The “winning” system in the 2013 MIREX Latin Genre Classification Task was a deep neural network trained with simple features. An explanation for its winning performance has yet to be found. In previous work, we built similar systems using the BALLROOM music dataset, and found their performances to be greatly affected by slightly changing the tempo of the music of a test recording. In the MIREX...

A dose determination study for the prostaglandin analogue cloprostenol was conducted in the Red Sokoto Does (RSD). 24 RSD were divided into four groups of 6 animals, the first group is the untreated control receiving 0μg of the cloprostenol. The second, third and fourth groups were given 50μg, 75 μg and 100 μg of the drug respectively. No oestrus response was observed in the control. All the an...

that they are alive, and as living organisms they are, if properly maintained, renewable. They sustain Americans by contributing food, water, fuel, medicine, employment, recreation, and, especially, the splendor and wonder that inspire and nurture our spirits. Use of these resources, whether in consumptive ways such as logging, commercial fishing, hunting, and agriculture or in nonconsumptive a...

the present article aims at giving a formative psychoanalysis of iran cinema in the 2000s.itseems that all distinct moviesin this decade have been produced in an atmospherethatwasarepresentation of everyday-life and living ethics of middle class citizens. drawing on themovie “how simple it is” directedby reza mirkarimi (2009) as a typical sample of discursiveformation, the present study aims to...

al-shanfarā (6th century bc) with a group of poets such as taabbata sharran (“he who has put evil in his armpit”) are among the best known of the sulūk (“brigand”) poets. shanfarā was depicted as living a life of solitude and hardship based on the looting and plundering. shanfarā has two long and famous odes. one of them is tāeiyeh and the other is lāmiyyatu'l arab. lāmiyyatu'l arab i...

A retrospective analysis was made of 3878 cases of breast carcinoma first seen in Edinburgh from 1954 to 1964. During this time there was a policy to treat breast cancer by simple mastectomy and x-ray therapy, and over 90% of cases classified as international stages I and II were so treated. The mortality in these women was compared with that in an equivalent normal population using Scottish na...

There is an increasing need to assess the service life of components containing defect which operate at high temperature. This paper describes the current fracture mechanics concepts that are employed to predict cracking of engineering materials at high temperatures under static and cyclic loading. The relationship between these concepts and those of high temperature life assessment methods is ...

Background & Aims of the Study: Job stress has negative effects on various organizational, motivational, and social factors. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of organizational intelligence, workplace-life skills, and employee empowerment training on promoting organizational productivity and socialization among the employees with job stress in Persian Gulf Star Oil Co., Bandar A...