Application of the NEP technique provides a simple, rapid, non-invasive, and reliable test to detect tidal expiratory flow limitation; b) it does not require a body-box or cooperation on the patient’s part; c) it can be applied in any posture, during mechanical ventilation, and during exercise; d) it provides new insights into the physiology and pathophysiology of sev‐ eral diseases and the sym...

ln this article we describe mechanisms of radicalization relevant to understanding the origins or terrorism. We must immediately acknowledge that the idea of mechunistn IS somewhat different in different domains of social science, sometimes with conflict­ ing definitions used within a single discipline. 1,2 Here we use mechanism in the gen­ eral sense traditionally employed in Psychology: "the ...

In this paper we develop a Monte Carlo method for accurately obtaining p values for the function indexed statistics described in Kosorok and Lin Michael R Kosorok is Assistant Professor Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics Uni versity of Wisconsin Madison WI The author would like to thank Chin Yu Lin for sev eral insightful comments This research was funded by grant CA from the National ...

We examine Bayesian methods for learn­ ing Bayesian networks from a combination of prior knowledge and statistical data. In particular, we unify the approaches we pre­ sented at last year's conference for discrete and Gaussian domains. We derive a gen­ eral Bayesian scoring metric, appropriate for both domains. We then use this metric in combination with well-known statistical facts about the D...

In this paper we show how machine learning techniques for constructing and combining sev eral classi ers can be applied to improve the accuracy of an existing English POS tagger M arquez and Rodr guez Additionally the problem of data sparseness is also addressed by applying a technique of generating convex pseudo data Breiman Experimental re sults and a comparison to other state of the art tagg...

The kinetics of a detailed chemically reacting system can potentially be ®ery complex. Although the chemist may be interested in only a few species, the reaction model almost always in®ol®es a much larger number of species. Some of those species are radicals, which are ®ery reacti®e species and can be important intermediaries in the reaction scheme. A large number of elementary reactions can oc...

The noisy-or and its generalization noisy­ max have been utilized to reduce the com­ plexity of knowledge acquisition. In this pa­ per, we present a new representation of noisy­ max that allows for efficient inference in gen­ eral Bayesian networks. Empirical studies show that our method is capable of com­ puting queries in well-known large medical networks, QMR-DT and CPCS, for which no previo...

eral anti-inflammatory effects, including suppression of prostaglandin action, inhibition of p38 stress kinase signaling, and the subsequent production of proinflammatory cytokines and inhibition of NF-κB signaling. On the other hand, several investigational studies suggest that serum 25(OH)D (the early vitamin D metabolite) is inversely associated with the risk of different types of cancer. Fu...

The Generalized Estimating Equations GEE proposed by Liang and Zeger have found considerable attention in the last years and sev eral extensions have been proposed This paper will give a more intuitive description how GEE have been developed during the last years Addi tionally we will describe the advantages and disadvantages of the di erent parametrisations that have been proposed in the liter...

B.Bones and breast shadows: Inspect the bones for radiographic density, fractures, lytic lesions, or bony deformity. Eval¬ uate the breast shadows for gross asymmetry, evidence of prior surgery, and any gross calcification. C.Cardiac silhouette: Assess the cardiac silhouette for gen¬ eral size and contour. D.Diaphgram: Assess the diaphgram(s) with attention to the contour and costaphrenic angle...