In this paper, I give an account, in terms of centering theory (GJW86), of some phenomena of pronominalization in Italian, in particular the use of the null or the overt pronoun in subject position. After a general introduction to the Italian pronominal system, I will review centering, and then show how the original rules given in (GJW86) have to be extended or modified. Finally, I will show th...

1 A constraint is proposed in the Centering approach to pronoun resolution in discourse. This "property-sharing" constraint requires that two pronominal expressions that retain the same Cb across adjacent utterances share a certain common grammatical property. This property is expressed along the dimension of the grammatical function SUBJECT for both Japanese and English discourses, where diffe...

Introduction Well-child care is a core service of primary care with the overall goal of promoting the physical health, cognitive growth, and emotional well-being of children. Leaders in child health care recommend that to achieve this goal, primary care physicians use a parent-centered approach, with a focus on the parent–child relationship in the context of family, culture, and community. To m...

Gradient factor centering is a new methodology for decomposing neural networks into biased and centered subnets which are then trained in parallel. The decomposition can be applied to any pattern-dependent factor in the network’s gradient, and is designed such that the subnets are more amenable to optimization by gradient descent than the original network: biased subnets because of their simpli...

In this article we explain segmentation method and spot centering for spot array image based on cDNA chip. First phase of conventional microarray chip analysis consists of detecting strong targets, finding their centers, and regression of four-corner coordinates of each subarray from these centers of strong signals. Detecting strong targets is a process of separation between real target spots a...

This paper has three aims: (1) to generalize a computational account of the discourse process called CENTERING, (2) to apply this account to discourse processing in Japanese so that it can be used in computational systems for machine translation or language understanding, and (3) to provide some insights on the effect of syntactic factors in Japanese on discourse interpretation. We argue that w...

Scopul sintezei cinematice a mecanismelor este determinarea dimensiunilor elementelor componente, în condiţiile impuse prin mişcările unor puncte sau elemente. Rezolvarea unei astfel de probleme se reduce la rezolvarea unui sistem de ecuaţii neliniare. Ca urnare, problemele de sinteză cinematică nu au soluţii unice. Pentru oprimizarea dimensiunilor unui mecanism de prehensiune, funcţia obiectiv...

Recent years have seen mounting interest in measuring process performance in the manufacturing industry. Analysis of process capability indices allows a production department to trace and improve a poor process to enhance quality and satisfy customers. Process capability analysis can also serve as an important reference in determining strategies to improve global product quality. Since Cp and C...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate, using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), transportation and centralization of different nickel-titanium (NiTi) rotary instruments. METHODS One hundred and twenty eight mandibular premolars were selected and instrumented using the following brands of NiTi files: WaveOne, WaveOne Gold, Reciproc, ProTaper Next, ProTaper Gold, Mtwo, BioRaCe a...

BACKGROUND Root canal shaping without any procedural error is of the utmost preference. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to use micro-computed tomography to evaluate and compare the root canal shaping efficacy of ProTaper rotary files and standard stainless steel K-files. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty extracted upper second premolars were selected and were divided into 2 groups of 30. Be...