The splab team participated in the Chinese subtask of the NTCIR-12 on Short Text Conversation Task. This task assumes that the existing comments in a post-comment repository can be reused as suitable responses to a new short text. Our task is to return 10 most appropriate comments to such a short text. In our system, we attempt to employ advanced IR methods and the recent deep learning techniqu...

In this Editorial I want to comment on eight recent articles that can help us to better understand still controversial matters related to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In this Editorial I want to comment on eight recent articles that can help us to better understand still controversial matters related to total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

OBJECTIVES This study explores the analytic implications of using questions about difficulty with daily activities that do not specify whether to consider assistance. METHODS For 1,054 Asset and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old Study Wave 2 respondents, we compared responses to questions about difficulty without reference to assistance (ambiguous difficulty) to those about difficulty without...

This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services, as well as changes in the statute.