... properties ofthe document containing the sentence and properties ofthe sentence itself Regarding the former type, two features come into play: the relevance score ofthe document (from the IR engine) ... evaluating answers to definition questions In HLT/EMNLP 2005 J Lin and D Demner-Fushman 2006a Theroleofknowledgein conceptual retrieval: A study inthe domain of clinical medicine In SIGIR ... the findings of Monz (2003), who made the same observation inthe factoid QA task There are a few caveats to consider when interpreting these results First, the test set of 25 questions is rather...
... lacking The aforementioned facts lead the author to the study on the following topic: An investigation into the use ofinformationtechnologyin writing learning ofthe third-year students of ... at: - Investigating the influence that IT has on writing learning ofthe third-year students at Vinh University - Studying the reality of applying IT to writing learning ofthe students - Making ... applied to ELT but inthe framework of this minor thesis, the researcher would focus on studying the reality in which the students are using the computer in their learning ofthe writing skill 2 Although...
... Business Value ofInformationTechnologyinthe Internet Economy by Fang Yin, B.A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty ofthe Graduate School ofThe University of Texas at Austin in Partial ... dollars using the chain-type price indices for Information processing equipment 22 and software” from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Then the average ofthe beginning and ending values ... also included inthe regression The focus will be on the interaction term between the dummy and IT input Since the regressions are subject to collinearity problem due to the inclusion ofthe interaction...
... analyzed in terms of routines Which are conventional ways of presenting information: Information routines and interactional routines He explained informational routine recurring types ofinformation ... sequences of kinds of terms occurring in typical kinds of interactions These routines can be characterized in board terms to include the kinds of turns typically occurring in given situations, and the ... necessary knowledge to speak as the evaluation ofthe teachers (30% ofthe teachers) who are in charge of teaching speaking to them 30% ofthe teachers think that their students are afraid of making...
... On the front lines Theroleofinformationin enhancing customer service Preface On the front lines: Theroleofinformationin enhancing customer service is an Economist Intelligence ... service initiatives Integrating newinformation sources Many companies are grappling with the problem of how to integrate newinformation sources into their customer support programmes A majority of ... challenges Firms are increasingly integrating newinformation sources such as social media, online forums and other newinformation channels into their customer service models This is happening at a time...
... raising the profile of women in management However, during this period of research, there was an emerging recognition ofthe importance of a concern for people inthe behavioural theories as being ... anything towards raising the profile of women in management, as the theory was constructed as a male model at a time when women were not visible in paid employment One ofthe off shoots ofthe ... enabling of others to help achieve the goals ofthe organisation Furthermore, the ability to control others is given no prominence in this recent definition of leadership A brief review of early...
... have gained wide international acclaim G Theroleofnewtechnologyin institution building With fast development of modern informationtechnology and financial engineering in recent years, the ... relies on the securities booking system ofthe CGSDTC and the bond trading system ofthe inter-bank lending centre The trading system ofthe national inter-bank lending centre provides pricing information, ... efforts inthe application ofinformation technology, in exploring on-line banking business as well as in promoting non-bank financial institutions Efforts should be made in upgrading financial...
... adults (39 ) The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination inthe United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies determined by clinical trials ... explore the sources ofthe heterogeneity inthe efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine reported inthe individual studies Using a model that included the geographic latitude ofthe study site and the data ... efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy ofthe vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR and the vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination The protective efficacy of BCG...
... many new banks continue to be chartered (Chart 2) After declining steadily since the mid-1980s, the number ofnew bank charters inthe United States increased sharply during the second half ofthe ... understanding issues facing community banks I THE CURRENT ROLEOF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking system inthe United States has always been unique inthe sense of containing large numbers of small ... While community banks still comprise the vast majority of banks, the question arises whether their roleinthe banking system has declined to the point of insignificance This section shows that...
... through the exchange between subunits of either their N-terminal, or their C-terminal ends [33–35] We found that the behavior with the model membrane ofthe dimer in which the C-terminal ends ... geometry ofthe hinge loop after ligation Also in this case no clashes were detected at Electrostatic interactions and antitumor RNases the dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings ofthe ... Nter are the C-terminal and N-terminal structural regions, respectively, ofthe two A and B monomers ofthe dimeric RNase The black circle between the monomers indicates the mass center ofthe dimer...
... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chains are important for the GABA transport activity 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleofthe ... misfolding of this protein, resulting in its partial retention inthe ER and its rapid digestion thereafter [16,19] Accordingly, our results indicate that the intracellular trafficking of N-glycosylation ... assist the folding of newly synthesized proteins inthe ER If N-glycosylation is inhibited, some glycoproteins fail to fold or assemble efficiently, resulting in a prolonged retention inthe ER...
... t is thein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined 4.1 The processes are independent oftheknowledge representations defined ... the state ofthe process The most important aspect ofthe control is that a l l ofthe serial order computations can occur simultaneously and affect any information that has been defined inthe ... activation of a l l meanings of each recognized word in HOPE, the determination ofthe phonetic representation of a recognized word determines the breadth of active competition amon meanings for...
... evolution ofthe same type of variables; their judgement on their actual and future behavior, including the type of constraints they face Some sets of answers are strongly cardinal, as for the current ... access-to-input for the worst in this sub-pool Conversely, the overbearing influence ofthe financial constraints inthe lower half is statistically associated with a rather low occurrence of real ... Adjustment and theRoleof Bank Credit in Russia: Evidence from a 420 Firm's Qualitative Survey The main underlying question inthe above-mentioned conclusions rather brings back to the issue ofthe adjustment...
... many of them have been pioneers inthe Latin American microfinance industry As of today, out of 15 Latin American members are active in microfinance These members are involved in different ways in ... unrivalled in scale, and outreach continues to grow in terms ofthe number of microborrowers Institutions providing microfinance in Asia play a critical rolein increasing the access to finance for ... institutions In addition to the distribution of part of their profits for increasing social and financial inclusion, WSBI member banks generally go further than other financial institutions in their...
... ambiguous the meaning ofthe visual image, the more influence is exerted by the musical score inthe process of interpreting the scene Music can convey the scope of a film, effectively communicating ... meaning through sound (including music), taking into account the director’s – and, therefore, the composer’s – intentions, the narrative content ofthe film, and the overall strategy ofthe director ... the relationship is invertible without changing the perceived meaning (i.e., it is equally valid to say that the music projects the meaning ofthe image or the image projects the meaning of the...
... However, the mechanistic roles of several of these residues are not described well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues inthe same enzyme To obtain an insight into ... 1), thereby confirming the crucial roleof Asp142 Catalysis in family 18 chitinases (Eur J Biochem 271) 259 In most ChiB structures, Asp142 is clearly defined, being either inthe ÔdownÕ or inthe ... positioned inthe ÔupÕ position rows and shows that inthe presence ofthe substrate, rotation of Asp142 towards Glu144 lowers the pKa ofthe latter by 0.8 pH units The calculated effects ofthe D140N...
... additional schooling, the estimated schooling effect could include both the impacts of schooling and the fact that those continuing in school could earn more inthe absence of schooling.2 For the most ... student in a school in Ghana or Peru would gain the same amount ofknowledgein any year of schooling as the average student in a school in Finland or Korea? Still, using the quantitative measure of ... income levels mainly though speeding up technological progress, rather than shifting the level ofthe production function or increasing the impact of an additional year of schooling In sum, the...
... trees The largest plant height was obtained using linings of stone and marble During the first year ofthe study, when the lining served only as mulch due to lack of rainfall, an increase of 33.3 ... crop yields in rainfed areas, even inthe more marginal rainfed environments The continued application of conventional breeding and the recent developments in non-conventional breeding offer considerable ... Considerations of risk may be very important inthe initial decision of whether to adopt rainwater harvesting at an individual farm level Especially due to the low economic status of many ofthe farmers in...
... as Points of Access into the Financial System TheRoleof African Post Offices in Payments TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof ... agreed between the ministries of finance, the IMF, and World Bank Inthe recent past in Africa, no distinction was made ofthe roles ofthe post as the mail provider, as owner ofthe post office network, ... Services TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof Post Offices in Credit 5—Conclusion 16 17 17 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 Worldwide Landscape of...