This paper reports recent advances in automatic speech summarization method. In our proposed method, a set of words maximizing a summarization score is extracted from automatically transcribed speech. This extraction is performed according to a target compression ratio using a dynamic programming technique. The extracted set of words is then connected to build a summarized sentence. The summari...

Most of the population of Nigeria is rural and agriculture is the mainstay of the impoverished people’s livelihood. This paper estimated the determinants of rural poverty in Nigeria using the Tobit regression model. Through the multistage sampling technique, primary data were obtained from 150 rural farming households using a questionnaire. The Result of Tobit regression analysis shows that inc...

The world is becoming older, and aging in the developing countries of ASEAN region unfolding faster than most developed United States Europe. This paper examined effectiveness old age income security programs mandated selected countries. These sought to address problem encourage government promote labor force's efficiency increase force productivity. Furthermore, study effect old-age dependency...

PURPOSE To study the association between blood pressure (BP) SBP, DBP, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) and clinical outcome in acute hemorrhagic stroke patients in the Chinese population. METHODS 1,760 hemorrhagic stroke patients admitted to six hospitals from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005 were included in the study. BP and other variables were collected within the...

The current study focuses on the characteristics of older people with intellectual disabilities with the lowest frailty levels. Frailty is an increased risk of adverse health outcomes and dependency. Older adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) show more signs of early frailty than the general population. Knowledge of the least frail group characteristics may provide insight into possibilit...

High blood pressure (BP) is common in acute stroke and might be associated with a poor outcome, although observational studies have given varying results. In a systematic review, articles were sought that reported both admission BP and outcome (death, death or dependency, death or deterioration, stroke recurrence, and hematoma expansion) in acute stroke. Data were analyzed by the Cochrane Revie...

Victor and colleagues recently analyzed rear-end crash and near-crash data from the Strategic Highway Research Program Phase 2 naturalistic driving study. They measured the last off-path glance duration just before a crash, and the closure rate (the change in looming rate during the last glance). They concluded that the predominant cause of rear-end crashes was a “mismatch”– a short glance with...