In the framework of a user modeling component that makes use of Baye-sian networks to anticipate the decodability of presentations planned by a multimedia presentation system, a psychological experiment was performed. The goal of this empirical study was to test the validity of the assumptions contained in a decodability model postulated for the problem of reference resolution. This paper briee...

As the first phase of a series of monitoring and modeling studies of Iranian coastal areas, Chabahar Bay, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Oman, was under a comprehensive monitoring and modeling study in 2006-2007. The study included an extensive one-year field measurements program to help understanding the ongoing processes in the bay and provide inputs or boundary conditions and vali...

Title: Number and type of guideline implementation tools varies by guideline, clinical condition, country of origin and type of developer organization: content analysis of guidelines Authors: Laurel Liang ([email protected]) Jhoni Abi Safi ([email protected]) Anna Gagliardi ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 11 Oct 2017 Author’s response to reviews: October 11, 2017 E...

gan, T. J. McCoy, R. J. Walker, N. L. Chabot, and W. F. McDonough. Dept of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. E-mail: [email protected]. The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. Laurel, MD 20723. Dept. Of Mineral Science, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560. Dept. of Geology, University o...

Infants’ Discrimination of Consonants: Interplay Between Word Position and Acoustic Saliency Stephanie L. Archer, Tania Zamuner, Kathleen Engel, Laurel Fais & Suzanne Curtin a Department of Psychology, University of Warwick b Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa c Department of Psychology, University of Calgary d Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia Published onli...

We investigated the competitive response of oak and mountain laurel to prescribed fire on two sites in northeastern Connecticut. After nearly a decade, the competitive position of oak on moderately burned portions of both sites was little better, and in some respects worse, than on adjacent unburned controls. However, on portions of both sites where fire had killed much of the overstory, oak re...

Xylem hydraulic conductance varies in response to changes in sap solute content, and in particular of potassium (K(+)) ion concentration. This phenomenon, known as the 'ionic effect', is enhanced in embolized stems, where it can compensate for cavitation-induced loss of hydraulic conductance. Previous studies have shown that in well-watered laurel plants (Laurus nobilis L.), potassium concentra...