SUMMARY Ancient DNA extracts consist of a mixture of contaminant DNA molecules, most often originating from environmental microbes, and endogenous fragments exhibiting substantial levels of DNA damage. The latter introduce specific nucleotide misincorporations and DNA fragmentation signatures in sequencing reads that could be advantageously used to argue for sequence validity. mapDamage is a Pe...

BACKGROUND Clinical reasoning is central to any health profession but its development among learners is difficult to assess. Over the last few decades, the script concordance test (SCT) has been developed to solve this dilemma and has been used in many health professions; however, no study has been published on the use of the script concordance test in optometry. The purpose of this study was t...

Reading a formal proof script written in a procedural (command-driven) style is difficult, bordering on impossible, without access to an interpreter for the script, that generates the states based on the commands. The Proviola system replaces the need for this interpreter, storing responses and displaying them on-demand. This abstract describes a natural extension to the Proviola: instead of wo...

There are generally many ways to transliterate a name from one language script into another. The resulting ambiguity can make it very difficult to “untransliterate” a name by reverse engineering the process. In this paper, we present a highly successful cross-script name matching system that we developed by combining the creativity of human intuition with the power of machine learning. Our syst...

This study examined the influence of classroom-script structure (high vs. low) during computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning on help-seeking processes and learning gains in 54 student pairs in secondary science education. Screenand audio-capturing videos were analysed according to a model of the help-seeking process. Results show that the structure of the classroom script substantial...

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This article discusses the rendering issues of complex text layouts, particularly traditional Mongolian script. Some standards such as Unicode and OpenType format have been implemented and are supported widely. Traditional Mongolian script has been standardized in Unicode. We analyzed existing OpenType fonts and their rendering schemes for traditional Mongolian script. We found some errors, and...

Hypothetical bias is one of the main issues bedeviling the field of nonmarket valuation. The general criticism is that survey responses reflect how people would like to behave, rather than how they actually behave. In our study of climate change and emissions reductions, we took advantage of the increasing bulk of evidence from psychology and economics that addresses the effects of making promi...

Automatic Pattern Recognition field has witnessed enormous growth in the past few decades. Being an essential element of Pattern Recognition, Document Image Analysis is the procedure of analyzing a document image with the intention of working out the contents so that they can be manipulated as per the requirements at various levels. It involves various procedures like document classification, o...

OBJECTIVE To implement and assess the effectiveness of the Strathclyde Computerized Randomized Interactive Prescription Tutor (SCRIPT) in teaching a competency-based undergraduate pharmacy course. DESIGN Data on students' access to SCRIPT, collected by quantitative electronic data capture, were analyzed to determine student usage patterns and correlations between usage and grades in class ass...