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View article: Empirical Analysis on User Profile in Personalized LLMs
Empirical Analysis on User Profile in Personalized LLMs Open
View article: Measurement optimization for determining concentrations and emission rates of particulate matter and ammonia from a large size dairy building
Measurement optimization for determining concentrations and emission rates of particulate matter and ammonia from a large size dairy building Open
View article: Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Variations in N2O Emissions from Dairy Manure Management in China Based on IPCC Methodology
Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Variations in N2O Emissions from Dairy Manure Management in China Based on IPCC Methodology Open
The emission factor method (Tier 1) recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is commonly used to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock and poultry farms. However, the estimation accuracy may vary…
View article: Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Driven Forces of Nitrogen Flow of Dairy Farms in China: Based on a Comprehensive Model Combined with Production Practices and Embedding Localized Parameters
Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Driven Forces of Nitrogen Flow of Dairy Farms in China: Based on a Comprehensive Model Combined with Production Practices and Embedding Localized Parameters Open
View article: Milk Yield Prediction and Economic Analysis of Optimized Rearing Environment in a Cold Region Using Neural Network Model
Milk Yield Prediction and Economic Analysis of Optimized Rearing Environment in a Cold Region Using Neural Network Model Open
The milk yield of dairy cows in a non-stressed state in the cold region in China is lower during cold seasons. In this study, the correlations between indoor environmental factors and milk production were analyzed. Temperature, relative hu…
View article: Lexical Entrainment for Conversational Systems
Lexical Entrainment for Conversational Systems Open
Conversational agents have become ubiquitous in assisting with daily tasks, and are expected to possess human-like features. One such feature is lexical entrainment (LE), a phenomenon in which speakers in human-human conversations tend to …
View article: DePT: Decomposed Prompt Tuning for Parameter-Efficient Fine-tuning
DePT: Decomposed Prompt Tuning for Parameter-Efficient Fine-tuning Open
Prompt tuning (PT), where a small amount of trainable soft (continuous) prompt vectors is affixed to the input of language models (LM), has shown promising results across various tasks and models for parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT).…
View article: Interindividual distances and orientations of laying hens under 8 stocking densities measured by integrative deep learning techniques
Interindividual distances and orientations of laying hens under 8 stocking densities measured by integrative deep learning techniques Open
View article: Rethink the Effectiveness of Text Data Augmentation: An Empirical Analysis
Rethink the Effectiveness of Text Data Augmentation: An Empirical Analysis Open
In recent years, language models (LMs) have made remarkable progress in advancing the field of natural language processing (NLP). However, the impact of data augmentation (DA) techniques on the fine-tuning (FT) performance of these LMs has…
View article: Self Contrastive Learning for Session-based Recommendation
Self Contrastive Learning for Session-based Recommendation Open
Session-based recommendation, which aims to predict the next item of users' interest as per an existing sequence interaction of items, has attracted growing applications of Contrastive Learning (CL) with improved user and item representati…
View article: When and What to Ask Through World States and Text Instructions: IGLU NLP Challenge Solution
When and What to Ask Through World States and Text Instructions: IGLU NLP Challenge Solution Open
In collaborative tasks, effective communication is crucial for achieving joint goals. One such task is collaborative building where builders must communicate with each other to construct desired structures in a simulated environment such a…
View article: Don't Stop Pretraining? Make Prompt-based Fine-tuning Powerful Learner
Don't Stop Pretraining? Make Prompt-based Fine-tuning Powerful Learner Open
Language models (LMs) trained on vast quantities of unlabelled data have greatly advanced the field of natural language processing (NLP). In this study, we re-visit the widely accepted notion in NLP that continued pre-training LMs on task-…
View article: Effects of Ventilation Fans and Type of Partitions on the Airflow Speeds of Animal Occupied Zone and Physiological Parameters of Dairy Pre-Weaned Calves Housed Individually in a Barn
Effects of Ventilation Fans and Type of Partitions on the Airflow Speeds of Animal Occupied Zone and Physiological Parameters of Dairy Pre-Weaned Calves Housed Individually in a Barn Open
Calves raised in barns are usually kept in individual pens separated by either solid or mesh partitions. To quantify the effects that the two types of partition have on airflow speed in an axial-ventilated-barn, the indoor environment of a…
View article: Sustainable Planning Strategy of Dairy Farming in China Based on Carbon Emission from Direct Energy Consumption
Sustainable Planning Strategy of Dairy Farming in China Based on Carbon Emission from Direct Energy Consumption Open
The mechanical and electrical development in dairy farming in China increases energy-related carbon emission (CE). To support the sustainable planning strategy of the department, this study calculated the CE and the carbon emission intensi…
View article: Characterizing a Year-Round Particulate Matter Concentration and Variation under Different Environmental Controls in a Naturally Ventilated Dairy Barn
Characterizing a Year-Round Particulate Matter Concentration and Variation under Different Environmental Controls in a Naturally Ventilated Dairy Barn Open
A mixing fan and spraying system is commonly used to control the indoor environment of naturally ventilated dairy barns worldwide. However, its impact on particulate matter (PM) concentration and variation is still unclear due to the lack …
View article: Lexical Entrainment for Conversational Systems
Lexical Entrainment for Conversational Systems Open
Conversational agents have become ubiquitous in assisting with daily tasks, and are expected to possess human-like features. One such feature is lexical entrainment (LE), a phenomenon in which speakers in human-human conversations tend to …
View article: Rethink the Effectiveness of Text Data Augmentation: An Empirical Analysis
Rethink the Effectiveness of Text Data Augmentation: An Empirical Analysis Open
In recent years, language models (LMs) have made remarkable progress in advancing the field of natural language processing (NLP).However, the impact of data augmentation (DA) techniques on the finetuning (FT) performance of these LMs has b…
View article: Effect of Rearing Systems on Growth Performance, Lying/Standing Behavior, Morbidity, and Immunity Parameters of Pre-Weaned Dairy Calves in a Continental Zone in Winter
Effect of Rearing Systems on Growth Performance, Lying/Standing Behavior, Morbidity, and Immunity Parameters of Pre-Weaned Dairy Calves in a Continental Zone in Winter Open
On dairy farms, calves are typically raised inside barns (either in individual or group pens), or they are raised in outdoor hutches. To evaluate the effect of all three of these commonly used rearing practices on calves, an experiment was…
View article: StepGame: A New Benchmark for Robust Multi-Hop Spatial Reasoning in Texts
StepGame: A New Benchmark for Robust Multi-Hop Spatial Reasoning in Texts Open
Inferring spatial relations in natural language is a crucial ability an intelligent system should possess. The bAbI dataset tries to capture tasks relevant to this domain (task 17 and 19). However, these tasks have several limitations. Mos…
View article: Learning to Execute Actions or Ask Clarification Questions
Learning to Execute Actions or Ask Clarification Questions Open
Collaborative tasks are ubiquitous activities where a form of communication is required in order to reach a joint goal. Collaborative building is one of such tasks. We wish to develop an intelligent builder agent in a simulated building en…
View article: StepGame: A New Benchmark for Robust Multi-Hop Spatial Reasoning in Texts
StepGame: A New Benchmark for Robust Multi-Hop Spatial Reasoning in Texts Open
Inferring spatial relations in natural language is a crucial ability an intelligent system should possess. The bAbI dataset tries to capture tasks relevant to this domain (task 17 and 19). However, these tasks have several limitations. Mos…
View article: Learning to Execute Actions or Ask Clarification Questions
Learning to Execute Actions or Ask Clarification Questions Open
Collaborative tasks are ubiquitous activities where a form of communication is required in order to reach a joint goal. Collaborative building is one of such tasks. We wish to develop an intelligent builder agent in a simulated building en…
View article: Attention-based Ingredient Phrase Parser
Attention-based Ingredient Phrase Parser Open
As virtual personal assistants have now penetrated the consumer market, with products such as Siri and Alexa, the research community has produced several works on task-oriented dialogue tasks such as hotel booking, restaurant booking, and …
View article: Critical Temperature-Humidity Index Thresholds Based on Surface Temperature for Lactating Dairy Cows in a Temperate Climate
Critical Temperature-Humidity Index Thresholds Based on Surface Temperature for Lactating Dairy Cows in a Temperate Climate Open
Detecting the early signs of heat stress is highly important in dairy farming. The surface temperature (ST) of cattle can reflect their thermal status and using such a measuring method can be efficient and non-invasive. However, few studie…
View article: Evaluation of Thermal Indices as the Indicators of Heat Stress in Dairy Cows in a Temperate Climate
Evaluation of Thermal Indices as the Indicators of Heat Stress in Dairy Cows in a Temperate Climate Open
Many thermal indices (TIs) have been developed to quantify the severity of heat stress in dairy cows. Systematic evaluation of the representative TIs is still lacking, which may cause potential misapplication. The objectives of this study …
View article: Effects of Airspeed on the Respiratory Rate, Rectal Temperature, and Immunity Parameters of Dairy Calves Housed Individually in an Axial-Fan-Ventilated Barn
Effects of Airspeed on the Respiratory Rate, Rectal Temperature, and Immunity Parameters of Dairy Calves Housed Individually in an Axial-Fan-Ventilated Barn Open
At many modern dairy farms, calves raised in barns are kept in individual stalls separated by solid partitions, which act as barriers. Ventilation fans blowing air perpendicular to these stalls only provide the optimal airflow to the first…
View article: Segmentation of body parts of cows in RGB-depth images based on template matching
Segmentation of body parts of cows in RGB-depth images based on template matching Open
Body cleanliness is considered an important indicator for evaluating cow welfare. At present, assessing the cleanliness of different cow body parts is considered as a subjective and labor-intensive task. Automatic body cleanliness scoring …
View article: Comparison of direct and indirect determinations of dynamic ventilation rate in a modern dairy free stall barn
Comparison of direct and indirect determinations of dynamic ventilation rate in a modern dairy free stall barn Open
Reliable estimation of the ventilation rate (VR) in intensive livestock buildings is necessary for studying building environmental control strategies and predicting indoor air quality and air emissions. As direct air exchange measurements…
View article: Effects of Cold Stress and Ammonia Concentration on Productive Performance and Egg Quality Traits of Laying Hens
Effects of Cold Stress and Ammonia Concentration on Productive Performance and Egg Quality Traits of Laying Hens Open
In a cold climate, ensuring indoor air quality and heat preservation simultaneously has always been a difficult problem in the poultry house. The current study was carried out in order to determine the effects of chronic low temperature an…
View article: Effects of chronic heat stress and ammonia concentration on blood parameters of laying hens
Effects of chronic heat stress and ammonia concentration on blood parameters of laying hens Open
Less evidence is available currently to reveal whether the immune system and productivity of laying hens change under long periods of ammonia exposure in hot climate. The present study was conducted to determine the effects of chronic expo…