BACKGROUND It is well documented that the mucosal linings of the female genital tract (FGT) usually provides a robust barrier that protects against sexually acquired infections. However, to the best of our knowledge there are limited South African studies that have investigated the association between damage to the mucosal linings and the acquisition of HIV infections. We hypothesize that in th...

Title of dissertation: EFFICIENT EVALUATION OF GAUSSIAN SUMS WITH APPLICATIONS IN VISION AND LEARNING Changjiang Yang, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation directed by: Professor Larry Davis and Professor Ramani Duraiswami Department of Computer Science Evaluating sums of multivariate Gaussians is a common computational task in image processing, computer vision and learning, including in the...

Automatic Feature Engineering (AFE) aims to extract useful knowledge for interpretable predictions given data the machine learning tasks. Here, we develop AFE dependency relationships that can be interpreted with functional formulas discover physics meaning or new hypotheses problems of interest. We focus on materials science applications, where predictive modeling may provide principled unders...

Measuring poverty using non-income indicators enable countries to target and develop programs for alleviation understand its performance towards the sustainable development goals (SDG’s). This paper which seeks evaluate of municipality Ocampo in Camarines Sur, Philippines SDG’s via Community-based Management System (CBMS) would policymakers recipients government interventions municipality. look...

Analysis of the vibration reduction characteristics shock absorbers is crucial for engines. In this study, fractal theory was applied to contact surface an under-platform damper (UPD), and influence excitation force in same opposite directions on roughness studied. First, based geometry (FGT), characterization method a UPD proposed. Then, friction mechanical model rough established by combining...

امروزه علاقه به اعمال سبک مربی گری در میان مدیران سازمانها حال رشد است. سازمان ها دنبال این روش مدیریتی هستند تا با استفاده از شایستگی های گری، نیروی انسانی خود را متعهد ساخته و بهبودعملکرد فردی سازمانی نائل آیند. وجود این، هیچ تحقیق یا ادبیاتی زمینه ندارد که کدامیک عوامل بیشترین بهبود عملکرد برای ویژه بانک بوجود می آورند. حاضر راستای پاسخگویی چالش، صورت جامع نظام مند تمامی شاخص هایی حوزه موثر ...

Graphs are a generalized concept that encompasses more complex data structures than trees, such as difference lists, doubly-linked skip and leaf-linked trees. Normally, these handled with destructive assignments to heaps, which is opposed purely functional programming style makes verification difficult. We propose new language, λGT, handles graphs immutable, first-class pattern matching mechani...

Although the number of studies on poverty dynamics in Indonesia is growing, findings remain inconclusive. This study aims to reexamine by using three main approaches: spell approach, component and equally distributed equivalent (EDE) gap approach. The employed household panel data from National Socio-Economic Survey (Susenas) 2008 2010 also FGT index. analysis shows that approach tends underest...

To the Editor: A sharp increase in suspected visceral leishmaniasis (VL or kala-azar) cases was reported in April through May 2000 in three Kenyan refugee camps (Ifo, Dagahaley, and Hagadera). Located around Dadaab town in Northeastern Province, the three camps house an estimated 125,000 Somali refugees. VL outbreaks have been well documented in five distinct foci in Kenya (1,2), but until this...