Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) provide one possible way of incorporating nonverbal portion of speech into voice based user interfaces. Part of agent’s visual behavior and its appearance is often solved “statically.” There is another possibility to change appearance – dynamically (for example head or eye movements, mouth opening, etc.). Our hypothesis is that some “dynamic” parameters are...

PURPOSE The GDx is a scanning laser polarimeter that assesses peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickness. In addition to the 14 existing outcome parameters, four new parameters have been described recently: the Ellipse Standard Deviation (ESD), the Normalized Superior Area (NSA), the Normalized Inferior Area (NIA) and the Discriminant Analysis (DA). The aim of this study was to investigate the s...

Uncertain parameters of state-space models have always been a considerable problem. Consider Kalman filter (CKF) and desensitized Kalman filter (DKF) are two methods to solve this problem. Based on the sensitivity matrix respected to the uncertain parameter vector, a special DKF with an analytical gain is given and a new form of the CKF is derived. The mathematical equivalence between the speci...

OBJECTIVE Measures of baroreflex sensitivity, heart rate variability (HRV), and the classical Ewing test parameters are currently used for the diagnosis of diabetic autonomic neuropathy and for mortality risk stratification after myocardial infarction. However, the strengths of the associations of these measures of autonomic function with risk of mortality have never been compared in one study ...

wepp model needs a great deal of input data.  identifying the model’s sensitive parameters and their prioritization increases the accuracy and efficiency of the model. on the other hand, wepp model can simulate processes affecting on runoff, erosion and sediment throughout the year. thus, model sensitivity must vary based on the storm occurrence time and parameters value in different sections o...

Abstract We study in detail the sensitivity of neutrino oscillation probabilities to the fundamental neutrino parameters and their possible determination through experiments. The first part of the paper is devoted to the broad theme of isolating regions in the neutrino (and anti-neutrino) energy and propagation length that are sensitive to the oscillation parameters. Such a study is relevant to...

The concepts of system load and capacity are pivotal in risk analysis. The complexity in risk analysis increases when the input parameters are either stochastic (aleatory uncertainty) and/or missing (epistemic uncertainty). The aleatory and epistemic uncertainties related to input parameters are handled through simulation-based parametric and non-parametric probabilistic techniques. The complex...

Abstract Background: Thalassemias are the most common inherited blood disorders caused by some mutations which can reduce the synthesis of globin chains. Iron overload and its organ deposition are responsible for functional abnormalities and tissue injury in patients who affected by β-thalassemia major. The aim of this case-control study was evaluation of hematological parameters, oxi...

The paper focuses on the financial variable for the provision evaluation and analyses the sensitivity of the fair valuation to interest rate parameters. In a determinist scenario the evaluation risk is studied in a market value perspective and its impact is measured through the sensitivity of the net value of the intermediation portfolio to a modification of the financial risk driver. In a stoc...

abstract background: thalassemias are the most common inherited blood disorders caused by some mutations which can reduce the synthesis of globin chains. iron overload and its organ deposition are responsible for functional abnormalities and tissue injury in patients who affected by β-thalassemia major. the aim of this case-control study was evaluation of hematological parameters, oxidative str...