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We describe several new research directions we investigated toward the development of our broadcast news transcription system for the 1998 DARPA H4 evaluations. Our goal was to develop significantly faster and smaller speech recognition systems without degrading the word error rate of our 1997 system. We did this through significant algorithmic research creating various new techniques. A sample...

1. Najean Y, Rain JD, Billotey C. Epidemiological data in polycythaemia vera: a study of 842 cases. Hematol Cell Ther 1998; 40:159-65. 2. Fernandez-Luna JL, Silva M, Richard C, Sanz C, Benito A. Pathogenesis of polycythemia vera. Haematologica 1998; 83:150-8. 3. Barosi G. Pathogenesis of polycythemia vera: do we have the right pieces to the puzzle? Haematologica 1998; 83:97-8. 4. Barbui T, Fina...

This paper summarizes the bidding procedures proposed by NEPOOL for the Energy, Reserve, Automatic Generation Control (AGC), and Operable Capability markets. Experience with the Installed Capability market is also described. On October 29, 1997 FERC accepted NEPOOL’s previous filings proposing the implementation of the Installed Capability Market by November 1, 1997, but suspended its implement...

In 1998 there were 85,096 notifications to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System; slightly lower than in 1997 (89,579). The number of measles cases remained low, and well below the number reported in the outbreak years of 1993 and 1994. Rubella notifications further decreased and remained low in 1998. The Measles Control Campaign from August to November 1998, did not impact signi...

AIM To evaluate the impact of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act on maternal morbidity and mortality in the west of Pretoria. SETTING Indigent South Africans managed in two public hospitals in the west of Pretoria. METHOD Data were collected on all abortions (incomplete or induced) treated in the hospitals in the study area in 1997-1998 and 2003-2005. All cases of severe acute mater...

After an epidemic of West Nile (WN) virus neurologic infections in southeastern Romania in 1996, human and animal surveillance were established to monitor continued transmission of the virus. During 1997 and 1998, neurologic infections were diagnosed serologically as WN encephalitis in 12 of 322 patients in 19 southeastern districts and in 1 of 75 Bucharest patients. In addition, amid a country...

[1] During the 1997–1998 El Niño event, the average sea surface temperature (SST) in the Taiwan Strait (TWS) in the winter was 1.4 C higher than that of the winter climatological mean. The areal ratio of the warm water ( 2 C above the regional mean) to the cold water ( 2 C below the regional mean) in the TWS increased by 25%while the area of the eutrophic water (chlorophyll a >1 mg m ) was halv...

Any outbreak of an animal disease classified as a List A disease by the Office International des Epizooties, such as classical swine fever (CSF), has severe consequences for animal welfare, livestock production, exports of animals and animal products and the environment. Experience shows that early detection and response to a suspected disease outbreak will maximise the effectiveness of the eme...