Heterogeneous tensor decomposition for clustering via manifold optimization

Tensor clustering is an important tool that exploits intrinsically rich structures in real-world multiarray or Tensor datasets. Often in dealing with those datasets, standard practice is to use subspace clustering that is based on vectorizing multiarray data. However, vectorization of tensorial data does not exploit complete structure information. In this paper, we propose a subspace clustering algorithm without adopting any vectorization process. Our approach is based on a novel heterogeneous Tucker decomposition model taking into account cluster membership information. We propose a new clustering algorithm that alternates between different modes of the proposed heterogeneous tensor model. All but the last mode have closed-form updates. Updating the last mode reduces to optimizing over the multinomial manifold for which we investigate second order Riemannian geometry and propose a trust-region algorithm. Numerical experiments show that our proposed algorithm compete effectively with state-of-the-art clustering algorithms that are based on tensor factorization.

Energy-momentum tensor in thermal strong-field QED with unstable vacuum

Themean value of the one-loop energy-momentum tensor in thermal QED with an electric-like background that creates particles from vacuum is calculated. The problem is essentially different from calculations of effective actions ( similar to the action of Heisenberg-Euler) in backgrounds that respect the stability of vacuum. The role of a constant electric background in the violation of both the stability of vacuum and the thermal character of particle distribution is investigated. Restrictions on the electric field and the duration over which one can neglect the back-reaction of created particles are established.

Abnormal Corpus Callosum Integrity in Bipolar Disorder: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Objective: Abnormalities in the anterior interhemispheric connections provided by the corpus callosum (CC) have long been implicated in bipolar disorder (BID). In this study, we used complementary diffusion tensor imaging methods to study the structural integrity of the CC and localization of potential abnormalities in BD. Methods: Subjects included 33 participants with BID and 40 healthy comparison participants. Fractional anisotropy (FA) measures were compared between groups with region of interest (ROD methods to investigate the anterior, middle, and posterior CC and voxel-based methods to further localize abnormalities. Results: In ROI-based analyses, FA was significantly decreased in the anterior and middle CC in the BID group (p <.05). Voxel-based analyses similarly localized group differences to the genu, rostral body, and anterior midbody of CC (p <.05, corrected). Conclusion: The findings demonstrate abnormalities in the structural integrity of the anterior CC in BID that might contribute to altered interhemispheric connectivity in this disorder.

Abnormal anterior cingulum integrity in bipolar disorder determined through diffusion tensor imaging

Background Convergent evidence implicates white matter abnormalities in bipolar disorder. The cingulum is an important candidate structure for study in bipolar disorder as it provides substantial white matter connections within the corticolimbic neural system that subserves emotional regulation involved in the disorder. Aims To test the hypothesis that bipolar disorder is associated with abnormal white matter integrity in the cingulum. Method Fractional anisotropy in the anterior and posterior cingulum was compared between 42 participants with bipolar disorder and 42 healthy participants using diffusion tensor imaging. Results Fractional anisotropy was significantly decreased in the anterior cingulum in the bipolar disorder group compared with the healthy group (P=0.003); however, fractional anisotropy in the posterior cingulum did not differ significantly between groups. Conclusions Our findings demonstrate abnormalities in the structural integrity of the anterior cingulum in bipolar disorder. They extend evidence that supports involvement of the neural system comprising the anterior cingulate cortex and its corticolimbic gray matter connection sites in bipolar disorder to implicate abnormalities in the white matter connections within the system provided by the cingulum.

Corpus callosum in maltreated children with posttraumatic stress disorder: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Contrary to expectations derived from preclinical studies of the effects of stress, and imaging studies of adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there is no evidence of hippocampus atrophy in children with PTSD. Multiple pediatric studies have reported reductions in the corpus callosum - the primary white matter tract in the brain. Consequently, in the present study, diffusion tensor imaging was used to assess white matter integrity in the corpus callosum in 17 maltreated children with PTSD and 15 demographically matched normal controls. Children with PTSD had reduced fractional anisotropy in the medial and posterior corpus, a region which contains interhemispheric projections from brain structures involved in circuits that mediate the processing of emotional stimuli and various memory functions - core disturbances associated with a history of trauma. Further exploration of the effects of stress on the corpus callosum and white matter development appears a promising strategy to better understand the pathophysiology of PTSD in children. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Crise de imagem ou oportunidade de mídia? os bastidores do caso Eloá/Nayara

Artigo apresentado em congresso nacional de comunicação

Imagem publicitária e semiótica aplicada

Usando como base algumas das idéias defendidas por Juremir Machado da Silva em seu livro O que Pesquisar quer dizer (2010), o presente texto se propõe a reafirmar a velha crença de que as teorias semióticas, independente de suas bases teóricas, servem às pesquisas empíricas à medida que permitem ao pesquisador compreender a estrutura interna das linguagens (questão também abordada em CARDOSO, 2010). E, através dessa idéia, apresentar a atual pesquisa do grupo O signo visual nas mídias, que cuida, nesse momento, da aplicação de diferentes teorias semióticas em um único objeto, uma peça publicitária.

Difusão de inovações como movimento de origem da comunicação para a saúde

Artigo apresentado no XXIX Congresso da Intercom, 2006, Brasília-DF.

Memória e cidadania nos acervos de história oral e mídia digital

Este texto tem como proposta discutir a importância da constituição de acervos de história oral, levando em consideração a difusão da memória e o exercício da cidadania a partir dela, bem como as relações de poder envolvidas nesse processo. As técnicas de história oral possibilitam a organização de um acervo de relatos de história de vida que, no seu conjunto, levam à recuperação da identidade coletiva e da memória da comunidade. São os sentimentos de pertencimento a um grupo, garantido por imagens ou símbolos, que permitem o reconhecimento do outro como a si mesmo. Esse reconhecimento pode ser visualizado a partir da gravação sistemática (de som e imagem) de depoimentos de personagens singulares, atribuindo importância às minorias e destaque para os direitos e liberdades individuais.

Inovações na difusão televisiva: a TV conectada no caso do SBT

SIQUEIRA, Fernando Mariano. 75f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Comunicação)-Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul, São Caetano do Sul, 2012.

Comunicação organizacional: contribuições para formação de uma imagem positiva da empresa com o público interno

artigo publicado na revista Comunicação: Veredas (UNIMAR), 2011

A influência da cidadania empresarial na imagem corporativa

Disponível na pintegra no link: http://portalrevistas.ucb.br/index.php/esf/article/viewFile/2937/2169