638 research outputs found
Inferring Concept Hierarchies from Text Corpora via Hyperbolic Embeddings
We consider the task of inferring is-a relationships from large text corpora.
For this purpose, we propose a new method combining hyperbolic embeddings and
Hearst patterns. This approach allows us to set appropriate constraints for
inferring concept hierarchies from distributional contexts while also being
able to predict missing is-a relationships and to correct wrong extractions.
Moreover -- and in contrast with other methods -- the hierarchical nature of
hyperbolic space allows us to learn highly efficient representations and to
improve the taxonomic consistency of the inferred hierarchies. Experimentally,
we show that our approach achieves state-of-the-art performance on several
commonly-used benchmarks
Learning to Rank Question Answer Pairs with Holographic Dual LSTM Architecture
We describe a new deep learning architecture for learning to rank question
answer pairs. Our approach extends the long short-term memory (LSTM) network
with holographic composition to model the relationship between question and
answer representations. As opposed to the neural tensor layer that has been
adopted recently, the holographic composition provides the benefits of scalable
and rich representational learning approach without incurring huge parameter
costs. Overall, we present Holographic Dual LSTM (HD-LSTM), a unified
architecture for both deep sentence modeling and semantic matching.
Essentially, our model is trained end-to-end whereby the parameters of the LSTM
are optimized in a way that best explains the correlation between question and
answer representations. In addition, our proposed deep learning architecture
requires no extensive feature engineering. Via extensive experiments, we show
that HD-LSTM outperforms many other neural architectures on two popular
benchmark QA datasets. Empirical studies confirm the effectiveness of
holographic composition over the neural tensor layer.Comment: SIGIR 2017 Full Pape
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Flight Dynamics Commissioning Results and Experiences
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will perform the first-ever spaceborne all-sky exoplanet transit survey and is the first primary-mission application of a lunar-resonant orbit. Launched on April 18, 2018, TESS completed a two-month commissioning phase consisting of three phasing loops followed by a lunar flyby and a final maneuver to achieve resonance. During the mission orbit, no further station-keeping maneuvers are planned or required. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is performing flight dynamics operations for the mission. This paper covers the design, implementation, and results from TESS commissioning, including the projected performance of the final mission orbit
Children's Knowledge of Free Choice Inferences and Scalar Implicatures
This article presents experimental results showing that 4- and 5-year-old children are capable of drawing free choice inferences from disjunctive statements and from statements containing free choice indefinites, despite not being able to compute inferences of exclusivity for disjunctive statements, or other scalar implicatures. The findings appear to challenge accounts that attempt to unify the two kinds of inferences (Kratzer & Shimoyama 2002; Alonso Ovalle 2005; Fox 2007; Klinedinst 2007; Chemla 2010; van Rooij 2010; Franke 2011; Chierchia 2013). We discuss, however, the compatibility of the child data with a recent approach in the experimental literature, which attributes children's failures to compute scalar implicatures to a difficulty with alternatives (Chierchia et al. 2001; Gualmini et al. 2001; Reinhart 2006; Barner et al. 2011; Singh et al. 2013). Based on the results of two experiments, we propose an explanation for children's selective success on scalar inferences, according to which scalar inferences are generally unproblematic for children, unless they necessitate lexical retrieval of the required alternatives.30 page(s
Racial differences in prostate inflammation: Results from the REDUCE study
Prostate cancer (PC) risk differs between races, and we previously showed prostate inflammation in benign prostate tissue was linked with a lower future PC risk. However, whether prostate tissue inflammation varies by race is unknown. We analyzed baseline acute and chronic prostate inflammation by race in REDUCE, a 4-year, multicenter, placebo-controlled study where all men had a negative prostate biopsy prior to enrollment. We included 7,982 men with standardized central pathology review to determine the presence or absence of chronic or acute inflammation in baseline prostate biopsy tissue. Logistic regression was used to compare prostate inflammation by race, adjusting for confounders. Of 7,982 men, 7,271 were white (91.1%), 180 (2.3%) black, 131 (1.6%) Asian, 319 (4.0%) Hispanic and 81 (1%) unknown. A total of 78% had chronic and 15% had acute inflammation. On multivariable analysis relative to white men, black men were less likely (OR = 0.65, 95%CI: 0.41-1.03
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Flight Dynamics Commissioning Results and Experiences
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will perform the first-ever spaceborne all-sky exoplanet transit survey and is the first primary-mission application of a lunar-resonant orbit. Launched on April 18, 2018, TESS completed a two-month commissioning phase consisting of three phasing loops followed by a lunar flyby and a final maneuver to achieve resonance. During the mission orbit, no further station-keeping maneuvers are planned or required. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is performing flight dynamics operations for the mission. This paper covers the design, implementation, and results from TESS commissioning, including the projected performance of the final mission orbit
Weakly first-order phase transitions: the epsilon expansion vs. numerical simulations
Some phase transitions of cosmological interest may be weakly first-order and
cannot be analyzed by a simple perturbative expansion around mean field theory.
We propose a simple two-scalar model--the cubic anisotropy model--as a foil for
theoretical techniques to study such transitions, and we review its
similarities and dissimilarities to the electroweak phase transition in the
early universe. We present numerical Monte Carlo results for various
discontinuities across very weakly first-order transitions in this model and,
as an example, compare them to epsilon-expansion results. For this purpose, we
have computed through next-to-next-to-leading order in epsilon.Comment: 4 pages, Latex, uses revtex, epsf macro package
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