A Cantonese experiment is described in which the shadowing of spoken targets as a function of phonological similarity to either a succeeding prime (backward priming) or a preceding prime (forward priming) is investigated. In the backward priming conditions, alternations of onset, rime, or tone between prime and target produced inhibition, whereas in the forward priming conditions, alternations ...

We study the polarized lepton pair forward–backward asymmetries inB → K∗l+l− decay using the most general, model independent form of the effective Hamiltonian. We present the general expression for nine double–polarization forward–backward asymmetries. It is shown that, the study of the forward–backward asymmetries of the doubly–polarized lepton pair is a very useful tool for establishing new p...

Using only the existence and uniqueness of trajectories for a generic dynamic system with inputs, we de ne and examine eight types of forward and backward reachability constructs. If the input is treated in a worst-case fashion, any forward or backward reach set or tube can be used for safety analysis, but if the input is treated in a best-case fashion only the backward reach tube always provid...

Posterior Decoding Methods for Optimization and Accuracy Control of Multiple Alignments

Forward-backward pursuit (FBP) algorithm is a novel two-stage greedy approach. However once its forward and backward steps were determined during iteration, it would make computing time increased and affected the reconstruction efficiency. This paper presents a algorithm called forward-backward pursuit algorithm based on weak selection (SWFBP) by introducing threshold strategy into FBP algorith...

Flood water in Lake Manapouri is released according to strictly formulated flood rules. B e Realtime Flood Assistant is an expert system which incorporates Lake Manapouri flood rules and the txperience of the control room operators at Transpower NZ Ltd. to assist them in the release of flood water. The expert system is being developed in Level5 Object. The program is mainly an event-driven syst...

The study asked whether readers infer the consequences of events described in stories. Forward and backward inferences were distinguished: only backward inferences contribute to the coherence of a message. The subjects read stories of 9 to 11 sentences and then answered eight questions. The time needed to answer forward inference questions was about the same as for questions paraphrasing the st...