In this paper I address the question of whether the probabilities that appear in models of stochastic gene expression are objective or subjective. I argue that while our best models of the phenomena in question are stochastic models, this fact should not lead us to automatically assume that the processes are inherently stochastic. After distinguishing between models and reality, I give a brief ...

The subjective quality of single cane reeds used for saxophone or clarinet may be very different from a reed to another although reeds present the same shape and the same strength. In this work, we propose to compare three approaches for the characterization of reeds properties. The first approach consists in measuring the reed mechanical response (“in vitro” measurement) by means of a specific...

In this paper we present results from an investigation on correlations between subjective and objective evaluation metrics for young people using a conversational agent. The subjective evaluation metrics capture users’ experiences of different aspects of conversations with a virtual agent while the objective evaluation metrics are based on an analysis of the actual conversation between the user...

There is currently no standard objective method for the assessment of developmental breast asymmetry. The results of corrective surgery in 24 patients with congenital breast deformities were evaluated subjectively (symmetry scores by patients and panels of observers), and objectively (linear measurements of nipple position and stereophotogrammetrically determined breast volumes). The latter wer...

Decisions in statistical data analysis are often justified, criticized, or avoided using concepts of objectivity and subjectivity. We argue that the words “objective” and “subjective” in statistics discourse are used in a mostly unhelpful way, and we propose to replace each of them with broader collections of attributes, with objectivity replaced by transparency, consensus, impartiality, and co...

It is argued that the acceptance of knowledge in a community depends on several, approximately independent selection "criteria". The objective criteria are distinctiveness, invariance and controllability, the subjective ones are individual utility, coherence, simplicity and novelty, and the intersubjective ones are publicity, expressivity, formality, collective utility, conformity and authority...

PURPOSE To determine whether specific sentence recognition assessments were sensitive enough to serve as objective outcome measurements that document subjective improvements in speech understanding with hearing aids. METHOD The Revised Speech Perception in Noise test (R-SPIN; R. C. Bilger, J. M. Nuetzel, W. M. Rabinowitz, & C. Rzeczkowski, 1984), the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT; M. Nilsson, S...

The rapid growth in the volume of international container transport requires that entire chain become more competitive, including maritime terminals. aim article is to identify number and location major Baltic terminals perform a multi‑criteria analysis competitiveness Sea Region (BSR). In our study, we AHP with subjective criteria weights, as well entropy method objective weights. Thus, can ev...