In this paper, we present a system called DEQUE (Deep WEb QUery SystEm) for modeling and querying the deep Web. We propose a data model for representing and storing HTML forms, and a web form query language called DEQUEL for retrieving data from the deep Web and storing them in the format convenient for additional processing. Our system is able to query forms (single and consecutive) with input...

In the current era of diet-gene analyses, large sample sizes are required to uncover the etiology of complex diseases. As such, consortia form and often combine available data. Food frequency questionnaires, which commonly use 2 different types of responses about the frequency of intake (predefined responses and open-ended responses), may be pooled to achieve the desired sample size. The common...

Nesbitt LM, Cliff WH. How the story unfolds: exploring ways faculty develop open-ended and closed-ended case designs. Adv Physiol Educ 32: 279–285, 2008; doi:10.1152/advan.90158.2008.— Open-ended or closed-ended case study design schemes offer different educational advantages. Anatomy and physiology faculty members who participated in a conference workshop were given an identical case about blo...

This thesis studies methods to solve Visual Question-Answering (VQA) tasks with a Deep Learning framework. As a preliminary step, we explore Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks used in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to tackle Question-Answering (text based). We then modify the previous model to accept an image as an input in addition to the question. For this purpose, we explore the VGG-1...

We show that regular median graphs of linear growth are the Cartesian product of finite hypercubes with the two-way infinite path. Such graphs are Cayley graphs and have only two ends. For cubic median graphs G the condition of linear growth can be weakened to the condition that G has two ends. For higher degree the relaxation to twoended graphs is not possible, which we demonstrate by an examp...

We describe a computationally reflective object-oriented architecture suitable for incorporating open-ended innovation and emergent entities into simulations. This allows emergent properties to be reified into objects. This requires modifying the model, and the metamodel, by incorporating novel classes and metaclasses dynamically. The classes and metaclasses are modified by including them in th...

Let us start by rehearsing some standard definitions. Define the notion of a theory as follows: Definition 1 (Theory) Let A be the axioms of a theory T. The theory of T is the closure of A under semantic consequence, i.e. T = {φ : A φ}. For example, if T is Peano arithmetic, the theory of T is the axioms of Peano arithmetic together with all their semantic consequences. (Obviously , the axioms ...

We are already into the fall season with winter rapidly approaching. As always, we have many changes to report at the Diagnostic Laboratory. We ended our 1998-1999 fiscal year with a 23 percent increase in accessions compared to the previous year. We are constantly working on improving our diagnostic testing ability, frequently by using molecular techniques. Some of these new advances are detai...

Open-ended or closed-ended case study design schemes offer different educational advantages. Anatomy and physiology faculty members who participated in a conference workshop were given an identical case about blood doping and asked to build either an open-ended study or a closed-ended study. The workshop participants created a rich array of case questions. Participant-written learning objective...