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Word shape analysis for a hybrid recognition system
This paper describes two wholistic recognizers developed for use in a hybrid recognition system. The recognizers use information about the word shape. This information is strongly related to word zoning. One of the recognizers is explicitly limited by the accuracy of the zoning information extraction. The other recognizer is designed so as to avoid this limitation. The recognizers use very simple sets of features and fuzzy set based pattern matching techniques. This not only aims to increase their robustness, but also causes problems with disambiguation of the results. A verification mechanism, using letter alternatives as compound features, is introduced. Letter alternatives are obtained from a segmentation based recognizer coexisting in the hybrid system. Despite some remaining disambiguation problems, wholistic recognizers are found capable of outperforming the segmentation based recognizer. When working together in a hybrid system, the results are significantly higher than that of the individual recognizers. Recognition results are reported and compared
Entropy of the Universe
After a discussion on several limiting cases where General Relativity turns
into less sophisticated theories, we find that in the correct thermodynamical
and cosmological weak field limit of Einstein's field equations the entropy of
the Universe is R^(3/2) -- dependent, where R stands for the radius of the
causally related Universe. Thus, entropy grows in the Universe, contrary to
Standard Cosmology prediction.Comment: To be published by International Journal of Theoretical Physic
An error in temporal error theory
Within the philosophy of time there has been a growing interest in positions that deny the reality of time. Those positions, whether motivated by arguments from physics or metaphysics, have a shared conclusion: time is not real. What has not been made wholly clear, however, is exactly what it entails to deny the reality of time. Time is unreal, sure. But what does that mean?
There has (within the recent literature) been only one sustained attempt to spell out exactly what it would mean to endorse a (so-called) temporal error theory; a theory that denies the reality of time—Baron & Miller’s ‘What is temporal error theory?’. Despite the fact that their paper makes significant strides in spelling out what would be required of a temporal error theory, my claim in this paper is that their position must be rejected and replaced. As well as looking to reject Baron and Miller’s position, I also look to provide that replacement
Cohort profile: the DASH (determinants of adolescent social well-being and health) study, an ethnically diverse cohort
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Diversification and limited information in the Kelly game
Financial markets, with their vast range of different investment
opportunities, can be seen as a system of many different simultaneous games
with diverse and often unknown levels of risk and reward. We introduce
generalizations to the classic Kelly investment game [Kelly (1956)] that
incorporates these features, and use them to investigate the influence of
diversification and limited information on Kelly-optimal portfolios. In
particular we present approximate formulas for optimizing diversified
portfolios and exact results for optimal investment in unknown games where the
only available information is past outcomes.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Vector Theory of Gravity
We proposed a gravitation theory based on an analogy with electrodynamics on
the basis of a vector field. For the first time, to calculate the basic
gravitational effects in the framework of a vector theory of gravity, we use a
Lagrangian written with gravitational radiation neglected and generalized to
the case of ultra-relativistic speeds. This allows us to accurately calculate
the values of all three major gravity experiments: the values of the perihelion
shift of Mercury, the light deflection angle in the gravity field of the Sun
and the value of radar echo delay. The calculated values coincide with the
observed ones. It is shown that, in this theory, there exists a model of an
expanding Universe.Comment: 9 page
Effect of air pollution and racism on ethnic differences in respiratory health among adolescents living in an urban environment
Recent studies suggest that stress can amplify the harm of air pollution. We examined whether experience of racism and exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 µm and 10 µm (PM2.5 and PM10) had a synergistic influence on ethnic differences in asthma and lung function across adolescence. Analyses using multilevel models showed lower forced expiratory volume (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC) and lower rates of asthma among some ethnic minorities compared to Whites, but higher exposure to PM2.5, PM10 and racism. Racism appeared to amplify the relationship between asthma and air pollution for all ethnic groups, but did not explain ethnic differences in respiratory health
A relativistic action-at-a-distance description of gravitational interactions?
It is shown that certain aspects of gravitation may be described using a
relativistic action-at-a-distance formulation. The equations of motion of the
model presented are invariant under Lorentz transformations and agree with the
equations of Einstein's theory of General Relativity, at the first
Post-Newtonian approximation, for any number of interacting point masses
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