In this paper, the electric-discharge machining (EDM) of non-contact seal grooves was studied. Two types of material, namely: tungsten carbide and silicon carbide were tested by EDM due to their hard machining behaviors. The geometry of seal grooves is another reason why grinding or other precision machining processes cannot be applied. Four parameters of EDM processes were studied, namely: ele...

The State college choral society, sponsored by Music council, will present its annual winter concert in Chancellor's hall, Thursday at 8:30 o'clock. Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichordist of world fame, will appear as guest soloist. Mr. Kirkpatrick was to have appeared at last year's winter concert, but a sudden illness forced him to cancel the engagement at the last minute. Kirkpatrick Well Known M...

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has threatened East Asia for more than three decades and has become an important public health issue owing to its severe sequelae and mortality among children. The lack of effective treatment and vaccine for HFMD highlights the urgent need for efficiently integrated early warning surveillance systems in the region. In this study, we try to integrate the avai...

Abstract. Reanalysis data play a vital role in weather and climate study as well meteorological resource development application. In this work, the East Asia System (EARS) was developed using Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model Gridpoint Statistical Interpolations (GSI) assimilation system. The regional reanalysis system is forced by European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts (ECMWF) globa...

In this paper, we present a first approach to build an automatic system for broadcast news speaker-based segmentation. Based on a Chop-and-Recluster method, this system is developed in the framework of the THISL project. A metric-based segmentation is used for the Chop procedure and different distances have been investigated. The Recluster procedure relies on a bottom-up clustering of segments ...

People making decisions require information about their options. Across a wide range of tasks, they receive information from diverse sources, such as the Web, print, radio and television. As the Internet Age progresses, each decision maker must increasingly assess the credibility of the author, the credibility of the evidence the author cites, and the credibility of the publisher in order to ga...

One drawback of most current reactive systems is their inability to learn from experience. Our research seeks to address this issue by extending the model of reactive planning embodied in the RAP planning and execution architecture to include learning. We describe how Drescher’s Schema learning mechanism, originally designed for unstructured constructivist learning, can be modified to support R...

Web usage mining applies data mining techniques to records of Web site visits. To better understand patterns of usage, analysis should take the semantics of visited URLs into account. This paper presents a framework for enhancing Web usage records with formal semantics based on an ontology underlying the site. Besides, it elicits automated methods of mapping URLs to application events. Using th...