My research focuses on the computational foundations of intelligent behavior. We develop theories and systems pertaining to intelligent behavior using a unified methodology – at the heart of which is the idea that learning has a central role in intelligence. We attempt to understand the role of learning in supporting intelligent inference and use this understanding to develop systems that learn...

Beberapa fuzzy model untuk pemilihan data "machinability" bagi proses turning "alloy steel" telah dicadangkan dalam kertas keIja ini. Pemilihan data "machinability" merupakan suatu tugas yang penting, dan, biasanya ia dilaksanakan oleh parajurumesin yang mahir. Oleh sebab itu, fuzzy model telah dicadangkan untuk meramal data "machinability", iaitu kelajuan memotong dan kadar suapan yang optima....

Twenty three diabetes mellitus patients were investigated for peripheral vasodilatory response in relation to degree of autonomic dysfunction. The non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients had significant degree of autonomic dysfunction. Based on standard scoring system for evaluating autonomic dysfunction, diabetics were divided into 'borderline' (n = 12) and 'severe' (n = 11) d...

Exonucleolytic degradation of the poly(A) tail is often the first step in the decay of eukaryotic mRNAs and is also used to silence certain maternal mRNAs translationally during oocyte maturation and early embryonic development. We previously described the purification of a poly(A)-specific 3'-exoribonuclease (deadenylating nuclease, DAN) from mammalian tissue. Here, the isolation and functiona...

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are expressed in the developing vertebrate inner ear and participate in inner ear axial patterning and the development of its sensory epithelium. BMP antagonists, such as noggin, chordin, gremlin, cerberus, and DAN (differential screening-selected gene aberrative in neuroblastoma) inhibit BMP activity and establish morphogenetic gradients during the patterning...

AIMS To compare the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) measured by Barthel Index and the Danish Prostate Symptom Score (DAN-PSS-1) questionnaire in stroke patients. METHODS A cross-sectional, hospital based survey was initiated whereby 407 stroke patients, average age 67 (SD 12) years with a mean interval of 101 days since onset of last stroke at inclusion. The stroke patients self-repor...

Krisis blastik pada lekemia mielositik kronik (CML) bisa berasal dari lini granulosit, monosit, eritrosit, limfoid (sel B atau sel T), dan megakariositik. Krisis blastik seri limfoid biasanya berupa sel B dengan fenotipik sel Pre-B, di mana Ig permukaan belum diekspresikan. Krisis blastik dari sel T sangat jarang didapatkan. Tujuan penelitian : mendeskripsikan gambaran fenotipik, transkrip fusi...

An exceptionally strong quadruply hydrogen-bonded complex is formed between 2,7-diamido-1,8-naphthyridine 3 (DAN) and the butylurea of guanosine 6 (UG) in chloroform. The UG unit can be prepared in four steps from guanosine on a 10 g scale in excellent yields without chromatographic purification. The association constant (Kassoc approximately 5 x 10(7) M(-1)) for the UG.DAN complex determined b...

Kesan tiga bahan pengawet kayu dan kerentanan sepuluh spesies kayu keras telah diuji ke atas anaianai tanah, Coptotermes curvignathus (Holm.) di makmal. Kesemua bahan pengawet dapat melindungi kayu dari serangan anai.-anai dengan berkesan. Copper-chrome-arsenic (CCA) didapati lebih berkesan dari sodium pentachlorophenol (Na PCP) atau sodium tribomophenol (Na TBP). Ujian menunjukkan kayu keras C...

The Dan gene was first identified as the putative rat tumor suppressor gene and encodes a protein structurally related to Cerberus and Gremlin in vertebrates. Xenopus DAN, as with Cerberus and Gremlin, was demonstrated to block bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling by binding BMPs, and to be capable of inducing additional anterior structures by ectopic overexpression in Xenopus embryos. DA...