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Separating-Plane Factorization Models: Scalable Recommendation from One-class Implicit Feedback
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We study the large-scale video recommendation problem based on user viewing logs instead of explicit ratings. As viewing records are implicitly positive samples, existing matrix factorization methods fail to generate discriminative recommendations based on such one-class data. We propose a...
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Spring 2016
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by early involvement of muscle weakness. FSHD is most commonly caused by a deletion of a subset of D4Z4 macrosatellite repeats at the locus located on chromosome 4q35. Within each D4Z4 repeat unit is a double...
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A re-examination of ZENK expression following hetero- and conspecific playback in the zebra finch auditory forebrain
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Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are one of the most sexually dimorphic songbirds used as model species, not only in appearance but also in vocal production; while males produce both calls and songs, the females only produce calls. This dimorphism in the zebra finch provides a means to...
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Friction Stir Processing (FSP) of Thermal-sprayed Tungsten Carbide-Nickel (WC-Ni) MMC Coating
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Tungsten carbide-Nickel (WC-Ni) metal matrix coating with fixed powder composition was deposited using low pressure cold gas dynamic spraying (LPCGDS) and High velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) spraying. These coatings were subsequently treated with friction stir processing (FSP) as post-deposition heat...
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Fall 2011
Folk music is a site of contestation to define national culture and language amongst the cultural elites in Pakistan. The elites who established cultural institutions for the promotion of folk music represented Pakistan either as a cultural unit with Islam and the Urdu language as its unifying...