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An Intersectional Exploration of Outness, Encountered Discrimination and Violence, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Asexual Youth across Gender Identities
Current research on asexual youth is limited, especially in understanding the impact of their outness and the intersection of sexual orientation with gender minority identities. This study investigates the inf...
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Efficient LiDAR/inertial-based localization with prior map for autonomous robots
A rapid and accurate localization scheme is significant for the application of autonomous robots in a prior map. However, this task remains challenging in the real-time requirement due to the complex scan matc...
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Mitochondrial Regulation of Macrophages in Innate Immunity and Diverse Roles of Macrophages During Cochlear Inflammation
Macrophages are essential components of the innate immune system and constitute a non-specific first line of host defense against pathogens and inflammation. Mitochondria regulate macrophage activation and inn...
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Forecasting 3-dimensional ionospheric disturbances during Hurricane Matthew using ConvLSTM neural network
The uneven distribution of GNSS observations and the scarcity of satellite data pose challenges for the continuous detection of traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) induced by gravity waves (GWs). This pa...
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Biomarkers of aging
Aging biomarkers are a combination of biological parameters to (i) assess age-related changes, (ii) track the physiological aging process, and (iii) predict the transition into a pathological status. Although ...
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Sequential changepoint detection in neural networks with checkpoints
We introduce a framework for online changepoint detection and simultaneous model learning which is applicable to highly parametrized models, such as deep neural networks. It is based on detecting changepoints ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Service Function Chain Placement in Cloud Data Center Networks: A Cooperative Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning Approach
Service function chaining (SFC), consisting of a sequence of virtual network functions (VNFs) (i.e., firewalls and load balancers), is an effective service provision technique in modern data center networks. B...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Voluntary Data Preservation Mechanism in Base Station-Less Sensor Networks
We consider the problem of preserving a large amount of data generated inside base station-less sensor networks when sensor nodes are controlled by different authorities and behave selfishly. We modify the VCG me...
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Strategic partial outsourcing in the presence of single-source components
We study the sourcing decision of a manufacturer in choosing between sole sourcing and multi-sourcing for a production component, when available sources are under different efficiency levels. In our model, the...
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Linkage, recombination, and mutation rate analyses of 19 X-chromosomal STR loci in Chinese Southern Han pedigrees
From Southern Han Chinese samples, we analyzed 19 X-STR markers for linkage, linkage disequilibrium (LD), and mutation rate. The data were collected from two- and three-generation Southern Han Chinese families...
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Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge
A long-standing goal of artificial intelligence is an algorithm that learns, tabula rasa, superhuman proficiency in challenging domains. Recently, AlphaGo became the first program to defeat a world champion in th...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Data Preservation in Base Station-Less Sensor Networks: A Game Theoretic Approach
We aim to preserve the large amount of data generated inside base station-less sensor networks with minimum energy cost, while considering that sensor nodes are selfish. Previous research assumed that all the sen...
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A Theory on Predatory Advertising After a Demand-Reducing Shock
We model the advertising competition between an incumbent and a new entrant in multiple independent markets after the new entrant suffers a demand-reducing shock. The incumbent is privately informed about the ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Extraction of Geographical Attribute-Values in Natural Language Text
Natural language text which contains rich geographical knowledge is an important spatial information source for GIS. Automatic extraction of geographical attribute-values from unstructured text can not only en...
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Strategic sourcing for entry deterrence and tacit collusion
By sourcing key intermediate goods to a potential entrant, an incumbent firm can credibly and observably commit to an intense post-entry competition, thereby deterring the entry. At the same time, a collusive ...