I. INTRODUCTION A new concept of beliefs called interactiue uxrension which are derivable from two interconnected default reasoning rystems is proposed. and its properties are discussed. Default reasoning proposed by R. Reiter is suitable for incomplete knowledge reasoning in artificial intellJgence, logic programming and deductive database, because it can draw plausible conclusions from the in...

E. M. Wolkovich, B. I. Cook, K. K. McLauchlan and T. J. Davies Abstract Two fundamental axes – space and time – shape ecological systems. Over the last 30 years spatial ecology has developed as an integrative, multidisciplinary science that has improved our understanding of the ecological consequences of habitat fragmentation and loss. We argue that accelerating climate change – the effective m...

A brain-computer interface (BCI) can arguably be considered the ultimate user interface, where humans operate a computer using thought alone. We have integrated the Graz-BCI into a highly immersive Cave-like system. In this paper we report a case study where three participants were able to control their avatar using only their thought. We have analyzed the participants’ subjective experience us...

This paper describes a Japanese language semantic analyzer based on an extended case frame model, which consists of a re la t ive ly large col lect ion of case re lat ions, modalities and conjunctive re la t ions. The analyzer performs four stage analysis using a frame type knowledge base. It also u t i l i zes p laus ib i l i t y scores for dealing with ambiguities and local scene frames for t...

We consider a model for random deposition of monomers on a line with extrinsic precursor states. As the adsorbate coverage increases, the system develops nontrivial correlations due to the diffusion mediated deposition mechanism. In a numeric simulation, we study various quantities describing the evolution of the island structure. We propose a simple, self-consistent theory which incorporates p...

In stat ist ics, a likelihood rat io test is a stat ist ical test used to compare the f it of two models, one of which (the null model) is a special case of the other (the alternative model). The test is based on the likelihood rat io, which expresses how many t imes more likely the data are under one model than the other. This likelihood rat io, or equivalent ly its logarithm, can then be used...

Act iva t ion of the classical co mp le me n t p a t h w a y occurs when i m m u n e complexes in teract wi th the first componen t , C 1, to convert it from its inact ive precursor form to an act ive esterolyt ic enzyme, C I . 1 C I by p r o d u c i n g l i m i t e d proteolysis of C4 a n d C2 produces the classical p a t h w a y (23 convertase, C42 (1). T h e a l te rna t ive p a t h w a y is...

The aim of our work here was to evaluate the immunogenicity of 60 mycobacterial antigens, some of which have not been previously assessed, notably a novel series of in vivo-expressed Mycobacterium tuberculosis (IVE-TB) antigens. We enrolled 505 subjects and separated them in individuals with and without latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) vs. patients with active tuberculosis (TB). Following a...

Autoreact ive, immunocompe ten t B lymphocytes in peripheral lymphoid organs have long been considered "abnormal," as it was believed that such "forbidden clones" were normally deleted or inactivated in mature reper toi res (1-3). In fact, for the last 10 years autoreact ive B cells were shown to exist in available reper toi res by the appearance o f autoantibodies in graft vs. host disease and...

La Division des questions (Διαίρeσις ζητημάτων) de Sopatros (ive siecle ap. J.-C.) est un ouvrage fondamental pour notre connaissance la declamation grecque. Oriente vers pratique, il contient 82 enonces, classes par etat cause, ainsi que les recommandations du rheteur, accompagnees d’exemples developpement, diviser cas en question. Le lecteur trouvera, dans ce qui suit le texte et traduction, ...