The Recovery Star: is it a valid tool?

STAR-IT: a Tool to Build STAR Applications

IntelligentWeb-based systems exploiting advanced problem solving techniques to support the users in complex tasks have to face three main challenges: (i) Non-expert users should not be exposed to the complexity of the knowledge representation and of the reasoning mechanisms used by the problem solver. (ii) The system should not be committed to any specific approach. (iii) A tool supporting the ...

Valence Shifting: Is It A Valid Task?

This paper looks at the problem of valence shifting, rewriting a text to preserve much of its meaning but alter its sentiment characteristics. There has only been a small amount of previous work on the task, which appears to be more difficult than researchers anticipated, not least in agreement between human judges regarding whether a text had indeed had its valence shifted in the intended dire...

Domenico solution--is it valid?

The Domenico solution is widely used in several analytical models for simulating ground water contaminant transport scenarios. Unfortunately, many textbook as well as journal article treatments of this approximate solution are full of empirical statements that are developed without mathematical rigor. For this reason, a rigorous analysis of this solution is warranted. In this article, we presen...

Volume, Conductivity and Scatter parameters of Neutrophils in Neonatal Sepsis – Is it a Cost-Effective Tool?

Background: Early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis is quite challenging. I/T ratio (immature to mature neutrophil ratio) is a highly sensitive marker of sepsis but is time-consuming and subjective. Off late, volume conductivity and scatter (VCS) of neutrophils are among the newer parameters available for screening a septic neonate. This study aimed to determine the correlation between the I/T ratio...

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Is It A Wolf Consuming Fertility?