... testing and
thus the applicability ofthe theory. If a specimen is strained at too slow
a rate, little or no pore pressure will be generated and, the effect on the
determination of Coefficient of ... predicted value andthe measured value.
The properties ofthe soil used for training ofthe MANN models are
shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Properties ofthe soil used for learning ofthe MANN models ...
training the ANN model, andthe others are used for the comparison
Data Collection
Data Normalization
Parametric Studies
Training and Testing ANN
Verify the reliance ofthe ANN
631
between the...
... be
ludicrous from the modeling perspective to build an AR model of the
video images. This would require a number of parameters ofthe order of
the number of pixels squared. Furthermore, unlike the noise-free ... R is diagonal does restrict the expressive power of the
model. This is easy to see for the case where the dimension ofthe state
space is small andthe dimension ofthe observation vector is large. ... yÞ;
where the first integral on the last line is over the posterior distribution of
the parameters andthe second integral is over the posterior distribution of
the hidden variables.
The posterior...
... terms.
As the number of terms in the sum tend to infinity, the residual of the
series tends to zero. This implies that the series always converges to the
true value ofthe function.
If we consider the ... require taking expectations of a nonlinear
function ofthe prior state variable. P
x
k
is the prediction ofthe covariance
of x
k
, and P
~
yy
k
is the covariance of
~
yy
k
.
The celebrated Kalman ... The error ofthe machine is defined as e
k
¼
d
k
Gðx
k
; wÞ, andthe goal of learning involves solving for the para-
meters w in order to minimize the expectation of some given function of
the...
... intensification of them, are unavoidable.
57
At the end of his treatment ofthe “Law ofthe Tendency ofthe Rate of Profit to
Fall” in Part Three of Volume Three of Capital Marx links the rupture ofthe ... macro theory. The
gross rate of profit is the ratio of interest plus rent plus the profit of industrial and
commercial enterprises to invested capital. The net rate of profit is the ratio of industrial ... production and circulation.
26
failure to comprehend the existence and significance ofthe theoretical articulation ofthe
laws and tendencies ofthe rate of profit deduced from the sphere of production...
... 1988).
The types of causal relations that connect actions to their agents on the
one hand, and to the world on the other, go far beyond the level of physical
description, and we grow to understand ... intention. The little ones
had assumed an identity between their experience of their own desire and
the likely experience ofthe other.
Around three- to- four years of age this understanding of agency ... the infant in terms
of thoughts, feelings and desires in the infant’s mind, and in their own mind
in relation to the infant and his/her mental state, is the key mediator of the
transmission of...
... the valu es ofthe four target fluxes v
9
,v
16
,
v
21
and v
26
, the values of all other stationary fluxes are fully
determined by the v alue ofthe glucose uptake flux.
Calculation ofthe stationary ... about by thousands of chemical reactions and
transport processes. The synthesis ofthe underlying enzymes
and membrane t ransporters causes the cell a certain ÔeffortÕ
of energy and external resources. ... measure ofthe probability of
favourable mutational events t hat increase the fidelity of
an enzyme in the context ofthe metabolic network. The
principle of flux minimization is based on the plausible
assumption...
... research ofthe natural hazards, and
of the hazards themselves, proposing a holistic and context-based approach to understanding
risk. In the context of seismic risk, the uncertainty ofthe scientific ... scientific
domain through the policy domain and into the wider public.
Part 3: Decision Theoryand Risk
As illustrated by the interdisciplinar y nature ofthe contributions to this handbook, risk theory
is a ... theory
is a very broad field of research. Eight chapters explore the links between risk theory and
decision theory.
Very briefly put, decision theory is thetheoryof rational decision making ....
... sought.
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rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a
competent professional...
... to
develop and expand the scope of their practices, they will find many
of the chapters in this handbook particularly important to their pro-
fessional development. The authors are trainers and service ... in
Michigan, andthe development ofthe DIR
TM
Certificate program.
Wajda-Johnston and her colleagues have put together a wonderful
examination ofthe struggles they have encountered andthe success
they ... able.
Attend and respond to parental histories of abandonment, sepa-
ration, and unresolved loss as they affect the care ofthe infant,
the infant’s development, the parent’s emotional health, and the
early...
... delegator?
There are five main tips:
1 Choose the right staff
2 Train them
3 Take care in briefing them, and ensuring their under-
standing ofthe why and ‘how to’ of tasks delegated to
them (and in ... test:
Stress
Time and stress are cyclists on the same tandem. Bad management
of one pushes the other out of control.
You should always watch out for signs of stress in yourself and
others… and take corrective ... others and is more productive.
Organising of ce work
The two key consumers of time are interruptions and paperwork.
To learn how to be the victor rather than victim of these two thieves
of time,...
... mortality ofthe patient. Moreover, the presence ofthe blood -brain barrier
(BBB) limits the passage of a wide variety of anticancer agents. The high incidence of recur‐
rence and poor prognosis of ... and standard cytotoxic
chemotherapies. The existence of blood -brain and blood-tumor barriers impede drug delivery
to the tumor and adjacent brain infiltrated with tumor. In addition the low therapeutic ... genetic instability of high grade
gliomas provides the way of angiogenesis independently of hypoxia (such as chronic HIF
Evolution ofthe Molecular Biology ofBrain Tumors andthe Therapeutic Implications14
[14]...
... content ofthe instrument is reflective ofthe Mestizo multicultural-
multiracial world view.
7. The structure ofthe instrument is reflective ofthe Mestizo view.
8. The demands ofthe instruments ... thought of as being part of a disease
(Kleinman, 1988). The lack of understanding of this difference hampered the under-
standing ofthe role of culture on health for many years. Culture has a profound
impact ... aspect of this process, accord-
ing to Erikson, is the development of a sense of continuity between the way others
see the individual andthe way the individual sees him- or herself. The result of...
... imposition.
The Stress Hypothesis: Do the Demands of Military Service Damage
Marriages?
Service members and their spouses agree that the strains of military
service, and especially the demands of being ... with
qualities ofthe marriage at the outset of military service, such as the
length ofthe marriage and whether or not children were present prior
to marriage. A history of childhood depression, ... examine closely the immediate source of most of
their complaints, namely the quality of their communication and con-
flict resolution (e.g., Raush et al., 1974; Weiss, Hops, and Patterson,
1973)....