scholarly journals Guest Editorial: High-Level Parallel Programming and the Road to High Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-163
Author(s):  
J. Daniel García ◽  
Arturo Gonzalez-Escribano
Keyword(s):  
Parallel Programming ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
The Road ◽  
High Level

scholarly journals Automated Pavement Crack Damage Detection Using Deep Multiscale Convolutional Features

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weidong Song ◽  
Guohui Jia ◽  
Hong Zhu ◽  
Di Jia ◽  
Lin Gao
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Crack Detection ◽  
Automated Detection ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Road ◽  
Intelligent Maintenance ◽  
Road Pavement ◽  
Maintenance Systems ◽  
High Level ◽  
Pavement Crack Detection

Road pavement cracks automated detection is one of the key factors to evaluate the road distress quality, and it is a difficult issue for the construction of intelligent maintenance systems. However, pavement cracks automated detection has been a challenging task, including strong nonuniformity, complex topology, and strong noise-like problems in the crack images, and so on. To address these challenges, we propose the CrackSeg—an end-to-end trainable deep convolutional neural network for pavement crack detection, which is effective in achieving pixel-level, and automated detection via high-level features. In this work, we introduce a novel multiscale dilated convolutional module that can learn rich deep convolutional features, making the crack features acquired under a complex background more discriminant. Moreover, in the upsampling module process, the high spatial resolution features of the shallow network are fused to obtain more refined pixel-level pavement crack detection results. We train and evaluate the CrackSeg net on our CrackDataset, the experimental results prove that the CrackSeg achieves high performance with a precision of 98.00%, recall of 97.85%, F-score of 97.92%, and a mIoU of 73.53%. Compared with other state-of-the-art methods, the CrackSeg performs more efficiently, and robustly for automated pavement crack detection.

scholarly journals Guest Editorial: High-Level Parallel Programming and Applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-202
Author(s):  
Marco Danelutto ◽  
Susanna Pelagatti ◽  
Massimo Torquati
Keyword(s):  
Parallel Programming ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
High Level

scholarly journals Guest Editorial for High-level Parallel Programming and Applications

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-528
Author(s):  
Gaetan Hains ◽  
Youry Khmelevsky
Keyword(s):  
Parallel Programming ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
High Level

What Can Digitization Do For Formulated Product Innovation and Development

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James McDonagh ◽  
William Swope ◽  
Richard L. Anderson ◽  
Michael Johnston ◽  
David J. Bray
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
Base Level ◽  
Hybrid Approaches ◽  
Digital Ecosystem ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Chemical Simulation ◽  
High Level ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Digitization offers significant opportunities for the formulated product industry to transform the way it works and develop new methods of business. R&D is one area of operation that is challenging to take advantage of these technologies due to its high level of domain specialisation and creativity but the benefits could be significant. Recent developments of base level technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML), robotics and high performance computing (HPC), to name a few, present disruptive and transformative technologies which could offer new insights, discovery methods and enhanced chemical control when combined in a digital ecosystem of connectivity, distributive services and decentralisation. At the fundamental level, research in these technologies has shown that new physical and chemical insights can be gained, which in turn can augment experimental R&D approaches through physics-based chemical simulation, data driven models and hybrid approaches. In all of these cases, high quality data is required to build and validate models in addition to the skills and expertise to exploit such methods. In this article we give an overview of some of the digital technology demonstrators we have developed for formulated product R&D. We discuss the challenges in building and deploying these demonstrators.<br>

https://imsciences.edu.pk/files/journals/vol12_2/New%201%20MA.864.pdf

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Siddique ◽  
Shandana Shoaib ◽  
Zahoor Jan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Relational Coordination ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
And Performance ◽  
High Level

A key aspect of work processes in service sector firms is the interconnection between tasks and performance. Relational coordination can play an important role in addressing the issues of coordinating organizational activities due to high level of interdependence complexity in service sector firms. Research has primarily supported the aspect that well devised high performance work systems (HPWS) can intensify organizational performance. There is a growing debate, however, with regard to understanding the “mechanism” linking HPWS and performance outcomes. Using relational coordination theory, this study examines a model that examine the effects of subsets of HPWS, such as motivation, skills and opportunity enhancing HR practices on relational coordination among employees working in reciprocal interdependent job settings. Data were gathered from multiple sources including managers and employees at individual, functional and unit levels to know their understanding in relation to HPWS and relational coordination (RC) in 218 bank branches in Pakistan. Data analysis via structural equation modelling, results suggest that HPWS predicted RC among officers at the unit level. The findings of the study have contributions to both, theory and practice.

scholarly journals Dietary and Ergogenic Supplementation to Improve Elite Soccer Players’ Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Haniel Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Supplements ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Competitive Sport ◽  
Beetroot Juice ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Sustained Release Tablets ◽  
High Level ◽  
Ergogenic Supplements

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Soccer is an extremely competitive sport, where the most match important moments can be defined in detail. Use of ergogenic supplements can be crucial to improve the performance of a high-performance athlete. Therefore, knowing which ergogenic supplements are important for soccer players can be an interesting strategy to maintain high level in this sport until final and decisive moments of the match. In addition, other supplements, such as dietary supplements, have been studied and increasingly referenced in the scientific literature. But, what if ergogenic supplements were combined with dietary supplements? This review brings some recommendations to improve performance of soccer athletes on the field through dietary and/or ergogenic supplements that can be used simultaneously. <b><i>Summary:</i></b> Soccer is a competitive sport, where the match important moments can be defined in detail. Thus, use of ergogenic supplements covered in this review can improve performance of elite soccer players maintaining high level in the match until final moments, such as creatine 3–5 g day<sup>−1</sup>, caffeine 3–6 mg kg<sup>−1</sup> BW around 60 min before the match, sodium bicarbonate 0.1–0.4 g kg<sup>−1</sup> BW starting from 30 to 180 min before the match, β-alanine 3.2 and 6.4 g day<sup>−1</sup> provided in the sustained-release tablets divided into 4 times a day, and nitrate-rich beetroot juice 60 g in 200 mL of water (6 mmol of NO3<sup>−</sup> L) around 120 min before match or training, including a combination possible with taurine 50 mg kg<sup>−1</sup> BW day<sup>−1</sup>, citrulline 1.2–3.4 g day<sup>−1</sup>, and arginine 1.2–6 g day<sup>−1</sup>. <b><i>Key Messages:</i></b> Soccer athletes can combine ergogenic and dietary supplements to improve their performance on the field. The ergogenic and dietary supplements used in a scientifically recommended dose did not demonstrate relevant side effects. The use of various evidence-based supplements can add up to further improvement in the performance of the elite soccer players.

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