CR-COPEC: Causal Rationale of Corporate Performance Changes to Learn from Financial Reports

In this paper, we introduce CR-COPEC called Causal Rationale of Corporate Performance Changes from financial reports. This is a comprehensive large-scale domain-adaptation causal sentence dataset to detect financial performance changes of corporate. CR-COPEC contributes to two major achievements. First, it detects causal rationale from 10-K annual reports of the U.S. companies, which contain experts' causal analysis following accounting standards in a formal manner. This dataset can be widely used by both individual investors and analysts as material information resources for investing and decision making without tremendous effort to read through all the documents. Second, it carefully considers different characteristics which affect the financial performance of companies in twelve industries. As a result, CR-COPEC can distinguish causal sentences in various industries by taking unique narratives in each industry into consideration. We also provide an extensive analysis of how well CR-COPEC dataset is constructed and suited for classifying target sentences as causal ones with respect to industry characteristics. Our dataset and experimental codes are publicly available.Comment: Accepted in Findings of EMNLP 202

Documentos de arquitectura moderna: The Japan Architect, 1936-1966.

Cuando se refiere a la palabra ‘Arquitectura Moderna’, pensamos la arquitectura europea de siglo XX. Aunque literalmente la palabra no especifica ningún lugar. También los arquitectos asiáticos de la época producieron varias propuestas y obras interesantes, pasando un medio siglo muchos de ellas ya no estan reconocidas en Asia ni en su propio pais. Al saber estas obras, nos van a ayudar a integrar nuestro conocimiento sobre la arquitectura de la época y modernidad.. A traves de la revista ‘Sinkentiku’, cuyo titulo significa ‘arquitectura nueva’ en japonés, podríamos observar la arquitectura que había en Japon y los paises cercanos

Technology Prediction for Acquiring a Must-Have Mobile Device for Military Communication Infrastructure

The smartphone is a must-have mobile device for the military forces to accomplish critical missions and protect critical infrastructures. This paper explores the applicability of a technology prediction methodology to manage technological obsolescence while pursuing the acquisition of advanced commercial technology for military use. It reviews the Technology Forecasting using Data Envelopment Analysis (TFDEA) methodology and applies an author-written Stata program for smartphone technology forecasting using TFDEA. We analyzed smartphone launch data from 2005 to 2020 to predict the adoption of smartphone technology and discuss the pace of technological change. The study identifies that the market is undergoing reorganization as new smartphone models expand the market and increase their technical performance. The average rate of technological change, the efficiency change, and the technology change were 1.079, 1.004, and 1.011 each, respectively, which means that the technology progressed over the period. When dividing before and after 2017, technological change and efficiency change generally regressed except for Huawei, Xiaomi, and Oppo. This means that Chinese smartphones are expanding the global market in all directions and the technology is reaching maturity and market competition is accelerating

Rational design of Nb-based alloys for hydrogen separation: A first principles study

We have investigated the effect of alloying metal elements on hydrogen solubility and mechanical integrity of Nb-based alloys, Nb15M1 (where M = Ca–Zn, Ge), using first principles-based calculations. In general, the chemical interaction between the interstitial H and metal is weakened as the alloying element is changed from an early to a late transition metal, leading to lower H solubility and higher resistance to H embrittlement. This effect becomes more pronounced when a smaller alloying element is used due to stronger elastic interaction between interstitial H and metal atoms. These finding may provide scientific basis for rational design of Nb-based hydrogen separation membranes with tailored H solubility to effectively suppress H embrittlement while maintaining excellent hydrogen permeation rate

HONEST SIGNALS IN VIDEO CONFERENCING

We propose a novel system to analyze gestural and nonverbal cues of participants in video conferencing. These cues have previously been referred to as “honest signals” and are usually associated with the underlying cognitive state of the participants. The presented system analyzes a set of audio-visual, non-linguistic features in real time from the audio and video streams of two participants in a video conference. We show how these features can be used to compute indicators of the overall quality and type of conversation being held. The system also provides visual feedback to the participants, who then have the choice of modifying their conversational style in order to achieve the desired outcome of the video conference. Experiments on real-life data show that the system can predict the type of conversation with high accuracy using the non-linguistic signals only. Qualitative user studies highlight the positive effects of increased awareness amongst the participants about their own gestural and non-verbal cues. Index Terms — Non-verbal behavior, gesture analysis, video conference, honest signals

Evaluation of a rapid immunodiagnostic test kit for rabies virus

A rapid immunodiagnostic test kit for rabies virus detection was evaluated using 51 clinical samples and 4 isolates of rabies virus. The quick detection of rabies virus under field conditions may be helpful in determining if post-exposure prophylaxis is needed, thereby avoiding unnecessary treatments, as well as undue economic burden. There are several widely used diagnostic methods for rabies, including fluorescent antibody tests, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, and electron microscopy; however, these methods include time-consuming, intricate, and costly procedures. The rapid immunodiagnostic test was able to detect rabies virus in clinical samples, including brain tissue and saliva, in addition to 103.2 50% lethal dose (LD50)/mL cell-adapted rabies virus. The assay was not cross-reactive with non-rabies virus microbes. When the performance of the rapid immunodiagnostic test was compared to a fluorescent antibody test, the rapid immunodiagnostic test had a sensitivity of 91.7% and specificity of 100% (95.8% CI)

Quasi-High-Pressure Effects in Transition-Metal-Rich Dichalcogenide, Hf3Te2

High pressure offers an intriguing avenue for the change in physical and chemical properties of condensed matters such as superconductivity, structural phase transition, and catalytic activity. However, it is hard to achieve the high-pressure phases of elements and compounds in an ambient condition by chemical pressure due to the limitation in bonding length variation. Here, we report the quasi-high-pressure state of Hf cuboid confined between two-dimensional chalcogen layers in transition-metal-rich dichalcogenide of Hf3Te2, exhibiting the enhanced degree of localization and chemical potential for valence electrons compared to ambient Hf elements. The structural analysis reveals that Hf metals in Hf3Te2 form a local cuboid structure, in which the coordination for central Hf is identical to that of high-pressure body-centered-cubic Hf phase. Density functional theory calculations verify that the compressed cuboid in Hf3Te2 has a key role for an abnormal heat capacity beyond Dulong Petit limit and reduced work function, resulting from the intrinsic pressure induced s-d transfer in covalent electrons between Hf Hf bonding. This transition-metal-rich dichalcogenide can guide a route to realize a high-pressure element under ambient condition and offer an opportunity to explore a new layered two-dimensional material. © 2017 American Chemical Society