The new frontier of computer assisted translation technology is the effective integration of statistical MT within the translation workflow. In this respect, the SMT ability of incrementally learning from the translations produced by users plays a central role. A still open problem is the evaluation of SMT systems that evolve over time. In this paper, we propose a new metric for assessing the q...

Fifty-nine patients with ureteric obstruction were divided into 2 groups, determined by the severity of the insult received by the affected kidney. In each renogram the slope of the second phase of the curve of the affected kidney was expressed as a percentage of that of the normal kidney, and termed the 'function index'. The transit time for the affected kidney was expressed as a multiple of t...

This paper presents a method for the quantification of cellular rejection in endomyocardial biopsies of patients submitted to heart transplant. The model is based on automatic multilevel thresholding, which employs histogram quantification techniques, histogram slope percentage analysis and the calculation of maximum entropy. The structures were quantified with the aid of the multi-scale fracta...

The hypothesis is discussed that dissociable complexes are formed between elements of a test complement (C') and the reagent used to titrate it for a particular component. Calculations are presented which demonstrate that such complex formation may give considerable changes in slopes of percentage hemolysis-log dose regression lines obtained with mixtures of C' and reagent. It is shown that mar...

introduction soil is one of the most valuable national resources that can be wasted by erosion phenomenon. therefore, prevention of soil erosion is universally considered. erosion is a process by which soil particles are separated from their original context and can be moved to another location. rill erosion is a kind of water erosion in which detachment and movement of soil particles can be af...

Forty crossbred sows were used in 10 blocks to determine the effects of farrowing pen type and degree of slope on sow-litter performance and behavior. The two pen types were a farrowing pen (2.15 m sow area plus 2.15 x 3 5 m creep area) and a farrowing crate (1.5 x 2.15 m). The two slopes evaluated were level (0% slope) and 8% slope. To collect behavioral data, a sample of litters was videotape...