlocking new possibilities for quantum algorithm efficiency. We demonstrate how to adapt quantum circuits to these advancements, allowing phase patterns that ensure computational practicality. The graph-phased model broadens
Manh Hong Duong, The Anh Han
Uncertainty, characterised by randomness and stochasticity, is ubiquitous in applications of evolutionary game theory across various fields, including biology, economics and social sciences. The uncertainty may arise from various sources such as fluctuating environments, behavioural errors or incomplete information. Incorporating uncertainty into evolutionar
Martin Holler, Erion Morina
This paper addresses the problem of uniqueness in learning physical laws for systems of partial differential equations (PDEs). Contrary to most existing approaches, it considers a framework of structured model learning, where existing, approximately correct physical models are augmented with components that are learned from data. The main results of the pape
Neurofeedback-Driven 6-DOF Robotic Arm: Integration of Brain-Computer Interface with Arduino for Advanced Control
cs.ROIhab A. Satam, Róbert Szabolcsi
Brain computer interface (BCI) applications in robotics are becoming more famous and famous. People with disabilities are facing a real-time problem of doing simple activities such as grasping, handshaking etc. in order to aid with this problem, the use of brain signals to control actuators is showing a great importance. The Emotive Insight, a Brain-Computer
Chris Lam
Alternative data provides valuable insights for lenders to evaluate a borrower's creditworthiness, which could help expand credit access to underserved groups and lower costs for borrowers. But some forms of alternative data have historically been excluded from credit underwriting because it could act as an illegal proxy for a protected class like race or ge
Sajjad Maleki, Shijie Pan, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Charalambos Konstantinou
The growing penetration of IoT devices in power grids despite its benefits, raises cybersecurity concerns. In particular, load-altering attacks (LAAs) targeting high-wattage IoT-controllable load devices pose serious risks to grid stability and disrupt electricity markets. This paper provides a comprehensive review of LAAs, highlighting the threat model, ana
Oualid Bouabdillah
For a subset $E = \{\xi_1, ..., \xi_N\}$ of the unit circle $\mathbb{T}$, the notion of Ritt$_E$ operators on a Banach space and their functional calculus on generalized Stolz domains was developed and studied in arXiv:2203.05373. In this paper, we define a quadratic functional calculus for a Ritt$_E$ operator on $E_r$, by a decomposition of type Franks-McIn
Ozhan Genc, Marcos Jardim
We study rank 2 $h$-instanton sheaves on projective threefolds. We demonstrate that any orientable rank 2, non-locally free $h$-instanton sheaf with defect 0 on a threefold can be obtained as an elementary transformation of a locally free $h$-instanton sheaf. Our focus then shifts to ruled Fano threefolds of Picard rank 2 and index 1, of which there are five
Dynamical metastability and re-entrant localization of trapped active elements with speed and orientation fluctuations
cond-mat.stat-mechManish Patel, Amir Shee, Debasish Chaudhuri
We explore the dynamics of active elements performing persistent random motion with fluctuating active speed and in the presence of translational noise in a $d$-dimensional harmonic trap, modeling active speed generation through an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. Our approach employs an exact analytic method based on the Fokker-Planck equation to compute time-de
Marcin Płodzień, Sambunath Das, Maciej Lewenstein, Christina Psaroudaki
Extracting information from quantum many-body systems remains a key challenge in quantum technologies due to experimental limitations. In this work, we employ a single spin qubit to probe a strongly interacting system, creating an environment conducive to qubit decoherence. By focusing on the XXZ spin chain, we observe diverse dynamics in the qubit evolution
Markus Lepper, Baltasar Trancón y Widemann
The semantics of notation systems can naturally be meta-modelled as a network of transformations, starting with the syntactic elements of the notation and ending with the parameters of an execution. In this context, a digital encoding format for music notation can be seen as selecting a subset of the data nodes of this network for storage, leaving others to
Kremena Valkanova
We examine the effect of item arrangement on choices using a novel decision-making model based on the Markovian exploration of choice sets. This model is inspired by experimental evidence suggesting that the decision-making process involves sequential search through rapid stochastic pairwise comparisons. Our findings show that decision-makers following a rev
Component Modularized Design of Musculoskeletal Humanoid Platform Musashi to Investigate Learning Control Systems
cs.ROKento Kawaharazuka, Shogo Makino, Kei Tsuzuki, Moritaka Onitsuka
To develop Musashi as a musculoskeletal humanoid platform to investigate learning control systems, we aimed for a body with flexible musculoskeletal structure, redundant sensors, and easily reconfigurable structure. For this purpose, we develop joint modules that can directly measure joint angles, muscle modules that can realize various muscle routes, and no
Frank Barrows, Ezio Iacocca, Francesco Caravelli
Random assemblies of magnetic nanowires represent a unique class of materials with promising applications in spintronics and information storage. These assemblies exhibit complex behavior due to the combination of magnetic dipolar interactions between the nanowires and electronic transport properties governed by tunneling barriers at magnetic tunnel junction
Ann-Kathrin Raab, Melvin Redon, Sylvianne Roscam Abbing, Yuman Fang
We perform an experimental two-color high-order harmonic generation study in argon with the fundamental of an ytterbium ultrashort pulse laser and its second harmonic. The intensity of the second harmonic and its phase relative to the fundamental are varied, in a large range compared to earlier works, while keeping the total intensity constant. We extract th
Multi-layer network analysis of deliberation in an online discussion platform: the case of Reddit
cs.SITianshu Gao, Mengbin Ye, Robert Ackland
This paper uses a multi-layer network model to study deliberation in online discussion platforms, focusing on the Reddit platform. The model comprises two layers: a discussion layer, which represents the comment-to-comment replies as a hierarchical tree, and an actor layer, which represent the actor-to-actor reply interactions. The interlayer links represent
Multi-probe analysis to separate edge currents from bulk currents in quantum spin Hall insulators and to analyze their temperature dependence
cond-mat.mes-hallS. Benlenqwanssa, S. S. Krishtopenko, M. Meyer, B. Benhamou-Bui
We present a multi-probe transport analysis that effectively separates bulk and edge currents in large Hall bar devices with standard geometries. Applied to transport measurements on all possible four-probe configurations of six-probe Hall bar devices made of inverted three-layer InAs/GaInSb quantum wells (QWs), our analysis not only reveals the presence of
Guiding Self-Organizing Dynamics of Residential Choice in Cities to Reduce Traffic Congestion and Carbon Emissions
physics.soc-phYu-Qing Liu, Chen Zhao, Xiao-Yong Yan, Xiaoyue Hou
Rapid urbanization and growing vehicle ownership exacerbate traffic congestion and prolong commute times. We examine the self-organizing dynamics of residential choice via a hypothetical home-swapping process to mitigate peak-hour traffic congestion and carbon emissions. Specifically, we analyze over 400,000 trajectories from 9 days in a major Chinese city,
Linear Stability of Schwarzschild-Anti-de Sitter spacetimes III: Quasimodes and sharp decay of gravitational perturbations
gr-qcOlivier Graf, Gustav Holzegel
In this last part of the series we prove that the slow (inverse logarithmic) decay in time of solutions to the linearised Einstein equations on Schwarzschild-Anti-de Sitter backgrounds obtained in~\cite{Gra.Hol24,Gra.Hol24a} is in fact optimal by constructing quasimode solutions for the Teukolsky system. The main difficulties compared with the case of the sc
A Machine Learning-Based Secure Face Verification Scheme and Its Applications to Digital Surveillance
cs.CVHuan-Chih Wang, Ja-Ling Wu
Face verification is a well-known image analysis application and is widely used to recognize individuals in contemporary society. However, most real-world recognition systems ignore the importance of protecting the identity-sensitive facial images that are used for verification. To address this problem, we investigate how to implement a secure face verificat
Chaitanya Kumar Konda, Vidyashankar. S, Ulavish. V. S, Sachin. A. M
Symmetric NACA airfoils tend to undergo abrupt stall characteristics at higher angle of attacks. The abrupt stall has deteriorating effect on lift as well as the efficiency of the airfoils. Abruptness in stall restricts the airfoil to operate only at lower angle of attacks. So, in order to improve the efficiency of airfoils at higher angle of attacks and mak
A Lightweight Dual-Branch System for Weakly-Supervised Video Anomaly Detection on Consumer Edge Devices
cs.CVWen-Dong Jiang, Chih-Yung Chang, Ssu-Chi Kuai, Diptendu Sinha Roy
The growing demand for intelligent security in consumer electronics, such as smart home cameras and personal monitoring systems, is often hindered by the high computational cost and large model sizes of advanced AI. These limitations prevent the effective deployment of real-time Video Anomaly Detection (VAD) on resource-constrained edge devices. To bridge th
Delano Oliveira, Reydne Santos, Benedito de Oliveira, Martin Monperrus
Motivation: Code understandability is crucial in software development, as developers spend 58% to 70% of their time reading source code. Improving it can improve productivity and reduce maintenance costs. Problem: Experimental studies often identify factors influencing code understandability in controlled settings but overlook real-world influences like proj
Design specification of Partial Ordering Continual Reassessment Method based on consistency conditions
stat.MEWeishi Chen, Pavel Mozgunov
The study of combinations of drugs/drug-schedules gained increasing attention in various therapeutic areas recently. In oncology, the aim of phase I combination clinical trial is to find the maximum tolerated combination (MTC). Many innovative designs were proposed, among which the Partial Ordering Continual Reassessment Method (POCRM) is increasingly applie
Martin Gjorgjevski, Nicolas Keriven, Simon Barthelmé, Yohann De Castro
Node regression consists in predicting the value of a graph label at a node, given observations at the other nodes. To gain some insight into the performance of various estimators for this task, we perform a theoretical study in a context where the graph is random. Specifically, we assume that the graph is generated by a Latent Position Model, where each nod
Peng-Cheng Hang, Liangjian Hu, Min-Jie Luo
In our recent work [SIGMA \textbf{20} (2024), 074, 13 pages], the leading behaviour of the Humbert function $\Psi_1[a,b;c,c';x,y]$ when $x\to\infty$ and $y\to +\infty$ has been derived in a direct and simple manner. In this paper, we obtain the complete asymptotics of $\Psi_1$ in the general case $x,y\to\infty$ along a new path. Indeed, our proof is based on
Xuewei Feng, Yuxiang Yang, Qi Li, Xingxiang Zhan
In this paper, we conduct an empirical study on remote DoS attacks targeting NAT networks. We show that Internet attackers operating outside local NAT networks can remotely identify a NAT device and subsequently terminate TCP connections initiated from the identified NAT device to external servers. Our attack involves two steps. First, we identify NAT device
Individualised recovery trajectories of patients with impeded mobility, using distance between probability distributions of learnt graphs
stat.MLChuqiao Zhang, Crina Grosan, Dalia Chakrabarty
Patients who are undergoing physical rehabilitation, benefit from feedback that follows from reliable assessment of their cumulative performance attained at a given time. In this paper, we provide a method for the learning of the recovery trajectory of an individual patient, as they undertake exercises as part of their physical therapy towards recovery of th
A Survey on RGB, 3D, and Multimodal Approaches for Unsupervised Industrial Image Anomaly Detection
cs.CVYuxuan Lin, Yang Chang, Xuan Tong, Jiawen Yu
In the advancement of industrial informatization, unsupervised anomaly detection technology effectively overcomes the scarcity of abnormal samples and significantly enhances the automation and reliability of smart manufacturing. As an important branch, industrial image anomaly detection focuses on automatically identifying visual anomalies in industrial scen
Wasserstein asymptotics for empirical measures of diffusions on four dimensional closed manifolds
math.PRDario Trevisan, Feng-Yu Wang, Jie-Xiang Zhu
We identify the leading term in the asymptotics of the quadratic Wasserstein distance between the invariant measure and empirical measures for diffusion processes on closed weighted four-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. Unlike results in lower dimensions, our analysis shows that this term depends solely on the Riemannian volume of the manifold, remaining un
Pranjal R. S., Elisabeth Krause, Klaus Dolag, Karim Benabed
Robust modeling of non-linear scales is critical for accurate cosmological inference in Stage IV surveys. For weak lensing analyses in particular, a key challenge arises from the incomplete understanding of how non-gravitational processes, such as supernovae and active galactic nuclei - collectively known as baryonic feedback - affect the matter distribution
Pasquale Caporaso, Giuseppe Bianchi, Francesco Quaglia
The demand for data protection measures against unauthorized changes or deletions is steadily increasing. These measures are essential for maintaining the integrity and accessibility of data, effectively guarding against threats like ransomware attacks that focus on encrypting large volumes of stored data, as well as insider threats that involve tampering wi
Data-driven approach for modeling the temporal and spectral evolution of kilonova systematic uncertainties
astro-ph.HESahil Jhawar, Thibeau Wouters, Peter T. H. Pang, Mattia Bulla
Kilonovae, possible electromagnetic counterparts to neutron star mergers, provide important information about high-energy transient phenomena and, in principle, also allow us to obtain information about the source properties responsible for powering the kilonova. Unfortunately, numerous uncertainties exist in kilonova modeling that, at the current stage, hin
Angus Crookes, Ben Yuen, Stephen M. Hanham, Angela Demetriadou
Multi-partite entanglement is fundamental to emerging quantum technologies such as quantum networks, which ultimately require devices with strong light-matter interactions and long coherence times. Here, we introduce nanobeam photonic crystal cavities combining both extreme quality factors ($\sim10^{7}$) with sub-wavelength field confinement to reach unprece
Herman Lassche, Michiel Overeem, Ayushi Rastogi
Companies support their customers using live chats and chatbots to gain their loyalty. AFAS is a Dutch company aiming to leverage the opportunity large language models (LLMs) offer to answer customer queries with minimal to no input from its customer support team. Adding to its complexity, it is unclear what makes a response correct, and that too in Dutch. F
Quantum cryptography visualized: assessing visual attention on multiple representations with eye tracking in an AR-enhanced quantum cryptography student experiment
physics.ed-phDavid Dzsotjan, Atakan Coban, Christoph Hoyer, Stefan Küchemann
With the advent and development of real-world quantum technology applications, a practically-focused quantum education including student quantum experiments are gaining increasing importance in physics curricula. In this paper, using the DeFT framework, we present an analysis of the representations in our AR-enhanced quantum cryptography student experiment,
Matteo Cerruti
Blazars are the most common sources of $\gamma$-ray photons in the extragalactic sky. Their $\gamma$-ray light curves are characterized by bright flaring episodes, similarly to what is observed at longer wavelengths. These gamma-ray bursts from blazars (GRBBLs) have been extensively studied individually, but never in terms of a population. The goal of this w
Overcoming stretching and shortening assumptions in Euler-Bernoulli theory using nonlinear Hencky beam models: applicable to partly-shortened and partly-stretched beams
nlin.CDMohammad Parsa Rezaei, Grzegorz Kudra, Mojtaba Ghodsi, Jan Awrejcewicz
This paper addresses the challenges of the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory regarding shortening and stretching assumptions. Certain boundary conditions, such as a cantilever with a horizontal spring attached to its end, result in beams that partly shorten or stretch, depending on the spring stiffness. The traditional Euler-Bernoulli beam model may not accurately
Structural and Nucleosynthetic Evolution of Metal-poor & Metal-free Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars
astro-ph.SRSimon Wattana Campbell
In this PhD thesis we investigate stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis in the low- and extremely-low metallicity regime - including models of stars with a pure Big Bang composition (i.e. $\rm{Z} = 0$). The metallicity range of the extremely metal-poor (EMP) models calculated is $-6.5 < \rm{[Fe/H]} < -3.0$, with a mass range $0.85 < \rm{M} < 3.0~\rm{M}_{\odo
I. Dankovsky, S. Ramazanov, E. Babichev, D. Gorbunov
We study domain walls (DWs) arising in field theories where $Z_2$-symmetry is spontaneously broken by a scalar expectation value decreasing proportionally to the Universe temperature. The energy density of such melting DWs redshifts sufficiently fast not to overclose the Universe. For the first time, evolution of melting DWs and the resulting gravitational w
Suhang Wu, Jialong Tang, Baosong Yang, Ante Wang
RALMs (Retrieval-Augmented Language Models) broaden their knowledge scope by incorporating external textual resources. However, the multilingual nature of global knowledge necessitates RALMs to handle diverse languages, a topic that has received limited research focus. In this work, we propose \textit{Futurepedia}, a carefully crafted benchmark containing pa
Yang Zhou, Tan Li Hui Faith, Yanyu Xu, Sicong Leng
Medical Vision-Language Pretraining (MedVLP) shows promise in learning generalizable and transferable visual representations from paired and unpaired medical images and reports. MedVLP can provide useful features to downstream tasks and facilitate adapting task-specific models to new setups using fewer examples. However, existing MedVLP methods often differ
Guan-Yan Yang, Yi-Heng Ko, Farn Wang, Kuo-Hui Yeh
Our work explores the utilization of deep learning, specifically leveraging the CodeBERT model, to enhance code security testing for Python applications by detecting SQL injection vulnerabilities. Unlike traditional security testing methods that may be slow and error-prone, our approach transforms source code into vector representations and trains a Long Sho
Hongtao Huang, Chengkai Huang, Tong Yu, Xiaojun Chang
Recent advancements in diffusion models have shown promising results in sequential recommendation (SR). Existing approaches predominantly rely on implicit conditional diffusion models, which compress user behaviors into a single representation during the forward diffusion process. While effective to some extent, this oversimplification often leads to the los
Kendong Liu, Zhiyu Zhu, Chuanhao Li, Hui Liu
In this paper, we make the first attempt to align diffusion models for image inpainting with human aesthetic standards via a reinforcement learning framework, significantly improving the quality and visual appeal of inpainted images. Specifically, instead of directly measuring the divergence with paired images, we train a reward model with the dataset we con
Yutao Mou, Shikun Zhang, Wei Ye
Ensuring the safety of large language model (LLM) applications is essential for developing trustworthy artificial intelligence. Current LLM safety benchmarks have two limitations. First, they focus solely on either discriminative or generative evaluation paradigms while ignoring their interconnection. Second, they rely on standardized inputs, overlooking the
Dat Nguyen, Marcella Astrid, Enjie Ghorbel, Djamila Aouada
Recently, Vision Transformers (ViTs) have achieved unprecedented effectiveness in the general domain of image classification. Nonetheless, these models remain underexplored in the field of deepfake detection, given their lower performance as compared to Convolution Neural Networks (CNNs) in that specific context. In this paper, we start by investigating why
NLO EW corrections to tau pair production via photon fusion in Pb-Pb ultraperipheral collision
hep-phJun Jiang, Peng-Cheng Lu, Zong-Guo Si, Han Zhang
We study the next-to-leading order (NLO) electroweak (EW) corrections to the $\gamma \gamma \to \tau^+ \tau^-$ process in Pb-Pb ultraperipheral collision (UPC). We find that the EW correction $\delta \sigma_{\mathrm{EW}}$ decreases the total cross section $\sigma_{\mathrm{NLO}} = \sigma_{\mathrm{LO}} + \delta \sigma_{\mathrm{EW}}$ by -3\% at Pb-Pb center-of-
Mikael Mortensen
This paper describes a fast algorithm for transforming Legendre coefficients into Chebyshev coefficients, and vice versa. The algorithm is based on the fast multipole method and is similar to the approach described by Alpert and Rokhlin [SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 12 (1991)]. The main difference is that we utilise a modal Galerkin approach with Chebyshev basis fu
Rafael S. de Souza, Luis G. Dahmer-Hahn, Shiyin Shen, Ana L. Chies-Santos
We present capivara, a fast and scalable spectral-based segmentation package designed to study astrophysical properties within distinct structural components of galaxies. This spectro-segmentation code for integral field unit (IFU) data provides a holistic view of galactic structure, moving beyond conventional radial gradients and the bulge-plus-disk dichoto