Competition is fierce and often the first to act has an advantage, especially in environments where there are excess resources. However, expanding quickly to absorb excess resources creates requirements that might be unmet in future conditions of scarcity. Different patterns of scarcity call for different strategies. We define a model of interacting specialists (entities) to analyze which sizin...

Current corpus-based machine translation techniques do not work very well when given scarce linguistic resources. To examine the gap between human and machine translators, we created an experiment in which human beings were asked to translate an unknown language into English on the sole basis of a very small bilingual text. Participants performed quite well, and debriefings revealed a number of...

In this paper we introduce a generalization of the best basis wavelet packet method which selects a suboptimal best basis out of a restricted library of wavelet packet bases. For a given image this restricted library is generated by a 2D separable multiresolution analysis which discriminates branches of the resulting quadtree structured representation of the image according to a measure of ener...

abstract primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast is a very rare malignant tumor. there are not many cases reported in the english literature since it was first documented in 1983. reports on the imaging features, in particular the ultrasonographic features of this rare tumor are scarce. herein, we report a case of aggressive primary infiltrating neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast, ma...

● More than 1 in 5 architects was self-employed—about three times the proportion for all professional and related occupations. ● Licensing requirements include a professional degree in architecture, a period of practical training, and passing all divisions of the Architect Registration Examination. ● Architecture graduates may face competition, especially for jobs in the most prestigious firms;...