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Study on Key Techniques of Query Expansion Based on Ontology and Its Application

With the population of information technique and Web application, Web information retrieval has became an essential part of work, study and life. As the problems of retrieval increasing, many researches pay more attention on retrieval technique. The study presented in this paper proposes the query expansion technique based on ontology. It uses the rich semantic knowledge of ontology to upgrade the retrieval based on keywords to concepts, and combines it with the specialized engine to improve retrieval effect and efficiency. The paper also takes patent information for example to explain its application at the end.
Moving towards Midlife Care as Negotiated Family Business: Accounts of people with intellectual disabilities and their families “Just getting along with their lives together”

This study explores meanings of family care held by seven families that include a middle‐aged adult with intellectually disability. In‐depth interviews were conducted with members of each family—the person with intellectual disability, parents, siblings, and sibling spouses. Participants described care as simply getting on with their lives, as “Family Business”, characterised by the conduct of well‐understood tasks and routines. As such, all, including the person with intellectual disability, performed roles critical to the well‐being of each other and the family as a whole. Family Business was underpinned by negotiated, albeit often implicit, rules that reflected family values and were amenable to changes in circumstances throughout the lifecycle. Future planning was perceived as a sensitive whole family issue. Interdependence among members was key to retaining family independence from formal services that were regarded as a “top up”. Suggested is the importance of services adopting a relational approach to understanding family care and supporting future planning for middle‐aged people with intellectual disabilities, rather than simply focusing on “older carers”.
Active key frame selection for 3D model reconstruction from crowdsourced geo-tagged videos

Automatic reconstruction of 3D models is attracting increasing attention in the multimedia community. Scene recovery from video sequences requires a selection of representative video frames. Most prior work adopted content-based techniques to automate key frame extraction. However, these methods take no frame geo-information into consideration and are still compute-intensive. Here we propose a new approach for key frame selection based on the geographic properties of videos. Currently, an increasing number of user-generated videos (UGVs) are collected - a trend that is driven by the ubiquitous availability of smartphones. Additionally, it has become easy to continuously acquire and fuse various sensor data (e.g., geo-spatial metadata) with video to create geo-tagged mobile videos. Our novel technique utilizes these underlying geo-metadata to select the most representative frames. Specifically, a key frame subset with minimal spatial coverage gain difference is extracted by incorporating a manifold structure into reproducing a kernel Hilbert space to analyze the spatial relationship among the frames. Our experimental results illustrate that the execution time of the 3D reconstruction is shortened while the model quality is preserved.
Multi-document summarization using sentence clustering

This paper presents an approach to query focused multi document summarization by combining single document summary using sentence clustering. Both syntactic and semantic similarity between sentences is used for clustering. Single document summary is generated using document feature, sentence reference index feature, location feature and concept similarity feature. Sentences from single document summaries are clustered and top most sentences from each cluster are used for creating multi-document summary. We observed an average F-measure of 0.33774 on DUC 2002 multi-document dataset, which is comparable to three best performing systems reported on the same dataset.
Some Intentions are Observable

In discussing the relation of therapist intentions to verbal response modes (VRMs), Hill and O'Grady (1985) confused two senses of the term intention--(a) the private purpose of an intervention and (b) the meaning of the utterance, which is on record in the sense that the speaker accepts responsibility for saying it. Hill and O'Grady's list of intentions contained purposes, and they correctly pointed out that researchers' most direct access to these is by the speaker's self-report. VRM codes concern intended meaning, which goes beyond grammatical structure or literal meaning. Nevertheless, VRM codes reflect a level of communication that is intrinsically public in the following sense: The coder is in the same logical position as the communication's intended audience. A confusion in Hill and O'Grady's (1985) article about classifying therapist intentions offers an opportunity to correct a common misconception about verbal process coding. The confusion concerns two senses of the term intention with respect to a therapist's or counselor's verbal intervention--(a) the purpose of the intervention and (b) the meaning of the utterance. Purposes (as I use the term in this article) are subjective, epistemoiogically private, and hence, knowable most directly by report, though the report can be made systematic and thorough by means of tape-assisted recall (Elliott, 1986). Meanings have many levels (Stiles, 1986), but the level that is most commonly studied in research on counselor interventions is inherently public, or on record, in a sense that I will discuss shortly. Roughly, on-record meaning is what the counselor aims to communicate to the client.
Contrasting Orientations: STSE for Social Reconstruction or Social Reproduction?.

Over the last 20 years, science-technology-society-environment education (STSE) education has been advocated as a way to advance scientific literacy. However, STSE education represents a broad range of ideologies and orientations. The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast two different science curricula through a case study approach. This study followed three classroom teachers from Ontario who decided to write a locally developed STSE course to replace the one that the government had discontinued. Through an analysis of the current government mandated STSE curricula and the proposed STSE curriculum, two distinct orientations emerged: social reconstruction and social reproduction. The analysis work suggests that these two orientations have fundamental philosophical differences and are irreconcilable. The paper concludes with a discussion about the implications for science educators.
Correlating empirical data and extended topological measures in power grid networks

Power grids have entered the complex networks realm for quite a long time now. Their structure (i.e., topology) and dynamics have been thoroughly studied and many topological measures have been used in order to classify them, evaluate their behavior in terms of robustness or model their dynamic response to malfunctions. Generally speaking, results have been mainly theoretical and sound correlations between real grid’s dynamical behavior (i.e., malfunctions and major events) and any of the mentioned before measures have not yet been found. In recent years, though, new extended topological measures have been used to quantify the ability of a network in sustaining its basic functions. In this paper we present a first attempt to correlate these new measures with real malfunction data for some major European power transmission grids. Similar behavior is found, in terms of robustness to selected attacks to buses, between different networks. This is measured by means of extended topological indexes electrically better defined. These behaviors can be (weakly) correlated with similar probability distributions of major events, identifying similar dynamical response among topologically similar grids. This would raise hopes in finding a more meaningful and significant linkage between structural measures and the real dynamical output (i.e., major events) of a grid.
Classification of G‐protein coupled receptors by alignment‐independent extraction of principal chemical properties of primary amino acid sequences

We have developed an alignment‐independent method for classification of G‐protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) according to the principal chemical properties of their amino acid sequences. The method relies on a multivariate approach where the primary amino acid sequences are translated into vectors based on the principal physicochemical properties of the amino acids and transformation of the data into a uniform matrix by applying a modified autocross‐covariance transform. The application of principal component analysis to a data set of 929 class A GPCRs showed a clear separation of the major classes of GPCRs. The application of partial least squares projection to latent structures created a highly valid model (cross‐validated correlation coefficient, Q2 = 0.895) that gave unambiguous classification of the GPCRs in the training set according to their ligand binding class. The model was further validated by external prediction of 535 novel GPCRs not included in the training set. Of the latter, only 14 sequences, confined in rapidly expanding GPCR classes, were mispredicted. Moreover, 90 orphan GPCRs out of 165 were tentatively identified to GPCR ligand binding class. The alignment‐independent method could be used to assess the importance of the principal chemical properties of every single amino acid in the protein sequences for their contributions in explaining GPCR family membership. It was then revealed that all amino acids in the unaligned sequences contributed to the classifications, albeit to varying extent; the most important amino acids being those that could also be determined to be conserved by using traditional alignment‐based methods.
Strategic Leadership and Organizational Learning

Adopting the strategic leadership perspective, we develop a theoretical model of the impact of CEO and top manager leadership styles and practices on organizational learning. We take a fine-grained look at the processes and levels of organizational learning to describe how strategic leaders influence each element of the learning system. Researchers have implicitly assumed transformational leadership approaches to organizational learning. We challenge this conventional wisdom by highlighting the value of transactional leadership as well.
CYP3AP1*3 Allele Is Associated With Lipid‐Lowering Efficacy of Simvastatin and Atorvastatin in Chinese Women

Response to statin therapy for cardiovascular disease is variable among different individuals. The authors aimed to investigate the effect of the CYP3AP1*3 polymorphism on the lipid‐lowering efficacy of statins. They recruited 379 unrelated hyperlipidemic patients: 202 (103 men) treated with simvastatin and 177 (87 men) with atorvastatin as single‐agent therapy (20 mg day−1 orally) for 4 weeks. CYP3AP1*3(−44G>A) was genotyped using the PCR restriction fragment‐length polymorphism method. Serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C), high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐C), and triglycerides (TGs) were determined before and after treatment. The frequency of the CYP3AP1*3 variant allele in Chinese hyperlipidemic patients was 70.6%. In the simvastatin treatment group, the percentage reduction of LDL‐C level was greater in the CYP3AP1*3/*3 carriers than in the CYP3AP1*1 carriers. This difference was statistically significant for women but not for men. In contrast, the authors found no significant association between the lipid‐lowering efficacy of atorvastatin and the CYP3AP1*3 polymorphism in all participants. However, in women, the percentage change of the TC level was significantly lower in the CYP3AP1*3/*3 carriers than in the CYP3AP1*1 carriers. These findings suggest that the CYP3AP1*3 allele may be a biomarker for the lipid‐lowering efficacy of simvastatin and atorvastatin in Chinese women with hyperlipidemia.
Empathy and Attachment in Relation to Violent vs. Non-Violent Offense History Among Jail Inmates

Abstract One hundred nineteen male and 67 female violent and nonviolent offenders incarcerated in the New York City jail system completed questionnaires measuring affective and cognitive empathy, history of attachment and current attachment. They were compared to a control group of 63 males and 67 females enrolled in general equivalency diploma courses in New York City. Multiple analysis of variance was used to compare the groups and the dependent variables and the Pearson r correlation coefficient was used to assess the relationship between empathy and attachment. The male offenders as a whole scored higher on affective empathy than the control group with the nonviolent male offenders scoring significantly higher on affective empathy than the control group males. However, after age was used a covariate, the groups were no longer significantly different on affective empathy. No significant differences were found among the female groups on cognitive and affective empathy. There was also no relationship found for the male or female groups between empathy and history of attachment. The implication of the results for future research on empathy in criminal behavior as well as the lifecourse development of empathy in men, was discussed.
WNT5A-mediated β-catenin-independent signalling is a novel regulator of cancer cell metabolism

WNT5A has been identified as an important ligand in the malignant progression of a number of tumours. Although WNT5A signalling is often altered in cancer, the ligand’s role as either a tumour suppressor or oncogene varies between tumour types and is a contemporary issue for investigators of β-catenin-independent WNT signalling in oncology. Here, we report that one of the initial effects of active WNT5A signalling in malignant melanoma cells is an alteration in cellular energy metabolism and specifically an increase in aerobic glycolysis. This was found to be at least in part due to an increase in active Akt signalling and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity. The clinical relevance of these findings was strengthened by a strong correlation (P < 0.001) between the expression of WNT5A and LDH isoform V in a cohort of melanocytic neoplasms. We also found effects of WNT5A on energy metabolism in breast cancer cells, but rather than promoting aerobic glycolysis as it does in melanoma, WNT5A signalling increased oxidative phosphorylation rates in breast cancer cells. These findings support a new role for WNT5A in the metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells that is a context- dependent event.
A Social Network Analysys of Influences On Athletes To Play With Pain and Injuries

This paper shows how structural social network analysis can be a potentially powerful way of conceptualizing and explaining athletes' acceptance of the risks of pain and injury in sport. In particular, this paper shows how concepts and assumptions from structural social network analysis can clarify the conditions that make athletes vulnerable to cultural and interpersonal messages exhorting or encouraging them to play with pain and injuries. It is argued that the willingness of athletes to risk pain and injuries is affected by structural features of their sports networks (called "sportsnets"), by relations with individual sportsnet members, and by "the culture of risk" that is deeply embedded in serious athletic subcultures.
Shengfu Oil Enhances the Healing of Full-Thickness Scalded Skin Accompanying the Differential Regulation of β-Catenin, Dlk1, and COX-2

Shengfu oil is a traditional Chinese medicine formula containing 16 ingredients, including Scutellariae radix, Olibanum, and Rehmanniae radix. In this study, we aimed to enhance the wound healing of rabbit full-thickness scalded skin by Shengfu oil and to elucidate its regulatory effects on β-catenin, Dlk1, and COX-2. We found that Shengfu oil exhibited significant anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antimicrobial activities. The structure of wound tissues in Shengfu oil group was intact, including regenerated cutaneous appendages, indicating better healing capability of Shengfu oil compared to the controls. The protein expression of β-catenin, Dlk1, and COX-2 in wound tissues were investigated by immunohistochemistry staining and were further quantitated with the use of multispectral imaging analysis. The protein expression of β-catenin and Dlk1 in the Shengfu oil group was higher than that in the sesame oil group in early wound repair, accompanied by the lower expression of COX-2; the protein expression of β-catenin decreased in the middle of wound healing; the protein expression of β-catenin and Dlk1 increased at the end of wound healing. These results strongly suggest that Shengfu oil can enhance wound healing by regulating the expression of β-catenin, Dlk1, and COX-2 due to its excellent anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antimicrobial activities.
A Pragmatic Guideline for Evaluation of Social Intervention

Considering the many theoretical and methodological viewpoints in the field of evaluation, a guideline was established to facilitate the evaluation of social intervention programs. For this purpose, the goals of the evaluation were taken into account: (a) planning interventions, (b) learning and continuous improvement of interventions, (c) programming policies, and (d) transformation of society. These goals will determine the perspective of the analysis selected (focusing on the evaluand or the context) and the strategies for change employed (focusing on processes or results). The elements that, according to Shadish, Cook, and Levinton (1991), constitute the theory of evaluation (evaluand, value, building of knowledge, and uses) have also been considered. The analysis of all these components led to the elaboration of a guideline to orient the practice of evaluation from a pragmatic perspective, in accordance with the demands and needs of a certain social context. Considerando la multiplicidad de perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas existentes en el campo de la evaluación, se ha elaborado una pauta que permita conducir la evaluación de programas de intervención social. Para ello se han tenido en cuenta los propósitos u objetivos que puede perseguir la evaluación: (a) planificación de intervenciones, (b) aprendizaje y mejora continua de las intervenciones, (c) programación de políticas, y (d) transformación de la sociedad. Estos objetivos determinarán la perspectiva de análisis adoptada (centrada en el evaluando o en su contexto) y las estrategias de cambio utilizadas (orientadas a los procesos o a los resultados). Se han considerado también los elementos que para Shadish, Cook y Levinton (1991) constituyen la teoría de la evaluación (evaluando, valor, construcción del conocimiento y usos). El análisis de todos estos componentes ha permitido elaborar una guía que oriente la práctica de la evaluación desde una perspectiva pragmática acorde a las demandas y necesidades que se planteen en un contexto social determinado.
Unpacking Everyday “Teacher Talk” About Students and Families of Color

Informal “teacher talk” about students is ubiquitous, but it remains largely unexamined. This study critically examines casual, everyday teacher discourse about students perceived to be racially or culturally “different. ” Data were collected through participants’ journal entries, group discussion, and interviews. Findings revealed three dominant deficit-based discursive themes embedded in informal teacher talk about students of color. I argue for the need to heighten educators’ critical awareness of deficit discourse and its relationship to teaching, learning, and issues of equity. This article will likely be of interest to educational administration faculty, teacher educators, K-12 educators, and those studying school culture.
A methodological variation for acceptance evaluation of Human-Robot Interaction in public places

Several variations of methodological approaches are used to study the social acceptance in human-robot interaction. Due to the introduction of robots in the home, working practice and usage typically informing the design of new forms of technology are missing. Studying social acceptance in human-robot interaction thus needs new methodological concepts. We propose a so called breaching experiment with additional ethnographic observation to close this gap. To investigate the methodological concept we have been conducting a field trial on a public place. We gathered feedback using questionnaires, in order to estimate whether this method can be beneficially to evaluate social acceptance. We could show that breaching experiments can be a useful method to investigate social acceptance in the field.
Spectral parametric segmentation of contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT to detect bone metastasis: feasibility sensitivity study using whole-body bone scintigraphy

Background Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) images may be underutilized for the evaluation of skeletal metastasis. Spectral parametric segmentation of DECT can produce bone-iodine separated images, which have the potential to detect bone metastases. Purpose To evaluate the potential of bone-iodine separation in the detection of bone metastasis with spectral parametric segmentation of DECT images which are acquired at clinical follow-up for patients with prior malignancy. Material and Methods The institutional review board approved the protocol of this retrospective review. Chest DECT scans using fast kV-switching between 80 and 140 kVp were included in this study. Bone-iodine separated reformatted images were produced by spectral parametric segmentation of synthesized monochromatic images. All chest CT images of 702 metastatic lesions from 54 patients were retrospectively evaluated in terms of visualization of metastatic lesions compared with 99mTc-MDP (methylene diphosphonate) whole-body bone scintigraphy (WBBS) as reference standard of diagnosis. Results Spectral parametric segmentation images of DECT visualized metastatic lesions in 92.3% (n = 648/702). Osteoblastic metastases were delineated as subtle enhancing lesions on DECT in comparison to WBBS. Conclusion Spectral parametric segmentation of iodine from cortical and medullary bone allowed visualization of bone metastasis. DECT might be utilized for the screening or detection of bone metastases.
A CMOS Voltage Reference with Temperature Sensor using Self-PTAT Current Compensation

An all-CMOS circuit for combined voltage reference and temperature sensor is proposed. For voltage reference design, a self-PTAT current is generated for compensating a diode-connected NMOS transistor for achieving temperature-independent purpose. In addition, an ultra linear temperature sensor can be realized and achieved simultaneously. The circuit topology is very suitable for SoC integration. The voltage reference provides a stable voltage for analog circuit. Moreover, the temperature sensor increases the system reliability by predicting eventual faults caused by excessive chip temperatures