Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) process input text sequentially and model the conditional transition between word tokens. In contrast, the advantages of recursive networks include that they explicitly model the compositionality and the recursive structure of natural language. However, the current recursive architecture is limited by its dependence on syntactic tree. In this paper, we introduce...

The concept of interchangeability characterizes the possibilities for making local changes to CSP solutions. Often, interchangeability is only partial and also requires changing values assigned to other variables, called the dependent set. As partial interchangeability (PI) can only be computed by solving the whole problem, it needs to be approximated. We introduce the new concept of neighborho...

The effect of blocking delta opioid receptors on alcohol aversion was examined in female alcohol-preferring (P) rats using a conditioned taste aversion (CTA) paradigm. In experiment 1, alcohol naive P rats were given i.p injections of 0.5, 1.0 or 1.5 g alcohol/kg BW or saline, paired with consumption of a banana-flavored solution during 5 conditioning trials. Alcohol in a dose of 0.5 g/kg was n...

BACKGROUND Epistaxis is the most common complication encountered during nasotracheal intubation (NTI) in children. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of prophylactic intranasal admixture of xylometazoline and local anaesthetic gel in reducing epistaxis after NTI in children. METHODS Children presenting for dental procedures requiring NTI were randomly allocated into two groups: Gr...

Three methods for estimating free thyroxine (FT4) in serum were studied: equilibrium dialysis, the SPAC-ET FT4 radioimmunoassay kit, and the Amerlite MAB FT4 luminometric assay. Serum samples from 10 subjects with above-normal thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG), 6 with low TBG, 30 with familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia (FDH), 13 with nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) concentrations in seru...

BACKGROUND The GlideScope videolaryngoscope (GSVL) has been shown to have no special advantage over the Macintosh direct laryngoscope (MDL) in attenuating the circulatory responses to orotracheal intubation, but no study has compared the circulatory responses to nasotracheal intubation (NTI) using the two devices. This prospective randomized clinical study was designed to determine whether ther...

Percutaneous needle biopsy 1-4 under image guidance have been increasingly used in the diagnostic work-up of focal hepatic lesions. In addition, percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT) 5 and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) 6 are useful in managing hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC). A liver mass with an elevated serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) does not automatically indicate HCC. Moreover, AFP is an...

BACKGROUND Airway management is a key component of prehospital care for seriously ill and injured patients. Although endotracheal intubation has been a commonly performed prehospital procedure for nearly three decades, the safety and efficacy profile of prehospital intubation has been challenged in the last decade. Reported intubation success rates vary widely, and established benchmarks are la...