We compare different language modeling approaches for Google’s telephone-based business finder, GOOG-411. Specifically we explore accuracy tradeoffs between an architecture using a single large national LM and one using many small models adapted for particular cities. Experimental evaluations show that both approaches lead to comparable overall accuracy, with differences in the distributions of...

To determine whether the fibrin-binding domains of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) can confer enhanced catalytic activity to single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (scuPA), we constructed, expressed, and characterized the kinetics of five recombinant tPA/scuPA hybrid molecules. The hybrid molecules are: 1) tPA3-50 (tPA finger)/scuPA138-411, 2) tPA177-256 (tPA kringle2)/scuPA140-41...

Two cultivars of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (Jing 411 and Lovrin 10) were used to investigate arsenate (As) uptake and distribution in plants grown in hydroponic culture and in the soil. Results showed that without As addition, Lovrin 10 had higher biomass than Jing 411 in the soil pot experiment; in the hydroponic experiment Lovrin 10 had similar root biomass to and lower shoot biomas...

Studies in mice and guinea pigs have shown that albumin is a new biomarker of organophosphorus toxicant (OP) and nerve agent exposure. Our goal was to determine whether OP-labeled albumin could be detected in the blood of humans exposed to OP. Blood from four OP-exposed patients was prepared for mass spectrometry analysis by digesting 0.010 ml of serum with pepsin and purifying the labeled albu...

1 Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Sytems, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan 2 Department of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Studies, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan 3 Current Address: VALWAY Technology Center, NEC Soft, Ltd.,1-18-6 Shinkiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-...