People use arguments to justify their claims. Computer systems use explanations to justify their conclusions. User acceptance of a system depends partly on how well the system explains its reasoning and justifies its conclusions. We have built WOZ, an explanation framework that justifies the conclusions of a clinical decision-support system. WOZ’s central component is the explanation strategy t...

The advent of multiplexed bead assays in recent years has introduced a new dimension of testing for complex diseases such as lupus, which can involve multiple autoantibodies. The ability to rapidly identify multiple autoantibodies, with high sensitivity and specificity in an automated fashion, is highly attractive. The aim of this study was to assess the performance and clinical value of multip...

Hesiod, the Athena name server, provides naming for services and data objects in a distributed network environment. More specifically, it replaces databases that heretofore have had to be duplicated on each workstation and timesharing machine (e.g., remote file system information, /etc/printcap, /etc/services, /etc/passwd, /etc/group) and provides a flexible mechanism to supply new information ...

In this paper we present RELXILLDGRAD_NK, a relativistic reflection model in which the electron density of accretion disk is allowed to have radial power-law profile. The ionization parameter has also non-constant profile and calculated self-consistently from emissivity. We show impact implementation gradient our by analyzing NuSTAR spectrum Galactic black hole EXO 1846-031 during its last outb...

BACKGROUND Dronedarone has been developed for treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL). It is an amiodarone analogue but noniodinized and without the same adverse effects as amiodarone. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS This is a review of 7 studies (DAFNE, ADONIS, EURIDIS, ATHENA, ANDROMEDA, ERATO and DIONYSOS) on dronedarone focusing on efficacy, safety and prevention of stroke. Th...

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) of the Athena observatory, scheduled for launch in mid 2030's, will provide spectroscopy data with unprecedented spectral and spatial resolution. This be achieved a 2 kilo-pixel array transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters. complete detection chain is under development by large international collaboration. In order to perform an end-to-end demonstra...

the council of areopagus as a judicial establishment monitored the proper implementation of rule of law in the polis (city-state) of athens. while, the main responsibility and duty of areopagus was to adjudicate the cases of the most serious crimes, it intervened in the political affairs as well. eventually, after long-lasting political conflicts between athenian oligarchy and democracy, this e...