Thomson Legal and Regulatory participated in the CLIR task of the NTCIR-5 workshop. We submitted formal runs for monolingual retrieval in Japanese and Korean, as well as for bilingual English-to-Japanese retrieval. We employed enhanced tokenization for our Japanese and Korean runs and applied a novel selective pseudo-relevance feedback scheme for Japanese. Our bilingual search participation was...

The study examined the relationship between budgeting and strategic plan implementation at Narok County Referral Hospital (NCRH). Using a descriptive research design sample size of 30, principal component analysis (PCA) was used to reduce number variables in data set. Correlation showed positive dependent variable (strategic implementation) independent (budgeting). Formal budgetary participatio...

This paper presents an exploratory case study to examine information systems development (ISD) processes in a low maturity environment, and to understand the role of control mechanisms in project success. The case involves the development of a large scale bank information system, which progressed without a fully-defined “master plan” or much reliance on formal development methodologies, but was...

OBJECTIVES We tested whether formal volunteering, in terms of its associations with mental health, compensates for the absence of major work and family roles among older adults or rather complements such roles among both younger and older adults. METHOD Two cross-sectional samples of younger (aged 18-42 years, N = 2,346) and older (aged 56-75 years, N = 1,422) German adults were used. We regr...

Little attention has been given to the involvement in formal learning activities (FLA) in the older population when considering different health statuses. The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which possible predictors (derived from previous research as well as a conceptual model) of FLA differ for older people in poor and good health. Data are used from SHARE 2010/2011 for the 50+ ...

This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact on technical inefficiency of smallholder dairy producers when they formally participate in a milk supply chain. Here the stochastic production frontier and technical inefficiency effects model are estimated based on the data gathered from 800 smallholder dairy farms in Pakistan. The results suggest that the technical inefficiency of the parti...

This paper reviews the current literature regarding Muslim young people’s online social networking and participatory practices with the aim of examining whether these practices open up new spaces of civic engagement and political participation. The paper focuses on the experiences of young Muslims living in western societies, where, since September 11, the ability to assert claims as citizens i...

Abstract Machine learning algorithms can study existing data to perform specific tasks. One of the well-known machine is backpropagation algorithm, but this algorithm often provides poor convergence speed in training process and a long time. The purpose optimize standard using Beale-Powell conjugate gradient so that time needed achieve not too long, which later be used as reference information ...

Predator is a tool for automated formal verification of sequential C programs with dynamic linked data structures. It is in principle based on separation logic, but uses a graph-based heap representation. This paper first provides a brief overview of Predator and then discusses experience with its participation in the Software Verification Competition of TACAS’12.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate social participation of individuals completing treatment for leprosy and to describe the relationship with physical sequelae and sociodemographic characteristics. DESIGN A cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed involving all leprosy affected people who were treated between 1998 and 2006 in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. General and clinical data were collected...