Information Extraction(IE) is a burgeoning technique because of the explosion of internet. So far, most of the IE systems are focusing on English text; and most of them are in the supervised learning framework, which requires large amount of human labor; and most of them can only work in narrow domain, which is domain dependent. These systems are difficult to be ported to other languages, other...

This paper addresses the task of providing extended responses to questions regarding specialized topics. This task is an amalgam of information retrieval, topical summarization, and Information Extraction (IE). We present an approach which draws on methods from each of these areas, and compare the effectiveness of this approach with a query-focused summarization approach. The two systems are ev...

Expression of the early and late genes of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) during infection of tissue culture cells requires the prior expression of the immediate early (IE) genes. The requirement for the product of IE gene 3, Vmw175, for the activation of early promoters has been revealed by studies with temperature-sensitive virus mutants. Recent experiments using transfection assays have ...

Corrosion of metal surfaces amongst other problems is one major disaster militating against proper functioning of the oil and gas and other manufacturing industries. To therefore lessen the risk, organic corrosion inhibitors have been applied to lessen the rate of corrosion and its effects. However, materials with optimal properties, better than content that allow corrosion are used for this em...

Abstract Introduction Lifestyle habits play a crucial role on coronary artery disease (CAD) prevention. Exercise training promotes increase of HDL-C and decrease plasma triglycerides is an important tool against atherogenesis. determination evaluates only partially the HDL status anti-atherosclerotic potential. A number other parameters also relates metabolism function with CAD, such as subclas...

We report a 42-year-old man with subacute infectious endocarditis (IE) with septic pulmonary embolism, presenting rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and positive proteinase 3-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (PR3-ANCA). He had no previous history of heart disease. Renal histology revealed diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis with complement 3- (C3-) dominant staining a...

1. This work is supported in part by Wright Laboratory Avionics Directorate (WLAD), Air Force Material Command, USAF, under grant F33615-94-1-1525 (ARPA order no. B550), and Department of Energy Grant DE-FG02-93ER25176. Hollingsworth was also supported by NSF award ASC-9703212. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any c...