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Rules And Fuzzy Rules In Text: Concept, Extraction And Usage, D. H. Kraft, M. J. Martín-Bautista, J. Chen, D. Sánchez

Faculty Publications

Several concepts and techniques have been imported from other disciplines such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to the field of textual data. In this paper, we focus on the concept of rule and the management of uncertainty in text applications. The different structures considered for the construction of the rules, the extraction of the knowledge base and the applications and usage of these rules are detailed. We include a review of the most relevant works of the different types of rules based on their representation and their application to most of the common tasks of Information Retrieval such as …

Alu Elements And Hominid Phylogenetics, Abdel Halim Salem, David A. Ray, Jinchuan Xing, Pauline A. Callinan, Jeremy S. Myers, Dale J. Hedges, Randall K. Garber, David J. Witherspoon, Lynn B. Jorde, Mark A. Batzer

Faculty Publications

Alu elements have inserted in primate genomes throughout the evolution of the order. One particular Alu lineage (Ye) began amplifying relatively early in hominid evolution and continued propagating at a low level as many of its members are found in a variety of hominid genomes. This study represents the first conclusive application of short interspersed elements, which are considered nearly homoplasy-free, to elucidate the phylogeny of hominids. Phylogenetic analysis of Alu Ye5 elements and elements from several other subfamilies reveals high levels of support for monophyly of Hominidae, tribe Hominini and subtribe Hominina. Here we present the strongest evidence reported …

Comprehensive Analysis Of Alu-Associated Diversity On The Human Sex Chromosomes, Pauline A. Callinan, Dale J. Hedges, Abdel Halim Salem, Jinchuan Xing, Jerilyn A. Walker, Randall K. Garber, W. Scott Watkins, Michael J. Bamshad, Lynn B. Jorde, Mark A. Batzer

Faculty Publications

A comprehensive analysis of the human sex chromosomes was undertaken to assess Alu-associated human genomic diversity and to identify novel Alu insertion polymorphisms for the study of human evolution. Three hundred forty-five recently integrated Alu elements from eight different Alu subfamilies were identified on the X and Y chromosomes, 225 of which were selected and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). From a total of 225 elements analyzed, 16 were found to be polymorphic on the X chromosome and one on the Y chromosome. In line with previous research using other classes of genetic markers, our results indicate reduced Alu-associated …

Laplace And Segal-Bargmann Transforms On Hermitian Symmetric Spaces And Orthogonal Polynomials, Mark Davidson, Gestur Ólafsson, Genkai Zhang

Faculty Publications

Let D = G/K be a complex bounded symmetric domain of tube type in a complex Jordan algebra V and let Dℝ = J ∩ D ⊂ D be its real form in a formally real Euclidean Jordan algebra J ⊂ V; Dℝ = H/L is a bounded realization of the symmetric cone in J. We consider representations of H that are gotten by the generalized Segal-Bargmann transform from a unitary G-space of holomorphic functions on D to an L2-space on DR. We prove that in the unbounded realization the inverse of the unitary part of the restriction map is …

The Remarkable Rapid X-Ray, Ultraviolet, Optical And Infrared Variability In The Black Hole Xte J1118+480, R. I. Hynes, C. A. Haswell, W. Cui, C. R. Shrader, K. O'Brien, S. Chaty, D. R. Skillman, J. Patterson, Keith Horne

Faculty Publications

The transient black-hole binary XTE J1118+480 exhibited dramatic rapid variability at all wavelengths which were suitably observed during its 2000 April-July outburst. We examine time-resolved X-ray, ultraviolet, optical and infrared data spanning the plateau phase of the outburst. We find that both X-ray and infrared bands show large amplitude variability. The ultraviolet and optical variability is more subdued, but clearly correlated with that seen in the X-rays. The ultraviolet, at least, appears to be dominated by the continuum, although the lines are also variable. Using the X-ray variations as a reference point, we find that the ultraviolet (UV) variability at …

Feynman Path-Integral Approach To The Qed3 Theory Of The Pseudogap, Daniel E. Sheehy

Faculty Publications

In this work the connection between vortex condensation in a d-wave superconductor and the QED3 gauge theory of the pseudogap is elucidated. The approach taken circumvents the use of the standard Franz-Tesanovic gauge transformation, borrowing ideas from the path-integral analysis of the Aharonov-Bohm problem. An essential feature of this approach is that gauge transformations which are prohibited on a particular multiply-connected manifold (e.g. a superconductor with vortices) can be successfully performed on the universal covering space associated with that manifold.

Faculty Senate Resolution 03-14, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution reviewing the LSU campus master plan, adopted on October 7, 2003.

Faculty Senate Resolution 04-02, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution to co-sponsor community forum on American foreign policy in Iraq, adopted on October 7, 2003.

F03rs Sgb No. 6 (Pse Funds), Widener

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To appropriate $2,223.00 dollars to the LSU Beta Xi Chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) to help defray the cost of hosting and sending 60 student delegates to the 2003 Pi Sigma Epsilon Southern Regional Fall Conference October 17^th -19^th in New Orleans, Louisiana.

F03rs Sgb No. 2 (Amend Bylaws), Chasse, Hebert

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To remove the Housing Committee from the Student Senate Bylaws and replace it with a Campus Outreach Committee.

F03rs Sgr No. 7 (Cjd), Bradshaw, Hattaway

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To express sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the untimely death of Corey James Domingue a native of Lafayette, Louisiana and a life long resident of Franklin, Louisiana

F03rs Sgb No. 8 (Amend Constitution), Hattaway, Watson

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

to amend Article VI, Section Four, Sub-Section Two of the LSU A&M Student Government Constitution to meet a changing election board and the method for which they are chosen.

F03rs Sgb No. 15 (Election Code), Hattaway, Hebert

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the Election Code so that the Newly Passed constitutional Amendment and the Election Code Coincide for the Spring 2004 Elections

F03rs Sgb No. 18 (Election Code), Griggs, Hebert

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

to amend the SG Election Code to allow for two (2) additional polling locations on the LSU A&M Campus

F03rs Sgb No. 17 (Election Code), Hattaway, Hebert

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To amend the SG Election code to allow absentee voting at a location to be determined by the Commissioner of Elections

F03rs Sgb No. 9 (Model Un), Bowlin

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

TO APPROPRIATE ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS EIGHTY-EIGHT CENTS ( $1,328.88) TO THE MODEL UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION AT LSU TO HELP DEFRAY THE TRAVEL, LODGING, AND REGISTRATION COSTS TO ATTEND THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS (SRMUN) XIV CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, GA FROM NOVEMBER 20-23, 2003.

F03rs Sgb No. 14 (Sfoc), Staples, Griggs

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

to amend Article IX, Section 3 of the LSU A&M Student Government

Bylaws to restructure the Student Fee Oversight Committee.

F03rs Sgr No. 5 (Kjl), Hattaway, Strickland, J. Buller, Lagarde

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To express sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the untimely death of Kurt James Latiolais II of New Iberia, Louisiana

F03rs Sgb No. 12 (Paintball), Buller

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To appropriate one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to the Paintball Club at LSU to defray the cost of the registration for attending the Paintball

College World Cup

F03rs Sgr No. 10 (Mitch Landrieu), Busada, Billeaudeau

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To welcome Lieutenant Governor- Elect Mitch Landrieu To Louisiana State University and offer student support and urge student input in his administration as we move forward in Louisiana

F03rs Sgr No. 8 (Textbooks), Staples, Duhon, Toups, Hattaway

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To request that all faculty members comply with textbook vendors request to turn in book order forms by the vendors specified deadline.

F03rs Sgb No. 30 (Honor Roll), Bergeron, Juves, Lobianco

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To request that the Faculty Senate reverse their decision to raise the hourly requirements for the Dean’s List and Chancellor’s Honor Roll.

F03rs Sgr No. 9 (Blanco), Busada, Billeaudeau

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To welcome Governor-Elect Kathleen Blanco To Louisiana State University and offer student support and urge student input in her administration as we move forward in Louisiana

F03rs Sgr No. 2 (Res Life), Chassee, Hebert

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To recommend that the Department of Residential Life return to a seven-day move-in schedule.

F03rs Sgr No. 6 (Greek Housing), Hattaway, Strickland, Staples, Serra, Billeaudeau

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To memorialize congress to vote in favor of Senate Bill 1246, the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2003.

F03rs Sgr No. 4 (Jpw), Hattaway, J. Buller, Penzato

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To express sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the untimely death of Jason Paul Whittle of Lacombe, Louisiana

F02rs Sgr No. 6 (Stelly Plan), Busada, Cotton, Gibson

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To Express Support to the “Stelly Plan” Constitutional Amendment

F02rs Sgr No. 7 (Emmerit), Busada, Dampier

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To clarify student support for Chancellor Mark Emmerit.

F02rs Sgr No. 5 (Aacc), Fisher, Gipson, Calvin

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

to demand that the African-American Cultural Center (AACC), Helen M. Carter House and the Agnes Morris House not be demolished, as is currently suggested by the LSU Master Plan Committee, unless facilities can be guaranteed that would conform to the reasonable guidelines set forth by their respective advisory councils and directors

Molecular Characterization Of Brucella Abortus Chromosome Ii Recombination, Georgios Tsoktouridis, Christian A. Merz, Simon P. Manning, Renée Giovagnoli-Kurtz, Leanne E. Williams, Cesar V. Mujer, Sue Hagius, Philip Elzer, Rajendra J. Redkar, Guy Patra, Vito G. Delvecchio

Faculty Publications

Large-scale genomic rearrangements including inversions, deletions, and duplications are significant in bacterial evolution. The recently completed Brucella melitensis 16M and Brucella suis 1330 genomes have facilitated the investigation of such events in the Brucella spp. Suppressive subtractive hybridization (SSH) was employed in identifying genomic differences between B. melitensis 16M and Brucella abortus 2308. Analysis of 45 SSH clones revealed several deletions on chromosomes of B. abortus and B. melitensis that encoded proteins of various metabolic pathways. A 640-kb inversion on chromosome II of B. abortus has been reported previously (S. Michaux Charachon, G. Bourg, E. Jumas Bilak, P. Guigue Talet, …