Three methods for improving the performance of (gaussian) radial basis function (RBF) networks were tested on the NETtaik task. In RBF, a new example is classified by computing its Euclidean distance to a set of centers chosen by unsupervised methods. The application of supervised learning to learn a non-Euclidean distance metric was found to reduce the error rate of RBF networks, while supervi...

This paper investigates the problem of image segmentation using superpixels. We propose two approaches to enhance the discriminative ability of the superpixel’s covariance descriptors. In the first one, we employ the Log-Euclidean distance as the metric on the covariance manifolds, and then use the RBF kernel to measure the similarities between covariance descriptors. The second method is focus...

human chromosomes in amnion cells and lymphocytes with normal karyotype and in lymphocytes with pathological karyotype (2n=47, +21) were compared as to their position in the metaphase. none of the collectives showed sex differences. measurement of the radial distances revealed more peripheral position of the majority of large chromosomes. the satellite-carrying chromosomes of the d group always...

When illusory self-motion is induced in a stationary observer by optic flow, the perceived distance traveled is generally overestimated relative to the distance of a remembered target (Redlick, Harris, & Jenkin, 2001): subjects feel they have gone further than the simulated distance and indicate that they have arrived at a target's previously seen location too early. In this article we assess h...

This paper presents a new method of designing a beamformer having a desired broadband beampattern with focusing capability to operate at any radial distance from the array origin. An important consequence of our result is that the beamformer processing can be factored in to three levels of filtering: (i) beampattern independent elementary beamformers; (ii) beampattern shape dependent filters; a...

Rats rhythmically tap and brush their vibrissae (whiskers) against objects to tactually explore the environment. To extract a complex feature such as the contour of an object, the rat must at least implicitly estimate radial object distance, that is, the distance from the base of the vibrissa to the point of object contact. Radial object distance cannot be directly measured, however, because th...

We consider the chromatic numbers of unit-distance graphs of various annuli. In particular, we consider radial colorings, which are “nice” colorings, and completely determine the radial chromatic numbers of various annuli.

METHODS AND FINDINGS Measurements were done on both arms of ten specially embalmed specimens. Arms were dissected and radiopaque wires attached to the radial nerve in the distal part of the upper arm. Digital radiographs were obtained to determine the course of the radial nerve in the distal 20 cm of the humerus in relation to bony landmarks; medial epicondyle and capitellum-trochlea projection...