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... that there is a large variety in the size ofthe profile (number of distinct descriptions) for different entities Table shows a subset ofthe profile for Ung Huot, the former foreign minister of ... corpus Of course, the constraints on the use ofthe structure in the generated text have to be reasonably similar to the ones in the source text We have found that a natural application for the ... are the synset offsets ofthe words in a description The synset offset is a number that uniquely identifies a concept node (synset) in the WordNet hierarchy Figure shows that the synset offset...
... to the interview date, including the month ofthe interview Although we show the 11-month exposure period in the main results, we also test the sensitivity ofthe regression specification to the ... reduce the marginal returns to health investments For example, the benefits of immunizing children may be less in the event of a famine if the risk of dying from hunger is high The impacts of natural ... which captures the effect of exposure to natural disasters on child health within the first month or year after the occurrence ofthe disaster In order to examine whether the impact of natural disasters...
... h u s , if the input d e s c r i p t i o n F0 is inconsistent, then there is a proof of F0 , in which every branch ofthe proof ends in a subproof like that in Figure There we have the simple ... are pairs of finite sets of formulas, and we can make the further restriction that formulas on the right ofthe sequent arrow ("succedents") contain at most a single member The axioms ofthe calculus ... roughly We then define the full set of compound relation name expressions R* as the closure ofthe basic relation names under A, V and ' A formula of is then an element of R* applied to a pair of node...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public TheInstitute acts under the responsibility given to the ... by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and theInstituteof ... research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority ofthe charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a...
... that the tree produced is the circumscriptive reading in the context of TAG, and the standard referent in the context of D-theory Due to space limitations we can only sketch m a n y of our proofs ... A set of trees is then described by a set of relationships if each tree in the set is described by the set of relationships On the other hand, a set of trees is characterized by a set of relationships ... of relationships are not arbitrary either Since the sets they characterize consist of trees, some ofthe structural properties of trees will be reflected in the quasi-trees For instance, if the...
... around the mean ofthe Y -axis, and it is in terms ofthe shape ofthe spectrum (e.g spectral spread) that they differ most, hence their positions at the end ofthe X-axis In sum, despite the modest ... their acoustic profiles at the generic, meta-cluster level; this was not the case at the level ofthe 19 individual clusters Nevertheless, the organization ofthe individual clusters across the ... However, there remains the possibility that the overall structure ofthe cluster solution is nevertheless distributed in terms ofthe acoustic features along dimensions ofthe cluster space The cluster...
... and 4) coverage ofthe themes that emerged from the survey and interviews One organization was selected based on our knowledge ofthe field, rather than the survey or interviews – the Regional East ... members other than the director ofthe organization, an advocate ofthe organization, and at least one critic ofthe organization Sometimes the individuals we interviewed were based in other organizations ... and in the form of some researchers becoming policymakers themselves, which allowed them to bring to the policymaking process their knowledge of research evidence and their contacts within the research...
... during the last decade (1995–2004)* * For each ofthe large-scale events in the above three categories, the occurrence in the same location ofthe other two types of events, regardless of their ... categories, the occurrence in the same location and relevant timeframe ofthe other two types of events, regardless of their magnitude Methods The data sources consisted of using the Center for ... define the extent to which the occurrence of one type of disaster enhances the risk of another Authors' contributions PBS conceived ofthe study, designed the research plan, supervised the literature...
... was conducted to assess the odds ratio (OR) ofthe variables used in the case-control study Page of (page number not for citation purposes) To determine the precision ofthe estimates, 95% confidence ... Due to the fact that the epicentre was located in a mountainous region and there were lots of collapsed roads, the transfer of thousands of severely injured patients was delayed, which is the main ... those in the intensive care unit The cause of earthquake-related death is multi-factoral and complicated Better identification ofthe risk factors for death and their relation with each other can...
... between the trace ofthe fault, i.e the intersection ofthe fault plane with the horizontal, and the northerly direction (0° ≤ φ ≤ 360°) The angle is measured so that the fault plane dips to the ... serves on the Board of Directors since its founding in 2000 Amr is a Fellow ofthe Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom (UKequivalent ofthe NAE), Fellow ofthe American Society of Civil ... learning the fundamentals of earthquake engineering at the graduate level The other components are the slide sets, the solved examples, including the comprehensive project, and a free copy of the...
... through the financial support ofthe Division of Humanitarian Assistance, Peace and Security ofthe Canadian International Development Agency (HAPS/CIDA), the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance of ... publication ofthe Area on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief ofthe Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization, and the International Committee ofthe Red Cross The views ... help with the identification process o Soon after the disaster, a decision must be taken whether or not to provide information aboutthe number of victims The disadvantage of this is that these estimates...
... during the other stages ofthe project that could make it difficult, even impossible, to meet the protection objective From the point of view of vulnerability reduction and the fulfillment ofthe ... that the requirements ofthe project are met in matters such as: quality ofthe labor force, the use of construction processes and materials of a quality commensurate with the goals ofthe project, ... on which ofthe options offers the best mix of safety vis-à-vis prevailing hazards and levels of risk and accessibility, in terms ofthe supply and demand of health care services and the cost-effectiveness...
... the role of business as a high calling, a critical profession for the good of society and its citizens Besides the importance of contributing and acting ethically, we delve into the benefit of ... and experience the pressure of delivering a high-quality product to company leaders The approach taken is tailored to the specific needs ofthe business as well as the talents ofthe particular ... elements of other cultures, to be aware of cultural differences, and to get students to appreciate the importance of cultural adaptation in the marketing program, especially as they relate to the...
... importance of these classes in our corpus is shown in Table These results explain in part the poor results obtained in our first experiment: only 19% ofthe cases of bridging DDs fall into the category ... borrou~,ed the loan) The other 29 cases (68%) of DDs based on events require inference reasoning based on the compositional meaning ofthe phrases (as in It u~ent looking for a partner the prospect); ... considered only the 38 cases of s y n / h y p / m e r relations and tested whether W N encoded a semantic relation between them and their (manually identified) anchors The results for these 38 DDs...
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