Language Modeling by Clustering with Word Embeddings for Text Readability Assessment

We present a clustering-based language model using word embeddings for text readability prediction. Presumably, an Euclidean semantic space hypothesis holds true for word embeddings whose training is done by observing word co-occurrences. We argue that clustering with word embeddings in the metric space should yield feature representations in a higher semantic space appropriate for text regression. Also, by representing features in terms of histograms, our approach can naturally address documents of varying lengths. An empirical evaluation using the Common Core Standards corpus reveals that the features formed on our clustering-based language model significantly improve the previously known results for the same corpus in readability prediction. We also evaluate the task of sentence matching based on semantic relatedness using the Wiki-SimpleWiki corpus and find that our features lead to superior matching performance

Can Performance of Indigenous Factors Influence Growth and Globalisation?"

This paper employs a total of thirty four openness factors and indigenous factors to construct two indicators for 62 world economies for the period 1998-2002. While most globalization studies concentrated on openness factors, regression estimates and simulation studies show that sound performance in indigenous factors are crucial to an economy’s growth and globalization. Empirical evidence shows that an optimal performance in indigenous factors can be identified, and that successful globalized economies are equipped with strong performance in their indigenous factors.Globalization; indigenous factors; openess; world economies

Specific Heat Exponent for the 3-d Ising Model from a 24-th Order High Temperature Series

We compute high temperature expansions of the 3-d Ising model using a recursive transfer-matrix algorithm and extend the expansion of the free energy to 24th order. Using ID-Pade and ratio methods, we extract the critical exponent of the specific heat to be alpha=0.104(4).Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX with 5 eps-figures using epsf.sty, IASSNS-93/83 and WUB-93-4

On fundamental domains and volumes of hyperbolic Coxeter-Weyl groups

We present a simple method for determining the shape of fundamental domains of generalized modular groups related to Weyl groups of hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebras. These domains are given as subsets of certain generalized upper half planes, on which the Weyl groups act via generalized modular transformations. Our construction only requires the Cartan matrix of the underlying finite-dimensional Lie algebra and the associated Coxeter labels as input information. We present a simple formula for determining the volume of these fundamental domains. This allows us to re-produce in a simple manner the known values for these volumes previously obtained by other methods.Comment: v2: to be published in Lett Math Phys (reference added, typo corrected

ANALISIS PELAKSANAAN PENGADAAN BARANG DAN JASA SECARA ELEKTRONIK (E-PROCUREMENT) DI LPSE KABUPATEN MINAHASA TENGGARA

ABSTRAK Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh Belanja Konstruksi, Belanja Konsultasi dan Belanja Barang terhadap Belanja Langsung di Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah Kabupaten (SKPD) Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara tahun 2014-2018. Metode analisis data yang akan digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah model regresi data panel. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa : (1) Secara parsial Belanja Konstruksi berpengaruh terhadap Belanja Langsung di Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah Kabupaten (SKPD) Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara tahun 2014-2018, (2) Secara parsial Belanja Konsultansi berpengaruh terhadap Belanja Langsung di Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah Kabupaten (SKPD) Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara tahun 2014-2018, (3) Secara parsial Belanja Barang tidak berpengaruh terhadap Belanja Langsung di Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah Kabupaten (SKPD) Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara tahun 2014-2018 dan (4) Secara simultan Belanja Konstruksi, Belanja Konsultansi dan Belanja Barang berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Belanja Langsung di Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah Kabupaten (SKPD) Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara tahun 2014-2018 Kata kunci : belanja konstruksi, belanja konsultansi, belanja barang, belanja langsung ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Construction Shopping,  Consultation Shopping and Goods Expenditures Shopping on Direct Shopping in the Southeast Minahasa District Work Unit (SKPD) in 2014-2018. The data analysis method that will be used in this study is the panel data regression model. The results of the study show that: (1) Partially Construction Shopping influences Direct Expenditures in the Regional Ministries Work Unit (SKPD) of Southeast Minahasa Regency in 2014-2018, (2) Partially Consultants Shopping influences Direct Expenditures in the Regional Work Units (SKPD) ) Southeast Minahasa Regency in 2014-2018, (3) Partially the Goods Shopping do not influence Direct Expenditure in the Regional Ministries Work Unit (SKPD) of Southeast Minahasa Regency in 2014-2018 and (4) Simultaneously Construction Shopping, Consultancy Shopping and Goods Shopping have a significant effect on Direct Expenditure in the Southeast Minahasa Regency 2014-2018 Regional Ministries Work Unit (SKPD) Keywords : construction shopping, consulting shopping, goods expenditures shopping, capital expenditur

The insulin-like growth factor-I receptor stimulating activity (IRSA) in health and disease

Determination of true IGF-I bioactivity in serum and other biological fluids is still a substantial challenge. The IGF-IR Kinase Receptor Activation assay (IGF-IR KIRA assay) is a novel tool to asses IGF-IR stimulating activity (IRSA) and has opened a new era in studying the IGF system. In this paper we discuss many studies showing that measuring IRSA by the IGF-IR KIRA assay often provides fundamentally different information about the IGF system than the commonly used total IGF-I immunoassays. With the IGF-IR KIRA assay phosphorylation of tyrosine residues of the IGF-IR is used as read out to quantify IRSA in unknown (serum) samples. The IGF-IR KIRA assay gives information about net overall effects of circulating IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBPs and IGFBP-proteases on IGF-IR activation and seems especially superior to immunoreactive total IGF-I in monitoring therapeutic interventions. Although the IRSA as measured by the IGF-IR KIRA assay probably more closely reflects true bioactive IGF-I than measurements of total IGF-I in serum, the IGF-IR KIRA assay in its current form does not give information about all the post-receptor intracellular events mediated by the IGF-IR. Interestingly, in several conditions in health and disease IRSA measured by the IGF-IR KIRA assay is considerably higher in interstitial fluid and ascites than in serum. This suggests that both the paracrine (local) and endocrine (circulating) IRSA should be measured to get a complete picture about the role of the IGF system in health and disease

Does d-cycloserine facilitate the effects of homework compliance on social anxiety symptom reduction?

BACKGROUND: Prior studies examining the effect of d-cycloserine (DCS) on homework compliance and outcome in cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) have yielded mixed results. The aim of this study was to investigate whether DCS facilitates the effects of homework compliance on symptom reduction in a large-scale study for social anxiety disorder (SAD). METHODS: 169 participants with generalized SAD received DCS or pill placebo during 12-session exposure-based group CBT. Improvements in social anxiety were assessed by independent raters at each session using the Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS). RESULTS: Controlling for LSAS at the previous session, and irrespective of treatment condition, greater homework compliance in the week prior related to lower LSAS at the next session. However, DCS did not moderate the effect of homework compliance and LSAS, LSAS on homework compliance, or the overall augmenting effect of DCS on homework compliance. Furthermore, LSAS levels were not predictive of homework compliance in the following week. CONCLUSION: The findings support the general benefits of homework compliance on outcome, but not a DCS-augmenting effect. The comparably small number of DCS-enhanced sessions in this study could be one reason for the failure to find a facilitating effect of DCS

Multi-level automated sub-zoning of water distribution systems

Water distribution systems (WDS) are complex pipe networks with looped and branching topologies that often comprise of thousands of links and nodes. This work presents a generic framework for improved analysis and management of WDS by partitioning the system into smaller (almost) independent sub-systems with balanced loads and minimal number of interconnections. This paper compares the performance of three classes of unsupervised learning algorithms from graph theory for practical sub-zoning of WDS: (1) Graph clustering – a bottom-up algorithm for clustering n objects with respect to a similarity function, (2) Community structure – a bottom-up algorithm based on network modularity property, which is a measure of the quality of network partition to clusters versus randomly generated graph with respect to the same nodal degree, and (3) Graph partitioning – a flat partitioning algorithm for dividing a network with n nodes into k clusters, such that the total weight of edges crossing between clusters is minimized and the loads of all the clusters are balanced. The algorithms are adapted to WDS to provide a decision support tool for water utilities. The proposed methods are applied and results are demonstrated for a large-scale water distribution system serving heavily populated areas in Singapore

Don't Believe The Hype!:White Lies of Conversational User Interface Creation Tools

The 2nd International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI 2020), Bilbao, Spain, 23-24 July 2020Following the initial hype and high expectations of conversational user interfaces (CUIs), a number of creation tools have emerged to simplify development of these complex systems. These have the potential to democratise and expand application development to those without programming skills. However, while such tools allow end-user developers to build language understanding and dialog management capability into a CUI application, actually fulfilling or executing an action still requires programmatic API integration. In this paper, we look at how CUI builders that claim to be ``no code required'' struggle to yield more than toy examples, with an aim to provoke the community to develop better tools for CUI creation.Trinity College Dublin (TCD

Michael Farrell Email on ideas to measure the success of aiding the credit markets

Email sent to Robert Steel recalling points from their meeting and includes ideas regarding aide to the credit markets