The purpose of this paper is to re-address the vision of human-computer symbiosis as originally expressed by J.C.R. Licklider nearly a half-century ago and to argue for the relevance of this vision to the field of cognitive informatics. We describe this vision, place it in some historical context relating to the evolution of human factors research, and observe that the field is now in the proce...

Article history: Received 16 January 2014 Accepted 20 September 2014 Available online 22 October 2014 Submitted by Y. Wei MSC: 15A18 15A57

The support vector machine (SVM) algorithm (Cortes and Vapnik, 1995) is probably the most widely used kernel learning algorithm. It achieves relatively robust pattern recognition performance using well-established concepts in optimization theory. Despite this mathematical classicism, the implementation of efficient SVM solvers has diverged from the classical methods of numerical optimization. T...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between neo-aortic root size, neo-aortic insufficiency (AI), and reintervention at mid-term follow-up. BACKGROUND Data on neo-aortic valve function and growth after the Ross procedure in children are limited. METHODS A total of 74 of 119 Ross patients from January 1995 to December 2003 had > or =2 follow-up echocardiogram...

Neonatal rats which had received a daily injection of 50 microgram of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) or 30 microgram of L-thyroxine (T 4) for 7 days beginning on the day of birth were compared as to the late effect of the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid axis with the neo saline control. Neo DNP rats and neo T 4 rats revealed the retardation of growth compared with neo saline rats. The plasma level of TS...

Paul Detrick The NEO PI-R is one of a group of closely-related objective assessment instruments (NEO Inventories) designed to measure the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality (Digman, 1990; McCrae & John, 1992). The FFM has received widespread acceptance as a valid descriptor of normal personality (Mount & Barrick, 1998), as well as an organizing framework for the prediction of job performanc...