BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to identify a set of features for optimizing the performance of metaphase chromosome detection under high throughput scanning microscopy. In the development of computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme, feature selection is critically important, as it directly determines the accuracy of the scheme. Although many features have been examined previously, selecti...

In this paper, we introduce novel simple and efficient analysis algorithms for scalar replacement and dead store elimination that are built on Array SSA form, a uniform representation for capturing control and data flow properties at the level of array or pointer accesses. We present extensions to the original Array SSA form representation to capture loop-carried data flow information for array...

Most contemporary theories of grammar assume a general organization in which elementary constituents are drawn from a place called the " Lexicon " for composition in the syntax, as in (1). (1) STUFF Syntax Lexicon Sound Meaning (Pure) Lexicon: place from which items are drawn for the syntax; the source of items used by the computational system of syntax While it is uncontroversial that our know...

OBJECTIVES To define pQCT precision errors, least-significant-changes, and identify associated factors for bone outcomes at the radius and tibia in children. METHODS We obtained duplicate radius and tibia pQCT scans from 35 children (8-14yrs). We report root-mean-squared coefficient of variation (CV%RMS) and 95% limits-of-agreement to characterize repeatability across scan quality and least-s...

In order to deal most effectively with the unanalyzable quantum whole, the Copenhagen interpretation takes as a “frame of reference” the preparation parameters and outcomes of measurements. It represents a passive, Ptolemaic-like instrumentalism directly related to “what we see in the sky,” i.e., to the “surface” of reality. However, the notion of quantum information leads to an active, Coperni...

External sandhi is a linguistic phenomenon which refers to a set of sound changes that occur at word boundaries. These changes are similar to phonological processes such as assimilation and fusion when they apply at the level of prosody, such as in connected speech. External sandhi formation can be orthographically reflected in some languages. External sandhi formation in such languages, causes...

Parallelizing compiler technology has improved in recent years. One area in which compilers have made progress is in handling DOACROSS loops, where cross-processor data dependencies can inhibit eecient parallelization. In regular DOACROSS loops, where dependencies can be determined at compile time, a useful parallelization technique is pipelining, where each processor (node) performs its comput...

BACKGROUND Serum biomarkers may identify people at risk for cardiovascular (CV) outcomes. Biobanked serum samples from 8494 participants with dysglycemia in the completed Outcome Reduction With Initial Glargine Intervention trial were assayed for 284 biomarkers to identify those that could identify people at risk for a CV outcome or death when added to clinical measurements. METHODS AND RESUL...

This study attempts to broaden the theory of morphology in two respects. First, it is argued that both inflectional and derivational morphology should be performed within the lexicon, and, in fact, that they require the same sorts of formal processes. Second, an attempt is made to constrain the interaction of morphological rules, and thereby to limit the notion of "possible word". A theory of t...

Perry, in this lucid, deep, and entertaining book (based on his 1999 Jean Nicod lectures), supposes that type-identity physicalism is antecedently plausible, and that rejecting this thesis requires good reason (this is " antecedent physicalism "). He aims to show that experience gap arguments, as given by Jackson (the knowledge argument), Kripke (the modal argument), and Chalmers (the zombie ar...