objective(s): quinolinic acid (qa)-mediated excitotoxicity has been widely used as a model for studying neurodegenerative disorders. recent studies suggested that saffron (crocus sativus) or its active metabolite, i.e. safranal, exerts pharmacological actions on central nervous system including anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and neuroprotective properties. the present study aimed to investigate th...

Performance-intensive software is increasingly being used on heterogeneous combinations of OS, compiler, and hardware platforms. Examples include reusable middleware that forms the basis for scientific computing grids and distributed realtime and embedded systems. Since this software has stringent quality of service (QoS) requirements, it often provides a multitude of configuration options that...

Background Iran has a widespread diagnostics and clinical support services (DCSS) network that plays a crucial role in providing diagnostic and clinical support services to both inpatient and outpatient care. However, very little is known on the application of quality assurance (QA) policies in DCSS units. This study explores the extent of application of eleven QA strategies in DCSS units withi...

Question answering (QA) systems rely on both knowledge bases and unstructured text corpora. Domain-specific QA presents a unique challenge, since relevant knowledge bases are often lacking and unstructured text is difficult to query and parse. This project focuses on the QUASAR-S dataset (Dhingra et al., 2017) constructed from the community QA site Stack Overflow. QUASAR-S consists of Cloze-sty...

Evaluating Question Answering (QA) Systems is a very complex task: state-of-the-art systems involve processing whose influences and contributions on the final result are not clear and need to be studied. We present some key points on different aspects of the QA Systems (QAS) evaluation: mainly, as performed during large-scale campaigns, but also with clues on the evaluation of QAS typical softw...

The key problem of the successful development of a software intensive system (SIS) is adequate conceptual interactions of stakeholders at the early stages of designing. Success of development can be increased with using of Artificial Intelligence means including models of reasoning. In this paper a number of question-answer means (QA-means) for decisionmaking (DM) is suggested. The base of such...

Software defects rediscovered by a large number of customers affect various stakeholders and may: 1) hint at gaps in a software manufacturer’s Quality Assurance (QA) processes, 2) lead to an overload of a software manufacturer’s support and maintenance teams, and 3) consume customers’ resources, leading to a loss of reputation and a decrease in sales. Quantifying risk associated with the redisc...

Abstract The goal of this work is to investigate the feasibility implementing an automated module a commercial software for monthly routine Linac QA tests. AAPM TG 142 report reference document which includes recommendations general Quality Assurance (QA) tests medical linear accelerators. DoseLab AutoQA users run TG-142's Machine in sequence. execution individual (without DoseLab) compared wit...

A Question Answering (QA) system must provide concise answers from large collections of documents to questions stated by the user in natural language. However, although many QA systems for open domain exist, its adaptation for restricted domains (such as those of healthcare, agri culture, transportation, or science) is a far from trivial task. The principal problem is that domain experts ask mo...