For many collaborative ranking tasks, we have access to relative preferences among subsets of items, but not to global preferences among all items. To address this, we introduce a matrix factorization framework called Collaborative Local Ranking (CLR). We justify CLR by proving a bound on its generalization error, the first such bound for collaborative ranking that we know of. We then derive a ...

Construction land reduction (CLR) was implemented in China to improve the efficiency of construction use. CLR also limited development net areas CLR. By analyzing Task-Quota-Financial-Benefit flow CLR, this paper proposes three typical compensation schemes and uses multivariate probit model study residents’ selection behavior for these schemes. It is found that (1) order compensate losses cause...

A novel light-driven chloride-pumping rhodopsin (ClR) containing an 'NTQ motif' in its putative ion conduction pathway has been discovered and functionally characterized in a genomic analysis study of a marine bacterium. Here we report the crystal structure of ClR from the flavobacterium Nonlabens marinus S1-08(T) determined under two conditions at 2.0 and 1.56 Å resolutions. The structures rev...

NKR-P1B is a homodimeric type II transmembrane C-type lectinlike receptor that inhibits natural killer (NK) cell function upon interaction with its cognate C-type lectin-related ligand, Clr-b. The NKR-P1B:Clr-b interaction represents a major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I)-independent missing-self recognition system that monitors cellular Clr-b levels. We have generated NKR-P1B(B6)-d...

Identifying nutrients available in the environment and utilizing them in the most efficient manner is a challenge common to all organisms. The model filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa is capable of utilizing a variety of carbohydrates, from simple sugars to the complex carbohydrates found in plant cell walls. The zinc binuclear cluster transcription factor CLR-1 is necessary for utilization o...

Current best-match ranking (BMR) systems perform well but cannot handle word mismatch between a query and a document. The best known alternative ranking method, hierarchical clustering-based ranking (HCR), seems to be more robust than BMR with respect to this problem, but it is hampered by theoretical and practical limitations. We present an approach to document ranking that explicitly addresse...

Abstract To ensure sustainable forest management, the assessment and monitoring of soil compaction rutting are essential. Here, we used airborne light detection ranging‐derived digital terrain model (LiDAR‐derived DTM), available for Compiègne in northern France, to compute a spatial index rutting. Following an environmental systematic sampling design, selected 45 plots representative stand con...

We provide a complete mathematical model for the exception handling mechanism of the Common Language Runtime (CLR), the virtual machine underlying the interpretation of .NET programs. The goal is to use this rigorous model in the corresponding part of the still-to-be-developed soundness proof for the CLR bytecode verifier.