In this paper I present ongoing work on the data-oriented parsing (DOP) model. In previous work, DOP was tested on a cleaned-up set of analyzed part-of-speech strings from the Penn Treebank, achieving excellent test results. This left, however, two important questions unanswered: (1) how does DOP perform if tested on unedited data, and (2) how can DOP be used for parsing word strings that conta...

OBJECTIVES This report presents national estimates of the use of non-Federal short-stay hospitals in the United States during 1997. Numbers and rates of discharges, diagnoses, and procedures are shown by age and sex. Discharges are also shown by geographic region of the hospital. Average lengths of stay are presented for all discharges and for selected diagnostic categories by age and by sex. ...

The partitioning of carbon in intact, mature cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) leaves was examined by steady-state (14)CO(2) labeling. Plants were exposed to dark periods of varying lengths, followed by similar illuminated labeling periods. These treatments produced leaves with a range of starch and soluble sugar contents, carbon exchange, and carbon export rates. Export during the illuminated per...

Results 190 accidents involving 338 motor vehicles (618 persons, 65% men) were included. 133 vehicles had potentially harmful unrestrained objects. Seatback offset caused by moving unrestrained objects was reported for 45 persons. A subgroup analysis was performed of 17 persons where death or severe injury seemed strongly associated with seatback offset or wreckage caused by moving unrestrained...

Epidural catheters inserted 8 cm within the epidural space are more likely to result in intravenous cannulation and unilateral block1. Epidural catheters inserted 2 or 4 cm within the epidural space are more likely to be dislodged than epidural catheters inserted 6 or 8 cm.1 Obese patients are at particular risk of epidural catheter displacement2. It is recommended that epidural catheters shoul...

The goal of this study was to measure the arm circumferences (AC) and appropriated cuff sizes for children and adolescents and to relate these dimensions to specific age ranges. This is a cross-sectional study, developed in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 596 people between 6 and 17 years old. The AC was measured at the midpoint between the olecranon and the acromion. The selected cuff width fol...

We have studied metabolism of plant sterols and squalene administered intravenously in the form of lipid emulsion mimicking chylomicrons (CM). The CM-like lipid emulsion was prepared by dissolving squalene in commercially available Intralipid. The emulsion was given as an intravenous bolus injection of 30 ml containing 6.3 mg of cholesterol, 1.9 mg of campesterol, 5.7 mg of sitosterol, 1.6 mg o...