scholarly journals Two locations are better than one: Improving peripheral reading speed by reducing spatio-temporal interactions of words

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1342-1342
Author(s):  
M. Attarha ◽  
D. Yu ◽  
S. T. L. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Reading Speed ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Temporal Interactions ◽  
Better Than

scholarly journals Video action detection by learning graph-based spatio-temporal interactions

2021 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 103187
Author(s):  
Matteo Tomei ◽  
Lorenzo Baraldi ◽  
Simone Calderara ◽  
Simone Bronzin ◽  
Rita Cucchiara
Keyword(s):  
Action Detection ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Temporal Interactions

scholarly journals Post audio-visual biofeedback training visual functions and quality of life in paediatric idiopathic infantile nystagmus: A pilot study

2021 ◽  
pp. 112067212199104
Author(s):  
Monica Daibert-Nido ◽  
Yulia Pyatova ◽  
Michelle Markowitz ◽  
Maryam Taheri-Shirazi ◽  
Samuel N Markowitz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Contrast Sensitivity ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Biofeedback Training ◽  
Visual Functions ◽  
Infantile Nystagmus ◽  
Fixation Stability ◽  
Better Than

Purpose: Biofeedback training (BT) was adapted to idiopathic infantile nystagmus syndrome (IINS) cases to enhance visual functions and quality of life (QoL). Methods: 10 patients (age 9 ± 3.2 years) treated with the audio-visual BT module of the MAIA microperimeter (Centervue, Padova, Italy) were assessed in two baseline visits and 1week post-BT (BT 80 min in total). The outcomes were distance and near binocular best corrected visual acuity (BBCVA), fixation stability, reading speed, contrast sensitivity, stereopsis and Children’s Visual Function Questionnaire. One-way repeated measured ANOVA and paired t-tests were used. Results: Distance BBCVA improved from 0.46 ± 0.21 and 0.43 ± 0.18 pre-BT to 0.33 ± 0.2 logMAR post-BT ( F (2,27) = 13.75, p = 0.0002). Post-BT was better than baseline ( p = 0.0001) and pre-BT ( p = 0.001). Near BBCVA improved from 0.23 ± 0.09 and 0.21 ± 0.14 pre-BT to 0.04 ± 0.08 post-BT (F (2,27) = 22.12, p = 0.000014), post-BT was better than baseline ( p = 0.0001) and pre-BT ( p = 0.0006). Stereopsis improved from 283 ± 338″ to 39 ± 32.2″ ( p = 0.04), contrast sensitivity from 0.26 ± 0.17 to 0.08 ± 0.12 log units ( p = 0.01), and reading speed improved from 74.7 ± 51.2 wpm to 104.7 ± 53.6 wpm ( p = 0.0006). Fixation stability improved from 33.6 ± 28.1 to 14.3 ± 10.1 sq. QoL increased from 23.8 ± 2.2 to 26.3 ± 2.3 units ( p = 0.001). Conclusion: BT benefited all visual functions and QoL in this pilot study, heralding a new possibility for Low Vision Rehabilitation in IINS.

Spatio-temporal interactions between Northeast Atlantic Mackerel and its fishery - Simulating different futures

Marine Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 104740
Author(s):  
Sandra Rybicki ◽  
Katell G. Hamon ◽  
Sarah Simons ◽  
Axel Temming
Keyword(s):  
Northeast Atlantic ◽  
Atlantic Mackerel ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Temporal Interactions

scholarly journals Evaluation of IMERG Level-3 Products in Depicting the July to October Rainfall over Taiwan: Typhoon Versus Non-Typhoon

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 622
Author(s):  
Wan-Ru Huang ◽  
Pin-Yi Liu ◽  
Ya-Hui Chang ◽  
Cheng-An Lee
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Rain Gauge ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Level 3 ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Typhoon Season ◽  
Early Late ◽  
Better Than

This study assesses the performance of satellite precipitation products (SPPs) from the latest version, V06B, Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Mission (IMERG) Level-3 (including early, late, and final runs), in depicting the characteristics of typhoon season (July to October) rainfall over Taiwan within the period of 2000–2018. The early and late runs are near-real-time SPPs, while final run is post-real-time SPP adjusted by monthly rain gauge data. The latency of early, late, and final runs is approximately 4 h, 14 h, and 3.5 months, respectively, after the observation. Analyses focus on the seasonal mean, daily variation, and interannual variation of typhoon-related (TC) and non-typhoon-related (non-TC) rainfall. Using local rain-gauge observations as a reference for evaluation, our results show that all IMERG products capture the spatio-temporal variations of TC rainfall better than those of non-TC rainfall. Among SPPs, the final run performs better than the late run, which is slightly better than the early run for most of the features assessed for both TC and non-TC rainfall. Despite these differences, all IMERG products outperform the frequently used Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission 3B42 v7 (TRMM7) for the illustration of the spatio-temporal characteristics of TC rainfall in Taiwan. In contrast, for the non-TC rainfall, the final run performs notably better relative to TRMM7, while the early and late runs showed only slight improvement. These findings highlight the advantages and disadvantages of using IMERG products for studying or monitoring typhoon season rainfall in Taiwan.

Socio-Spatial Practice and Racial Representations in a Changing South Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Durrheim
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Spatial Practice ◽  
Running Away ◽  
Racial Representations ◽  
Blacks And Whites ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Temporal Interactions ◽  
Historical Periods

This article argues (a) that the content of racial representations in South Africa has changed historically, and (b) that these representations are grounded in concrete patterns of spatio-temporal interactions between blacks and whites that have characterised different historical epochs. These arguments are developed by means of a consideration of racial interactions and representations in four historical periods: the early Cape colony, the frontier, apartheid and the contemporary post-apartheid period. The bulk of the discussion concerns the kinds of representations that are being developed and perpetuated in the present desegregated context, where whites experience displacement at the hands of blacks, and blacks experience whites running away from them.

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal analysis of socio-economic characteristics for pulmonary tuberculosis in Sichuan province of China, 2006–2015

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Xia ◽  
Sui Zhu ◽  
Chuang Chen ◽  
Zheng-Yuan Rao ◽  
Yong Xia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Spatial Clusters ◽  
Notification Rate ◽  
Standard Deviation Increase ◽  
Temporal Model ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Temporal Interactions

Abstract Background The disease burden caused by pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Sichuan province still persisted at a high level, and large spatial variances were presented across regional distribution disparities. The socio-economic factors were suspected to affect the population of TB notification, we aimed to describe TB case notification rate (CNR) and identify which factors influence TB epidemic are necessary for the prevention and control of the disease in Sichuan province. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study and an ecological spatial analysis was conducted to quantify the presence and location of spatial clusters of TB by the Moran’s I index and examined these patterns with socio-economic risk factors by hierarchical Bayesian spatio-temporal model. Results A total of 630,009 pulmonary TB cases were notified from 2006 to 2015 in 181 counties of Sichuan province. The CNR decreased year by year since 2007, from 88.70 to 61.37 per 100,000 persons. The spatial heterogeneities of CNR were observed during the study periods. Global Moran’s I index varied from 0.23 to 0.44 with all P-value < 0.001. The Bayesian spatio-temporal model with parametric spatio-temporal interactions was chosen as the best model according to the minimum of Deviance Information Criterion (DIC)(19,379.01), and in which the quadratic form of time was taken. The proportion of age group and education year were all associated with CNR after adjusting the spatial effect, temporal effect and spatio-temporal interactions. TB CNR increased by 10.2% [95% credible interval (CI): 6.7–13.7%] for every 1-standard-deviation increase in proportion of age group and decreased by 23% (95% CI: 13.7–32.7%) for every 1-standard-deviation increase in education year. Conclusions There were spatial clusters of TB notification rate in Sichuan province from 2006 to 2015, and heavy TB burden was mainly attributed to aging and low socioeconomic status including poor education. Thus, it is more important to pay more attention to the elderly population and improve socioeconomic status including promoting education level in Sichuan province to reduce the TB burden.

scholarly journals Crime Prediction with Historical Crime and Movement Data of Potential Offenders Using a Spatio-Temporal Cokriging Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 732
Author(s):  
Hongjie Yu ◽  
Lin Liu ◽  
Bo Yang ◽  
Minxuan Lan
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Data Fusion ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Crime Data ◽  
Crime Prediction ◽  
Movement Data ◽  
Environment Variables ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Fine Resolution ◽  
Better Than

Crime prediction using machine learning and data fusion assimilation has become a hot topic. Most of the models rely on historical crime data and related environment variables. The activity of potential offenders affects the crime patterns, but the data with fine resolution have not been applied in the crime prediction. The goal of this study is to test the effect of the activity of potential offenders in the crime prediction by combining this data in the prediction models and assessing the prediction accuracies. This study uses the movement data of past offenders collected in routine police stop-and-question operations to infer the movement of future offenders. The offender movement data compensates historical crime data in a Spatio-Temporal Cokriging (ST-Cokriging) model for crime prediction. The models are implemented for weekly, biweekly, and quad-weekly prediction in the XT police district of ZG city, China. Results with the incorporation of the offender movement data are consistently better than those without it. The improvement is most pronounced for the weekly model, followed by the biweekly model, and the quad-weekly model. In sum, the addition of offender movement data enhances crime prediction, especially for short periods.

Forecasting of an extreme flood in mountainous area of North China based on WRF-Hydro with distributing parameters

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
JIa Liu ◽  
Chuanzhe Li ◽  
Qingtai Qiu ◽  
Yuchen Liu
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Event ◽  
Forecast Accuracy ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Calibration Method ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Coupling System ◽  
Extreme Flood ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Merging Method ◽  
Better Than

&lt;p&gt;The flood events in the mountainous area of northern China has the characteristics of high intensity and strong sudden occurrence, and atmospheric-hydrological coupling system can improve the forecast accuracy and prolong the lead time. This paper discusses the simulations of the enhanced WRF-Hydro model on a historical flood that occurrs in a mesoscale catchment of Taihang mountain on July 21, 2012. Firstly, the precipitation accuracy of WRF, WRF data assimilation, co-kriging merging method of radar QPE data are as three different input sources for WRF-Hydro. The results show that the rainfall of merging QPE can achieve better simulations in time and space. In addition, the rainfall of WRF assimilation data is obviously better than that of WRF, but still underestimates the rainfall values. The extreme event rainstorm mainly &lt;span&gt;proceeds&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;in 5 hours, and for the assimilation data, the spatio-temporal simulations of the rainfall data in the first 2 hours are slightly poor. Hence we compare the combination of the first few hours to use the merging QPE and following by assimilation precipitation as the model input. In addition, according to the parameters of the WRF-Hydro model, a gridding parameter calibration method based on topographic index is constructed.&lt;/p&gt;

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