We introduce -SmartReaderan English reading tool for non-native English readers to overcome language related hindrances while reading a text. It makes extensive use of widely-available NLP tools and resources. SmartReader is a web-based application that can be accessed from standard browsers running on PCs or tablets. A user can choose a text document from the system’s library they want to read...

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Performance modelling is simulation of the user inputs and then altering the systems' configuration in order to monitor performance of software. Performance modelling rarely incorporated but gradually we have realized its significance. There are various approaches for modelling and each has its own benefits and hindrances. Performance modelling when applied on the cloud is again a very cha...

We introduce an interactive interface that aims to help English as a Second Language (ESL) students overcome language related hindrances while reading a text. The interface allows the user to find supplementary information on selected difficult words. The interface is empowered by our lexical substitution engine that provides context-based synonyms for difficult words. We also provide a practic...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is the only potentially curable form of pulmonary hypertension, assuming that surgical treatment is possible. However, there are hindrances to making a definitive, noninvasive diagnosis. We present the case of a 40-year-old female patient with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, confirmed in 1994. This patient developed thrombi in pulmonary ...

The valvular lesions which but a few years ago were almost the only recognised lesions of the heart, which seemed so difficult to diagnose, and to threaten life so seriously and mysteriously, are nowadays readily discovered, differentiated, and their influence as mechanical hindrances discounted. All the interest and the mystery is now transferred to the state of the cardiac muscle and its nerv...

This study examined the additive and interactive effects of role stress and emotional intelligence for predicting engagement among 288 teachers. Emotional intelligence and engagement were positively associated. Role ambiguity and role conflict showed negative associations with vigor and dedication scores. The interaction of role ambiguity and emotional intelligence was significant in explaining...

The two main hindrances for a wider application of the model checking approach for verification of concurrent and distributed systems are the state explosion problem and its limitation in handling infinite state systems. We consider a class of infinite state systems given by certain types of Transition Diagrams (TDs), called simple TDs, that employ commutative functions for updating variables. ...

Water is naturally found in atmosphere in three major physical states as: liquid (rain, fog & clouds), solid (snow flakes, ice-crystals) & gaseous (water vapors). In any of the forms the occurrence of water causes hindrances in the path of radio waves in form of absorption & scattering leading to some loss in signal quality & quantity both which is quantified in terms of attenuation. Here we pr...

Sir,?I trust that Colonel Dennys' article will not be allowed to "waste its sweetness on a desert air." This is a subject which requires wide ventilation. There must be very few of those who have sought to deal with plague infected areas who have not at times felt the utter hopelessness of coping with the disease by the methods at present in vogue. One may enumerate various hindrances to the su...