We discuss some ambiguities associated with the phrase \direct search method" and propose a formal deenition.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...

Appropriate Questions:  What are you looking for in a summer intern? (then be prepared to demonstrate how you fit those desired skills)  What has been your most interesting case/project in the past year?  What drew you to this employer/what was your path to this organization/firm?  I spoke with ______, the Michigan student who worked here two summers ago, and s/he said (fill in positive asp...

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If there are groups whose endorsements voters can use as positive (or negative) cues, we demonstrate that voters do not need to know anything directly about candidate positions to be able to identify the candidate whose issue positions and performance is likely to be closest to the voter 's own preferences. In one dimension we show that, given certain simplifying assumptions, voters are best of...

For robots to become our personal companions in the future, they need to know how to socially interact with us. One defining characteristic of human social behaviour is empathy. In this paper, we present a robot that acts as a social companion expressing different kinds of empathic behaviours through its facial expressions and utterances. The robot comments the moves of two subjects playing a c...