Within the framework of likelihood-based statistical tests for high energy physics measurements, we derive generalized expressions estimating significance discovery using asymptotic approximations Wilks and Wald a variety measurement models. These models include arbitrary numbers signal regions, control Gaussian constraints. We extend our to use representative or "Asimov" dataset proposed by Co...

We develop population coding ideas toward a general approach to the analysis of cortical function that operationalizes the notion of cooperativity. Neural ensemble activation distributions (population representations) are constructed over a defined stimulus parameter space, in our case the 2-dimensional retinal position of the central visual field. In contrast to classical approaches using rece...

Models of the perception of phonologically variant speech differ in the extent to which contextual information is used predictively versus regressively. These temporal disparities reflect similar differences in the experimental literature on the perception of English place assimilation (in which for example the place of the /n/ in lean bacon takes on the bilabial place of articulation of the fo...

In 2+1 dimensions, Dirac fermions in reducible, i.e. four-component representations of the spinor algebra form the basis of many interesting model field theories and effective descriptions of condensed matter phenomena. This paper explores lattice formulations which preserve the global U(2Nf ) symmetry present in the massless limit, and its breakdown to U(Nf )⊗U(Nf ) implemented by three indepe...

s, Presentations, Scientific Exhibits 1. Sahiner B, Chan HP, Chenevert T, Petrick N, Helvie MA, Sanjay-Gopal S. Computer-aidedcharacterization of malignant and benign lesions on breast MR images using texture features.Presented at the 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society ofNorth America, Nov 30-Dec 5, 1997, Chicago, Illinois. Radiology 1997; 205(P)...

This paper argues that at least some cases of productive language use, specifically cases of apparent variation in word sense, require a treatment at the conceptual level rather than a lexical semantic solution. It is argued that the lexical semantics should be left underspecified in these cases, and the observed variation in truth-conditions should be attributed to differences in conceptual re...

An ongoing debate concerns whether spoken word recognition happens in an incremental or continuous manner (Marslen-Wilson & Zwitserlood, 1989; McClelland & Elman, 1986). In the current study, participants (31 adults and 49 infants aged 24-30months) were presented with four images while they heard a sentence like “Look at the cat”. Among the images was one object that rhymed with the spoken word...