... main computations of the Inside-Outside algorithm are indexed using the CKY procedure which is a bottom-up chart parsing algorithm. To summarize the main points 190 in our adaptation of ... wc call unconstrained training, of maximizing the likelihood of an unbrackctcd corpus. We will later describe the modifica- tions necessary to train with the constraint of a bracketed corpus. ... Ingria, It., Mar- cus, M., Santorini, B., and Strzalkowski, T Evaluat- ing Syntax Performance of Parser/Grammars of English. Proceedings of Natural Language Processing Systems Evaluation Workshop,...
... most of their schooling inEnglish or French, depending on thearea of the country in which they live. Because the major-ity of provinces in Canada offer educational instruction in English, many immigrant ... understanding of the reading process, including reading failure. Since the con-cept of learning disability was first outlined by Samuel Kirk(1963), investigators have concentrated on identifying thebasic ... read: Thinking and learning about print.The Reading Research and Education Center. University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign.August, D., & Hakuta, K. (1997). Improving schooling for language- minoritychildren:...
... “Small Business Lending and theChanging Structure of the Banking Industry,” Journal of Banking andFinance, August.Sullivan, Richard J. 2000. “How Has the Adoption of Internet Banking AffectedPerformance ... largerbanks in making small business loans. Loan officers at small banks cantake into account a wide variety of factors in reviewing applications forsmall business loans, including the character of ... understanding issues facing community banks. I. THE CURRENT ROLEOF COMMUNITY BANKSThe banking system in the United States has always been unique in the sense of containing large numbers of small...
... dis-charge can contain a wide range of contaminants and originate from a myriad of sources. Some of the biggest generators of toxic industrial waste include mining, pulp mills, tanneries, sugar ... from mining operations can contain silt and rock particles and sur-factants. Depending on the type of ore deposit being mined, tailings can also contain heavy metals like copper, lead, zinc, ... examples of persistent environmental damage caused by the discharge of toxic mine waste. In Papua New Guinea for ex-ample, companies discharge millions of tons of contaminated mine waste into...
... questions in pointing out the value of applying a CN methodology to cross- linguistic study. In explaining the representation issues for French, we will first, briefly provide background in current ... Because of the parallel activation of all meanings of each recognized word in HOPE, the determination of the phonetic representation of a recognized word determines the breadth of active ... linguistically interpretable hierarchical repre- sentations that arise inlanguage behavior are introduced by including neurally motivated pro- cessing control as the focus of model definition...
... decreasing for 53% of the sample, it has been increasingfor 36%, and has been stable for the remaining 11%. An increase in indebtedness (of 80% in average) is associated with a 14% decrease in production, ... to soft finance have regularly played a strong rolein sustaining firmswith low actual level of demand. Here inventory reflects changes over the past sixmonths;- exp-prod is an indication of ... a higher probability of postingprofits. However, a regime of soft budget constraints may also allow loss-making firms tobuild up inventories, thus supporting their level of output. Hence we...
... biocon-version of chitin into valuable oligosaccharide deriva-tives for various industrial applications.Pf-ChiA has a unique multidomain structure con-taining two chitin-binding domains (ChBD1 ... crystal-line chitin hydrolyzing activity at high temperature. In order to investigatethe structure–function relationship of this chitinase, we analyzed one of thecatalytic domains (AD2) using mutational ... number of amino acid residues contribute to the binding of thesubstrate by hydrogen bonding and ⁄ or hydrophobicinteractions. Using the ligplot program [31], weinvestigated the specific interactions...
... number (listening: 10%, reading: 7.5%). 48 Figure 6: The frequency of using sentence stress inEnglish speaking 39 8.2. Non-final intonation 8.2.1. Rising-falling intonation Complex ... THREE: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 1. Findings 49 2. Some possible problems encountered by English majors in enhancing English speaking competence. 49 2.1. Misunderstanding of meaning caused ... my study ―The roleof sentence stress in enhancing English speaking competence of HPU English majors”. A survey within the scope of the study is conducted at HPU. The major aim of the study...
... thetwo cardinal points of poetry, the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to thetruth of nature, and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours ... painting is by referring him to the engravings of Albert Durer and the serious parts of Chaucer. There is the same want of proper costume the same intense feeling of the human being, both in body ... Paine. Think of the unshrinking gaze which Dante fixes upon the tortures of the souls in pain; of the wasted body of Christupon the cross; of the fasts, flagellations, mortifications of penitents;...
... investigate the roleof metacognitive knowledge in the English writing of Chinese EFL learners, in the hope of shedding some light on the teaching and learning of EFL writing skill in China. 2. ... knowledge about pre-writing planning, on-writing monitoring of errors, post-writing checking and reflection Zhang: Investigating the Roleof Metacognitive Knowledge inEnglish Writing 29 Kasper ... the beginning of their second semester in university, so all the students have been learning English for at least six years. According to the teaching syllabus of college Englishin China, first-year...
... native language reading instructiondoes not precede or coincide with English reading instruction, then English readinginstruction should be delayed until a modicum of oral English proficiency ... theeffectiveness of various types of L2 instruction are being redefined and stipulated accordingto various moderator variables. These include the internal status of a learner’s inter -language, age, language ... issues includeinterference from the students’ first languagein the areas of phonology or writing (includingspelling, syntax, text structure), as well as a lack of knowledge of “conventional” English words,...
... question is meaningful only in terms of the incrementing of consumer appeal of the product, and it would be difficult to answer without research in that very area. From the point of view of an MT ... multiple printout are the scheme's main features. One of the most discussed problems in the automatic translation of Russian documents into English is the insertion ofEnglish articles in the ... reaction to it. With these thoughts in mind, a close examination of several texts, in English, was undertaken to determine something about the patterns of occurrence of the arti- cles. Some simple...
... for intrave-nous thrombolysis given the neurological findings andNIHSS of 2; however, the constellation of the abovefindings led to our clinical decision not to administerthrombolytics in ... The roleof perfusion CT in identifying stroke mimics in the emergency room: a case of statusepilepticus presenting with perfusion CT alterations. International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012 ... FLAIR MRI brain imaging didnot reveal evidence of stroke (Figure 1).DiscussionStroke mimics account for 5-30% of “brain attacks.” Of those patients receiving thrombol ytic therapy in the Eur-opean...
... the combination of individual writing assignment; if students not joining this activity, their final mark reduced. ã The final mark being the average of the marks of group papers, individual ... writing is an innovative approach to teaching writing in EFL classrooms in Vietnam. This method inspired the students’ motivation in learning writing skill at Vinh University. The purpose of ... skill (speaking, listening, writing or reading). The following is the review of the studies, observation concerning making group work an active tool in improving EFL teaching and learning results....