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A Survey of Deep Learning Applications to Autonomous Vehicle Control by Kuutti, Sampo, Bowden, Richard, Jin, Yaochu, Barber, Phil, Fallah, Saber

“…Designing a controller for autonomous vehicles capable of providing adequate performance in all driving scenarios is challenging due to the highly complex…”
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Deep Sign: Enabling Robust Statistical Continuous Sign Language Recognition via Hybrid CNN-HMMs by Koller, Oscar, Zargaran, Sepehr, Ney, Hermann, Bowden, Richard

“…This manuscript introduces the end-to-end embedding of a CNN into a HMM, while interpreting the outputs of the CNN in a Bayesian framework. The hybrid CNN-HMM…”
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Text2Sign: Towards Sign Language Production Using Neural Machine Translation and Generative Adversarial Networks by Stoll, Stephanie, Camgoz, Necati Cihan, Hadfield, Simon, Bowden, Richard

“…We present a novel approach to automatic Sign Language Production using recent developments in Neural Machine Translation (NMT), Generative Adversarial…”
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Litter and Root Manipulations Provide Insights into Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Stability by Lajtha, Kate, Bowden, Richard D., Nadelhoffer, Knute

“…Understanding controls on C stored in soil organic matter (SOM) is of critical importance to models of biospheric C sequestration. Although ecosystem C models…”
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SubUNets: End-to-End Hand Shape and Continuous Sign Language Recognition by Camgoz, Necati Cihan, Hadfield, Simon, Koller, Oscar, Bowden, Richard

“…We propose a novel deep learning approach to solve simultaneous alignment and recognition problems (referred to as "Sequence-to-sequence" learning). We…”
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The detrital input and removal treatment (DIRT) network: Insights into soil carbon stabilization by Lajtha, Kate, Bowden, Richard D., Crow, Susan, Fekete, István, Kotroczó, Zsolt, Plante, Alain, Simpson, Myrna J., Nadelhoffer, Knute J.

“…Ecological research networks functioning across climatic and edaphic gradients are critical for improving predictive understanding of biogeochemical cycles at…”
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Mineral stabilization of soil carbon is suppressed by live roots, outweighing influences from litter quality or quantity by Pierson, Derek, Evans, Lucas, Kayhani, Kamron, Bowden, Richard D., Nadelhoffer, Knute, Simpson, Myrna, Lajtha, Kate

“…Conserving soil carbon (C) and harnessing the potential for soil C sequestration requires an improved understanding of the processes through which organic…”
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Long-term nitrogen addition suppresses microbial degradation, enhances soil carbon storage, and alters the molecular composition of soil organic matter by Wang, Jun-Jian, Bowden, Richard D., Lajtha, Kate, Washko, Susan E., Wurzbacher, Sarah J., Simpson, Myrna J.

“…Forest soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the largest reservoirs of terrestrial carbon (C) and is a major component of the global C cycle. Yet there is still…”
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Changes to particulate versus mineral-associated soil carbon after 50 years of litter manipulation in forest and prairie experimental ecosystems by Lajtha, Kate, Townsend, Kimberly L, Kramer, Marc G, Swanston, Christopher, Bowden, Richard D, Nadelhoffer, Knute

“…Models of ecosystem carbon (C) balance generally assume a strong relationship between NPP, litter inputs, and soil C accumulation, but there is little direct…”
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Weakly Supervised Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Highway Driving via Virtual Safety Cages by Kuutti, Sampo, Bowden, Richard, Fallah, Saber

“…The use of neural networks and reinforcement learning has become increasingly popular in autonomous vehicle control. However, the opaqueness of the resulting…”
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Sequential density fractionation across soils of contrasting mineralogy: evidence for both microbial- and mineral-controlled soil organic matter stabilization by Sollins, Phillip, Kramer, Marc G, Swanston, Christopher, Lajtha, Kate, Filley, Timothy, Aufdenkampe, Anthony K, Wagai, Rota, Bowden, Richard D

“…Sequential density fractionation separated soil particles into “light” predominantly mineral-free organic matter vs. increasingly “heavy” organo-mineral…”
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Alterations in forest detritus inputs influence soil carbon concentration and soil respiration in a Central-European deciduous forest by Fekete, István, Kotroczó, Zsolt, Varga, Csaba, Nagy, Péter Tamás, Várbíró, Gábor, Bowden, Richard D., Tóth, János Attila, Lajtha, Kate

“…In a Quercetum petraeae–cerris forest in northeastern Hungary, we examined effects of litter input alterations on the quantity and quality soil carbon stocks…”
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Sources of plant-derived carbon and stability of organic matter in soil: implications for global change by CROW, SUSAN E, LAJTHA, KATE, FILLEY, TIMOTHY R, SWANSTON, CHRISTOPHER W, BOWDEN, RICHARD D, CALDWELL, BRUCE A

“…Alterations in forest productivity and changes in the relative proportion of above- and belowground biomass may have nonlinear effects on soil organic matter…”
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Litter Input Controls on Soil Carbon in a Temperate Deciduous Forest by Bowden, Richard D., Deem, Lauren, Plante, Alain F., Peltre, Clément, Nadelhoffer, Knute, Lajtha, Kate

“…Above‐ and belowground litter inputs in a temperate deciduous forest were altered for 20 yr to determine the importance of leaves and roots on soil C and soil…”
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Chlorination of soil-derived dissolved organic matter: Long term nitrogen deposition does not increase terrestrial precursors of toxic disinfection byproducts by Li, Li-Ping, Huang, Wan-Ling, Yang, Meng-Ting, Liu, Yan, Bowden, Richard D., Simpson, Myrna J., Lajtha, Kate, Tian, Li-Qiao, Wang, Jun-Jian

“…•We examined changes in DBP precursors in forest soils with 22 years of n addition.•N addition decreased the DOM reactivity in forming trihalomethanes.•N…”
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The carbon quality-temperature hypothesis does not consistently predict temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter mineralization in soils from two manipulative ecosystem experiments by Reynolds, Lorien L., Lajtha, Kate, Bowden, Richard D., Johnson, Bart R., Bridgham, Scott D.

“…The temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition is a source of uncertainty in models of soil-climate feedbacks. However, empirical…”
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Long-term litter manipulation alters soil organic matter turnover in a temperate deciduous forest by Wang, Jun-Jian, Pisani, Oliva, Lin, Lisa H., Lun, Olivia O.Y., Bowden, Richard D., Lajtha, Kate, Simpson, André J., Simpson, Myrna J.

“…Understanding soil organic matter (OM) biogeochemistry at the molecular-level is essential for assessing potential impacts from management practices and…”
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Planning for Autonomous Driving via Interaction-Aware Probabilistic Action Policies by Arbabi, Salar, Tavernini, Davide, Fallah, Saber, Bowden, Richard

“…Devising planning algorithms for autonomous driving is non-trivial due to the presence of complex and uncertain interaction dynamics between road users. In…”
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Root stress and nitrogen deposition: consequences and research priorities by Smithwick, Erica A. H., Eissenstat, David M., Lovett, Gary M., Bowden, Richard D., Rustad, Lindsey E., Driscoll, Charles T.

“…Stress within tree roots may influence whole-tree responses to nutrient deficiencies or toxic ion accumulation, but the mechanisms that govern root responses…”
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Chronic nitrogen additions reduce total soil respiration and microbial respiration in temperate forest soils at the Harvard Forest by Bowden, Richard D, Davidson, Eric, Savage, Kathleen, Arabia, Chris, Steudler, Paul

“…At the Harvard Forest Long-term Ecological Research Site Chronic Nitrogen Amendment Study, a red pine and a mixed deciduous stand showed immediate changes in…”
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