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... estimation ofthe model order and the fundamental frequency The variance estimate in (101) also shows that the same filter that maximizes the output power minimizes the variance ofthe residual A ... the determination ofthe noise variance for each candidate model order The criterion in (85) reflects the tradeoff between the variance ofthe residual and the complexity ofthe model For example, ... time-varying In the remainder ofthe text, we will make extensive use ofthe covariance matrix ofthe sub-vectors Let E {·} and (·)H denote the statistical expectation operator and the conjugate...
... acquired infections if the input data, such as rate of inadequate treatment and average daily treatment cost are known Another hidden cost of inappropriate antimicrobial therapy is the increasing ... cost, inadequate treatment rate and BC+ or PCR+ rate Conclusions Our analysisof observational data allows plausible predictions, characterizes patient groups of interest, and is balanced with ... Crit Care Med 2009, 37:3085-3090 18 Garnacho-Montero J, Ortiz-Leyba C, Herrera-Melero I, Aldabo-Pallas T, Cayuela-Dominguez A, Marquez-Vacaro JA, Carbajal-Guerrero J, GarciaGarmendia JL: Mortality...
... in an averaged spatially resolved concentration pattern for each wind class Various input data was taken into account in the calculations as described earlier [18,19], including annual data on ... total pregnancy according to maternal characteristics and infant characteristics Information on these characteristics was obtained from questionnaires in pregnancy and from medical records, as ... Rajagopalan S, Pope CA, Brook JR, Bhatnagar A, Diez-Roux AV, Holguin F, Hong Y, Luepker RV, Mittleman MA, et al: Particulate matter air pollution and cardiovascular disease: An update to the...
... acts We add two more syntactic features, Tense and Negative Sentence, to the syntactic pattern and elaborate the values ofthe syntactic features Table shows the syntactic features ofa syntactic ... considering utterances and speech acts together Finally the integrated dialogue analysis model can be formulated as the product ofthe speech act analysis model and the discourse structure analysis model: ... each analysis model For top-1 candidate, the performance ofthe speech act analysis fell off about 2.89% and that ofthe discourse structure analysis about 7.07% Nevertheless, the integrated...
... partially bracketed data Their approach differs fromthe one we use here in that Pereira and Schabes take an EM-based approach maximizing the joint likelihood ofthe parses and strings of their training ... expire at the beginning of spect to the set of grammar parses consistent with the treebank annotations Such data can be gathered by applying labels and brackets taken fromthe treebank annotation ... Treebank annotation Starting fromthe (sometimes fragmentary) parser analyses and the Treebank annotations, gold standard parses were created by manual corrections and extensions ofthe LFG parses...
... penalization) as well as a penalty parameter In our simulations and data analysis we use a basis dimension that is equal to 40 times the number of years of data The number 40 per year of data was ... time series data of air pollution and mortality Our analysisofthe NMMAPS data is important because it demonstrates that the national average estimates ofthe effect of PM10 at lag are robust ... with each ofthe different modelling approaches In addition to the simulation study we have applied all the methods to the NMMAPS database, the largest publicly available database containing...
... with the mathematical analysisof approaches to the design of systems and algorithms of intelligence in Chapter The mathematical analysis leads to a conclusion that there are few basic computational ... iterations, parameters reach their proper values and not change much thereafter) IM is a parametric model of an object-track (the law of motion plus the law of radar signal propagation and scattering); ... contains thea priori knowledge: its parametric form is given a priori The IM is an adaptive model: its parameters are computed adaptively, from data; as data change, the parameters may change as...
... of Mario A Jauregui and Dora M Danza, was born March 24, 1976, in Salta, Argentina He graduated fromthe American Nicaraguan School in Managua, Nicaragua, in 1994 He then attended the International ... otherwise NEARPARK Dummy variable that takes avalueof for transactions adjacent to parks, otherwise COUNTRY Dummy variable that takes avalueof for transactions adjacent to country club, otherwise ... transactions made with a real estate agent, otherwise NEARFREEWAY Dummy variable that takes avalueof for transactions within 1.5 miles of freeways, otherwise FAMILY Dummy variable that takes...
... when evaluating the area integral invariant [13] ofa particular point on a curve, the standard convolution algorithm has a quadratic computational complexity With the help ofthe convolution theorem ... v1 and v2 are orthogonal Generally speaking, (10) shows the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) and thus the diagonal elements of D are also called the singular values ofa (C) (4) The unit tangent ... Derivative ofthe Tangent Angle The approaches based on the derivative of tangent can be found in [6, 18–20] Given apoint on a curve, the orientation of its tangent vector is first estimated and then...
... (estimated geometrically fromthe image) as these values are already close to the true values Since sx and s y are already normalized and close to the normalized true values Critical point Critical ... image beyond that boundary) We refer to the coordinates ofthe image points on the end points ofthe critical boundary as critical points If the critical points are known, then the tangents drawn ... source an image is captured, thus obtaining a set of images as observations If a Lambertian surface is assumed, the image irradiance equation relating the surface gradients and image intensity can...
... numerical evaluation ofthe proposed model are presented The accuracy ofthe proposed model and the circular-cell approximation is examined in detail The impact ofthe BS antenna radiation pattern and ... cases, the results derived fromthe hexagonal model and the inradius circular approach were similar The dependence ofthe capacity ofa WCDMA network on cells sectorization and BS antenna radiation ... significantly the outage probability of CCI, indicating the improved performance obtained by sectorization and the use of narrow beam antennas Typical values of CIR at the input ofthe receiver in the...
... to generate data whereas Examples and use a 3-tap Jakes’ channel to generate data In all examples CE-BEMs are used to process the observations; therefore, in Examples and we have approximate modeling ... zeropadding was used with a random bit in the middle ofthe training block, as in [7]: this leads to a peak-to-average power ratio (PAR) of In the other version we had a random binary sequence of ... time-multiplexed training approachof [7], one achieves a lower BER for SNRs at or below 10 dB, and higher BER for SNRs at or above 20 dB There is also the data transmission rate advantage at all SNRs Further...
... M.S in applied mathematics fromthe University ofthe Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1996 After an initial five years at the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, the University ... rejection rate (FRR), the false acceptance rate (FAR), the equal error rate (EER), and the average error rate (AER) are used as quality performance measures The FRR is the ratio ofthe number of genuine ... algorithm achieves an EER of 4.5% Table tabulates the EER as well as a local FRR and FAR, for various values of d, Θ, N, and It is clear that when the dimension ofthe feature vectors is decreased from...
... contrast because, in the absence of added 13C, thevalueofthe ratio is equivalent to the natural ratio in any part ofthe analyzed field Using the quantitative images and the derived ratio images, ... powerful piece of software automates the data analysisof sequences of raw images After creating stacks of images from analyzed fields and drawing regions of interest, statistics for each ofthe regions ... the absence of added 15N, thevalueofthe ratio of 15N/14N is equivalent to the natural ratio across the analyzed field The HSI image ofthe 13C-/12C- ratio is shown in Figure 4g, and the same...
... drawn froma N(0, a ) Genetic values of animals in later generations were simulated as aij = (asj + adj ) + mij , where asj and adj are genetic values ofthe sire and dam of individual j, and ... The starting values ofthe variances were the true simulation values 2.2.1 Bayesian analyses Bayesian estimates were obtained via Gibbs sampling following Wang et al [22] and Van Tassel et al [20] ... approximation ofthe expected valueofthe marginal distribution ofthe breeding values Selection may increase the mean square error ofthe estimates of variance components [12] amplifying the uncertainty...
... used as starting values for the maximization process Likelihood ratio test statistic was calculated by comparing a general model to a model with equal means (fJ fJAa /= AA = t aa)Because SALP and ... model The polygenic effect of progeny was generated froma normal distribution with mean equal to the average of polygenic effects ofthe parents and variance equal to half ofthe polygenic variance ... nucleus family data structure MATERIALS AND METHODS Balanced data on a quantitative trait were simulated for 25 independent fullsib families, with a sire, dam, and ten offspring All parents were assumed...
... guidance on RNA-seq analysis AG and ET applied the method to the mouse brain dataset AL and SR supervised the project AG, LC, SR and SS reviewed and revised the manuscript All authors have read and ... pairs of lanes ofthe same individual and between pairs of lanes of different individuals Quantile-quantile plots of transcript expression estimates between pairs of lanes in the HapMap dataset ... differential expression regardless ofthe sex-strain combination ofthe parents, and are thus indicative of cis regulation One advantage of MMSEQ is that imbalances are assessed at the transcript...
... inflammation and mortality Although significant effort is invested in therapeutic targeting of single cytokines, these data show the attraction of therapeutic targeting ofa cell such as PIMs These ... supervision ofthe project and read the manuscript and BS is the principal investigator who participated in the study design, data analyses and manuscript preparation Acknowledgements The work was supported ... secondary antibodies for one hour The sections were stained with 2% aqueous uranyal acetate and then lead citrate Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Total RNA was extracted from lungs...
... causes alveolar instability, atelectasis and ventilatory inhomogenieties In severe ARDS, just a small fraction of parenchyma remains aerated, and the damage can be so widespread that normal parenchyma, ... lungs via the pulmonary vasculature In the early exudative phase of ARDS the massive, self-perpetuating inflammatory process is characterized by an increased endothelial and epithelial permeability ... condition Data on surfactant metabolism in ARDS are available from animal studies which showed a faster turnover rate and a decreased alveolar pool of disaturated-phosphatidylcholine, while the tissue...