Prior neuroimaging studies of discourse comprehension and strategic reading comprehension have shown that there are at least two networks of brain regions that support strategic discourse comprehension. In particular, strategic reading comprehension leads to activation of a domain-general control network as well as a network of regions supporting coherence-building comprehension processes. The ...

In this paper, object-oriented image analysis, on the basis of eCognition, is used to classify an IKONOS-2 image together with data derived from an aerial laser scanner. After the initial classification of different land cover types, a subset containing only buildings was integrated with zoning as well as population data. Zoning data was used to assign the classified buildings to different land...

On the basis of comprehensive analysis on connotation, assessment methods and index system of river health, combined with the national river health assessment pilot project, river health assessment system is improved by increasing indicators and correcting their weights. The weights of ecological health and functional health of each zone in the national ecological function zoning are revised. A...

Attention plays an essential role in the construction of the mental models necessary to make sense of ongoing events. In this article, we consider the implications of temporary inattention during reading for the construction and updating of the situation model during text comprehension. We examined how self-reported mind wandering during reading relates to the online construction of the situati...

Multi-car elevator systems consist of shafts with two or more independent cars operating in them. Due to their special characteristics, such as the need to avoid the interference among cars in the same shaft, conventional control methods cannot be implemented on them. Therefore it is necessary to develop group control methods for multi-car elevator systems able to perform an optimal floor call ...

Water supply surveillance generates data on the safety and adequacy of drinking water supply in order to contribute to the protection of human health. Most current models of water supply surveillance for urban areas come from developed countries and have significant shortcomings if directly applied elsewhere. There are differences not only in socio-economic conditions but also in the nature of ...

BACKGROUND Increasing evidence suggests that ultrafine particles (UFPs) may contribute to cardiorespiratory morbidity. We examined the relationship between near road UFPs and several traffic and built environment factors to identify predictors that may be used to estimate exposures in population-based studies. Black carbon (BC) was also examined. METHODS Data were collected on up to 6 occasio...

Identifying patterns and drivers of regional land use changes is crucial for supporting land management and planning. Doing so for mountain ecosystems in East Asia, such as the So-yang River Basin in South Korea, has until now been a challenge because of extreme social and ecological complexities. Applying the techniques of geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical modeling via multi...

Spectrum zoning is the problem faced by regulators: how to allocate different bands to different rules for radio operation. This problem has largely fallen through the cracks since to the extent that they even recognize the problem’s existence, traditional communities have viewed this as “somebody else’s problem.” Engineers/information-theorists assume that economists/lawyers will handle this a...

Handwritten Character Recognition (HCR) is one of the challenging processes. Automatic recognition of handwritten characters is a difficult task. In this paper, we have presented a scheme for offline handwritten Gurmukhi character recognition based on CNN classifier. The system first prepares a skeleton of the character, so that feature information about the character is extracted. CNN based ap...