BACKGROUND Executive functions are linked to tobacco dependence and craving. In this cross-sectional study, we assessed the impact of three executive functions: updating, inhibition and shifting processes on tobacco craving and dependence. METHOD 134 tobacco consumers were included in this study: 81 moderately (Fagerström score <7) and 53 heavily dependent (Fagerström score >7). Dependence wa...

Navigation geo-database is the foundation and vital component of vehicle navigation system. Now almost geo-database is stored in hardware, such as CD, DVD. But, with the development of urban construction, road networks often change, as well as traffic rules. In order to reflect the changes of reality, direct the uses correctly and timely, it’s necessary to update geographic database on time. Th...

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. 66044. A method combining machine learning and regression analysis to automatically and intelligently update predictive models used in the Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT’s) internal management system is presented. The predictive models used by KDOT consist of planning factors (mathematical functions) and base qua...

In the present study, a two-step approach for damage prognosis in long trusses is suggested in which the first step deals with locating probable damages by wavelet transform (WT) and static deflection derived from modal data with the intention of declining the subsequent inverse problem variables. Then, in the second step, optimization based model updating method using Artificial Bee Colony (AB...

Evaluation and improvement of drug management process is essential for patient safety. The present study was performed whit the aim of assessing risk of drug management process in Women Surgery Department of QEH using HFMEA method in 2013. A mixed method was used to analys failure modes and their effects with HFMEA. To classify failure modes; nursing errors in clinical management model, for cla...

Evaluation and improvement of drug management process is essential for patient safety. The present study was performed whit the aim of assessing risk of drug management process in Women Surgery Department of QEH using HFMEA method in 2013. A mixed method was used to analys failure modes and their effects with HFMEA. To classify failure modes; nursing errors in clinical management model, for cla...

In this paper, we address the problem of computing the policy of an autonomous agent, taking human recommendations into account which could be appropriate for mixed initiative, or adjustable autonomy. For this purpose, we present Goal Biased Markov Decision Process (GBMDP) which assume two kinds of recommendation. The human recommends to the agent to avoid some situations (represented by undesi...

Understanding the dynamics of memory change is one of the current challenges facing cognitive neuroscience. Recent animal work on memory reconsolidation shows that memories can be altered long after acquisition. When reactivated, memories can be modified and require a restabilization (reconsolidation) process. We recently extended this finding to human episodic memory by showing that memory rea...

The macaque orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is essential for selecting goals based on current, updated values of expected reward outcomes. As monkeys consume a given type of reward to satiety, its value diminishes, and OFC damage impairs the ability to shift goal choices away from devalued outcomes. To examine the contributions of OFC's components to goal selection, we reversibly inactivated either ...

Ontologies, as reliable resources in decision making processes, need to be accurate and up-to-date. For this purpose, ontologies have to be maintained regularly. Manual updating is tedious and time consuming, therefore we propose an event-driven automated ontology updating approach. The Ontology Update Language (OUL) and our proposed extensions are inspired by the existing SQL-triggers mechanis...