Word embeddings are a powerful approach for unsupervised analysis of language. Recently, Rudolph et al. (2016) developed exponential family embeddings, which cast word embeddings in a probabilistic framework. Here, we develop dynamic embeddings, building on exponential family embeddings to capture how the meanings of words change over time. We use dynamic embeddings to analyze three large colle...

non-fourier heat transfer analysis of functionally graded (fg) spherical shells subjected to the radiative-convective boundary conditions at their inner and outer surfaces are presented. it is assumed that the material properties have continuous variations along the thickness direction. the incremental differential quadrature method (idqm) as an accurate and computationally efficient numerical ...

Are one-time pads a thing of the past? There has been quite a bit discussion and some security and cryptography experts argue that one-time pad is no longer a system for today's needs, that it is impractical and creates enormous key distribution problems. They say that current computer algorithms provide enough security and public key schemes solve the problem of key distribution. That's all tr...

Competitive intransitivity occurs when species' competitive abilities cannot be listed in a strict hierarchy, but rather form competitive loops, as in the game 'Rock-Paper-Scissors'. Indices are useful for summarizing intransitivity in communities; however, as with most indices, a great deal of information is compressed into single number. So while recent ecological theory, experiments, and nat...

Software piracy has been a widespread problem in tertiary institutions and business environment for years. This paper reports a factor analysis to explore some of the issues perceived by tertiary students. The study also attempts to determine the relationship between attitude to software piracy and age, gender, computer ownership, study area of concentration, and history of software copying to ...

Endurance time (ET) method is a relatively new performance-based earthquake method for structural evaluation and design. In this method, the structure is subjected to a gradually intensifying accelorogram(s) and its performance is assessed based on the maximum time duration that it can meet the specified performance objectives. Using moment-resisting and braced frames which are rehabilitated by...