Classifying publication venues into top-tier or non top-tier is quite subjective and can be debatable at times. In this paper, we propose ConfAssist, a novel assisting framework for conference categorization that aims to address the limitations in the existing systems and portals for venue classification. We start with the hypothesis that top-tier conferences are much more stable than other con...

BACKGROUND A potential concern with any serologic test to detect antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi is whether the epitopes incorporated in the test provide sufficient cross-reactivity to detect infection with all of the pathogenic strains of the species. This is a particular concern for the C6 test, which is based on reactivity to a single peptide. METHODS C6 testing and 2-tier testing were ...

We focus on network design problems in those networks which have two distinct sets or tiers of network nodes: hosts and infrastructure nodes. For instance, wireless mesh networks are often composed of the infrastructure nodes which relay the data between the client nodes. Similarly, the switches (infrastructure) in data center networks sit between the servers (hosts) to route the information fl...

INTRODUCTION The Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has been assisting providers to implement health information technology such as electronic health records (EHRs) since its founding in 2005. Currently, all practices affiliated with PCIP are offered technical support services in order to improve the use of the EHR. We studied th...

Database storage systems today are primarily based on two technologies: HDD (hard disk drive) and DRAM (dynamic random-access memory). It is increasingly difficult for these systems to deliver acceptable performance, due to fast expanding data volume, growing energy concern, and cost constraints. The emergence of flash memory has made cost-effective solutions possible. However, conventional sto...

Since their introduction, synthetic pyrethroid insecticides have generated regulatory concerns regarding their toxicity to fish and aquatic invertebrates. In this paper we assess the potential for risks to aquatic ecosystems in cotton-growing areas, focusing on cypermethrin as a suitable representative of the pyrethroid class and static water bodies (ponds and lakes) as worst-case water bodies ...

Current molecular cloning strategies generally lack inter-compatibility, are not strictly modular, or applicable to engineer multi-gene expression vectors for transient and stable integration. A standardized platform would advance research, example, by promoting exchange of between groups. Here, we present a versatile plasmid architecture mammalian synthetic biology, which designate VAMSyB, con...

The purpose of the PRACE RI is to provide a sustainable high-quality infrastructure for Europe that can meet the most demanding needs of European HPC user communities through the provision of user access to the most powerful HPC systems available worldwide at any given time. In tandem with access to Tier-0 systems, the PRACE-2IP project will foster the coordination between national HPC resource...

. This paper describes a tool designed to allow linguists to manipulate the prosody of an utterance via a symbolic representation in order to evaluate linguistic models. Prosody is manipulated via a Praat TextGrid which allows the user to modify the rhythm and melody. Rhythm is manipulated by factoring segmental duration into three components: (i) intrinsic duration determined by phonemic ident...

OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of diabetes on length of stay (LOS), functional status, and discharge setting in individuals with hip fracture. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This work included secondary analyses of 79,526 individuals from 915 rehabilitation facilities in the U.S. Patients were classified into three groups using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services comorbidity struc...