Differential Network Testing Reveals Diverging Dynamics of Organ System Interactions for Survivors and Non-survivors in Intensive Care Medicine

Statistical network analyses have become popular in many scientific disciplines, where an important task is to test for differences between two networks. We describe an overall framework for differential network testing procedures that vary regarding (1) the network estimation method, typically based on specific concepts of association, and (2) the network characteristic employed to measure the difference. Using permutation-based tests, our approach is general and applicable to various overall, node-specific or edge-specific network difference characteristics. The methods are implemented in our freely available R software package DNT, along with an R Shiny application. In a study in intensive care medicine, we compare networks based on parameters representing main organ systems to evaluate the prognosis of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), using data from the surgical ICU of the University Medical Centre Mannheim, Germany. We specifically consider both cross-sectional comparisons between a non-survivor and a survivor group and longitudinal comparisons at two clinically relevant time points during the ICU stay: first, at admission, and second, at an event stage prior to death in non-survivors or a matching time point in survivors. The non-survivor and the survivor networks do not significantly differ at the admission stage. However, the organ system interactions of the survivors then stabilize at the event stage, revealing significantly more network edges, whereas those of the non-survivors do not. In particular, the liver appears to play a central role for the observed increased connectivity in the survivor network at the event stage.

Determination of Accuracy at Backpropagation Method in Prediction Crude Oil Prices

We analyzed the performance of the artificial neural network with the backpropagation method in predicting crude oil prices in this paper, including the case of crude oil price predictions. The training results obtained that the MSE value was 0.00099762 with 135 Epoch, in the network testing the MSE value was 0.093336. Meanwhile, the predicted value is determined by the target value with a contribution of 99% with a significant effect. Thus the accuracy level is determined by the target value and the predicted value. The accuracy of the system is obtained for 83,6%.

Analysis of heat network testing methods

Purpose: Improvement of the heat network testing and data collection methods. The analysis of heat losses, hydraulic resistance, and data processing. The testing methods are considered from the point of view of the data correctness obtained during the data collection.Methodology: Heat network testing and the data processing analysis.Findings: The paper determines the need to adjust the heat network testing methods for thermal and hydraulic losses.Practical implications: The calculation inaccuracy is identified, and a set of measures is proposed to clarify the results obtained. The obtained data can be used to evaluate the heat network testing methods.Value: Regulatory documents and engineering requirements for heat network testing of resource-supplying organizations are insufficient since they do not allow for the use of modern control methods and measuring equipment.

The Most Discriminant Components of Force Platform Data for Gait Based Person Re-identification

Walking gait data measured using force platforms is a promising means for person re-identification in authentication and surveillance scenarios. We aimed to determine the most discriminant components of force platform data using a two-stream Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network (KineticNet). Each network in the two-stream architecture extracts features pertaining to a single stance phase and then these features are fused to represent the entire gait cycle. Over two sessions, ground reaction forces (Fx, Fy, Fz), moments (Mx, My, Mz), and center of pressure coordinates (Cx, Cy) were acquired from 118 participants as they walked our laboratory five times at preferred speed. For each participant and each session, up to three samples were reserved for network training, leaving one sample for network validation and one sample for network testing. KineticNet’s performance was evaluated using both individual component and multi-component inputs before ablation studies were conducted on its architecture. Fz was the most discriminant individual component, and re-identification using Fz, Fy, and Cy together was the most accurate overall at 96.02%. These results warrant further investigation into the utility of force platforms as an accessory or alternative to video cameras for gait based person re-identification.

The Most Discriminant Components of Force Platform Data for Gait Based Person Re-identification

Walking gait data measured using force platforms is a promising means for person re-identification in authentication and surveillance scenarios. We aimed to determine the most discriminant components of force platform data using a two-stream Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network (KineticNet). Each network in the two-stream architecture extracts features pertaining to a single stance phase and then these features are fused to represent the entire gait cycle. Over two sessions, ground reaction forces (Fx, Fy, Fz), moments (Mx, My, Mz), and center of pressure coordinates (Cx, Cy) were acquired from 118 participants as they walked our laboratory five times at preferred speed. For each participant and each session, up to three samples were reserved for network training, leaving one sample for network validation and one sample for network testing. KineticNet’s performance was evaluated using both individual component and multi-component inputs before ablation studies were conducted on its architecture. Fz was the most discriminant individual component, and re-identification using Fz, Fy, and Cy together was the most accurate overall at 96.02%. These results warrant further investigation into the utility of force platforms as an accessory or alternative to video cameras for gait based person re-identification.

Prediksi Tinggi Permukaan Air Waduk Menggunakan Artificial Neural Network Berbasis Sliding Window

The water level in the reservoir is an important factor in the operation of a hydroelectric turbine to control water overflow so that there is no excessive degradation. This water control has an influence on the performance and production of hydroelectric energy. The daily reservoir water level (tpaw) recording of PLTA Riam Kanan is carried out through a daily direct measurement and observation process on the reservoir measuring board which is recapitulated every month in excel form. This time series historical data continues to grow every day to become a data warehouse that is still useless if only stored. Extracting knowledge from the data warehouse can be done using one of the artificial neural network data mining techniques, namely backpropagation to predict the next day's tpaw. Historical data for the tpaw time series is presented with a sliding window concept approach based on the window sizes used, namely 7, 14, 21 and 28. The window size represents the number of days as an input layer variable in the backpropagation network architecture to predict the next day's tpaw. Some backpropagation network testing is carried out using a combination of the number of window sizes against the comparison of the amount of training data and test data on the network. The prediction results obtained with the smallest mean squared error (mse) in network testing is 0.000577 as a high accuracy value of the prediction results. The network architecture with the smallest mse using 28 input layers, 10 hidden layers and 1 output layer can be a knowledge that can help the hydropower plant as an alternative in making turbine operation decisions based on the predicted results of reservoir water level.

Systematic benchmarking of HTTPS third party copy on 100Gbps links using XRootD

The High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider provides a data challenge. The amount of data recorded from the experiments and transported to hundreds of sites will see a thirty fold increase in annual data volume. A systematic approach to contrast the performance of different Third Party Copy (TPC) transfer protocols arises. Two contenders, XRootD-HTTPS and the GridFTP are evaluated in their performance for transferring files from one server to another over 100Gbps interfaces. The benchmarking is done by scheduling pods on the Pacific Research Platform Kubernetes cluster to ensure reproducible and repeatable results. This opens a future pathway for network testing of any TPC transfer protocol.