A precise diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction is often difficult and requires invasive techniques to determine left ventricular volume, relaxation, and compliance properties. At this current point of time there is no single non-invasive index available to adequately reflect diastolic function, perhaps because of the numerous factors that can alter diastolic function. In most clinical settings, d...

It is a consensus that there exists learning barriers to become a skilled hacker. Hack forums are believed to be indispensable venues where to overcome these barriers. However, this belief has not been formally justified in academia. By studying post content, we find evidence of different posting behaviors in hack forums. One interesting result is that there are indeed some learning behaviors e...

Dans la suite des travaux du Pere Robert Beulay et de Nadira Khayyat qui firent connaitre l’œuvre cet auteur mystique syro-oriental VIIIe siecle, Matthias Binder (Universite Philipps Marburg) entreprend ici a nouveaux frais une nouvelle traduction commentee, proposee en allemand, deux œuvres majeures Jean Dalyatha : ses Lettres Homelies ou enseignement spirituel. Les ecrits ce maitre spirituali...

The annual conference of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is the premier U.S. gathering for artificial intelligence (AI) theoreticians and practitioners. On the commercial side, AAAI is the only event with a comprehensive exhibition that includes most significant U.S. vendors of AI products and services. In 1986 some 5100 people attended AAAI-a very good showing consi...

We’ve heard the phrases “trust science” and “believe time again over past few years. I don’t think they are helpful messages. We should understand data what it indicates to us. focus on our knowledge how best apply it. Using term science adds an abstraction. Unfortunately, for many, people ther...