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Learning Implicit User Interest Hierarchy For Context In Personalization, Philip K. Chan, Hyoung-Rae Kim

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

To provide a more robust context for personalization, we desire to extract a continuum of general (long-term) to specific (short-term) interests of a user. Our proposed approach is to learn a user interest hierarchy (UIH) from a set of web pages visited by a user. We devise a divisive hierarchical clustering (DHC) algorithm to group words (topics) into a hierarchy where more general interests are represented by a larger set of words. Each web page can then be assigned to nodes in the hierarchy for further processing in learning and predicting interests. This approach is analogous to building a subject …

Curricular Affairs Committee Report #406, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

No abstract provided.

10/04/2002 - Eiu Announces Homecoming Court Nominees.Pdf, University Marketing And Communications

2002

No abstract provided.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2002-10-04, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

The Courier, Volume 36, Issue 1, October 4, 2002, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Disabled Student Almost Dies In SRC

Mold Causes Worry

9-11 Book Drive

Referendum On Ballot Again

Dental Fees High

Presidential Search Continues

Lack Of Textbooks Making Students And Faculty Uneasy

WDCB Towers Over Adversity

Former Director Honored With Memorial Service

To Benassi, Life Is Just A Pizza

Coach Zimmick Wins 400 Games

National Student Athletes’ Rights Movement–Should Student-Athletes Have A Bill Of Rights?

People:

Jack Weiseman

Laura Letinsky

Jack Holme

Marco Benassi

LuAnn Zimmick

Marissa Herald

Jason Redinbo

Washington University Record, October 4, 2002

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Um Professor Lands Funding For National Math Education, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Volume 40, Number 6: October 4, 2002, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: October 04, 2002, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

Kinetic And Structural Characterization Of Manganese(Ii)-Loaded Methionyl Aminopeptidases, Ventris M. D'Souza, Sabina I. Swierczek, Nathaniel J. Cosper, Lu Meng, Shane Ruebush, Alicja J. Copik, Robert A. Scott, Richard C. Holz

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Manganese(II) activation of the methionyl aminopeptidases from Escherichia coli (EcMetAP-I) and the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus (PfMetAP-II) was investigated. Maximum catalytic activity for both enzymes was obtained with 1 equiv of Mn(II), and the dissociation constants (K_d) for the first metal binding site were found to be 6 ± 0.5 and 1 ± 0.5 μM for EcMetAP-I and PfMetAP-II, respectively. These K_d values were verified by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and found to be 3.0 ± 0.2 and 1.4 ± 0.2 μM for EcMetAP-I and PfMetAP-II, respectively. The …

Early Deglaciation In The Tropical Andes, G. O. Seltzer, D. T. Rodbell, P. A. Baker, Sherilyn C. Fritz, P. M. Tapia, H. D. Rowe, R. B. Dunbar, Peter U. Clark

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Analysis of sediment records from lakes located beyond the glacial limit in the Andes has provided, for the first time, an independent assessment of effective moisture ( precipitation minus evaporation) and the timing of the last glaciation (1). Conditions were wet at the LGM and remained so until approximately 15,000 cal yr B.P. (2). However, deglaciation was under way from the LGM between 22,000 and 19,500 cal yr B.P., which reinforces the observation that deglaciation in the tropical Andes was primarily forced by an increase in mean annual temperature during a wet postglacial interval (3, 4).

Arbiter, October 3, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, October 3, 2002

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Minutes, October 3, 2002 And 2002-2003 Committee Member List

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Committee member list from 2002-2003 and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on October 3, 2002.

Daily Eastern News: October 03, 2002, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

October 3, 2002, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the October 3, 2002, meeting of the University Senate. 30 pages

Chanticleer | Vol 51, Issue 6, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, October 3-4, 2002

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on October 3-4, 2002.

An Afternoon With Dr. Freeman Dyson, Freeman Dyson

IMSA Great Minds Program ®

Dyson will speak with IMSA students and faculty on a variety of topics including space, origins of the universe, and how science and technology change society. Learn how three burgeoning technologies – solar energy, genetic engineering and the Internet could narrow the gap between rich and poor in this century. Dyson’s visions for the future include forests of genetically enhanced trees oozing high-octane fuel from their roots and laser-launched earthlings colonizing the comets of the Kuiper Belt. Are his visions convincing? You can decide by joining us at IMSA’s website.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.6 - Oct 3, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 6 - October 3, 2002. 32 pages.

Assessment Of Cabergoline As A Reproductive Inhibitor In Coyotes (Canis Latrans), T. J. Deliberto, A. Seglund, W. Jochle, B. Kimball

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The efficacy of three oral formulations (gelatin capsule, tablet, oil base) and five dosages (50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 μg) of cabergoline to disrupt reproduction in coyotes (Canis latrans) was evaluated. The type of formulation used had no effect on plasma progesterone and prolactin concentrations or on mean litter size. No adverse side effects (for example, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea) were observed despite the use of doses of up to 20 times the therapeutic dose used for domestic dogs and cats. All coyotes treated with 50, 100, 250 and 500 μg cabergoline whelped, but plasma progesterone concentrations in these coyotes were …

Wildlife Fertility Control, K.A. Fagerstone

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Huge flights of Canada geese turn off local park visitors with their messy, smelly "business cards." The superabundant white-tailed deer we love to watch also can do a number on your car at night and host the ticks that carry Lyme Disease. Blackbirds and gulls and coyotes and other critters bring their own problems when their numbers get out of hand.

Most such problems reach their highest profile in urban/suburban areas where traditional animal-control techniques such as hunting and trapping are frowned upon or illegal. More and more people are calling for wildlife managers to use "fertility control"–-but is that …

Lanthorn, Vol. 37, No. 08, October 3, 2002, Grand Valley State University

Volume 37, July 11, 2002 - June 19, 2003

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Spintessence! New Models For Dark Matter And Dark Energy, Latham A. Boyle, Robert R. Caldwell, Marc Kamionkowski

Dartmouth Scholarship

We investigate a class of models for dark matter and/or negative-pressure, dynamical dark energy consisting of “spintessence”, a complex scalar field φ spinning in a U(1)-symmetric potential V(φ)=V(|φ|). As the Universe expands, the field spirals slowly toward the origin. The internal angular momentum plays an important role in the cosmic evolution and fluctuation dynamics. We outline the constraints on a cosmic spintessence field, describing the properties of the potential necessary to sustain a viable dark energy model, making connections with quintessence and self-interacting and fuzzy cold dark matter. Possible implications for the …

Usf Study Finds Florida Teachers Believe Fcat Falls Short Of Goal, October 2, 2002, Buddy Baker

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 36, No. 4, Fall 2002, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Retreat: A Rich Tradition at the Heart of the Holy Cross Experience
Caitlin Brennan ’03, an economics major from Wellesley, Mass., can still remember her mother’s reaction when she told her she was going on retreat — a five-day, silent retreat known as the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola.
By Michelle M. Murphy

Of Scandal and Reform: A Roundtable Discussion
On Oct. 18, seven members of the Holy Cross community sat down for an informal discussion about the clergy sexual abuse scandal that has shaken the Church and challenged Catholics across the country over the last year.
By Holy …

The University Of Michigan Law School Bulletin 2002-2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Law School Announcement and Bulletins

Contents; A Letter from the Dean; The Idea of Michigan; Faculty and Facilities; The Law Curriculum; Career Services and Public Service; The J.D. Program: Admissions; The J.D. Program: Financial Aid; The J.D. Program: Graduation, Honors, and Prizes; Graduate Law Study; The Law School Community; Living in Ann Arbor; Officers and Faculty; Law School Calendar 2001-2003; Index; A Letter from the President.

October 2, 2002 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Resolution 03-01, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution on increasing admissions standards, adopted on October 2, 2002.

Daily Eastern News: October 02, 2002, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.