A ‘Natural’ Approach to Design

: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that affects about 15% of women of reproductive age and is correlated with infertility, insulin resistance, and obesity. The etiology of PCOS is multifactorial and genetic, endocrine, and metabolic causes were involved. New evidence suggests a link between microorganisms residing in the digestive tracts of humans and the development of PCOS. Moreover, an imbalance in the gut microbial community could be a possible factor for the onset of insulin resistance and obesity. Hyperandrogenism, a key feature of PCOS, could also play a critical role in shaping the microbiome community. Probiotics could modify the gut microbiota and serve as a potential treatment for PCOS. Here we disclose the association between PCOS and intestinal microbiota and the possible role of probiotics as a new treatment approach.

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An Intuitive Introduction to Fractional and Rough Volatilities

Mathematics ◽

10.3390/math9090994 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 994

Author(s):

Elisa Alòs ◽

Jorge A. León

Keyword(s):

Malliavin Calculus ◽

Numerical Experiments ◽

Implied Volatility ◽

Natural Approach ◽

Volatility Models ◽

Implied Volatility Surface ◽

Short Memory ◽

White Type ◽

Volatility Surface ◽

Theoretical Results

Here, we review some results of fractional volatility models, where the volatility is driven by fractional Brownian motion (fBm). In these models, the future average volatility is not a process adapted to the underlying filtration, and fBm is not a semimartingale in general. So, we cannot use the classical Itô’s calculus to explain how the memory properties of fBm allow us to describe some empirical findings of the implied volatility surface through Hull and White type formulas. Thus, Malliavin calculus provides a natural approach to deal with the implied volatility without assuming any particular structure of the volatility. The aim of this paper is to provides the basic tools of Malliavin calculus for the study of fractional volatility models. That is, we explain how the long and short memory of fBm improves the description of the implied volatility. In particular, we consider in detail a model that combines the long and short memory properties of fBm as an example of the approach introduced in this paper. The theoretical results are tested with numerical experiments.

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A natural approach to modeling physical systems

Proceedings of 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control ◽

10.1109/cdc.1996.574295 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

S.E. Mattsson ◽

K.J. Astrom ◽

R.D. Bell

Keyword(s):

Physical Systems ◽

Natural Approach ◽

Modeling Physical Systems

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KECERDASAN BUATAN MANUSIA (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE); TEKNOLOGI IMPIAN MASA DEPAN

ULUL ALBAB Jurnal Studi Islam ◽

10.18860/ua.v9i2.6218 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 257-274

Author(s):

Ririen Kusumawati

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Information Technology ◽

Human Brain ◽

Computer Technology ◽

Computer Software ◽

Software Tool ◽

Human Form ◽

Natural Approach ◽

Collaborative Art ◽

Software And Hardware

The computer technology has incredibly increased. Computer software and hardware compete to meet the customer's needs. The research intends to spread the knowledge of information technology, specifically, on the artificial intelligence. The concept of artificial intelligence is adopting and imitating human form, character, and habit which to be implemented on the computer. Using natural approach, the research aims to investigate whether artificial intelligence (AI) will produce the duplication of God's creation. Another important reason of other reseaches on AI is to create a computer which is smart and able to understand human brain working system. Hence, AI has been designed into more practical with faster CPU, cheaper mass memory, and sophisticated software tool. The concept of integrating AI science or collaborative art among sub-fields of technology will stimulate and lead to further AI researches, and it will be an interesting topic for AI researchers for developing AI technology in the future.

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Technospherization and Digitalization of the Urban Habitat as the Most Urgent Factor in the Relevancy of Social Pedagogy Modernization

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20219305012 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 93 ◽

pp. 05012

Author(s):

Taisiya Kolesnik ◽

Elena Dergacheva

Keyword(s):

Rate Of Change ◽

Urban Habitat ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Socialization Process ◽

Education Development ◽

Natural Approach ◽

Social Pedagogy ◽

Other Information ◽

Mechanisms Of Adaptation ◽

The Individual

The processes of socialization of the individual in the conditions of substitution of the biosphere by the technosphere are analyzed. It is concluded that the rapid rate of change is aligned with the evolutionarily developed mechanisms of adaptation. This causes deterioration of human health and results in the inability of people to protect themselves from the negative effects of the anthropogenic world. At this conjuncture, the correction of the processes of socialization and adaptation, as well as the development of a system of values that provides for preserving of the biosphere world and life, become the fundamental tasks of education. The results of the analysis show that modern education is losing traction in the process of mindset formation, delegating these functions to other information spheres, virtual reality, and spontaneous areas of Masscult. As a result, the traditional socialization process is broken. Humane correction of the current trends requires a change in the philosophical strategy of education development. As a basis for such a strategy, we propose social pedagogy that directly studies the processes of socialization of individuals. The concept of this discipline allows using the socio-natural approach as the basis for analyzing the processes, taking place in the world and in life.

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CP-NAS: Child-Parent Neural Architecture Search for 1-bit CNNs

Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ◽

10.24963/ijcai.2020/144 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Li'an Zhuo ◽

Baochang Zhang ◽

Hanlin Chen ◽

Linlin Yang ◽

Chen Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Computational Cost ◽

Unified Framework ◽

Embedded Devices ◽

Natural Approach ◽

Neural Architecture ◽

Resource Limited ◽

Training Stage ◽

Comparable Accuracy ◽

Kernel Level ◽

High Computational Cost

Neural architecture search (NAS) proves to be among the best approaches for many tasks by generating an application-adaptive neural architectures, which are still challenged by high computational cost and memory consumption. At the same time, 1-bit convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with binarized weights and activations show their potential for resource-limited embedded devices. One natural approach is to use 1-bit CNNs to reduce the computation and memory cost of NAS by taking advantage of the strengths of each in a uniﬁed framework. To this end, a Child-Parent model is introduced to a differentiable NAS to search the binarized architecture(Child) under the supervision of a full-precision model (Parent). In the search stage, the Child-Parent model uses an indicator generated by the parent and child model accuracy to evaluate the performance and abandon operations with less potential. In the training stage, a kernel level CP loss is introduced to optimize the binarized network. Extensive experiments demonstrate that the proposed CP-NAS achieves a comparable accuracy with traditional NAS on both the CIFAR and ImageNet databases. It achieves an accuracy of 95.27% on CIFAR-10, 64.3% on ImageNet with binarized weights and activations, and a 30% faster search than prior arts.

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Botanicals: a natural approach to control ascaridiosis in poultry

Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society ◽

10.12681/jhvms.16383 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 69 (1) ◽

pp. 711 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

I. SYMEONIDOU ◽

E. BONOS ◽

K. MOUSTAKIDIS ◽

P. FLOROU-PANERI ◽

E. CHRISTAKI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Economic Losses ◽

Meat Production ◽

Ascaridia Galli ◽

Natural Approach ◽

The Past ◽

Poultry Products ◽

Anthelmintic Efficacy ◽

Anthelmintic Drugs

Parasites (protozoa, helminthes, arthropods) represent a main threat for poultry worldwide. Among helminthes, nematodes constitute the most important group of parasites of poultry. The nematode Ascaridia galli, the cause of ascaridiosis in poultry, is one of the most important and prevalent parasites, resulting in serious economic losses, associated with the treatment cost, the decreased feed efficiency, and the poor egg and meat production. During the past few decades the indiscriminate use of anthelmintic drugs has generated several cases of resistance in helminthes in poultry, situation which is coupled with the severity of residues in poultry products. For this reason, nowadays attention has been drawn to the use of botanicals in poultry diet, due to their anthelmintic properties. Furthermore, the dietary use eco-friend ly of these plant derived substances compared to conventional synthetic anthelmintic drugs is considered as a natural and ecofriendly approach by the consumers. The focus of the present review is to recapitulate the studies, both in vivo and in vitro, that have demonstrated the anthelmintic efficacy of various dietary botanicals in controlling poultry ascaridiosis.

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