In this paper we describe the non-linear mappings we used with the Helsinki language identification method, HeLI, in the 4th edition of the Discriminating between Similar Languages (DSL) shared task, which was organized as part of the VarDial 2017 workshop. Our SUKI team participated in the closed track together with 10 other teams. Our system reached the 7th position in the track. We describe ...

In this paper we describe the language identification system we developed for the Discriminating Similar Languages (DSL) 2015 shared task. We constructed a classifier ensemble composed of several Support Vector Machine (SVM) base classifiers, each trained on a single feature type. Our feature types include character 1–6 grams and word unigrams and bigrams. Using this system we were able to outp...

We study the application of multiuser MIMO precoding for the cancellation of far-end crosstalk (FEXT) in DSL systems. We present a novel approach where the FEXT is canceled in the time-domain which offers some significant advantages over the common frequency-domain cancellation techniques. The time-domain adaptive filters used to compensate for the FEXT on the the time-domain transmit signal ar...

The sexing of day-old chicks has been regarded as an extraordinarily difficult perceptual task requiring years of extensive practice for its mastery. Experts can sex chicks at over 98% accuracy at a rate of 1,000 chicks per hour spending less than a half second viewing the cloacal region. Naive subjects were shown 18 pictures of cloacal regions of male and female chicks (in random appearing arr...

Partitioning is a fundamental step in the computer-aided design process. One of the best algorithms for partitioning is ratio cut 10] but, as many others, it does not take into account speciic properties of multi-terminal nets, especially with regard to module pin count. In this paper, we show that the number of pins per module can be unbalanced if not taken care of properly. Since this unbalan...

objective(s): hypoxia is a serious challenge for treatment of solid tumors. this condition has been manifested to exert significant therapeutic effects on glioblastoma multiform or (who) astrocytoma grade iv. hypoxia contributes numerous changes in cellular mechanisms such as angiogenesis, metastasis and apoptosis evasion. furthermore, in molecular level, hypoxia can cause induction of dna brea...

the current study evaluated the general toxicity, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic activity of extracts obtained from the rhizomes of eremostachys azerbaijanica (labiatae) as well as analyzed the potent extracts using gc-ms. extracts of e. azerbaijanica in n-hexane, dichloromethane (dcm) and methanol (meoh) were prepared using a soxhlet apparatus. the antioxidant activity of the extrac...

abstractferulago angulata boiss. known in iran as chavir, has some bioactive compounds having antioxidant activity. because of its antioxidant activities, it sounded chavir extract can be a good candidate for finding chemopreventive agents having inductive apoptosis properties on cancer cells. in this study, the cytotoxic effects and proapoptotic activities of chavir’s leaf and flower extracts ...

The present paper investigates the issue of downtrends in different types of yes/no question in Estonian. The types that are compared comprise those beginning with an interrogative particle kas (whether), tag questions ending with the particle või (or), and morphosyntactically unmarked questions. It appears that these differ with respect to the slope of the fall in prenuclear accents and the st...

Facial ageing analysis based on 4D data (3D plus time) is much more robust to pose changes and illumination variations than using 2D image and video. The purpose of this investigation was to measure the effects of age and gender related facial changes using dynamic 3D facial scans. Experiments were carried out on the subjects, who were divided into two groups by age (15-30 years and 31-60 years...