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Estimation of cross-lingual news similarities using text-mining methods

In this research, two estimation algorithms for extracting cross-lingual news pairs based on machine learning from financial news articles have been proposed. Every second, innumerable text data, including all kinds news, reports, messages, reviews, comments, and tweets are generated on the Internet, and these are written not only in English but also in other languages such as Chinese, Japanese, French, etc. By taking advantage of multi-lingual text resources provided by Thomson Reuters News, we developed two estimation algorithms for extracting cross-lingual news pairs from multilingual text resources. In our first method, we propose a novel structure that uses the word information and the machine learning method effectively in this task. Simultaneously, we developed a bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) based method to calculate cross-lingual semantic text similarity for long text and short text, respectively. Thus, when an important news article is published, users can read similar news articles that are written in their native language using our method.
Inhibition and modulation of calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals by phytic acid: An in vitro study

The aim of the study was to explore the inhibition and modulation of calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals into calcium oxalate dihydrate by phytic acid. The study was carried out on glass slides by using phytic acid (1 5%) solutions. All tested solutions inhibited the growth and modulated calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals. Donuts, rosettes and X-shape crystals of calcium oxalate monohydrate along with their defected forms were observed. Whereas, the presence of calcium oxalate dihydrate crystals as elongated rods and tetragonal bipyramidal crystals revealed the modulated forms of calcium oxalate monohydrate. Smaller zones of nucleation declare as general patterns of growth inhibition. This study gives valuable information about inhibition and modulation pattern of calcium oxalate crystals. Further studies are required to confirm the results of present study.
Towards Cross-checking WordNet and SUMO Using Meronymy

We describe the practical application of a black-box testing methodology for the validation of the knowledge encoded in WordNet, SUMO and their mapping by using automated theorem provers. In this paper,weconcentrateonthepart-whole information provided by WordNet and create a large set of tests on the basis of few question patterns. From our preliminary evaluation results, we report on some of the detected inconsistencies.
Simulation Training in Health Care

In this chapter, we discuss the application of human factors and ergonomics to developing effective simulation training in health care. Simulation provides a safe, effective method for training and assessing human performance. In aviation, simulation-based training and assessment has been widely used, significantly improving safety. This progress would have been impossible without the involvement of human factors and ergonomics. Although aviation and health care have similarities, there also are differences that complicate the widespread implementation of simulation in health care.
Permanence properties of property A and coarse embeddability for locally compact groups

If $H$ is a lattice in a locally compact second countable group $G$, then we show that $G$ has property A (respectively is coarsely embeddable into Hilbert space) if and only if $H$ has property A (respectively is coarsely embeddable into Hilbert space). Moreover, we show three interesting generalizations of this result. If $H$ is a closed subgroup of $G$ that is co-amenable in $G$, and if $H$ has property A (respectively, is coarsely embeddable into Hilbert space), then we show that $G$ has property A (respectively, is coarsely embeddable into Hilbert space). We also show that an extension of property A groups still has property A. On the coarse embeddability side, we show that if $\{e\}\rightarrow H\rightarrow G\rightarrow Q\rightarrow\{e\}$ is a short exact sequence, and if either $H$ is coarsely embeddable into Hilbert space and $Q$ has property A, or $H$ is compact and $Q$ is coarsely embeddable into Hilbert space, then $G$ is coarsely embeddable into Hilbert space. We extend the theory of measure equivalence to locally compact non-unimodular groups. In a natural way, we can also define measure equivalence subgroups. We show that property A and uniform embeddability into Hilbert space pass to measure equivalence subgroups. Using the same techniques, we show that also the Haagerup property, weak amenability and the weak Haagerup property pass to measure equivalence subgroups.
Cooperative Wireless Cellular Systems: An Information-Theoretic View

In this monograph, the impact of cooperation on the performance of wireless cellular systems is studied from an information-theoretic standpoint, focusing on simple formulations typically referred to as Wynertype models. Following ongoing research and standardization efforts, the text covers two main classes of cooperation strategies. The first class is cooperation at the base station (BS) level, which is also known as Multi-Cell Processing (MCP), network Multiple-Input MultipleOutput (MIMO), or Coordinated Multi-Point transmission/reception (CoMP). With MCP, cooperative decoding, for the uplink, or encoding, for the downlink, is enabled at the BSs. MCP is made possible by the presence of an architecture of, typically wired, backhaul links connecting individual BSs to a central processor (CP) or to one another. The second class of cooperative strategies allows cooperation in the form of relaying for conveying data between Mobile Stations (MSs) and BSs in either the uplink or the downlink. Relaying can be enabled by two possible architectures. A first option is to deploy dedicated Relay Stations (RSs) that are tasked with forwarding uplink or downlink traffic. The second option is for the MSs to act as RSs for other MSs. MCP is first studied under ideal conditions on the backhaul links, namely by assuming that all BSs are connected to a CP with unlimitedcapacity links. Both Gaussian (nonfading) and flat-fading channels are analyzed, for the uplink and the downlink, and analytical insights are drawn into the performance advantages of MCP in different relevant operating regimes. Performance comparison is performed with standard Single-Cell Processing (SCP) techniques, whereby each BS decodes, in the uplink, or encodes, in the downlink, independently, as implemented with different spatial reuse factors. Then, practical constraints on the backhaul architecture enabling MCP are introduced. Specifically, three common settings are studied. In the first, all the BSs are connected to a CP via finite-capacity links. In the second, only BSs in adjacent cells are connected via (finite-capacity) backhaul links. In the third, only a subset of BSs is connected to a CP for joint encoding/decoding (clustered cooperation). Achievable rates for the three settings are studied and compared for both the uplink and the downlink. The performance advantages of relaying are analyzed for cellular systems with dedicated RSs and with cooperative MSs. Different techniques are reviewed that require varying degrees of information about system parameters at the MSs, RSs, and BSs. Performance is investigated with both MCP and SCP, revealing a profound interplay between cooperation at the BS level and relaying. Finally, various open problems are pointed out.
Long-Range Hydrologic Forecasting in El Niño Southern Oscillation-Affected Coastal Watersheds: Comparison of Climate Model and Weather Generator Approach

AbstractStreamflow forecasting is essential for the proper management of water resources, especially when severe droughts cause water resource scarcity. Streamflow forecasting using physically based or conceptual hydrologic models is a common approach. However, these models rely on the predicted climate data, which are at times unrealistic and depart significantly from actual observed data, resulting in an unreliable forecast. Because the sea surface temperature (SST) in the Nino 3.4 region has a potential teleconnection with streamflow in the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-affected regions, the streamflow forecasting ability of a model can be enhanced by using SST in data-driven models. In fact, conceptual models cannot incorporate SST data as input. Therefore, in this study, an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) was used to infuse SST data (from the equatorial Pacific) with predicted precipitation and temperature for streamflow forecasting with one-to-three months’ lead time. For the for.
TOWARDS GLOBAL SCHOLARSHIP IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS

One can imagine two futures for public administration, public management and public service around the world. A first would be what we see as a continuation of the status quo: with public administration essentially continuing as a series of national discourses, with perhaps a bit of cross-fertilization, but with this characterized by a classic core-periphery model. The preferable model, outlined in this paper, would see the development of an integrated community of scholars of public affairs. At least three hurdles need to be overcome to arrive at this integrated community. A first concerns the tension in the periphery between an epistemic nationalism and epistemic colonialism. The second hurdle to be overcome concerns the central role of the American literature in intellectual discourse in public administration. A third hurdle is more specific to public administration: what Canadian Iain Gow has referred to as public administration's profile, as ‘une science empirique par excellence’.
Informal description of Walsh Brownian motions and Walsh diffusions

A Walsh diffusion on Euclidean space moves along each ray from the origin, as a solution to a stochastic differential equation with certain drift and diffusion coefficients, as long as it stays away from the origin. As it hits the origin, it instantaneously chooses a new direction according to a given probability law, called the spinning measure. A special example is a realvalued diffusion with skew reflections at the origin. This process continuously (in the weak sense) depends on the spinning measure. We determine a stationary measure for such process, explore long-term convergence to this distribution and establish an explicit rate of exponential convergence.
Zhu, Weichun and He, Hongwei and Treviño, Linda K. and Chao, Melody M. and Wang, Weiyue (2015) Ethical leadership and follower voice and performance : the role of follower identifications and entity morality

Previous studies have established the relationship between ethical leadership and a variety of positive follower outcomes. They have investigated a number of psychological mechanisms that mediate these relationships. In terms of mediators, follower organizational identification has been found to mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and follower job performance. In this research, we incorporate a second distinct and theoretically important type of social identification process, relational identification with the leader, along with organizational identification, and examine their mediating effects on follower performance and voice outcomes. Further, we bring the implicit theory of morality to the behavioral ethics literature and examine follower morality beliefs as a moderator. Using a Romanian sample of 302 followers under the supervision of 27 leaders, we found that ethical leadership has an
Testing conditional moment restrictions

Let (x, z) be a pair of observable random vectors. We construct a new smoothed empirical likelihood-based test for the hypothesis E{g(z, θ)|x} = 0 w.p.1, where g is a vector of known functions and θ an unknown finite-dimensional parameter. We show that the test statistic is asymptotically normal under the null hypothesis and derive its asymptotic distribution under a sequence of local alternatives. Furthermore, the test is shown to possess an optimality property in large samples. Simulation evidence suggests that it also behaves well in small samples.
The Impacts of Forest Cover Loss and Burning on the Butterfly Community of the Sabangau Peat Swamp Forest , Central Kalimantan , Indonesia

The peat swamps of South East Asia account for 56% of global tropical peat swamps and provide a unique habitat for the diversity of flora and fauna found there. They also serve as a vital global carbon store, highlighting their important role in global climate. Peat swamp forest cover is in decline due to deforestation and forest fires, the result being peat degradation and ecosystem imbalance. Research and monitoring is crucial to ensure the successful conservation of this habitat in order to control the negative impacts that this creates. Our current knowledge of peat swamp habitat is limited and OuTrop’s research has, and continues to build on this knowledge in order to conserve and effectively manage peat swamp forest for future generations. Butterflies make good indicators of the ecological effects of peat forest cover decline due to their ease of sampling, short life span and sensitivity to change. Over a six week period, the butterfly community of the Sabangau peat swamp forest were surveyed from the 7 July to 24 August 2014 to investigate the impacts of burning and subsequent forest cover loss. This involved systematic transect surveying with the use of fruit-baited canopy traps at two forest interior sites, one forest edge site and three areas in the forest exterior. The aim is to establish any differences in the total abundance, diversity and community similarity in the forest interior compared to the forest edge and forest exterior, both at a transect level and a canopy level. The investigation was in collaboration with the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project (OuTrop) and CIMTROP, and relied on the help of staff and volunteers. The results indicate that areas with moderate disturbance had the most similar butterfly communities, as well as having the greatest species abundance and diversity. Transects in areas with least forest cover; dominated by long grasses and very few small trees due to historic logging, had similar communities but had the smallest species abundances and diversity. Low traps were found to have greater species abundances and species richness compared with the traps situated in the canopy.
Soft Tactile Skin Using an Embedded Ionic Liquid and Tomographic Imaging

Whole-body-contact sensing will be crucial in the quest to make robots capable of safe interaction with humans. This paper describes a novel design and a fabrication method of artificial tactile sensing skin for robots. The manufacturing method described in this paper allows easy filling of a complex microchannel network with a liquid conductor (e.g., room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL)). The proposed sensing skin can detect the magnitude and location of surface contacts using electrical impedance tomography (EIT), an imaging technique mostly used in the medical field and examined recently in conjunction with sensors based on a piezoresistive polymer sheet for robotic applications. Unlike piezoresistive polymers, our IL-filled artificial skin changes its impedance in a more predictable manner, since the measured value is determined by a simple function of the microchannel geometry only, rather than complex physical phenomena. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate that our EIT artificial skin can detect surface contacts and graphically show their magnitudes and locations.
Systems Physiology: Cardiovascular THRESHOLD CHANGES IN BLOOD LACTATE, BEAT-TO-CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION, AND BREATH-BY-BREATH VO 2 DURING INCREMENTAL EXERCISE

THRESHOLD CHANGES IN BLOOD LACTATE, BEAT-TO-CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION, AND BREATH-BY-BREATH VO2 DURING INCREMENTAL EXERCISE. Melissa Knight-Maloney, Robert A. Robergs, Ann Gibson, Farzenah Ghiasvand. JEPonline. 2002;5(3):39-53. The relationships between the systolic blood pressure threshold (ST), heart rate (HR) threshold (HT), rate pressure product threshold (RT), lactate threshold (LT) and ventilatory threshold (VT) were studied in 14 subjects (10 males, 4 females). All subjects performed an incremental cycle ergometer test to volitional exhaustion. HR data was collected via ECG. SBP was determined beat by beat by tonometry. The LT and VT were determined through standard methods. The threshold or breakpoint for SBP, HR and RPP, as a function of VO 2, was determined as the deviation from linearity when the data were analyzed with non-linear regression analysis. When the pre and post threshold slopes for SBP, HR and RPP were analyzed it was found that most subjects demonstrated either an increased or decreased response post-threshold. The threshold responses were analyzed using two-way ANOVA. For SBP, it was found there was no significant difference in pre and post-threshold SBP in subjects that demonstrated an increase in SBP slope post-threshold (p=0.36). In contrast, there was a significant difference between the pre and post-threshold slopes for the subjects that exhibited a decreased post-threshold SBP response (p=0.000). The analysis of the HR data pre and post HT revealed differences in pre and post- threshold slopes for those subjects that demonstrated an increase HR response post-threshold (p=0.003) and those that exhibited a decreased post-threshold HR response (p=0.001). There was no significant difference in the pre and post-threshold RPP responses for either the group that demonstrated an increased post-threshold response or the group that demonstrated a decreased RPP response post-threshold. Two-way ANOVA revealed significant differences between the VO2 at the RT (2.17±0.26 L/min) and LT (1.84±0.13 L/min) (p=0.011) and the RT and VT (1.87±0.11 L/min) (p=0.011). There were also significant differences between HT (2.24±0.14 L/min) and LT (p=0.0019) and HT and VT (p=0.0025), indicating that the RT occurs at a significantly different VO2 than either the LT or VT. In summary, differences were noted in the pre and post threshold responses for SBP and HR. The RPP slopes were inconsistent between subjects due to both positive and negative changes in
Systemic Neural Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Interventions for Inflammatory CNS Disorders

Regenerative processes occurring under physiological (maintenance) [1-3] and pathological (reparative) [4-6] conditions are a fundamental part of life, and vary greatly among different species, individuals, and tissues. Despite the central nervous system (CNS) has been consid‐ ered for years as a perennial tissue, it has recently become clear that both physiological and reparative regeneration occur also within the CNS to sustain tissue homeostasis and repair. Importantly, the proliferation and differentiation of endogenous neural stem cells (NSCs) residing within the healthy CNS, or surviving injury, are considered crucial in sustaining these events. However, these processes are not robust enough to promote a functional and stable recovery of the nervous system architecture. Thus, the development of cell-based therapies designed to promote functional (direct vs. indirect) neural cell replacement was anticipated [7]. Nevertheless, most of the experimental cell therapies with neural lineage-committed progen‐ itors have failed to foster substantial repair in disease models where the anatomical and functional damage is widespread and an inflamed and/or degenerative microenvironment coexists. Conversely, the systemic injection of in vitro expanded neural stem/precursor cells (NPCs) – both as neurospheres as well as plastic-adherent monolayers has provided a remarkable amelioration of the clinico-pathological features of rodents affected by experi‐ mental inflammatory CNS disorders that include experimental autoimmune encephalomye‐ litis (EAE), cerebral ischemic/haemorrhagic stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). This has been shown to be dependent on the capacity of transplanted NPCs to engage multiple mechanisms of action within specific microenvironments in vivo [8]. Among a wide range of potential therapeutic actions – and in addition to the expected cell replacement – this phenomenon may also occur via several bystander effects. These effects are heterogeneous
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION AND CHILD MORTALITY IN THE WORLD

In recent decades around the world have made significant progress in child mortality, so both quantitatively and qualitatively. On the one hand, the levels of infant mortality (IMR) fell from 83.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1970, in average of 200 countries, to 25.3 in deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014 (PRB, 2015). Additionally, it has changed the profile of the causes of child mortality: bowel infections (BI) and respiratory (RI) lose ground to perinatal conditions (PA) and congenital anomalies (CA). This is evident in the literature on the subject.
STABILIZING CONTROL OF NONLINEAR SWITCHED SYSTEMS IN R WITH A GEOMETRIC APPROACH

This paper proposes a new constructive method to stabilize a dynamical system in R around a desired point xd. The system under consideration in R can be an extension of another in dimension two. We drive a sufficient condition for the existence and stability of a hybrid limit cycle consisting of a sequence of two operating new modes in R. This cycle limit lies in an invariant plane by the flow of the dynamical system. This method is based on a geometric approach and on the relaxation of a condition on part of the control signal, u. This is then illustrated on a multicellular electrical energy converter and a nonlinear switched system in R.
FES-Assisted Exercise Therapy in the Sub-Acute Phase of Stroke Recovery.

A surface stimulator combined with an instrumented workstation comprised of tasks of daily life was used to rehabilitate the upper extremity of patients with severe hemiplegia. 20 sub-acute patients (no more than 3 months post stroke) took part in this double blind randomised clinical trial. Ten patients in the experimental group underwent daily 1 hour training sessions on the workstation with functional electrical stimulation for a duration of 4 weeks. The control group of 10 patients received 15 minutes of daily sub threshold stimulation and one training session per week on the workstation. The workstation was used for task-specific training as well as kinematic data recording. Outcome measures of hand function included the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT), the Upper extremity Fugl-Myer Test (FMT), the Motor Activity Log (MAL), and the kinematic scores derived from the workstation. The results indicate a significant improvement in hand function for the treatment group over the control group in some but not all of the outcome measures.
THE OCCURRENCE OF CRIBRA ORBITALIA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA IN A MEDIEVAL POPULATION FROM KO£OBRZEG, POLAND

Two indicators of living conditions were examined: cribra orbitalia and enamel hypoplasia in a medieval population from Ko3obrzeg, Poland. Standard methods were used to record the lesions. It was revealed that the studied population is characterized by an average frequency and relatively low severity of cribra orbitalia. No clear relation between the lesion and sex was observed. The association of cribra orbitalia and enamel hypoplasia was not revealed.
Non CPMG Fast Spin Echo with Full Signal

Introduction The standard Fast Spin Echo (FSE) sequence relies on the CPMG condition which states, among other things, that the initial transverse magnetization must be aligned with the axis of the refocusing pulses. For this reason, FSE is unable to generate images of a complex initial magnetization and/or is very sensitive to unwanted initial phase modulations, such as is found after a diffusion weighting preparation. To counteract this difficulty, Norris et al. (1) proposed Incoherent U-FLARE in which only one of the two components of the echo signal is kept. Other similar solutions have been proposed, generally in the context of diffusion imaging (2,3). Unfortunately all these solutions are characterized by a 50% signal reduction. We propose here a FSE sequence which keeps full signal capability without being sensitive to the initial phase of the magnetization.