LAPSyD, the Lyon-Albuquerque Phonological Systems Database, is an online phonological database equipped with powerful query, mapping and visualization tools. It stems from the UPSID and WALS databases, enhanced with newly validated data not only covering segmental inventories but also syllable structures, stress and tonal systems. In its current version it covers around 700 languages and it is ...

In this investigation the denture retention was measured and the influence of denture -retention on ima'sticatory efficiency was examined. The investigation was iperf armed on 36 comiplete denture wearers. The test of masticatory efficiency wals used according to Ni'kšić (1965). The meaisuriinig of denture retention was made by specially constructed mechanical scale, which wa's designed so that...

Empirical growth research faces a high degree of model uncertainty. The current paper deals with the fundamental issue of parameter estimation under model uncertainty, and compares the performance of various model averaging techniques. In particular, it contrasts Bayesian model averaging (BMA) — currently one of the standard methods used in growth empirics — with a new method called weighted-av...

We propose that topic models can be used to represent the relationship among linguistic typological features. Typological features are typically analyzed in terms of universal implications. We argue that topic models can better capture some phenomena, such as universal tendencies, which are hard to be explained by implications. We conduct experiments to evaluate the predictive accuracy of our H...

eart pressure problems are encountered in retaining walls, bulkheads, sheeting and bracing in cuts,culverts, tunnels, and cofferdams. in many cases, the lateral pressure is determined by use of classical earth pressure theories, such as coulomb's, where the equilibrium conditions of a failure wedge of soil is considered. excessive dynamic lateral earth pressure on retaining structures resu...

Recent studies have shown the potential benefits of leveraging resources for resource-rich languages to build tools for similar, but resource-poor languages. We examine what constitutes “similarity” by comparing traditional phylogenetic language groups, which are motivated largely by genetic relationships, with language groupings formed by clustering methods using typological features only. Usi...

From Laval University, Quebec, QC (P.D.W., F.T.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (M.I.V.A.); British Columbia Ministry of Health, Victoria (S.-H.U.); Alberta Health and Wellness, Calgary (R.B.L., B.S.); the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg ( J.A.E.); Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (M.C.V.H.); the IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS (P.Z.); Health Science Centre, St. John’s, NL (M.C...

Meningococcal Disease (IMD-B) Incidence and Outcomes in the Province of Quebec, Canada Bruce Tapiero, MD; Léna Coic, MD; Philippe Ovetchkine, MD MSc; Philippe De Wals, MD, PHD; Jean Baptiste Le Meur, MSc; Adela Barbaros, MD; Brigitte Lefebvre, PhD; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, CHU Sainte-Justine – University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Laval University, Queb...

The current study evaluates the potential of merged satellite precipitation datasets (MSPDs) against rain gauges (RGs) and (SPDs) in monitoring meteorological drought over Pakistan during 2000–2015. MSPDs evaluated include Regional Weighted Average Least Square (RWALS), (WALS), Dynamic Clustered Bayesian model Averaging (DCBA), Model (DBMA) algorithms, while set SPDs is Global Precipitation Mea...