After attempting to determine the original text of each of the secondary witnesses and sorting through the hundreds of variants to determine those that are significant, all that remains to do in compiling the significant variants is to list the variants from the primary witnesses. Once these are obtained, they may be set alongside the significant variants from the secondary witnesses for furthe...

A two layered feedforward neural network is considered as Kohonen’s dot-product type SOM model which defines a winner function f from an input pattern set into an output unit set. It defines pattern classifiers through step by step self-organization. What kinds of classifiers they can ultimately be and how they are attained asymptotically are the basic problems to be solved. Our main result is ...

Definition T HE term cor pulmonale is genierally used to define the cardiac complications of certain forms of lung disease. From knowledge gathered in the recent past, it is apparent that a number of disease processes that attack pulmonary funetioni in a variety of ways can produce circulatory embarrassment. The mechanisms by which they do so may be fundamentally different and indeed the lungs ...

Individual differences shape the needs and characteristics of protégés, the processes through which mentoring may influence protégés’ developmental trajectories, and the social networks into which the mentors enter. The literature on the influences of gender, ethnicity, and age on mentoring is reviewed and discussed as examples of how mentoring programs may have different influences on, and out...

We propose a post-placement physical synthesis algorithm that can apply multiple circuit synthesis and placement transforms on a placed circuit to improve the critical path delay under area constraints by simultaneously considering the benefits and costs of all transforms (as opposed to considering them sequentially after applying each transform). The circuit transforms we employ include, but a...

The relationship between a pregnant woman and her fetus is unlike any other in law, medicine, or ethics. This Article examines the complexity of the maternal-fetal conflict, focusing on the interests of the woman and the sometimes conflicting interests of her fetus. Part I discusses the typical analytical background of the conflict, explaining the various ethical principles, rights, and obligat...

Maps of local tissue compression or expansion are often recovered by comparing MRI scans using nonlinear registration techniques. The resulting changes can be analyzed using tensor-based morphometry (TBM) to make inferences about anatomical differences. Numerous deformation techniques have been developed, although there has not been much theoretical development examining the mathematical/statis...

Biomarkers have been sought after in the field of schizophrenia research for decades. In this paper, we discuss some of the concepts around developing biomarkers in an effort to understand why the use of biomarkers for schizophrenia has not been realized. In particular, we address the following 4 questions. Why would we need a diagnostic biomarker for schizophrenia? How is a biomarker typically...

Automation as pertaining to the construction industry is the use of mechanical and electronic means to achieve automatic operation or control to reduce potential exposure, time, or effort while maintaining or improving quality. Contractors utilize automated technologies on projects as a means of saving cost, reducing project durations, improving quality and consistency, and gaining other relate...