Several recent problem-solving programs have indicated improved methods for controlling program actions. Some of these methods operate by analyzing the time-independent antecedent-consequent dependency relationships between the components of knowledge about the problem for solution. This paper is a revised version of a thesis proposal which indicates how a general system of automatically mainta...

In this paper, an algorithm for datadriven incremental learning of fuzzy basis function networks is presented. A modified version of vector quantization is exploited for rule evolution and incremental learning of the rules’ antecedent parts. Antecedent learning is connected in a stable manner with a recursive learning of rule consequent functions with linear parameters. The paper is concluded w...

The spontaneous rupture of the primigravid uterus before the onset of labour is an obstetric rarity. Invariably there is a history of antecedent scarring. A case of uterine rupture, an unusual finding at Caesarean section, is reported. The only antecedent history was partial salpingectomy and oophorectomy. The probable mechanism of rupture is discussed. Admission at 32 weeks and Caesarean secti...

This paper provides an analysis of conditional questions that combines a dynamic semantics for conditionals with a partition semantics for questions. We propose that conditional questions are interpreted in two steps. First, a temporary context is created in which the propositional content of the antecedent obtains. Second, the question in the consequent is asked relative to this temporary cont...

We present results from an online experiment designed to probe the cognitive underpinnings of intra-sentential pronoun resolution. Event-related brain potentials were used to test the hypothesis that the processing of anaphoric links established between pronouns and non commanding antecedents demands more cognitive resources than the processing of anaphoric links to commanding antecedents. The ...

In this paper, we present a new fuzzy reasoning method based on the compensating fuzzy reasoning (CFR). Its basicidea is to obtain a new fuzzy reasoning result by moving and deforming the consequent fuzzy set on the basis of themoving, deformation, and moving-deformation operations between the antecedent fuzzy set and observation information.Experimental results on real-world data sets show tha...

We studied the effects of intense sympathetic stimulation on the chronotropic responses of the heart to subsequent test stimulations of the cardiac autonomic nerves in dogs anesthetized with a-chloralose. Such intense sympathetic stimulations (which we refer to as "release stimulations") are known to release neuropeptide Y as well as norepinephrine. The changes in cardiac cycle length evoked by...

OBJECTIVE Glycemic control decreases the incidence and progression of diabetic complications but increases the incidence of hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia can impair hormonal and autonomic responses to subsequent hypoglycemia. Intensive glycemic control may increase mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes at high risk for cardiovascular complications. We tested the hypothesis that prior expos...

In this paper we propose a corpus-based approach to anaphora resolution combining a machine learning method and statistical information. First, a decision tree trained on an annotated corpus determines the coreference relation of a given anaphor and antecedent candidates and is utilized as a lter in order to reduce the number of potential candidates. In the second step, preference selection is ...

The present study investigated the occurrence of life events preceding the onset of disturbed eating in binge-eating disorder (BED). In a case-control design, 162 matched pairs of black and white women with BED and women with no current psychiatric disorder, and 107 matched pairs of women with BED and a current general psychiatric disorder were recruited from the community for the New England W...