... uated as better than another using noisy test corpus, there are reasonable chances that they are in fact very similar but one of them is just adapting better than the other to thenoise in the ... Technical University of Catalonia c/Jordi Girona 1-3. 08034 Barcelona {padro, lluism}@l si. upc. es Abstract This paper addresses the issue of POS tagger evaluation. Such evaluation is usually ... crucial to obtain reliable esti- mations of accuracy (Mooney, 1996), (3) testing experiments are usually done on corpora with the same characteristics as the training data -usually a small...
... weeks. The control group received the sameamount of traditional remedial rehabilitation activ-ities under the supervision of qualified professionalsso as to neutralize theeffectof staff’s additional ... suggested that Qigong has a similar effect toantidepressants (Yu, 1999). This may be becauseQigong practice has an emphasis on breathing relaxa-tion. When the body and mind are calm, a person’sphysical ... different areas of their lives such as physical,social, ethical, familial, and intellectual. The ASSEIwas found to be construct and content valid for the Hong Kong population.ProcedureAll intervention...
... most important concepts in data communi-cations is how connection and connectionless protocolsare related.As a data message is created, an assumption is madethat if a connectionless-oriented ... watchfor the SYN bit to be set and for the first ofthe threesegment headers to have an acknowledgement value of zero.As part ofthe session establishment, the two stationsoften agree onthe ... retransmittedsegments and one additional acknowledgement.Additionally there is a significant additional delay (intime).Figure 8If we repeat the efficiency analysis, we find that:Total data bytes transferred...
... non-TARP banks. The bank characteristics are the log of bank size and capitalization. Bank size is simply measured as total assets and capitalization is the ratio of total bank equity capital ... the average risk rating of loan originations at the TARP banks is significantly greater than the average risk rating of loan originations at the non-TARP banks both before and after the TARP ... TARP on risk-taking based onthe dollar amount ofthe capital infusion. The TARP process of capital replenishment allowed the Treasury to determine the amount ofa bank’s capital infusion based...
... transnational law. He has published numerous articles on domestic and international tax issues, and is the author of International Tax as International Law: U.S. Tax Law and the International ... He has published in such journals as the European Economic Review, the Canadian Journal of Economics and the Journal of Comparative Economics.To Alaion Jr., Ana Maria, Clarissa, Marcelo, Samira, ... Law and Director ofthe International Tax LL.M. Program at the University of Michigan Law School. He teaches courses on taxation, international taxation, corporate taxation, tax trea-ties and...
... an optimal aesthetic value (rightmost of either scale in Figures 2 and 3, previous page). An individual mean and group mean of aesthetic rank was calculated for each ofthe 11 visualizations, ... to evaluate the relative level of aesthetic appearance for different information visualization techniques as a group. • Conveyance – All data visualization techniques conveyed the same information ... part ofa larger study onthe role of aesthetic within data visualization [16]. The online survey method was utilized for the following reasons: • Validation - A large number of participants...
... unfolding on loss ofthe cofactor. The MD simu-lation results provide an explanation of why such a conformation is not a stable state for apo-lMb.Electrostatic interactions, in general, have attractedconsiderable ... MJ, Waldman M & HaglerAT (1997) Derivation of Class II force fields. 4. van derWaals parameters of alkali metal cations and halideanions. J Phys Chem A 101, 7243–7252.32 Maple JR, Hwang ... with the basic side-chains of Arg45 and Lys96 (Fig. 8). These interactions conceiv-ably also contribute to the conformational stability of holo-lMb. Consistently, they are maintained over the 1.5...
... error bars represent the standard deviation of triplicate values. The curves are least squares fits to a rectangular hyperbola. (B) A replot ofthe apparent Vmaxfrom (A) against the concentrations ... incyanobacteria parallel a major re-evaluation of the function of BVR -A in mammals. Once considered toplay a role solely in the elimination of excess haem, itis now implicated in the maintenance ofa major ... deviation of triplicate values. The curves are least squares fits to a rectangular hyperbola. (B) A replot of the apparent Vmaxfrom (A) against the concentrations of NADPH. The curve is a least...
... conditional on any days, and the smearing factor. To calculate theeffect of a variable onthe probability ofa year with at least one day, take for example, “continuous HMO.” First, we recycled the ... results back to days. Effects on total days for each variable were calculated by multiplying three parts: theeffectonthe probability ofa year with at least one day, the mean effecton days conditional ... instead of panel data methods we used simpler models that treat each person/year as a separate observation. The before and after with the always in FFS comparison group aspect ofthe data is captured...
... ensure they are comparable, the individual items are standardized (via the sample standard deviation in the items) before they areaveraged. Second, to enable the appropriate calculation ofthe variance ... sixteen) and they also control for survey year, age and age squared. They obtaininstrumental variables estimates ofthe effect of an additional year of education on log earnings of 0.15, much larger ... First, one can choose a parametric functionfor f (e.g., a quadratic polynomial in R) and use all ofthe available data to estimate the equationabove via ordinary least squares (Lee & Card,...
... recorded at a resolution of 0.25 degrees (about 28 kilometers at the equator). Data on actual rainfall is obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which provides daily ... which are commonly taken as a useful measure of malnutrition among adults are calculated for individuals exceeding the age of 20 years.6We also follow Wagstaff (2007b) and consider whether an adult ... an indicator based ona one-month time scale, (ii) an indicator that allows for anyinterannual compensation of rainfall, and (iii) an indicator based onthe length of drought spellswithin the...
... equation, theeffectof maternal employment disappeared (Anderson et al., 2003; Scholder, 2008). Each of these estimation methods has important disadvantages. The use of proxies as approximations ... theeffectof non-parental childcare by maternal education we use a simulation method. In particular, we assume that the entire set of 33education mothers who received parent-only care. These ... better understand the sources of favorable effects of non-parental childcare among the children of low-education mothers. Differences by Mother’s Education in theEffectof Childcare on Child...