This paper describes the SAARSHEFF systems that participated in the English Semantic Textual Similarity (STS) task in SemEval2016. We extend the work on using machine translation (MT) metrics in the STS task by automatically annotating the STS datasets with a variety of MT scores for each pair of text snippets in the STS datasets. We trained our systems using boosted tree ensembles and achieved...

It is well known that some sera giving false positive reactions with the standard serological tests for syphilis (STS) show a pattern which is very seldom found in syphilitic sera, while in other falsely reacting sera the strength or pattern of the STS give no clue to specificity. Less attention seems to have been paid to the course of the STS titres in chronic positive STS reactors who are neg...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare the activation of the tibialis anterior (TA) and soleus (SOL) muscles during the sit-to-stand (STS) task with hip adduction and hip abduction in elderly females. [Subjects] We recruited 16 healthy elderly females with no pain in the knee joint and no other orthopedic problems of the lower limbs. [Methods] The activities of the dominant lower ex...

The superior temporal sulcus (STS) is a major component of the human face perception network, implicated in processing dynamic changeable aspects of faces. However, it remains unknown whether STS holds functionally segregated subdivisions for different categories of facial movements. We used high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 7T in 16 volunteers to compare STS activ...

Sulfuric derivatives are potentially hazardous to human health, especially during embryogenesis. Zebrafish were used to study the toxic effect of sodium thiosulfate (STS) (1~1 x 10(-6) mol/L) on embryo development with real-time in vivo imaging. Motor neuron differentiation and proliferation were analyzed by detecting the dynamics of acetylated tubulin (alpha-tubulin) and of proliferating cell ...

There are only two commercially available, ready-to-use culture media which are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for clinical diagnosis of vaginal trichomoniasis: Kupferberg's STS and Diamond's medium (modified). Diamond's medium (Klaas modification), recommended by the Centers for Disease Control for the isolation of Trichomonas vaginalis, was compared in vitro to Kupferberg's (STS...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of (18)F-3'-fluoro-3'-deoxy-L-thymidine positron emission tomography (FLT-PET) for the detection and grading of soft tissue sarcoma (STS). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Nineteen patients with 20 STSs of the extremities were scanned, using attenuation corrected whole-body FLT-PET. Standardized uptake values (SUVs) and tumor:nontumor ratios ...

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of F-3 -fluoro-3 -deoxy-L-thymidine positron emission tomography (FLT-PET) for the detection and grading of soft tissue sarcoma (STS). Experimental Design: Nineteen patients with 20 STSs of the extremities were scanned, using attenuation corrected whole-body FLT-PET. Standardized uptake values (SUVs) and tumor:nontumor ratios (TNT...