Recent research on model interpretability in natural language processing extensively uses feature scoring methods for identifying which parts of the input are most important a to make prediction (i.e. explanation or rationale). However, previous has shown that there is no clear best method across various text classification tasks while practitioners typically have several other ad-hoc choices r...

Homeostasis posits that physiological systems compensate setpoint deviations in an attempt to maintain a state of internal constancy. Allostasis, on the other hand, suggests that physiological regulation is more appropriately described by predictive modulatory actions that, by adjusting setpoints, anticipate and react to changes in internal and external demand. In other words, "maintaining stab...

Every day, thousands of polls, surveys, and rating scales are employed to elicit the attitudes of humankind. Given the ubiquitous use of these instruments, it seems we ought to have firm answers to what is measured by them, but unfortunately we do not. To help remedy this situation, we present a novel approach to investigate the nature of attitudes. We created a self-transforming paper survey o...

In the empirical and theoretical literature a consumer’s utility function is often assumed to be quasilinear. In this paper we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for testing if the consumer acts as if she is maximizing a quasilinear utility function over her budget set. If the consumer’s choices are inconsistent with maximizing a quasilinear utility function over her budget set, then w...

The recent discovery of trimetallic deltahedral Zintl ions based on Sn, Ge, and Bi revealed the possibility to obtain such clusters with a variety of different Sn/Ge/Bi ratios. Although only the dimer [(BiSn(6)Ge(2))-(Ge(2)Sn(6)Bi)](4-) was structurally characterized, a number of other nine-atom clusters with various stoichiometries were detected by electrospray mass spectrometry. The lack of s...

A suspension of particles below 100 nm in size, usually termed as nanofluid, often shows a notable enhancement in thermal conductivity, when measured by the transient hot-wire method. In contrast, when the conductivity of the same nanofluid is measured by the laser flash method, the enhancement reported is about one order of magnitude lower. This difference has been quantitatively resolved for ...

This paper proposes a framework for benchmarking European co-operative banks and the rationalization of their operational activities. The analysis is based on the Luenberger productivity indicator. A key advantage of this method is that it allows for both input contraction and output expansion in determining relative efficiencies and productivity changes. Benchmarks are provided for improving t...