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Energy barriers in spin glasses
For an Ising spin glass on a hierarchical lattice, we show that the energy
barrier to be overcome during the flip of a domain of size L scales as L to the
power d-1 for all dimensions d. We do this by investigating appropriate lower
bounds to the barrier energy, which can be evaluated using an algorithm that
remains fast for large system sizes and dimensions. The asymptotic limit of
infinite dimensions is evaluated analytically.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Learning Features that Predict Cue Usage
Our goal is to identify the features that predict the occurrence and
placement of discourse cues in tutorial explanations in order to aid in the
automatic generation of explanations. Previous attempts to devise rules for
text generation were based on intuition or small numbers of constructed
examples. We apply a machine learning program, C4.5, to induce decision trees
for cue occurrence and placement from a corpus of data coded for a variety of
features previously thought to affect cue usage. Our experiments enable us to
identify the features with most predictive power, and show that machine
learning can be used to induce decision trees useful for text generation.Comment: 10 pages, 2 Postscript figures, uses aclap.sty, psfig.te
Chronological Catalog of Reported Lunar Events
Chronological catalog of reported lunar events or temperature changes on moon recorded between 1540 and 1967
The Link Overlap and Finite Size Effects for the 3D Ising Spin Glass
We study the link overlap between two replicas of an Ising spin glass in
three dimensions using the Migdal-Kadanoff approximation and scaling arguments
based on the droplet picture. For moderate system sizes, the distribution of
the link overlap shows the asymmetric shape and large sample-to-sample
variations found in Monte Carlo simulations and usually attributed to replica
symmetry breaking. However, the scaling of the width of the distribution, and
the link overlap in the presence of a weak coupling between the two replicas
are in agreement with the droplet picture. We also discuss why it is impossible
to see the asymptotic droplet-like behaviour for moderate system sizes and
temperatures not too far below the critical temperature.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figure
Factors Associated with Underachievement in Eighth-Grade Children
This study investigated characteristics of underachieving adolescents. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS; Hieronymous, et al., 1990) and grade point averages provided the basis for selection of 83 eighth grade students into achiever and underachiever groups. Results indicated that underachievement was significantly related to males, number of absences, and number of discipline referrals, but not to race and notice of special education records. Overall self-esteem, as measured by the Self-Esteem Index (SEI; Brown & Alexander, 1991), and the subscale measure of perceptions of weak academic competence were positively related to level of underachievement/overachievement. Composite measure of behavioral/emotional problems, as measured by the Youth Self-Report (YSR; Achenbach, 1991) and the subscale measure of thought problems were positively related to levels of underachievement/overachievement
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