This paper describes cross-language informationretrieval experiments carried out for TREC-6. Our retrieval method, cross-language latent semantic indexing (CL-LSI), is completely automatic and we were able to use it to create a 3-way EnglishFrench-German IR system. This study extends our previous work in terms of the large size of training and testing corpora, the use of low-quality training da...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Several surgical specialties use laparoscopy and share many of the same techniques and challenges, such as entry approaches, equipment, and complications. However, most basic training programs focus on a single specialty. The objective of this study was to describe the implementation of a regional cross-specialty training program for basic laparoscopy, to increase the ...

Perceptual learning is a sustainable improvement in performance on a perceptual task following training. A hallmark of perceptual learning is task specificity - after participants have trained on and learned a particular task, learning rarely transfers to another task, even with identical stimuli. Accordingly, it is assumed that performing a task throughout training is a requirement for learnin...

purpose post exercise proteinuria and increased urinary gamma-glutamyl transferase (ggt) levels can be indicative of exercise-induced renal damage. the aim of this investigation is to study the effect of one session of intensive training on renal damage markers and compare their values to those 6 hours after training. methods in this cross-sectional study with pre- and post-test design, 10 elit...

We propose improved Deep Neural Network (DNN) training loss functions for more accurate single keyword spotting on resource-constrained embedded devices. The loss function modifications consist of a combination of multi-task training and weighted cross entropy. In the multi-task architecture, the keyword DNN acoustic model is trained with two tasks in parallel the main task of predicting the ke...

Genetic factors determining exercise capacity and the magnitude of the response to exercise training are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with exercise training in mice. Based on marked differences in training responses in inbred NZW (-0.65 ± 1.73 min) and 129S1 (6.18 ± 3.81 min) mice, a reciprocal intercross breeding scheme was u...

Adaptation of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems to a new domain (channel, speaker, topic, etc.) remains a significant challenge, as often, only a limited amount of target domain data for adaptation of Acoustic Models (AMs) is available. However, unlike GMMs, to date, there has not been an established, efficient method for adapting current state-of-theart Convolutional Neural Network (C...

T he manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals is dependent on skilled personnel who are cross-trained in several disciplines, and currently too few people have the necessary training. To fill this educational gap, SNMMI is spearheading the development of a Quality Systems Personnel Training Program to cross-train chemists and pharmacists—providing the theoretical knowledge and practical experience n...