Feature selection method for text classification based on information gain ranking, improved by removing redundant terms using mutual information measure and inclusion index, is proposed. We report an experiment to study the impact of term redundancy on the performance of text classifier. The result shows that term redundancy behaves very similar to noise and may degrade the classifier performa...

Long-term genomic selection (GS) requires strategies that balance genetic gain with population diversity, to sustain progress for traits under selection, and to keep diversity for future breeding. In a simulation model for a recurrent selection scheme, we provide the first head-to-head comparison of two such existing strategies: genomic optimal contributions selection (GOCS), which limits reali...

An optimum-sized dog guide weighs 18 to 32 kg and measures 53 to 64 cm in height at the withers when mature body size is attained. Effects of selection index with and without restrictions, independent trait selection, directional selection, stabilizing selection, and negative assortative mating were modeled using data from German shepherd dogs and Labrador retrievers raised by the Seeing Eye, I...

introduction: adenotonsillectomy is one of the most frequent surgical operations on children, which may result in weight gain in a number ways, for instance, by increasing igf-1 or decreasing respiratory hyperactivity. materials and methods: this was an intervention study with a control group, conducted on fifty 3-10-year-old children who had undergone adenotonsillectomy and on fifty children a...

genetic variation is necessary factor for continued breeding and increasing genetic gain from selection in crop plants. to evaluate genetic variation and genetic gain from selection in bread wheat, 45 genotypes consisting of 9 cultivars and their 36 crosses were grown in a randomized complete block design with three replications in research farm of isfahan university of technology. the phenotyp...

A high gain patch antenna inspired by 4 layers of negative refractive index (NRI) metamaterial (MTM) superstrate is proposed to operate at downlink radio frequency (RF) band (935MHz to 960MHz) of GSM 900). The MTM unit cell consists of a nested split ring resonator (SRR) on one side and strip line laminated on other side of FR4 substrate. The effective permeability and permittivityof the unit c...

The objectives of this study were to estimate (co)variance components for growth and feed efficiency measures, and to compare selection strategies to improve economic efficiency of gain. Variance components for pre- and postweaning growth, body weight, and measures of feed efficiency were estimated from data collected on 1,047 Targhee lambs over 7 yr. Approximately 21 d after weaning, lambs wer...