Learning parameters of latent graphical models (GM) is inherently much harder than that of nolatent ones since the latent variables make the corresponding log-likelihood non-concave. Nevertheless, expectation-maximization schemes are popularly used in practice, but they are typically stuck in local optima. In the recent years, the method of moments have provided a refreshing angle for resolving...

This paper presents a real-time and on-chip gait measurement algorithm used in our Gait Measurement System (GMS). Our GMS is a small foot-mounted device based on an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), which contains an accelerometer and a gyroscope. The GMS can compute spatio-temporal gait parameters in real-time and transmit them to a remote receiver. Measured gait parameters include cadence, vel...

Based on the emergence and spread throughout the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) of multiple artemisinin-resistant lineages, the prevalence of multidrug resistance leading to high rates of artemisinin-based combination treatment failure in parts of the GMS, and the declining malaria burden in the region, the World Health Organization has recommended complete elimination of falciparum malaria fro...

Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GMS) is an autosomal recessive disorder with a poor prognosis that was first defined as a triad of central nervous system involvement, hiatal hernia, and nephrotic syndrome. However, this syndrome is now known to have a heterogeneous clinical presentation. The nephrotic syndrome is steroid resistant and is responsible for the outcome. The combination of collapsing glome...

Brahmyadiyoga a compound drug was used on fourteen Chronic Unmada patients suffering from 2 years to 8 years between the ago range of 18 to 40 years of either sex. The dose of the drug was 8 gms. to 16 gms. for three months. Assessments were done independently by Ayurvedic physician, Psychiatrist and Clinical Psychologist. Seven out of 10 patients who underwent treatment for three months and al...

This paper proposes an Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm to Generator Maintenance Scheduling (GMS) in competitive market. In the regulated market the problem of generating optimal maintenance schedules of generating units for the purpose of maximizing economic benefits and improving reliable operation of a power system, subject to satisfying system constraints. In case of deregulated market...

BACKGROUND Prechtl's method on the qualitative assessment of general movements (GMs) is a highly sensitive and specific diagnostic tool for the assessment of the integrity of the young nervous system. AIM To find out whether the ability to assess GMs correctly could be gained after receiving a few days' standardised training. STUDY DESIGN We evaluated 700 scoring sheets (containing a total ...

Generator Maintenance Scheduling (GMS) problem in a vertically integrated electric utility system is considered in this paper. The cost and reliability objectives are included in the problem formulation. The GMS is formulated as a non linear, heavily constrained multi-objective optimization problem and the non dominated solutions are obtained using multi objective hybrid integer coded different...

Optimistic concurrency control highly takes advantage of parallelism because there is no delay by lock. Unfortunately, I/O operations by transactions and cache operations are delayed in the optimistic concurrency control. In order to reduce such delay, we combine cache coherency control and optimistic concurrency control rather than they operate in separate. In this paper, we propose optimistic...

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to test the hypothesis that progress of labor slows as parity exceeds 4 by comparing labor curves of grand multiparous women (para 5 and over) (GMs) with those of nulliparous and lower-parity multiparous women. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohorts of spontaneously laboring, vertex-presenting, term GMs who were admitted to two medical centers during the period from Janu...