Song Literature III Class Recital, December 11, 1992

This is the concert program of the Song Literature III Class Recital performance on Friday, December 11, 1992 at 6:00 p.m. at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were The Lark by Mikhail Glinka, The Nursery by Modest Mussorgsky, A Dream by Sergey Rachmaninov, Harvest of Sorrow by S. Rachmaninov, 1. Within Four Walls, 2. In the Crowd, and 6. On the River by M. Mussorgsky, and Songs of Dances of Death by M. Mussorgsky. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Validity of common ultrasound methods of fetal weight estimation in late pregnancy among women in Kwale, Niger Delta region, Nigeria.

Background: Accuracy of some ultrasound equations used in our locality for fetal weight estimation is doubtful.Objective: To assess the accuracy of common ultrasound equations used for fetal weight estimation.Subjects and Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted on selected Nigerian obstetric population at Central Hospital, Kwale between March, 2009 and January, 2011. Sonography was performed on 412 women with advanced singleton cyesis and measurements of BPD, HC, AC, and FL were obtained and figured into 12 common ultrasound equations for the estimation of fetal weight. The actual birth weight at delivery was recorded.Results: The highest intraclass correlation coefficient was generated by the Hadlock 5 and Hsieh 2 equations. The least mean absolute percent error was obtained with Hsieh 2 equation, followed by Woo 3, and Hadlock 5. These equations also had the least percentage error and the least range of limits of agreement in the same order with no significant difference between their mean fetal weight estimates and that of the actual birth weight (p > 0.05). All twelve equations had strong positive correlation with the actual birth weight with Nzeh 2 equation the least.Conclusion: Hsieh 2 equation has the best accuracy in fetal weight estimation studied.Key Words: Validation; Fetal Weight; Sonography; Advanced Cyesis; Nigerian Populatio

An Analysis of Assertive Speech Act Used by Dr. Jun Chen Hsieh in English Interpretation for Tour Guide Virtual Exchange Course at Asia University

This study aims to analyze assertive speech acts used by Dr. Jun Chen Hsieh during the teaching and learning process of exchange students. This study uses the theory of Searle and Vanderveken (1985:182-192) which explains the types of assertive speech acts. Qualitative descriptive is the method used in conducting this research, with data analysis techniques. The aims of this research are 1) to identify the dominant types of assertive speech acts used by Dr. Jun Chen Hsieh 2) To find out what the intended meaning is found in Dr. Jun Chen Hsieh. The findings show that there are 12 types and 153 utterances. Stating 60 times (39.21%), asserting 23 times (15.03%), reporting 22 times (14.37%), suggesting (9.80%), claiming 8 times (5.22%), concluding 7 times (4.57%), assuring 5 times (3.26%), confessing 5 times (3.26%), praising 4 times (2.61%), guessing 2 times (1.30 %). %), criticizing 1 time (0.65%), reminding 1 time (0.65%). Stating is the most dominant used by Dr. Jun Chen Hsieh during the teaching and learning process, stating can be the core of source information especially for the unfamiliar course and out of major course in the class. Stating be a way to intercultural students to get more information because it is possible to convey information clearly and effectively because it acts as a provider of information and explanations to students so that the use of stating can help students to enrich their knowledge as well as understand the message conveyed easily and does not lead to wrong interpretations. Then, the intended meaning found in these utterances is about grading policies, technical issues and roll call codes. This intended meaning funstions as take action behind the utterance, which is  students should concern and comprehent to do something behind the utterance. Keywords: Pragmatics, Speech Acts, Assertiv

Using Discrete Event Simulation to Examine Marine Training at the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School

Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference S. G. Henderson, B. Biller, M.-H. Hsieh, J. Shortle, J. D. Tew, and R. R. Barton, eds.This paper presents a discrete-event simulation model used to explore various possibilities for improving the training continuum at the Marine Corps Communication- Electronics School. The goal of the analysis is to reduce the average waiting time experienced by Marines as they wait for their formal training to commence. Results show that the implementation of even the least beneficial of these improvements yields a 37 percent reduction in waiting time. The best single change yields an 82 percent reduction. This translates into a 30 day reduction in average waiting time per Marine. If all improvements were implemented, a reduction of 88 percent could be achieved, bringing the average waiting time per Marine down to less than 5 days

Different distance measures for fuzzy linear regression with Monte Carlo methods

The aim of this study was to determine the best distance measure for estimating the fuzzy linear regression model parameters with Monte Carlo (MC) methods. It is pointed out that only one distance measure is used for fuzzy linear regression with MC methods within the literature. Therefore, three different definitions of distance measure between two fuzzy numbers are introduced. Estimation accuracies of existing and proposed distance measures are explored with the simulation study. Distance measures are compared to each other in terms of estimation accuracy; hence this study demonstrates that the best distance measures to estimate fuzzy linear regression model parameters with MC methods are the distance measures defined by Kaufmann and Gupta (Introduction to fuzzy arithmetic theory and applications. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991), Heilpern-2 (Fuzzy Sets Syst 91(2):259–268, 1997) and Chen and Hsieh (Aust J Intell Inf Process Syst 6(4):217–229, 2000). One the other hand, the worst distance measure is the distance measure used by Abdalla and Buckley (Soft Comput 11:991–996, 2007; Soft Comput 12:463–468, 2008). These results would be useful to enrich the studies that have already focused on fuzzy linear regression models

Courage Above All Things: General John Ellis Wool and the U.S. Military, 1812-1863

Reviewer Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh writes that Harwood P. Hinton’s and Jerry Thompson’s Courage Above All Things: General John Ellis Wool and the U.S. Military, 1812-1863 “embraces multiple strands in the larger literature on the Old Army,” because the general’s career spanned such a long chronology in which important developments in the U.S. Army’s professionalization were made

Sociologijos skruzdėlynai ir jų etnomirmekologija

Review: Burawoy, Michael, Mau-kuei Chang, and Mchelle Fei-yu Hsieh (eds.). 2009. Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for a Global Sociology. Taipei: Academia Sinica.Recenzija: Burawoy, Michael, Mau-kuei Chang, and Mchelle Fei-yu Hsieh (eds.). 2009. Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for a Global Sociology. Taipei: Academia Sinica

48-year-old with Coronavirus Disease 2019

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old male who presented with signs and symptoms suggestive of an upper respiratory infection was seen at an urgent care, he had a negative chest radiograph and was discharged. With no other cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the state, the patient presented to the emergency department two days later with worsening shortness of breath.Discussion: There are a variety of findings on both chest radiograph and computed tomography of the chest that suggests COVID-19