The paper considers a realization of a software application, which performs identification of duplicated records in a database, containing customer information. Some of the most important works in this direction are overviewed. The selected algorithm is discussed. The problems and appropriate solutions due to handling of multi-language information are listed. The developed application, built us...

A blending of phonological concepts and technical analysis is proposed to yield a better modeling and understanding of phonological processes. Based on the manual segmentation and labeling of the Italian CLIPS corpus we automatically derive a probabilistic set of phonological pronunciation rules: a new alignment technique is used to map the phonological form of spontaneous sentences onto the ph...

The prescription of wheelchairs for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients involves the examination of a number of complicated factors including ambulation status, length of diagnosis, funding sources, to name a few. Consequently, only a few experts exist in this area. To aid medical therapists with the wheelchair selection decision, a prototype medical expert system (ES) was developed. This pape...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated interobserver and intraobserver variability in radiation oncologists' definition of the tumor bed (TB) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). RESULTS The TB volume, CVS and number of surgical clips were not significantly related to intraobserver variability. Moreover, no correlation was noted between CT slice thickness and interobserver variability (Δinter, D...

This study examined impulsivity as a moderator of adolescents' reactions to positive versus negative portrayals of drinking in American movie clips. Impulsivity, along with willingness and intentions to drink in the future, were assessed in a pretest session. In the experimental sessions, adolescents viewed a series of clips that showed drinking associated with either positive outcomes (e.g., s...

The aim of this study was to explore gender differences in sexual responsiveness to erotic films that had been selected for their differential appeal for men and women. A secondary objective was to identify variables that influence sexual arousal and explore whether these variables differ for men and women. Fifteen men (M age = 26 yrs) and 17 women (M age = 24 yrs) were presented with 20 film c...

A musical medley is a piece of music that is composed of parts of existing pieces. Manually creating medley is time consuming because it is not easy to find out proper clips to put in succession and seamlessly connect them. In this work, we propose a framework for creating personalized music medleys from users’ music collection. Unlike existing similar works in which only low-level features are...