The overall goal of our research is the automatic recognition of the intended message of a grouped bar chart. This paper presents our preliminary work on a system that utilizes the communicative signals in a grouped bar chart as evidence in a Bayesian network that hypothesizes the primary message conveyed by the graphic. The paper discusses the kinds of communicative signals present in grouped ...

Let HC ′ denote the set of sets of hereditary cardinality less than 2ω. We consider reflection principles for HC ′ in analogy with the Levy reflection principle for HC. Let B be a class of complete Boolean algebras. The principle Max(B) says: If R(x1, . . . , xn) is a property which is provably persistent in extensions by elements of B, then R(a1, . . . , an) holds whenever a1, . . . , an ∈ HC ...

Communications in Statistics Simulation and Computation Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713597237 Robustness of R-Chart to Non Normality Shih-Chou Kao a; Chuanching Ho b a Institute of Operation and Management, Kao Yuan University, Taiwan, R.O.C. b Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology...

Notes on set theory, mainly forcing. The first four sections closely follow the lecture notes Williams [8] and the book Kunen [4]. The last section covers topics from various sources, as indicated there. Hopefully, all errors are mine. 1. The Suslin problem 1.1. The Suslin hypothesis. Recall that R is the unique dense, complete and separable order without endpoints (up to isomorphism). It follo...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and coronary collateral circulation (CCC) in patients with coronary chronic total occlusion. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Our study population consisted of 275 consecutive patients with chronic total occlusion. One hundred and thirty-eight patients with chronic total occlusion were included in the study. They were cl...

Curcumin (from curry) (C) is highly potent against cervical cancer cells (CCC), but poor bioavailability has limited its clinical use. Similar natural polyphenols resveratrol (from grapes) (R), and epicatechin gallate (from green tea) (E) also display activity against CCC. By treating CCC (HeLa) with C, E, or R, or combinations of these compounds, we computed combination indices and observed a ...

We show the existence of timelike naked singularities which are not hidden by a horizon and which are associated to spherically symmetric (noncompact) matter sources extending from r = 0 to r = ∞. Our asymptotically flat solutions do represent observable timelike naked singularities where the scalar curvature R and volume mass density ρ(r) are both singular at r = 0. To finalize we explain the ...

OBJECTIVE There are limited data on the effects of financial distress (FD) on overall suffering and quality of life (QOL) of patients with advanced cancer (AdCa). In this cross-sectional study, we examined the frequency of FD and its correlates in AdCa. PATIENTS AND METHODS We interviewed 149 patients, 77 at a comprehensive cancer center (CCC) and 72 at a general public hospital (GPH). AdCa c...

OBJECTIVE To compare two methods for evaluating total body fat and its distribution. METHODS Cross-sectional, cohort-nested study. Sixty-two women received a nutritional status evaluation which included total body fat (BF) obtained through the sum of skinfolds (ΣSF) and bioimpedance (BIA). Visceral fat distribution was measured using ultrasonography (USG) (intra-abdominal fat thickness) (IAT)...