Human Action Recognition(HAR)in uncontrolled environments targets to recognition of different actions froma video.An effective HAR model can be employed for an application like human-computer interaction,health care,p...Human Action Recognition(HAR)in uncontrolled environments targets to recognition of different actions froma video.An effective HAR model can be employed for an application like human-computer interaction,health care,person tracking,and video surveillance.Machine Learning(ML)approaches,specifically,Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)models had beenwidely used and achieved impressive results through feature fusion.The accuracy and effectiveness of these models continue to be the biggest challenge in this field.In this article,a novel feature optimization algorithm,called improved Shark Smell Optimization(iSSO)is proposed to reduce the redundancy of extracted features.This proposed technique is inspired by the behavior ofwhite sharks,and howthey find the best prey in thewhole search space.The proposed iSSOalgorithmdivides the FeatureVector(FV)into subparts,where a search is conducted to find optimal local features fromeach subpart of FV.Once local optimal features are selected,a global search is conducted to further optimize these features.The proposed iSSO algorithm is employed on nine(9)selected CNN models.These CNN models are selected based on their top-1 and top-5 accuracy in ImageNet competition.To evaluate the model,two publicly available datasets UCF-Sports and Hollywood2 are selected.展开更多
Last December 2019,a cluster of viral pneumonia cases identified as coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)was reported in Wuhan,China.We aimed to explore the frequencies of nasal symptoms in patients with COVID-19,includi...Last December 2019,a cluster of viral pneumonia cases identified as coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)was reported in Wuhan,China.We aimed to explore the frequencies of nasal symptoms in patients with COVID-19,including loss of smell and taste,as well as their presentation as the first symptom of the disease and their association with the severity of COVID-19.In this retrospective study,1206 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients were included and followed up by telephone one month after discharged from Tongji Hospital,Wuhan.Demographic data,laboratory values,comorbidities,symptoms,and numerical rating scale scores(0–10)of nasal symptoms were extracted from the hospital medical records,and confirmed or reevaluated by the telephone follow-up.From patients(n=1172)completing follow-up,199(17%)subjects had severe COVID-19 and 342(29.2%)reported nasal symptoms.20.6%COVID-19 patients had loss of taste(median score=6),while 11.4%had loss of smell(median score=5).Loss of taste scores,but not loss of smell scores,were significantly increased in severe vs.nonsevere COVID-19 patients.Interleukin(IL)-6 and lactose dehydrogenase(LDH)serum levels were positively correlated with loss of taste scores.About 80%of COVID-19 patients recovered from smell and taste dysfunction in 2 weeks.In this cohort,only 1 out of 10 hospital admitted patients had loss of smell while 1 out of 5 reported loss of taste which was associated to severity of COVID-19.Most patients recovered smell and taste dysfunctions in 2 weeks.展开更多
Odors that induce psychological orbehavioral changes in the same species——fright in a catfish^2,sexual arousal in abull—are called pheromones^3.And nowheredo such odors have more profound aneffect than among the be...Odors that induce psychological orbehavioral changes in the same species——fright in a catfish^2,sexual arousal in abull—are called pheromones^3.And nowheredo such odors have more profound aneffect than among the bees,wasps,ants,and termites^4:Pheromones are the chemicalmessages that these insects use to organizetheir complex societies.The queen honeybee preserves hermonarchy^5 by exuding^6 an odor thatnhibits worker bees from laying eggs展开更多
Software systems have been employed in many fields as a means to reduce human efforts;consequently,stakeholders are interested in more updates of their capabilities.Code smells arise as one of the obstacles in the sof...Software systems have been employed in many fields as a means to reduce human efforts;consequently,stakeholders are interested in more updates of their capabilities.Code smells arise as one of the obstacles in the software industry.They are characteristics of software source code that indicate a deeper problem in design.These smells appear not only in the design but also in software implementation.Code smells introduce bugs,affect software maintainability,and lead to higher maintenance costs.Uncovering code smells can be formulated as an optimization problem of finding the best detection rules.Although researchers have recommended different techniques to improve the accuracy of code smell detection,these methods are still unstable and need to be improved.Previous research has sought only to discover a few at a time(three or five types)and did not set rules for detecting their types.Our research improves code smell detection by applying a search-based technique;we use the Whale Optimization Algorithm as a classifier to find ideal detection rules.Applying this algorithm,the Fisher criterion is utilized as a fitness function to maximize the between-class distance over the withinclass variance.The proposed framework adopts if-then detection rules during the software development life cycle.Those rules identify the types for both medium and large projects.Experiments are conducted on five open-source software projects to discover nine smell types that mostly appear in codes.The proposed detection framework has an average of 94.24%precision and 93.4%recall.These accurate values are better than other search-based algorithms of the same field.The proposed framework improves code smell detection,which increases software quality while minimizing maintenance effort,time,and cost.Additionally,the resulting classification rules are analyzed to find the software metrics that differentiate the nine code smells.展开更多
Somerset Maugham<sup>2</sup> inquired of one of H·G·Wells’s<sup>3</sup> mistresses<sup>4</sup> why such a paunchy<sup>5</sup>, homely<sup>6</sup> ...Somerset Maugham<sup>2</sup> inquired of one of H·G·Wells’s<sup>3</sup> mistresses<sup>4</sup> why such a paunchy<sup>5</sup>, homely<sup>6</sup> writer had such success with women.He smells of honey, she said. Body odors are the smell of acids produced by bacteria metabolizing skin secretions.<sup>7</sup> The most repellent<sup>8</sup> odors result from the apocrine glands<sup>9</sup>, associated with underarm and genital hair<sup>10</sup> and activated<sup>11</sup> when we’re frightened, excited, or aroused. Men have more and larger apocrine glands than women, blacks more than Caucasians,<sup>12</sup> Caucasians more than Orientals.<sup>13</sup> Varying skin acidity controls the size of展开更多
Once there was a stingy(小气的)baker.He was angry at a poor man who would standoutside the bakery(面包房)every day,savoring(品尝)the scent of baking bread.The bakerfelt that anyone who smelled his delicious products s...Once there was a stingy(小气的)baker.He was angry at a poor man who would standoutside the bakery(面包房)every day,savoring(品尝)the scent of baking bread.The bakerfelt that anyone who smelled his delicious products should have to pay for the privilege.So展开更多
BACKGROUND There are numerous conflicting discussions about the outbreak of the new coronavirus 2019(COVID-19).AIM To present some anatomical and physiological considerations about two of the symptoms reported by pati...BACKGROUND There are numerous conflicting discussions about the outbreak of the new coronavirus 2019(COVID-19).AIM To present some anatomical and physiological considerations about two of the symptoms reported by patients:The loss or reduction of smell and taste.METHODS The loss or reduction of smell and taste is presented in a peculiar way,with some cases of persistence even after COVID-19.For this,it was searched in three databases,PubMed/MEDLINE,Web of Science,and Scopus,using the following keywords:"Smell","Taste","Smell AND COVID-19","Taste AND COVID-19",with no publication time restriction,only in English with full text available,excluding also brief communications,letters to the editor,editorials,reviews,comments,and conference abstracts.RESULTS The search found 776 articles in the PubMed/MEDLINE database,1018 in the Web of Science database,and 552 in the Scopus database,from which duplicates were removed(104 articles).Finally,17 studies were selected for detailed analysis within the eligibility criteria,with titles and abstracts related to central nervous system lesions responsible for smell and taste.This review suggests that viral mechanisms of action may be related to lesions both at the local level and at the level of the central nervous system,lasting up to 3 to 4 wk.It is considered persistent if it exceeds this period,as reported in one case in this review.There are still few studies about the treatment,and among those addressed in this review,only two studies reported possible treatments and emphasized the scarcity of data,with the best option being treatments that do not cause harm,such as gustatory and olfactory physiotherapy CONCLUSION Given the scarcity of data,this review emphasizes the importance of prevention,through the correct use of personal protective equipment by health professionals and respect for local behavioral indications.It is also emphasized,through five studies,that there is a predominance of such symptoms in patients with COVID-19,which can be a tool to control dissemination,through the early isolation of patients until the results are ready.展开更多
Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is caused by SARS-CoV2 and is still not yet under complete control and no cure is available until this moment.It is still unpredictable to expect vaccination available worldwide in th...Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is caused by SARS-CoV2 and is still not yet under complete control and no cure is available until this moment.It is still unpredictable to expect vaccination available worldwide in the near future.Early diagnosis hence becomes extremely important.Various papers have proven that early identification of loss of smell and taste is of significance in the diagnosis of this disease.Some patients of COVID-19 may carry on suffering from loss of smell and taste even long after the other symptoms of the infection subside.The aetiology,pathology,and mechanism of loss of smell and taste are discussed in this article,pointing out that impairment of meridians,disturbed Brain-Shen and dysfunction of the Zang-Fu organs are the key pathology of loss of smell and taste by COVID-19.Traditional Chinese medicine resolution with acupuncture and Chinese herbs are therefore demonstrated accordingly,aiming to establish some practical and effective strategies to deal with loss of smell and taste.This unique presentation in the treatment illustrate that even though loss of smell and taste being a single symptom,it requires a profound understanding on the complicated and sophisticated background mechanism of the COVID-19,which is urgently in need of comprehensive treatment in time.Loss of smell and taste by COVID-19 is not only a minor suffering of the infection,but also a very critical part of a fully recovery of COVID-19,it shall not be left untreated.展开更多
Once an old couple stayed over night at a small hotel in the countryside. Their room wasvery hot in the night, so the husband got up in the dark to open the door. When he got back, hiswife asked him what kind of night...Once an old couple stayed over night at a small hotel in the countryside. Their room wasvery hot in the night, so the husband got up in the dark to open the door. When he got back, hiswife asked him what kind of night it was. "I don t think it s raining," he replied. "But it s pitch-dark(漆黑的), and there is a展开更多
Code smell detection is essential to improve software quality, enhancing software maintainability, and decrease the risk of faults and failures in the software system. In this paper, we proposed a code smell predictio...Code smell detection is essential to improve software quality, enhancing software maintainability, and decrease the risk of faults and failures in the software system. In this paper, we proposed a code smell prediction approach based on machine learning techniques and software metrics. The local interpretable model-agnostic explanations (LIME) algorithm was further used to explain the machine learning model's predictions and interpretability. The datasets obtained from Fontana et al. were reformed and used to build binary-label and multi-label datasets. The results of 10-fold cross-validation show that the performance of tree-based algorithms (mainly Random Forest) is higher compared with kernel-based and network-based algorithms. The genetic algorithm based feature selection methods enhance the accuracy of these machine learning algorithms by selecting the most relevant features in each dataset. Moreover, the parameter optimization techniques based on the grid search algorithm significantly enhance the accuracy of all these algorithms. Finally, machine learning techniques have high potential in predicting the code smells, which contribute to detect these smells and enhance the software's quality.展开更多
[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the application of Sargassum fusiforme(Harv.)Setch.in cigarettes.[Methods]Tobacco-specific nitrosamines in the smoke of cigarettes added with ethanol extract of S.fu...[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the application of Sargassum fusiforme(Harv.)Setch.in cigarettes.[Methods]Tobacco-specific nitrosamines in the smoke of cigarettes added with ethanol extract of S.fusiforme were determined,and the compounds related to the aroma of S.fusiforme were identified by flavor-smelling experiment.[Results]With the addition of the ethanol extract of S.fusiforme,the decrease in the total amount of four tobacco-specific nitrosamines in mainstream cigarette smoke reached 16.42%.The results of the flavor-smelling experiment showed that the aroma of S.fusiforme might be related to(R)-5,6,7,7A-tetrahydro-4,4,7A-trimethyl-2(4H)-benzofuranone,glycerol,ethyl palmitate,methyl palmitate,ethyl linoleate,methyl(Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-octadecatrienoate,ethyl(Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-octadecatrienoate,phytol,and tetradecanoic acid.[Conclusions]The ethanol extract of S.fusiforme has the potential function of reducing the content of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in smoke and improving the taste of cigarettes.展开更多
基金supported by the Collabo R&D between Industry,Academy,and Research Institute(S3250534)funded by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups(MSS,Korea)the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT)(No.RS-2023-00218176)the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.
文摘Human Action Recognition(HAR)in uncontrolled environments targets to recognition of different actions froma video.An effective HAR model can be employed for an application like human-computer interaction,health care,person tracking,and video surveillance.Machine Learning(ML)approaches,specifically,Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)models had beenwidely used and achieved impressive results through feature fusion.The accuracy and effectiveness of these models continue to be the biggest challenge in this field.In this article,a novel feature optimization algorithm,called improved Shark Smell Optimization(iSSO)is proposed to reduce the redundancy of extracted features.This proposed technique is inspired by the behavior ofwhite sharks,and howthey find the best prey in thewhole search space.The proposed iSSOalgorithmdivides the FeatureVector(FV)into subparts,where a search is conducted to find optimal local features fromeach subpart of FV.Once local optimal features are selected,a global search is conducted to further optimize these features.The proposed iSSO algorithm is employed on nine(9)selected CNN models.These CNN models are selected based on their top-1 and top-5 accuracy in ImageNet competition.To evaluate the model,two publicly available datasets UCF-Sports and Hollywood2 are selected.
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China(No.2018CFB602)National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFC0116800)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos:81630024,81920108011,and 81900925)。
文摘Last December 2019,a cluster of viral pneumonia cases identified as coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)was reported in Wuhan,China.We aimed to explore the frequencies of nasal symptoms in patients with COVID-19,including loss of smell and taste,as well as their presentation as the first symptom of the disease and their association with the severity of COVID-19.In this retrospective study,1206 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients were included and followed up by telephone one month after discharged from Tongji Hospital,Wuhan.Demographic data,laboratory values,comorbidities,symptoms,and numerical rating scale scores(0–10)of nasal symptoms were extracted from the hospital medical records,and confirmed or reevaluated by the telephone follow-up.From patients(n=1172)completing follow-up,199(17%)subjects had severe COVID-19 and 342(29.2%)reported nasal symptoms.20.6%COVID-19 patients had loss of taste(median score=6),while 11.4%had loss of smell(median score=5).Loss of taste scores,but not loss of smell scores,were significantly increased in severe vs.nonsevere COVID-19 patients.Interleukin(IL)-6 and lactose dehydrogenase(LDH)serum levels were positively correlated with loss of taste scores.About 80%of COVID-19 patients recovered from smell and taste dysfunction in 2 weeks.In this cohort,only 1 out of 10 hospital admitted patients had loss of smell while 1 out of 5 reported loss of taste which was associated to severity of COVID-19.Most patients recovered smell and taste dysfunctions in 2 weeks.
文摘Odors that induce psychological orbehavioral changes in the same species——fright in a catfish^2,sexual arousal in abull—are called pheromones^3.And nowheredo such odors have more profound aneffect than among the bees,wasps,ants,and termites^4:Pheromones are the chemicalmessages that these insects use to organizetheir complex societies.The queen honeybee preserves hermonarchy^5 by exuding^6 an odor thatnhibits worker bees from laying eggs
文摘Software systems have been employed in many fields as a means to reduce human efforts;consequently,stakeholders are interested in more updates of their capabilities.Code smells arise as one of the obstacles in the software industry.They are characteristics of software source code that indicate a deeper problem in design.These smells appear not only in the design but also in software implementation.Code smells introduce bugs,affect software maintainability,and lead to higher maintenance costs.Uncovering code smells can be formulated as an optimization problem of finding the best detection rules.Although researchers have recommended different techniques to improve the accuracy of code smell detection,these methods are still unstable and need to be improved.Previous research has sought only to discover a few at a time(three or five types)and did not set rules for detecting their types.Our research improves code smell detection by applying a search-based technique;we use the Whale Optimization Algorithm as a classifier to find ideal detection rules.Applying this algorithm,the Fisher criterion is utilized as a fitness function to maximize the between-class distance over the withinclass variance.The proposed framework adopts if-then detection rules during the software development life cycle.Those rules identify the types for both medium and large projects.Experiments are conducted on five open-source software projects to discover nine smell types that mostly appear in codes.The proposed detection framework has an average of 94.24%precision and 93.4%recall.These accurate values are better than other search-based algorithms of the same field.The proposed framework improves code smell detection,which increases software quality while minimizing maintenance effort,time,and cost.Additionally,the resulting classification rules are analyzed to find the software metrics that differentiate the nine code smells.
文摘Somerset Maugham<sup>2</sup> inquired of one of H·G·Wells’s<sup>3</sup> mistresses<sup>4</sup> why such a paunchy<sup>5</sup>, homely<sup>6</sup> writer had such success with women.He smells of honey, she said. Body odors are the smell of acids produced by bacteria metabolizing skin secretions.<sup>7</sup> The most repellent<sup>8</sup> odors result from the apocrine glands<sup>9</sup>, associated with underarm and genital hair<sup>10</sup> and activated<sup>11</sup> when we’re frightened, excited, or aroused. Men have more and larger apocrine glands than women, blacks more than Caucasians,<sup>12</sup> Caucasians more than Orientals.<sup>13</sup> Varying skin acidity controls the size of
文摘Once there was a stingy(小气的)baker.He was angry at a poor man who would standoutside the bakery(面包房)every day,savoring(品尝)the scent of baking bread.The bakerfelt that anyone who smelled his delicious products should have to pay for the privilege.So
文摘BACKGROUND There are numerous conflicting discussions about the outbreak of the new coronavirus 2019(COVID-19).AIM To present some anatomical and physiological considerations about two of the symptoms reported by patients:The loss or reduction of smell and taste.METHODS The loss or reduction of smell and taste is presented in a peculiar way,with some cases of persistence even after COVID-19.For this,it was searched in three databases,PubMed/MEDLINE,Web of Science,and Scopus,using the following keywords:"Smell","Taste","Smell AND COVID-19","Taste AND COVID-19",with no publication time restriction,only in English with full text available,excluding also brief communications,letters to the editor,editorials,reviews,comments,and conference abstracts.RESULTS The search found 776 articles in the PubMed/MEDLINE database,1018 in the Web of Science database,and 552 in the Scopus database,from which duplicates were removed(104 articles).Finally,17 studies were selected for detailed analysis within the eligibility criteria,with titles and abstracts related to central nervous system lesions responsible for smell and taste.This review suggests that viral mechanisms of action may be related to lesions both at the local level and at the level of the central nervous system,lasting up to 3 to 4 wk.It is considered persistent if it exceeds this period,as reported in one case in this review.There are still few studies about the treatment,and among those addressed in this review,only two studies reported possible treatments and emphasized the scarcity of data,with the best option being treatments that do not cause harm,such as gustatory and olfactory physiotherapy CONCLUSION Given the scarcity of data,this review emphasizes the importance of prevention,through the correct use of personal protective equipment by health professionals and respect for local behavioral indications.It is also emphasized,through five studies,that there is a predominance of such symptoms in patients with COVID-19,which can be a tool to control dissemination,through the early isolation of patients until the results are ready.
文摘Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is caused by SARS-CoV2 and is still not yet under complete control and no cure is available until this moment.It is still unpredictable to expect vaccination available worldwide in the near future.Early diagnosis hence becomes extremely important.Various papers have proven that early identification of loss of smell and taste is of significance in the diagnosis of this disease.Some patients of COVID-19 may carry on suffering from loss of smell and taste even long after the other symptoms of the infection subside.The aetiology,pathology,and mechanism of loss of smell and taste are discussed in this article,pointing out that impairment of meridians,disturbed Brain-Shen and dysfunction of the Zang-Fu organs are the key pathology of loss of smell and taste by COVID-19.Traditional Chinese medicine resolution with acupuncture and Chinese herbs are therefore demonstrated accordingly,aiming to establish some practical and effective strategies to deal with loss of smell and taste.This unique presentation in the treatment illustrate that even though loss of smell and taste being a single symptom,it requires a profound understanding on the complicated and sophisticated background mechanism of the COVID-19,which is urgently in need of comprehensive treatment in time.Loss of smell and taste by COVID-19 is not only a minor suffering of the infection,but also a very critical part of a fully recovery of COVID-19,it shall not be left untreated.
文摘Once an old couple stayed over night at a small hotel in the countryside. Their room wasvery hot in the night, so the husband got up in the dark to open the door. When he got back, hiswife asked him what kind of night it was. "I don t think it s raining," he replied. "But it s pitch-dark(漆黑的), and there is a
文摘Code smell detection is essential to improve software quality, enhancing software maintainability, and decrease the risk of faults and failures in the software system. In this paper, we proposed a code smell prediction approach based on machine learning techniques and software metrics. The local interpretable model-agnostic explanations (LIME) algorithm was further used to explain the machine learning model's predictions and interpretability. The datasets obtained from Fontana et al. were reformed and used to build binary-label and multi-label datasets. The results of 10-fold cross-validation show that the performance of tree-based algorithms (mainly Random Forest) is higher compared with kernel-based and network-based algorithms. The genetic algorithm based feature selection methods enhance the accuracy of these machine learning algorithms by selecting the most relevant features in each dataset. Moreover, the parameter optimization techniques based on the grid search algorithm significantly enhance the accuracy of all these algorithms. Finally, machine learning techniques have high potential in predicting the code smells, which contribute to detect these smells and enhance the software's quality.
文摘[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the application of Sargassum fusiforme(Harv.)Setch.in cigarettes.[Methods]Tobacco-specific nitrosamines in the smoke of cigarettes added with ethanol extract of S.fusiforme were determined,and the compounds related to the aroma of S.fusiforme were identified by flavor-smelling experiment.[Results]With the addition of the ethanol extract of S.fusiforme,the decrease in the total amount of four tobacco-specific nitrosamines in mainstream cigarette smoke reached 16.42%.The results of the flavor-smelling experiment showed that the aroma of S.fusiforme might be related to(R)-5,6,7,7A-tetrahydro-4,4,7A-trimethyl-2(4H)-benzofuranone,glycerol,ethyl palmitate,methyl palmitate,ethyl linoleate,methyl(Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-octadecatrienoate,ethyl(Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-octadecatrienoate,phytol,and tetradecanoic acid.[Conclusions]The ethanol extract of S.fusiforme has the potential function of reducing the content of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in smoke and improving the taste of cigarettes.