Accurate identification of surrounding rock quality is critical for safe and efficient tunneling.A cost-sensitive bagging framework is developed to map engineering risk preference into the learning objective through a...Accurate identification of surrounding rock quality is critical for safe and efficient tunneling.A cost-sensitive bagging framework is developed to map engineering risk preference into the learning objective through an asymmetric cost matrix,with a confidence-gating rule to defer low-confidence predictions.Measurement-while-drilling(MWD)records from 1,115 boreholes are aggregated at the hole level into a 64-dimensional representation derived from six drilling channels and two indicators,each summarized by eight robust statistics.Stratified K-fold evaluation under class imbalance is conducted against RUSBoost,logistic regression,and weighted SVM;feature interpretation is performed via importance ranking and partial dependence.Results show ROC-AUC 0.958 and PR-AP 0.588,with reduced under-support at practitionerfavored operating points;the expected misclassication cost is minimized near t≈0.50.Penetration rate is negatively associated with poor rock,whereas pressure-related variables and derived indicators are positively associated.In summary,the framework provides accurate,interpretable,and risk-aware predictions that support real-time tunnel support planning under variable geology.展开更多
Legal case classification involves the categorization of legal documents into predefined categories,which facilitates legal information retrieval and case management.However,real-world legal datasets often suffer from...Legal case classification involves the categorization of legal documents into predefined categories,which facilitates legal information retrieval and case management.However,real-world legal datasets often suffer from class imbalances due to the uneven distribution of case types across legal domains.This leads to biased model performance,in the form of high accuracy for overrepresented categories and underperformance for minority classes.To address this issue,in this study,we propose a data augmentation method that masks unimportant terms within a document selectively while preserving key terms fromthe perspective of the legal domain.This approach enhances data diversity and improves the generalization capability of conventional models.Our experiments demonstrate consistent improvements achieved by the proposed augmentation strategy in terms of accuracy and F1 score across all models,validating the effectiveness of the proposed method in legal case classification.展开更多
Accurate prediction of flood events is important for flood control and risk management.Machine learning techniques contributed greatly to advances in flood predictions,and existing studies mainly focused on predicting...Accurate prediction of flood events is important for flood control and risk management.Machine learning techniques contributed greatly to advances in flood predictions,and existing studies mainly focused on predicting flood resource variables using single or hybrid machine learning techniques.However,class-based flood predictions have rarely been investigated,which can aid in quickly diagnosing comprehensive flood characteristics and proposing targeted management strategies.This study proposed a prediction approach of flood regime metrics and event classes coupling machine learning algorithms with clustering-deduced membership degrees.Five algorithms were adopted for this exploration.Results showed that the class membership degrees accurately determined event classes with class hit rates up to 100%,compared with the four classes clustered from nine regime metrics.The nonlinear algorithms(Multiple Linear Regression,Random Forest,and least squares-Support Vector Machine)outperformed the linear techniques(Multiple Linear Regression and Stepwise Regression)in predicting flood regime metrics.The proposed approach well predicted flood event classes with average class hit rates of 66.0%-85.4%and 47.2%-76.0%in calibration and validation periods,respectively,particularly for the slow and late flood events.The predictive capability of the proposed prediction approach for flood regime metrics and classes was considerably stronger than that of hydrological modeling approach.展开更多
Natural gas hydrate in Class Ⅰ reservoirs holds significant commercial potential,as demonstrated by production trials in the South China Sea.However,experimental studies have focused largely on Class Ⅲ systems,with ...Natural gas hydrate in Class Ⅰ reservoirs holds significant commercial potential,as demonstrated by production trials in the South China Sea.However,experimental studies have focused largely on Class Ⅲ systems,with Class Ⅰ/Ⅱ reservoirs remaining underrepresented due to the difficulties in simulating the geothermal gradient and interlayer interactions.This study investigates depressurization performance across all three classes using a novel 360°rotatable reactor with segmented temperature control,enabling precise simulation of reservoir conditions.Results reveal:(i)Class Ⅰ shows two-stage gas production,with 50%from early free gas enabling rapid depressurization,followed by dissociated gas dominance.They achieve 38.4%-78.3%higher cumulative production and superior gas-to-water ratios due to efficient energy use.(ii)The free gas layer in Class Ⅰ accelerates pressure and heat transfer.Class Ⅱ’s water layer provides sensible heat but causes water blocking,impairing heat flow.Class Ⅲ exhibits rapid initial dissociation but a quick decline without fluid support.(iii)Low temperature,low hydrate saturation,and high production pressure collectively reduce efficiency by increasing flow resistance,limiting gas supply,and reducing dissociation drive.Over-depressurization risks hydrate reformation and ice blockage.This work bridges experimental gaps for Class Ⅰ/Ⅱ reservoirs,offering key insights for optimizing recovery.展开更多
Background:Physical exercise is recognized as an effective means of alleviating academic stress,and physical education(PE)classes constitute a primary source of such activity for middle school students.This study aime...Background:Physical exercise is recognized as an effective means of alleviating academic stress,and physical education(PE)classes constitute a primary source of such activity for middle school students.This study aimed to delve into the diversity of PE class participation patterns among these students,examine their relationship with academic stress,and specifically investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in this process.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 849 Chinese middle school students.Data were collected via online questionnaires using validated measurement instruments,which included the degree of participation in PE classes,academic stress,and the self-compassion scale.SPSS 27.0 was used to perform correlation and mediation analyses,and Mplus 8.3 was utilized for latent profile analysis(LPA).Results:The study identified four distinct patterns of participation:the avoidant group(13.31%),the moderate participation group(10.75%),the interest-driven group(29.71%),and the active participation group(46.23%).Additionally,compared to the“Avoidant group”,students in the other three groups showed significantly higher levels of self-compassion and reported significantly lower levels of academic stress.Specifically,the relative indirect effects for the Moderately Engaged group,Interest-Driven Engagers group,and Actively Engaged group were-0.060(95%CI:[-0.180,0.055]),-0.123(95%CI:[-0.220,-0.021]),and-0.234(95%CI:[-0.333,-0.137]),respectively.Conclusion:These results underscore the importance of PE participation patterns and highlight that optimizing PE class design to stimulate students’intrinsic interest,thereby enhancing their engagement,represents an effective strategy for promoting the overall psychosocial well-being of middle school students.展开更多
Infections with certain viruses are strong risk factors for specific cancers.The human major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related genes A(MICA)and B(MICB)are polymorphic,non-classical major histocompatibil...Infections with certain viruses are strong risk factors for specific cancers.The human major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related genes A(MICA)and B(MICB)are polymorphic,non-classical major histocompatibility complex class I genes located within the human leukocyte antigen region.Polymorphisms in these genes have been associated with susceptibility and outcomes of several virus-associated cancers.The underlying mechanisms involve modulation of natural killer cell-and CD8+T cell-mediated cytotoxicity by disrupting the natural killer group 2-member D-MICA/B axis.The resulting soluble forms of both MICA and MICB have recently gained attention as potential predictive biomarkers for virus-induced malignancies and disease severity.Therapeutic strategies targeting this axis show considerable promise.This minireview summarizes the genetics and biology of MICA and MICB,highlighting their emerging importance in the pathogenesis of virus-associated cancers.展开更多
In today's connected world,the generation of massive streaming data across diverse domains has become commonplace.In the presence of concept drift,class imbalance,label scarcity,and new class emergence,these chall...In today's connected world,the generation of massive streaming data across diverse domains has become commonplace.In the presence of concept drift,class imbalance,label scarcity,and new class emergence,these challenges jointly degrade representation stability,bias learning toward outdated distributions,and reduce the resilience and reliability of detection in dynamic environments.This paper proposes a streaming classincremental learning(SCIL)framework to address these issues.The SCIL framework integrates an autoencoder(AE)with a multi-layer perceptron for multi-class prediction,employs a dual-loss strategy(classification and reconstruction)for prediction and new class detection,uses corrected pseudo-labels for online training,manages classes with queues,and applies oversampling to handle imbalance.The rationale behind the method's structure is elucidated through ablation studies,and a comprehensive experimental evaluation is performed using both real-world and synthetic datasets that feature class imbalance,incremental classes,and concept drifts.Our results demonstrate that SCIL outperforms strong baselines and state-of-the-art methods.In line with our commitment to Open Science,we make our code and datasets available to the community.展开更多
This paper,exploring pre-class tasks in college English class,aims to optimize class interaction.The findings of research indicate that scientifically designed pre-class tasks can activate students'prior knowledge...This paper,exploring pre-class tasks in college English class,aims to optimize class interaction.The findings of research indicate that scientifically designed pre-class tasks can activate students'prior knowledge and enhance their classroom participation.In addition,pre-class task design with the principles of interest,relevance and task continuity,together with classroom evaluation incentives and the dynamic adjustments of teaching strategies,can significantly alleviate class silence and improve the quality of teacher-student and student-student interaction.展开更多
In image analysis,high-precision semantic segmentation predominantly relies on supervised learning.Despite significant advancements driven by deep learning techniques,challenges such as class imbalance and dynamic per...In image analysis,high-precision semantic segmentation predominantly relies on supervised learning.Despite significant advancements driven by deep learning techniques,challenges such as class imbalance and dynamic performance evaluation persist.Traditional weighting methods,often based on pre-statistical class counting,tend to overemphasize certain classes while neglecting others,particularly rare sample categories.Approaches like focal loss and other rare-sample segmentation techniques introduce multiple hyperparameters that require manual tuning,leading to increased experimental costs due to their instability.This paper proposes a novel CAWASeg framework to address these limitations.Our approach leverages Grad-CAM technology to generate class activation maps,identifying key feature regions that the model focuses on during decision-making.We introduce a Comprehensive Segmentation Performance Score(CSPS)to dynamically evaluate model performance by converting these activation maps into pseudo mask and comparing them with Ground Truth.Additionally,we design two adaptive weights for each class:a Basic Weight(BW)and a Ratio Weight(RW),which the model adjusts during training based on real-time feedback.Extensive experiments on the COCO-Stuff,CityScapes,and ADE20k datasets demonstrate that our CAWASeg framework significantly improves segmentation performance for rare sample categories while enhancing overall segmentation accuracy.The proposed method offers a robust and efficient solution for addressing class imbalance in semantic segmentation tasks.展开更多
Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation(WSSS),which relies only on image-level labels,has attracted significant attention for its cost-effectiveness and scalability.Existing methods mainly enhance inter-class distinct...Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation(WSSS),which relies only on image-level labels,has attracted significant attention for its cost-effectiveness and scalability.Existing methods mainly enhance inter-class distinctions and employ data augmentation to mitigate semantic ambiguity and reduce spurious activations.However,they often neglect the complex contextual dependencies among image patches,resulting in incomplete local representations and limited segmentation accuracy.To address these issues,we propose the Context Patch Fusion with Class Token Enhancement(CPF-CTE)framework,which exploits contextual relations among patches to enrich feature repre-sentations and improve segmentation.At its core,the Contextual-Fusion Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory(CF-BiLSTM)module captures spatial dependencies between patches and enables bidirectional information flow,yield-ing a more comprehensive understanding of spatial correlations.This strengthens feature learning and segmentation robustness.Moreover,we introduce learnable class tokens that dynamically encode and refine class-specific semantics,enhancing discriminative capability.By effectively integrating spatial and semantic cues,CPF-CTE produces richer and more accurate representations of image content.Extensive experiments on PASCAL VOC 2012 and MS COCO 2014 validate that CPF-CTE consistently surpasses prior WSSS methods.展开更多
Most Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)interpretation techniques visualize only the dominant cues that the model relies on,but there is no guarantee that these represent all the evidence the model uses for classificati...Most Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)interpretation techniques visualize only the dominant cues that the model relies on,but there is no guarantee that these represent all the evidence the model uses for classification.This limitation becomes critical when hidden secondary cues—potentially more meaningful than the visualized ones—remain undiscovered.This study introduces CasCAM(Cascaded Class Activation Mapping)to address this fundamental limitation through counterfactual reasoning.By asking“if this dominant cue were absent,what other evidence would the model use?”,CasCAM progressively masks the most salient features and systematically uncovers the hierarchy of classification evidence hidden beneath them.Experimental results demonstrate that CasCAM effectively discovers the full spectrum of reasoning evidence and can be universally applied with nine existing interpretation methods.展开更多
Let{X(t)}t≥0 be the generalized fractional Brownian motion introduced by Pang and Taqqu(2019):{XT}t≥0d={∫R((t-u)α+-(-u)α+|u|-γ/2B(du)}whereγ∈[0,1),α∈(-1/2+γ/2,1/2+γ/2)are constants.For anyθ...Let{X(t)}t≥0 be the generalized fractional Brownian motion introduced by Pang and Taqqu(2019):{XT}t≥0d={∫R((t-u)α+-(-u)α+|u|-γ/2B(du)}whereγ∈[0,1),α∈(-1/2+γ/2,1/2+γ/2)are constants.For anyθ>0,let Yt=1/Г(θ)∫0t(t-u)θ-1X(u)du,t≥0,Building upon the argument of Talagrand(1996),we develop integral criteria characterizing the lower classes of the process Y at t=0 and at infinity.As a consequence,we derive its Chung-type laws of the iterated logarithm.In the proofs,the small ball probability estimates play important roles.展开更多
Given the growing number of vehicle accidents caused by unintended acceleration and braking failure,verifying Sudden Unintended Acceleration(SUA)incidents has become a persistent challenge.A central issue of debate is...Given the growing number of vehicle accidents caused by unintended acceleration and braking failure,verifying Sudden Unintended Acceleration(SUA)incidents has become a persistent challenge.A central issue of debate is whether such events stem frommechanical malfunctions or driver pedalmisapplications.However,existing verification procedures implemented by vehiclemanufacturers often involve closed tests after vehicle recalls;thus raising ongoing concerns about reliability and transparency.Consequently,there is a growing need for a user-driven framework that enables independent data acquisition and verification.Although previous studies have addressed SUA detection using deep learning,few have explored howclass granularity optimization affects power efficiency and inference performance in real-time Edge AI systems.To address this problem,this work presents a cloud-assisted artificial intelligence(AI)solution for the reliable verification of SUA occurrences.The proposed system integrates multimodal sensor streams including camera-based foot images,On-Board Diagnostics II(OBD-II)signals,and six-axismeasurements to determine whether the brake pedal was actually engaged at themoment of a suspected SUA.Beyond image acquisition,convolutional neural network(CNN)models perform real-time inference to classify the driver’s pedal operation states with the resulting outputs transmitted and archived in the cloud.A dedicated dataset of brake and accelerator pedal images was collected from 15 vehicles produced by 6 domestic and international manufacturers.Using this dataset,transfer learning techniques were applied to compare and analyze model performance and generalization as the CNN class granularity varied from coarse to fine levels.Furthermore,classification performance was evaluated in terms of latency and power efficiency under different class configurations.The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed solution identified the driver’s pedal behavior accurately and promptly,with the two-class model achieving the highest F1-score and accuracy among all granularity settings.展开更多
Accurate identification of lithofacies is critical for shale hydrocarbon exploration and development.Although machine learning(ML)is one of the most effective approaches for predicting shale lithofacies,the inherent g...Accurate identification of lithofacies is critical for shale hydrocarbon exploration and development.Although machine learning(ML)is one of the most effective approaches for predicting shale lithofacies,the inherent geological heterogeneity results in scarce training samples and severely imbalanced class distributions,leading conventional ML methods to experience overfitting and reduced accuracy.To address this issue,we introduced a conditional diffusion probabilistic model(CDPM)to address these challenges and developed a comprehensive data augmentation framework for shale lithofacies prediction.Applying this framework to the Upper Fourth Member of the Shahejie Formation(Es4s)in the Dongying Depression,we successfully generated 3,600 class-balanced augmented samples from 926core-calibrated samples and eight conventional well log curves from well NY1,achieving an 878.3%increase in rare organic-rich fissile calcareous mudstone(L1)lithofacies.To ensure the reliability of the augmented data,a comprehensive quality assessment was conducted,demonstrating that augmented data effectively retained logging characteristics and petrophysical relationships,with a Fréchet Inception Distance(FID)of 22.9 and a maximum mean discrepancy(MMD)of 0.078.Building upon this highquality augmented dataset,we evaluated the impact of data augmentation on lithofacies classification performance across random forest(RF),support vector machine(SVM),and gradient boosted decision tree(GBDT)algorithms.The results showed substantial improvements,with average accuracy and F1 score increases of 13.6%and 16.5%,respectively,and a 33.1%improvement in L1 recall.To further validate the practical applicability of our approach,blind-well validation on independent wells from different structural positions demonstrated robust generalization capability,achieving significant improvement over traditional ML methods.This study pioneers a conditional diffusion model for predicting shale lithofacies,providing a novel framework for characterising lacustrine shale oil reservoirs and predicting sweet spots.展开更多
This is a survey article on the moments of a class of error terms in analytic number theory.We begin by reviewing the moments of the Dirichlet divisor problem,and then review the hybrid moments of error terms in the d...This is a survey article on the moments of a class of error terms in analytic number theory.We begin by reviewing the moments of the Dirichlet divisor problem,and then review the hybrid moments of error terms in the divisor problems.We give two new results on the joint distribution of sign changes ofΔ2(x)andΔ3(x).In the last section,we present some conjectures on the moment results in the well-known Selberg class.展开更多
With the continuous expansion of China’s graduate education system and the diversification of training models,the new era has raised higher requirements for cultivating high-level talents.Under the“Three-in-One Holi...With the continuous expansion of China’s graduate education system and the diversification of training models,the new era has raised higher requirements for cultivating high-level talents.Under the“Three-in-One Holistic Education”framework,structural deficiencies in the ideological and political education management system for graduate students have emerged,where the lack of collaborative mechanisms among educational stakeholders hinders educational effectiveness.This study focuses on the coordination mechanism between graduate student counselors and class advisors,constructing a theoretically coherent and practically feasible collaborative education model.From a functionalist perspective,the research demonstrates the necessity and feasibility of introducing the“graduate class advisor”role,positioning it as a pivotal hub.Building upon this foundation,a five-dimensional collaborative education mechanism model is proposed,achieving optimized allocation of educational resources and enhanced effectiveness.This study provides a theoretical framework to address challenges in ideological and political education,offers practical pathways and policy insights for universities to establish educational management systems,and holds significant implications for deepening the“Three-in-One Holistic Education”reform and cultivating high-level talents.展开更多
Large amounts of labeled data are usually needed for training deep neural networks in medical image studies,particularly in medical image classification.However,in the field of semi-supervised medical image analysis,l...Large amounts of labeled data are usually needed for training deep neural networks in medical image studies,particularly in medical image classification.However,in the field of semi-supervised medical image analysis,labeled data is very scarce due to patient privacy concerns.For researchers,obtaining high-quality labeled images is exceedingly challenging because it involves manual annotation and clinical understanding.In addition,skin datasets are highly suitable for medical image classification studies due to the inter-class relationships and the inter-class similarities of skin lesions.In this paper,we propose a model called Coalition Sample Relation Consistency(CSRC),a consistency-based method that leverages Canonical Correlation Analysis(CCA)to capture the intrinsic relationships between samples.Considering that traditional consistency-based models only focus on the consistency of prediction,we additionally explore the similarity between features by using CCA.We enforce feature relation consistency based on traditional models,encouraging the model to learn more meaningful information from unlabeled data.Finally,considering that cross-entropy loss is not as suitable as the supervised loss when studying with imbalanced datasets(i.e.,ISIC 2017 and ISIC 2018),we improve the supervised loss to achieve better classification accuracy.Our study shows that this model performs better than many semi-supervised methods.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China(grant numbers ZR2024QE402).
摘要Accurate identification of surrounding rock quality is critical for safe and efficient tunneling.A cost-sensitive bagging framework is developed to map engineering risk preference into the learning objective through an asymmetric cost matrix,with a confidence-gating rule to defer low-confidence predictions.Measurement-while-drilling(MWD)records from 1,115 boreholes are aggregated at the hole level into a 64-dimensional representation derived from six drilling channels and two indicators,each summarized by eight robust statistics.Stratified K-fold evaluation under class imbalance is conducted against RUSBoost,logistic regression,and weighted SVM;feature interpretation is performed via importance ranking and partial dependence.Results show ROC-AUC 0.958 and PR-AP 0.588,with reduced under-support at practitionerfavored operating points;the expected misclassication cost is minimized near t≈0.50.Penetration rate is negatively associated with poor rock,whereas pressure-related variables and derived indicators are positively associated.In summary,the framework provides accurate,interpretable,and risk-aware predictions that support real-time tunnel support planning under variable geology.
基金supported by the Institute of Information&Communications Technology Planning&Evaluation(IITP)grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT)[RS-2021-II211341,Artificial Intelligence Graduate School Program(Chung-Ang University)],and by the Chung-Ang University Graduate Research Scholarship in 2024.
摘要Legal case classification involves the categorization of legal documents into predefined categories,which facilitates legal information retrieval and case management.However,real-world legal datasets often suffer from class imbalances due to the uneven distribution of case types across legal domains.This leads to biased model performance,in the form of high accuracy for overrepresented categories and underperformance for minority classes.To address this issue,in this study,we propose a data augmentation method that masks unimportant terms within a document selectively while preserving key terms fromthe perspective of the legal domain.This approach enhances data diversity and improves the generalization capability of conventional models.Our experiments demonstrate consistent improvements achieved by the proposed augmentation strategy in terms of accuracy and F1 score across all models,validating the effectiveness of the proposed method in legal case classification.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China,No.2023YFC3006704National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42171047CAS-CSIRO Partnership Joint Project of 2024,No.177GJHZ2023097MI。
摘要Accurate prediction of flood events is important for flood control and risk management.Machine learning techniques contributed greatly to advances in flood predictions,and existing studies mainly focused on predicting flood resource variables using single or hybrid machine learning techniques.However,class-based flood predictions have rarely been investigated,which can aid in quickly diagnosing comprehensive flood characteristics and proposing targeted management strategies.This study proposed a prediction approach of flood regime metrics and event classes coupling machine learning algorithms with clustering-deduced membership degrees.Five algorithms were adopted for this exploration.Results showed that the class membership degrees accurately determined event classes with class hit rates up to 100%,compared with the four classes clustered from nine regime metrics.The nonlinear algorithms(Multiple Linear Regression,Random Forest,and least squares-Support Vector Machine)outperformed the linear techniques(Multiple Linear Regression and Stepwise Regression)in predicting flood regime metrics.The proposed approach well predicted flood event classes with average class hit rates of 66.0%-85.4%and 47.2%-76.0%in calibration and validation periods,respectively,particularly for the slow and late flood events.The predictive capability of the proposed prediction approach for flood regime metrics and classes was considerably stronger than that of hydrological modeling approach.
基金partially funded by Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(No.JCYJ20240813112038050)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52404059)+1 种基金the Economy Trade and Information Commission of Shenzhen Municipality,China(No.HYCYPT20140507010002)the Key Program of Marine Economy Development(Six Marine Industries)Special Foundation of the Department of Natural Resources of Guangdong Province,China(No.GDOE[2021]55).
摘要Natural gas hydrate in Class Ⅰ reservoirs holds significant commercial potential,as demonstrated by production trials in the South China Sea.However,experimental studies have focused largely on Class Ⅲ systems,with Class Ⅰ/Ⅱ reservoirs remaining underrepresented due to the difficulties in simulating the geothermal gradient and interlayer interactions.This study investigates depressurization performance across all three classes using a novel 360°rotatable reactor with segmented temperature control,enabling precise simulation of reservoir conditions.Results reveal:(i)Class Ⅰ shows two-stage gas production,with 50%from early free gas enabling rapid depressurization,followed by dissociated gas dominance.They achieve 38.4%-78.3%higher cumulative production and superior gas-to-water ratios due to efficient energy use.(ii)The free gas layer in Class Ⅰ accelerates pressure and heat transfer.Class Ⅱ’s water layer provides sensible heat but causes water blocking,impairing heat flow.Class Ⅲ exhibits rapid initial dissociation but a quick decline without fluid support.(iii)Low temperature,low hydrate saturation,and high production pressure collectively reduce efficiency by increasing flow resistance,limiting gas supply,and reducing dissociation drive.Over-depressurization risks hydrate reformation and ice blockage.This work bridges experimental gaps for Class Ⅰ/Ⅱ reservoirs,offering key insights for optimizing recovery.
基金National Social Science Fund of China“14th Five-Year Plan”2021 General Research Topic in Education:“Study on Higher Education Quality Assurance System in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from the Perspective of Regional Development”(Project Number:BIA210191).
摘要Background:Physical exercise is recognized as an effective means of alleviating academic stress,and physical education(PE)classes constitute a primary source of such activity for middle school students.This study aimed to delve into the diversity of PE class participation patterns among these students,examine their relationship with academic stress,and specifically investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in this process.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 849 Chinese middle school students.Data were collected via online questionnaires using validated measurement instruments,which included the degree of participation in PE classes,academic stress,and the self-compassion scale.SPSS 27.0 was used to perform correlation and mediation analyses,and Mplus 8.3 was utilized for latent profile analysis(LPA).Results:The study identified four distinct patterns of participation:the avoidant group(13.31%),the moderate participation group(10.75%),the interest-driven group(29.71%),and the active participation group(46.23%).Additionally,compared to the“Avoidant group”,students in the other three groups showed significantly higher levels of self-compassion and reported significantly lower levels of academic stress.Specifically,the relative indirect effects for the Moderately Engaged group,Interest-Driven Engagers group,and Actively Engaged group were-0.060(95%CI:[-0.180,0.055]),-0.123(95%CI:[-0.220,-0.021]),and-0.234(95%CI:[-0.333,-0.137]),respectively.Conclusion:These results underscore the importance of PE participation patterns and highlight that optimizing PE class design to stimulate students’intrinsic interest,thereby enhancing their engagement,represents an effective strategy for promoting the overall psychosocial well-being of middle school students.
摘要Infections with certain viruses are strong risk factors for specific cancers.The human major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related genes A(MICA)and B(MICB)are polymorphic,non-classical major histocompatibility complex class I genes located within the human leukocyte antigen region.Polymorphisms in these genes have been associated with susceptibility and outcomes of several virus-associated cancers.The underlying mechanisms involve modulation of natural killer cell-and CD8+T cell-mediated cytotoxicity by disrupting the natural killer group 2-member D-MICA/B axis.The resulting soluble forms of both MICA and MICB have recently gained attention as potential predictive biomarkers for virus-induced malignancies and disease severity.Therapeutic strategies targeting this axis show considerable promise.This minireview summarizes the genetics and biology of MICA and MICB,highlighting their emerging importance in the pathogenesis of virus-associated cancers.
基金supported by the European Research Council(ERC)under Grant Agreement No.951424(Water-Futures)by the Republic of Cyprus through the Deputy Ministry of Research,Innovation and Digital Policy.
摘要In today's connected world,the generation of massive streaming data across diverse domains has become commonplace.In the presence of concept drift,class imbalance,label scarcity,and new class emergence,these challenges jointly degrade representation stability,bias learning toward outdated distributions,and reduce the resilience and reliability of detection in dynamic environments.This paper proposes a streaming classincremental learning(SCIL)framework to address these issues.The SCIL framework integrates an autoencoder(AE)with a multi-layer perceptron for multi-class prediction,employs a dual-loss strategy(classification and reconstruction)for prediction and new class detection,uses corrected pseudo-labels for online training,manages classes with queues,and applies oversampling to handle imbalance.The rationale behind the method's structure is elucidated through ablation studies,and a comprehensive experimental evaluation is performed using both real-world and synthetic datasets that feature class imbalance,incremental classes,and concept drifts.Our results demonstrate that SCIL outperforms strong baselines and state-of-the-art methods.In line with our commitment to Open Science,we make our code and datasets available to the community.
摘要This paper,exploring pre-class tasks in college English class,aims to optimize class interaction.The findings of research indicate that scientifically designed pre-class tasks can activate students'prior knowledge and enhance their classroom participation.In addition,pre-class task design with the principles of interest,relevance and task continuity,together with classroom evaluation incentives and the dynamic adjustments of teaching strategies,can significantly alleviate class silence and improve the quality of teacher-student and student-student interaction.
基金supported by the Funds for Central-Guided Local Science and Technology Development(Grant No.202407AC110005)Key Technologies for the Construction of a Whole-Process Intelligent Service System for Neuroendocrine Neoplasm.Supported by 2023 Opening Research Fund of Yunnan Key Laboratory of Digital Communications(YNJTKFB-20230686,YNKLDC-KFKT-202304).
摘要In image analysis,high-precision semantic segmentation predominantly relies on supervised learning.Despite significant advancements driven by deep learning techniques,challenges such as class imbalance and dynamic performance evaluation persist.Traditional weighting methods,often based on pre-statistical class counting,tend to overemphasize certain classes while neglecting others,particularly rare sample categories.Approaches like focal loss and other rare-sample segmentation techniques introduce multiple hyperparameters that require manual tuning,leading to increased experimental costs due to their instability.This paper proposes a novel CAWASeg framework to address these limitations.Our approach leverages Grad-CAM technology to generate class activation maps,identifying key feature regions that the model focuses on during decision-making.We introduce a Comprehensive Segmentation Performance Score(CSPS)to dynamically evaluate model performance by converting these activation maps into pseudo mask and comparing them with Ground Truth.Additionally,we design two adaptive weights for each class:a Basic Weight(BW)and a Ratio Weight(RW),which the model adjusts during training based on real-time feedback.Extensive experiments on the COCO-Stuff,CityScapes,and ADE20k datasets demonstrate that our CAWASeg framework significantly improves segmentation performance for rare sample categories while enhancing overall segmentation accuracy.The proposed method offers a robust and efficient solution for addressing class imbalance in semantic segmentation tasks.
摘要Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation(WSSS),which relies only on image-level labels,has attracted significant attention for its cost-effectiveness and scalability.Existing methods mainly enhance inter-class distinctions and employ data augmentation to mitigate semantic ambiguity and reduce spurious activations.However,they often neglect the complex contextual dependencies among image patches,resulting in incomplete local representations and limited segmentation accuracy.To address these issues,we propose the Context Patch Fusion with Class Token Enhancement(CPF-CTE)framework,which exploits contextual relations among patches to enrich feature repre-sentations and improve segmentation.At its core,the Contextual-Fusion Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory(CF-BiLSTM)module captures spatial dependencies between patches and enables bidirectional information flow,yield-ing a more comprehensive understanding of spatial correlations.This strengthens feature learning and segmentation robustness.Moreover,we introduce learnable class tokens that dynamically encode and refine class-specific semantics,enhancing discriminative capability.By effectively integrating spatial and semantic cues,CPF-CTE produces richer and more accurate representations of image content.Extensive experiments on PASCAL VOC 2012 and MS COCO 2014 validate that CPF-CTE consistently surpasses prior WSSS methods.
基金supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF),funded by the Ministry of Education(RS-2023-00249743).
摘要Most Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)interpretation techniques visualize only the dominant cues that the model relies on,but there is no guarantee that these represent all the evidence the model uses for classification.This limitation becomes critical when hidden secondary cues—potentially more meaningful than the visualized ones—remain undiscovered.This study introduces CasCAM(Cascaded Class Activation Mapping)to address this fundamental limitation through counterfactual reasoning.By asking“if this dominant cue were absent,what other evidence would the model use?”,CasCAM progressively masks the most salient features and systematically uncovers the hierarchy of classification evidence hidden beneath them.Experimental results demonstrate that CasCAM effectively discovers the full spectrum of reasoning evidence and can be universally applied with nine existing interpretation methods.
基金supported by the Hubei Province NSF(2024AFB683).
摘要Let{X(t)}t≥0 be the generalized fractional Brownian motion introduced by Pang and Taqqu(2019):{XT}t≥0d={∫R((t-u)α+-(-u)α+|u|-γ/2B(du)}whereγ∈[0,1),α∈(-1/2+γ/2,1/2+γ/2)are constants.For anyθ>0,let Yt=1/Г(θ)∫0t(t-u)θ-1X(u)du,t≥0,Building upon the argument of Talagrand(1996),we develop integral criteria characterizing the lower classes of the process Y at t=0 and at infinity.As a consequence,we derive its Chung-type laws of the iterated logarithm.In the proofs,the small ball probability estimates play important roles.
基金supported by Basic Science Research Program to Research Institute for Basic Sciences(RIBS)of Jeju National University through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)funded by the Ministry of Education(RS-2019-NR040080)This research was also carried out with the support of the Jeju RISE Center,funded by the Ministry of Education and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province in 2025,as part of the“Regional Innovation System&Education(RISE):Glocal University 30”initiative.
摘要Given the growing number of vehicle accidents caused by unintended acceleration and braking failure,verifying Sudden Unintended Acceleration(SUA)incidents has become a persistent challenge.A central issue of debate is whether such events stem frommechanical malfunctions or driver pedalmisapplications.However,existing verification procedures implemented by vehiclemanufacturers often involve closed tests after vehicle recalls;thus raising ongoing concerns about reliability and transparency.Consequently,there is a growing need for a user-driven framework that enables independent data acquisition and verification.Although previous studies have addressed SUA detection using deep learning,few have explored howclass granularity optimization affects power efficiency and inference performance in real-time Edge AI systems.To address this problem,this work presents a cloud-assisted artificial intelligence(AI)solution for the reliable verification of SUA occurrences.The proposed system integrates multimodal sensor streams including camera-based foot images,On-Board Diagnostics II(OBD-II)signals,and six-axismeasurements to determine whether the brake pedal was actually engaged at themoment of a suspected SUA.Beyond image acquisition,convolutional neural network(CNN)models perform real-time inference to classify the driver’s pedal operation states with the resulting outputs transmitted and archived in the cloud.A dedicated dataset of brake and accelerator pedal images was collected from 15 vehicles produced by 6 domestic and international manufacturers.Using this dataset,transfer learning techniques were applied to compare and analyze model performance and generalization as the CNN class granularity varied from coarse to fine levels.Furthermore,classification performance was evaluated in terms of latency and power efficiency under different class configurations.The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed solution identified the driver’s pedal behavior accurately and promptly,with the two-class model achieving the highest F1-score and accuracy among all granularity settings.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42372156,42202146,42102153,42472194)the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province,China(Grant No.2022CXPT048)the Research Contract“Comprehensive Evaluation and Prediction of Shale Oil Development Sweet Spots”(Contract No.30200018-19-ZC0613-0116)。
摘要Accurate identification of lithofacies is critical for shale hydrocarbon exploration and development.Although machine learning(ML)is one of the most effective approaches for predicting shale lithofacies,the inherent geological heterogeneity results in scarce training samples and severely imbalanced class distributions,leading conventional ML methods to experience overfitting and reduced accuracy.To address this issue,we introduced a conditional diffusion probabilistic model(CDPM)to address these challenges and developed a comprehensive data augmentation framework for shale lithofacies prediction.Applying this framework to the Upper Fourth Member of the Shahejie Formation(Es4s)in the Dongying Depression,we successfully generated 3,600 class-balanced augmented samples from 926core-calibrated samples and eight conventional well log curves from well NY1,achieving an 878.3%increase in rare organic-rich fissile calcareous mudstone(L1)lithofacies.To ensure the reliability of the augmented data,a comprehensive quality assessment was conducted,demonstrating that augmented data effectively retained logging characteristics and petrophysical relationships,with a Fréchet Inception Distance(FID)of 22.9 and a maximum mean discrepancy(MMD)of 0.078.Building upon this highquality augmented dataset,we evaluated the impact of data augmentation on lithofacies classification performance across random forest(RF),support vector machine(SVM),and gradient boosted decision tree(GBDT)algorithms.The results showed substantial improvements,with average accuracy and F1 score increases of 13.6%and 16.5%,respectively,and a 33.1%improvement in L1 recall.To further validate the practical applicability of our approach,blind-well validation on independent wells from different structural positions demonstrated robust generalization capability,achieving significant improvement over traditional ML methods.This study pioneers a conditional diffusion model for predicting shale lithofacies,providing a novel framework for characterising lacustrine shale oil reservoirs and predicting sweet spots.
摘要This is a survey article on the moments of a class of error terms in analytic number theory.We begin by reviewing the moments of the Dirichlet divisor problem,and then review the hybrid moments of error terms in the divisor problems.We give two new results on the joint distribution of sign changes ofΔ2(x)andΔ3(x).In the last section,we present some conjectures on the moment results in the well-known Selberg class.
基金Beijing Municipal Education Science“14th Five-Year Plan”2023 Youth Special Project:Research on the“Integrated-Fusion”Training Model for Top-tier Innovative Talents in Finance and Economics under the Background of New Liberal Arts Construction with Digital Empowerment(CDCA23134)。
摘要With the continuous expansion of China’s graduate education system and the diversification of training models,the new era has raised higher requirements for cultivating high-level talents.Under the“Three-in-One Holistic Education”framework,structural deficiencies in the ideological and political education management system for graduate students have emerged,where the lack of collaborative mechanisms among educational stakeholders hinders educational effectiveness.This study focuses on the coordination mechanism between graduate student counselors and class advisors,constructing a theoretically coherent and practically feasible collaborative education model.From a functionalist perspective,the research demonstrates the necessity and feasibility of introducing the“graduate class advisor”role,positioning it as a pivotal hub.Building upon this foundation,a five-dimensional collaborative education mechanism model is proposed,achieving optimized allocation of educational resources and enhanced effectiveness.This study provides a theoretical framework to address challenges in ideological and political education,offers practical pathways and policy insights for universities to establish educational management systems,and holds significant implications for deepening the“Three-in-One Holistic Education”reform and cultivating high-level talents.
基金sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No.62271302the Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation Grant 20ZR1423500.
摘要Large amounts of labeled data are usually needed for training deep neural networks in medical image studies,particularly in medical image classification.However,in the field of semi-supervised medical image analysis,labeled data is very scarce due to patient privacy concerns.For researchers,obtaining high-quality labeled images is exceedingly challenging because it involves manual annotation and clinical understanding.In addition,skin datasets are highly suitable for medical image classification studies due to the inter-class relationships and the inter-class similarities of skin lesions.In this paper,we propose a model called Coalition Sample Relation Consistency(CSRC),a consistency-based method that leverages Canonical Correlation Analysis(CCA)to capture the intrinsic relationships between samples.Considering that traditional consistency-based models only focus on the consistency of prediction,we additionally explore the similarity between features by using CCA.We enforce feature relation consistency based on traditional models,encouraging the model to learn more meaningful information from unlabeled data.Finally,considering that cross-entropy loss is not as suitable as the supervised loss when studying with imbalanced datasets(i.e.,ISIC 2017 and ISIC 2018),we improve the supervised loss to achieve better classification accuracy.Our study shows that this model performs better than many semi-supervised methods.