Artificial neural networks can be trained to predict outcomes in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This paper expands on past research and shows that neural networks trained by the maximum likelihood estimation c...
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Artificial neural networks can be trained to predict outcomes in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This paper expands on past research and shows that neural networks trained by the maximum likelihood estimation criterion will approximate the `a posteriori probability' of NICU mortality. A gradient ascent method for the weight update of three-layer feed-forward neural networks was derived. The neural networks were trained on NICU data and the results were evaluated by performance measurement techniques, such as the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve and the Hosmer-Lemeshow test. The resulting models applied as mortality prognostic screening tools are presented
Many teachers and researchers put their teaching materials on the Internet for students to read in recent years. This sort of teaching materials could be seen as static because students can only follow the learning se...
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Many teachers and researchers put their teaching materials on the Internet for students to read in recent years. This sort of teaching materials could be seen as static because students can only follow the learning sequence made by teachers in advance. The goal of this paper is trying to develop a tool, K-Navi toolbar, to parse and rebuild teaching materials' hypermedia structures according to the concept relations and extracted rules automatically. K-Navi toolbar first uses the formal concept analysis (FCA) to parse the whole set of teaching materials and gets the embedded concept relations between each of two instructional documents; then uses the association rule methodology (ARM) to extract the rules from the concept lattices; and, finally rebuilds the hypermedia structure of the instructional document read by the student automatically. K-Navi toolbar adds related concept hyperlinks (or says links to other knowledge pieces) into the specific position on the instructional hypermedia document automatically when a student asks the document resource. A student then will be able to dig related knowledge pieces via these relevant hyperlinks.
This paper presents an ontology modeling and engineering approach to semantic description and integration of product development processes. Using OWL and OWL-S, the proposed method formalizes the underlying semantic r...
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This paper presents an ontology modeling and engineering approach to semantic description and integration of product development processes. Using OWL and OWL-S, the proposed method formalizes the underlying semantic representations of the product development process in domain object ontologies and the generic problem solving structures in domain task ontologies. Both the domain object and task ontologies are incorporated in the OWL-S based application service ontologies to facilitate the semantic process description and semantic service discovery, composition in the integration of product development processes. The approach has been applied to the development of ontological models for the consumer product development process in a pilot project of a national research program in Singapore namely the Integrated Manufacturing and Service Systems (IMSS).
This paper proposes a new high-speed reclosing operation method to improve the stability in power system with the fault current limiter. From an angular velocity, a field system voltage and a phase of the generator, t...
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This paper proposes a new high-speed reclosing operation method to improve the stability in power system with the fault current limiter. From an angular velocity, a field system voltage and a phase of the generator, the proposed operation method calculates the optimum reclosing time domain. The fault current limiter is used the reactance type or the resistive type. The examination was carried out using the Inst. of Electrical Engineers of Japan one-machine infinite bus system model in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The Impact Ver2.3 was used in the computer simulation.
Students in the web-based e-learning environment might have their own learning paths due to the structure of the world-wide web. Students can choose suitable learning materials according to their different learning st...
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Students in the web-based e-learning environment might have their own learning paths due to the structure of the world-wide web. Students can choose suitable learning materials according to their different learning style. There are many researches about learning diagnosis in distance education and the main objective of these researches is to improve the learning effects of students. This research proposes a diagnosis mechanism based on the Knowledge Map and implements a feedback system in order to provide the remedy teaching materials in sequence.
For electronic commerce (E-commerce) entities, security incidents continue to be the most significant risk (in terms of costs) associated with their businesses. Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have a debi...
For electronic commerce (E-commerce) entities, security incidents continue to be the most significant risk (in terms of costs) associated with their businesses. Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have a debilitating effect on commercial transactions because commerce entities cannot do any legitimate business. Although it is impossible to completely stop all DDoS attacks, there are some tools to assist auditors and security professionals in the management of this critical threat. This article attempts to provide information, tools, and techniques that can minimize the DDoS risk, to the degree possible.
Telecommuting is the use of telecommunication to create an office that is situated away from the established office, that is, the fixed physical office location. This article discusses the IS security issues related t...
Telecommuting is the use of telecommunication to create an office that is situated away from the established office, that is, the fixed physical office location. This article discusses the IS security issues related to telecommuting. It also proposes solutions that may help organizations manage the telecommuting environment more effectively.
This paper proposes a method to predic mobile path loss in forests using MIMO fuzzy logic system. The multi-input was classified into seven input parameters defined as, X1 is number of trees/m2 and X2 to X7 are tree s...
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This paper proposes a method to predic mobile path loss in forests using MIMO fuzzy logic system. The multi-input was classified into seven input parameters defined as, X1 is number of trees/m2 and X2 to X7 are tree structure parameters. These crisp inputs are classified by fuzzifier to fuzzy sets and then inferenced using fuzzy linguistic rule base into multi - output path loss slopes via de-fuzzifier. For this study, we classified the terrains into high-, medium-, low- density and grass area and used the simple linguistic rules for prediction the path loss slopes. We performed measurements in different forest densities at a frequency of 1.8 GHz with base station antenna height in a range of 3, 4, and 5 m above ground while the receiving antenna height was fixed at 1.8 m above ground. The results have shown that fuzzy logic approach provides more accurate prediction of path loss slopes than that of conventional empirical mathematic model. The proposed models will be useful for the local wireless network and micro-cell design of mobile communication systems in forests.
The advantage of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided surgery, in which MR images taken during surgery are used to guide the surgery, has been recognized recently. However, there is a problem, due to long imaging t...
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