Document generality: its computation for ranking

The increased variety of information makes it critical to retrieve documents which are not only relevant but also broad enough to cover as many different aspects of a certain topic as possible. The increased variety of users also makes it critical to retrieve documents that are jargon free and easy-to-understand rather than the specific technical materials. In this paper, we propose a new concept namely document generality computation. Generality of document is of fundamental importance to information retrieval. Document generality is the state or quality of docu- ment being general. We compute document general- ity based on a domain-ontology method that analyzes scope and semantic cohesion of concepts appeared in the text. For test purposes, our proposed approach is then applied to improving the performance of doc- ument ranking in bio-medical information retrieval. The retrieved documents are re-ranked by a combined score of similarity and the closeness of documents’ generality to that of a query. The experiments have shown that our method can work on a large scale bio-medical text corpus OHSUMED (Hersh, Buckley, Leone & Hickam 1994), which is a subset of MEDLINE collection containing of 348,566 medical journal references and 101 test queries, with an encouraging performance

Development and construction of China

Libraries in China's higher education institutions have been developing in keeping pace with the flourishing development of China's higher education. This article aims to make an introduction to the construction of China's higher education libraries, especially the recent three decades' achievements since China's reform and opening-up in 1978. In this article, the authors draw a general picture of the development of libraries in China's higher education institutions, covering such eight aspects as management, types and positioning, organizational structure and personnel, expenditure and buildings, reader service, building and sharing of resources as well as automation system.</p

The Oblique Corrections from Heavy Scalars in Irreducible Representations

The contributions to $S$, $T$, and $U$ from heavy scalars in any irreducible representation of the electroweak gauge group $SU(2)_L\times U(1)_Y$ are obtained. We find that in the case of a heavy scalar doublet there is a slight difference between the $S$ parameter we have obtained and that in previous works.Comment: 6 pages, 2 axodraw figures; minor changes, references update

Anomalous pressure behavior of tangential modes in single-wall carbon nanotubes

Using the molecular dynamics simulations and the force constant model we have studied the Raman-active tangential modes (TMs) of a (10, 0) single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) under hydrostatic pressure. With increasing pressure, the atomic motions in the three TMs present obvious diversities. The pressure derivative of E1g, A1g, and E2g mode frequency shows an increased value (), a constant value (), and a negative value () above 5.3 GPa, respectively. The intrinsic characteristics of TMs consumedly help to understand the essence of the experimental T band of CNT. The anomalous pressure behavior of the TMs frequencies may be originated from the tube symmetry alteration from D10h to D2h then to C2h.Comment: 15 pages, 3 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev.

Ask more, know better: Reinforce-Learned Prompt Questions for Decision Making with Large Language Models

Large language models (LLMs) demonstrate their promise in tackling complicated practical challenges by combining action-based policies with chain of thought (CoT) reasoning. Having high-quality prompts on hand, however, is vital to the framework's effectiveness. Currently, these prompts are handcrafted utilizing extensive human labor, resulting in CoT policies that frequently fail to generalize. Human intervention is also required in order to develop grounding functions that ensure low-level controllers appropriately process CoT reasoning. In this paper, we take the first step towards a fully integrated end-to-end framework for task-solving in real settings employing complicated reasoning. To that purpose, we offer a new leader-follower bilevel framework capable of learning to ask relevant questions (prompts) and subsequently undertaking reasoning to guide the learning of actions to be performed in an environment. A good prompt should make introspective revisions based on historical findings, leading the CoT to consider the anticipated goals. A prompt-generator policy has its own aim in our system, allowing it to adapt to the action policy and automatically root the CoT process towards outputs that lead to decisive, high-performing actions. Meanwhile, the action policy is learning how to use the CoT outputs to take specific actions. Our empirical data reveal that our system outperforms leading methods in agent learning benchmarks such as Overcooked and FourRoom

Clinical Study on Local Application of Lidocaine in Reducing the Rate of Maternal Perineal Incision

Objective: To carry out feasibility study and determine the effect of local lidocaine in reducing the rate of maternal perineal incision. Method: A retrospective study of our hospital in January 2010 January 2012, with 80 cases of local application of lidocaine after perineal side cut lying in women and in the same period were randomly selected and 100 cases of conventional guild shade side cut of mother’s surgery as control group. Results: There was no difference between the weight of the newborn and the experimental group at the time of birth. The use of local lidocaine can reduce the rate of maternal perineal incision. Besides, in experimental group it show reduce in maternal postpartum hemorrhage and incision infection, with not increase the incidence of neonatal asphyxia. Conclusion: The use of local lidocaine in reduce the rate of maternal perineal incision is a simple, safe and reliable method to reduce the pain during delivery

Bis{2-[bis­(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl-κN 2)meth­yl]pyridine-κN}cobalt(II) dinitrate

The central CoII ion in the title complex, [Co(C16H19N5)2](NO3)2, is located on a twofold rotation axis and has a slightly distorted octa­hedral coordination sphere. It is bonded to six N atoms from two 2-[bis­(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)meth­yl]pyridine ligands. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by weak C—H⋯O inter­actions

Bis[3-(meth­oxy­carbon­yl)anilinium] hexa­chloridostannate(IV)

In the title compound, (NH3C6H4CO2CH3)2[SnCl6], the anions are situated on inversion centers so the asymmetric unit contains one cation and one half-anion. In the crystal, inter­molecular N—H⋯Cl and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the cations and anions into layers parallel to the ac plane. The crystal packing exhibits voids of 37 Å3

LES/FGM investigation of ignition and flame structure in a gasoline partially premixed combustion engine

This paper presents a joint numerical and experimental study of the ignition process and flame structures in a gasoline partially premixed combustion (PPC) engine. The numerical simulation is based on a five-dimension Flamelet-Generated Manifold (5D-FGM) tabulation approach and large eddy simulation (LES). The spray and combustion process in an optical PPC engine fueled with a primary reference fuel (70% iso-octane, 30% n-heptane by volume) are investigated using the combustion model along with laser diagnostic experiments. Different combustion modes, as well as the dominant chemical species and elementary reactions involved in the PPC engines, are identified and visualized using Chemical Explosive Mode Analysis (CEMA). The results from the LES-FGM model agree well with the experiments regarding the onset of ignition, peak heat release rate and in-cylinder pressure. The LES-FGM model performs even better than a finite-rate chemistry model that integrates the full-set of chemical kinetic mechanism in the simulation, given that the FGM model is computationally more efficient. The results show that the ignition mode plays a dominant role in the entire combustion process. The diffusion flame mode is identified in a thin layer between the ultra fuel-lean unburned mixture and the hot burned gas region that contains combustion intermediates such as CO. The diffusion flame mode contributes to a maximum of 27% of the total heat release in the later stage of combustion, and it becomes vital for the oxidation of relatively fuel-lean mixtures