XMage: An image retrieval method based on partial similarity

XMage is introduced in this paper as a method for partial similarity searching in image databases. Region-based image retrieval is a method of retrieving partially similar images. It has been proposed as a way to accurately process queries in an image database. In region-based image retrieval, region matching is indispensable for computing the partial similarity between two images because the query processing is based upon regions instead of the entire image. A naive method of region matching is a sequential comparison between regions, which causes severe overhead and deteriorates the performance of query processing. In this paper, a new image contents representation, called Condensed eXtended Histogram (CXHistogram), is presented in conjunction with a well-defined distance function CXSim() on the CX-Histogram. The CXSim() is a new image-to-image similarity measure to compute the partial similarity between two images. It achieves the effect of comparing regions of two images by simply comparing the two images. The CXSim() reduces query space by pruning irrelevant images, and it is used as a filtering function before sequential scanning. Extensive experiments were performed on real image data to evaluate XMage. It provides a significant pruning of irrelevant images with no false dismissals. As a consequence, it achieves up to 5.9-fold speed-up in search over the R*-tree search followed by sequential scanning.     

市场经济体制下中国体育发展的思考

在我国社会主义市场经济体制初步建立，商品经济迅速发展，改革开放不断深入的今天，我国体育事业的繁荣与发展是摆在体育界同仁面前的重要课题。本文从现代体育观念与现代经济发展的关系入手，剖析了体育与经济的密切联系，市场经济体制下中国体育的发展方向，提出中国体育要向产业化过渡，走社会化、竞技体育职业化、市场化的道路。期盼中国体育抓住机遇，尽快与国际体育接轨，早日跻身世界体育强国之林。     

Mentoring Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Mathematics Research Students: Junior Faculty Experiences

Abstract

To be successful, junior faculty must properly manage their time in the face of expanding responsibilities. One such responsibility is supervising undergraduate research projects. Student research projects (either single or multi-student) can be undertaken as a full-time summer experience, or as a part-time academic year commitment. With many potential undergraduate research formats, and with different types of students, junior faculty may find challenges in forming their research group, establishing a structure that promotes student productivity, picking an appropriate project, or in effectively mentoring their students. This article draws from the authors’ experiences to help junior faculty navigate these complexities so that all parties reap the benefits of undergraduate research in interdisciplinary mathematical disciplines.     

Antimelanogenic effects of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Inula britannica</Emphasis> flower petal extract fermented by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lactobacillus plantarum</Emphasis> KCCM 11613P

The inhibitory effects of Lactobacillus plantarum-fermented and non-fermented Inula britannica extracts on the tyrosinase activity were comparatively investigated to examine whether and how they improve the whitening activity, and the contents of total flavonoids and polyphenolics as bioactive compounds were determined. The skin whitening activity using in vitro or ex vivo tyrosinase and L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) staining was examined. The total flavonoid content (TFC) was increased by 13.4% after 72 h-fermentation. The viabilities of the B16F10 cells treated with the fermented and non-fermented control extracts were 100.26% and 92.15% at 500 μg/ml, respectively. In addition, the inhibition of tyrosinase activity was increased by the fermented samples from 29.33% to 41.74% following fermentation for up to 72 h. The tyrosinase activity of the untreated control group was increased to 145.69% in B16F10 cells. The results showed that I. britannica fermented by L. plantarum dose-dependently inhibited tyrosinase activity, which was stimulated by α-melanocyte stimulating hormone. These results suggest that lactic fermented I. britannica extracts can be used as effective skin-whitening materials.     

浅谈高职教师队伍建设意义与中国相关教育法的缺憾

高职教师队伍建设现实意义重大,需要有法可依,但是,通过分析中国主要相关的三部教育法中关于高职教师的条文要求,发现其中的缺憾,文章有针对性地提出建设性意见。     

水杨酸对盐胁迫下小麦种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响

本文研究了盐胁迫下不同浓度水杨酸(SA)对小麦种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响。结果表明:5 mmol/LNaCl胁迫下,小麦种子发芽率降低,根伸长、芽伸长受到抑制;小麦幼苗叶绿素含量、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性降低,膜脂过氧化作用产物丙二醛(MDA)积累;0.1-1mmol/LSA处理提高了盐胁迫下小麦种子发芽率,促进小麦幼苗生长,提高小麦幼苗叶绿素含量、超氧化物歧化酶的活性,抑制MDA积累,缓解盐胁迫对小麦幼苗的伤害,并表现出浓度效应。     

Dual-mode on-demand droplet routing in multiple microchannels using a magnetic fluid as carrier phase

We present dual-mode, on-demand droplet routing in a multiple-outlet microfluidic device using an oil-based magnetic fluid. Magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticle-contained oleic acid (MNOA) was used as a carrier phase for droplet generation and manipulation. The water-in-MNOA droplets were selectively distributed in a curved microchannel with three branches by utilizing both a hydrodynamic laminar flow pattern and an external magnetic field. Without the applied magnetic field, the droplets travelled along a hydrodynamic centerline that was displaced at each bifurcating junction. However, in the presence of a permanent magnet, they were repelled from the centerline and diverted into the desired channel when the repelled distance exceeded the minimum offset allocated to the channel. The repelled distance, which is proportional to the magnetic field gradient, was manipulated by controlling the magnet''s distance from the device. To evaluate routing performance, three different sizes of droplets with diameters of 63, 88, and 102 μm were directed into designated outlets with the magnet positioned at varying distances. The result demonstrated that the 102-μm droplets were sorted with an accuracy of ∼93%. Our technique enables on-demand droplet routing in multiple outlet channels by simply manipulating magnet positions (active mode) as well as size-based droplet separation with a fixed magnet position (passive mode).     

A Corpus-Based Learning Method of Compound Noun Indexing Rules for Korean

In Korean information retrieval, compound nouns play an important role in improving precision in search experiments. There are two major approaches to compound noun indexing in Korean: statistical and linguistic. Each method, however, has its own shortcomings, such as limitations when indexing diverse types of compound nouns, over-generation of compound nouns, and data sparseness in training. In this paper, we propose a corpus-based learning method, which can index diverse types of compound nouns using rules automatically extracted from a large corpus. The automatic learning method is more portable and requires less human effort, although it exhibits a performance level similar to the manual-linguistic approach. We also present a new filtering method to solve the problems of compound noun over-generation and data sparseness.     

From Honeymoon to Divorce: Fragmenting Relations between China and South Korea in Politics,Economics – and Sport

This is an analysis of two East Asian Nations, South Korea and China, and a descent from growing friendship to growing friction in economics, politics and sport – with sport as an analogue of fragmentation and the Guangzhou Asian Games as an analogous illustration of crescive tension between the two nations in economics, politics and sport in the twenty-first century.     

高职校内实训基地股份制经营的思考

高职院校校内实训基地的股份制经营中，科学确定股份构成，合理界定各股东的角色和利益定位．是实现多方共赢的保证。校内实训基地的股份构成包括：设备和场地股份，资本股份，智力股份。明确股份构成后，要分步实施对实训基地经营管理的股份制改造，积极选择和引进投资者及各类人才。