Nparse is a shallow probabilistic unification-based parser for N-best list resorting and the finding of simple grammatical phrases. It is data-driven and robust, allowing both domainspecific and unrestricted-language training. We believe it can be an interesting alternative for use in a synthesis or recognition front end. This parser has been trained for Swedish on a fine-grained set of grammat...

The Editorial Board of JNMA is proud to launch yet another reader-oriented monthly column entitled "Radiology Rounds", which will be orchestrated by Dr. James Collins, longtime NMA member and professor of radiology at UCLA. Dr Collins and his colleagues across the country will endeavor to bring us a variety of interesting cases with both an educational and clinical message that will undoubtedly...

Over a decade ago, Friedman et al. introduced the Tree Augmented Naïve Bayes (TAN) classifier, with experiments indicating that it significantly outperformed Naïve Bayes (NB) in terms of classification accuracy, whereas general Bayesian network (GBN) classifiers performed no better than NB. This paper challenges those claims, using a careful experimental analysis to show that GBN classifiers si...

In order to fully exploit high speed communication channels the processing burden at the the end points must be reduced. One way in which this can be done is by shifting the implementation of protocols from software to specialized, dedicated hardware. This process is made easier if the the protocols are designed with hardware implementation in mind. In this paper we consider a family of ARQ pro...

This paper introduces a new probabilistic graphical model called gated Bayesian network (GBN). This model evolved from the need to represent processes that include several distinct phases. In essence, a GBN is a model that combines several Bayesian networks (BNs) in such a manner that they may be active or inactive during queries to the model. We use objects called gates to combine BNs, and to ...

The maximum allowable dose level (MADL) for di(n-butyl)phthalate (DBP) is 8.7 micrograms/day (μg/day). This value is based on the reproductive effects of DBP as observed in the study in rats by Lee et al. (2004). In that study, dietary maternal exposure during pregnancy and the lactational period adversely affected development of the reproductive system of male and female rat offspring. Since t...

We examined the influence of focal cerebellar lesions on working memory (n-back task), gait, and the interaction between working memory and different gait tasks in a dual-task paradigm. The analysis included 17 young patients with chronic focal lesions after cerebellar tumor resection and 17 age-matched controls. Patients have shown mild to moderate ataxia. Lesion sites were examined on the bas...

38 We examined the influence of focal cerebellar lesions on working memory (n-back task), gait and on 39 the interaction between working memory and different gait tasks in a dual-task paradigm. 40 The analysis included 17 young patients with chronic focal lesions after cerebellar tumor resection 41 and 17 age-matched controls. Patients have shown mild to moderate ataxia. Lesion sites were 42 ex...

Background. Middle-aged women are at risk of musculoskeletal disorders because of the decreased muscle mass and bone density caused by a decreased endocrine function. Objectives. This study investigated the effectiveness of a stabilization exercise using respiratory resistance on female patients in their 40s with low back pain. Methods. Forty-four female patients in their 40s with low back pa...