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Neural Modeling Of Episodic Memory: Encoding, Retrieval, And Forgetting, Wenwen Wang, Budhitama Subagdja, Ah-Hwee Tan, Janusz A. Starzyk

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This paper presents a neural model that learns episodic traces in response to a continuous stream of sensory input and feedback received from the environment. The proposed model, based on fusion Adaptive Resonance Theory (fusion ART) network, extracts key events and encodes spatio-temporal relations between events by creating cognitive nodes dynamically. The model further incorporates a novel memory search procedure, which performs parallel search of stored episodic traces continuously. Combined with a mechanism of gradual forgetting, the model is able to achieve a high level of memory performance and robustness, while controlling memory consumption over time. We present experimental studies, …

Delayed Diagnosis Of Hand Injuries In Polytrauma Patients (Poster), Joshua M. Adkinson Md, Muhammad Shuja Shafqat Md, Sherrine Eid Mph, Marshall G. Miles Do

Department of Surgery

No abstract provided.

Generalization And Induction: More Misconceptions And Clarifications, Eric W. K. Tsang, John N. Williams

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

In ‘Generalization and Induction: Misconceptions, Clarifications, and a Classification of Induction’, we comment on Lee and Baskerville’s (2003) paper ‘Generalizing Generalizability in Information Systems Research’, which attempts to clarify the concept of generalization and classify it into four types. Our commentary discusses the misconceptions in their paper and proposes an alternative classification of induction. Their response ‘Conceptualizing Generalizability: New Contributions and a Reply’ perpetuates their misconceptions and create new ones. The purpose of this rejoinder is to highlight the major problems both in their original paper and in their reply and to provide further clarifications. Lee and Baskerville’s so-called ‘new …

Local Successes In Encouraging Participatory Irrigation Management: Policy Lessons From Indonesia, Jacob I. Ricks, Sigit Supadmo Arif

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Despite decades of promotion, efforts to encourage participatory irrigation management often falter. Nowhere is this more true that on the island of Java, Indonesia where multiple programmes and millions of dollars have resulted in few effective water user associations. Even so, pockets of participatory success exist. We present findings from one locally developed water user association training programme found in Yogyakarta, Indonesia that has experienced relative success in encouraging farmer participation. We then derive policy lessons from this case.

Negotiating Federalism Past The Zero-Sum Game, Erin Ryan

Scholarly Publications

Countless instances of intergovernmental bargaining offer a means of understanding the relationship between state and federal power that differs from the stylized model of “zero-sum” federalism that has come to dominate political discourse. The zero-sum model sees winner-takes-all jurisdictional competition between the federal and state governments for power, emphasizing sovereign antagonism within the federal system. Yet real-world interjurisdictional governance show that the boundary between state and federal authority is really an ongoing project of negotiation, taking place on levels both large and small. Reconceptualizing the relationship between state and federal power as one heavily mediated by negotiation reveals just how …

Inflammatory Markers In Pediatric Obesity: Health And Physical Activity Implications, Stacy Stolzman, Marie K. Hoeger Bement

Physical Therapy Faculty Research and Publications

The prevalence of childhood obesity has recently peaked in the USA with ~17% of children considered obese. With the increase in adiposity that occurs with weight gain, a persistent low-grade inflammatory state is created. The most commonly studied inflammatory markers associated with obesity are the cytokines, tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-6, and the acute-phase reactant, C-reactive protein. Understanding the relation between adiposity and inflammation is an important concept because these inflammatory markers influence insulin sensitivity, glucose metabolism, and atherosclerosis, ultimately leading to impaired health. In addition to obesity, physical inactivity is associated with elevated inflammatory markers. The literature, however, …

Predictive Value Of Alpha-Fetoprotein In The Long-Term Risk Of Developing Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Patients With Hepatitis B Virus Infection--Results From A Clinic-Based Longitudinal Cohort., Hie-Won Hann, Xiaoying Fu, Ronald E. Myers, Richard Hann, Shaogui Wan, Su Hee Kim, Natalie Au, Jinliang Xing, Hushan Yang

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Although serum level of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) has long been used to complement imaging tests in the screening and diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), whether it can be used as a predictive marker of long-term risk for developing HCC in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) has not been extensively evaluated and thus remains controversial.

METHODS: We retrospectively conducted a clinic-based longitudinal cohort study including 617 Korean American patients with HBV who had been followed for up to 22 years (median follow-up time, 6.2 years) to evaluate the association between baseline serum AFP level and the long-term risk of HCC. …

The Representative Equality Principle: Disaggregating The Equal Protection Intent Standard, Bertrall L. Ross Ii

Fordham Law Review

   Challenges under the Equal Protection Clause require proof of intentional discrimination. Though rarely questioned by legal scholars or the courts, that conventional account cannot explain the success of equal protection challenges to electoral structures that dilute the vote of racial minorities. In the Supreme Court’s most recent decisions on vote dilution, the Court has invalidated local electoral structures under the Equal Protection Clause to the extent that they deprive African Americans of the opportunity for effective representation in the political process. The Court has reached its decisions despite the absence of any proof of intentional discrimination in the adoption of …

Plain Reading, Subtle Meaning: Rethinking The Ioia And The Immunity Of International Organizations, George B. Adams Iii

Fordham Law Review

   Immunity is freedom from liability, and as such, it can quite literally provide a “get out of jail free” card. In the United States, international organizations face uncertainty about the scope of their immunity, which is provided by the International Organizations Immunities Act (IOIA). The D.C. Circuit has found that international organizations enjoy absolute immunity under the IOIA. Conversely, the Third Circuit recently held that international organizations are only entitled to restrictive immunity, which limits immunity to claims involving an organization’s public acts and does not exempt them from suits based on their commercial or private conduct.

   This Note contends …

The Use Of Cognitive Ability Measures As Explanatory Variables In Regression Analysis, B. Junker, Lynne Steuerle Schofield, L. J. Taylor

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Works

Cognitive ability measures are often taken as explanatory variables in regression analysis, e.g., as a factor affecting a market outcome such as an individual’s wage, or a decision such as an individual’s education acquisition. Cognitive ability is a latent construct; its true value is unobserved. Nonetheless, researchers often assume that a test score, constructed via standard psychometric practice from individuals’ responses to test items, can be safely used in regression analysis. We examine problems that can arise, and suggest that an alternative approach, a “mixed effects structural equations” (MESE) model, may be more appropriate in many circumstances.

Hrotsvit's Apostolic Mission: Prefaces, Dedications, And Other Addresses To Readers, Phyllis Brown

English

The most complete manuscript of Hrotsvit's writings, Bavarian State Library Clm 14485 (the Munich codex), includes prefaces, dedications, and other addresses to readers in which Hrotsvit names herself and provides information about her education, writing practices, and purposes. If this manuscript had not survived, we might have some of her plays and poems extant in other manuscripts, but we would know little or nothing about Hrotsvit, and we would likely not be able to imagine that such a scholar and writer could have existed. By naming and identifying herself as an author and addressing readers in the first-person, not only …

F12rs Sgr No. 15 (Theta Chi), Swinburn

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To commend the Iota Pi chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity as an outstanding organization on the campus of Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College with special recognition to the president Justin Jones and all active members.

F12rs Sgr No. 17 (Fishing), Covell

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To congratulate the LSU Sportsman Fishing Club on a great 2011 season.

Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation Annual Report 2011, Philippines: Deposit Insurance Corporation (Pdic)

Documents

No abstract provided.

Handling Of Systemic Crises, International Association Of Deposit Insurers

Documents

No abstract provided.

Ireland's National Treasury Management Agency Managing A Complex Portfolio Of Public Assets And Liabilities, Anthony Linehan

Documents

No abstract provided.

The Financial Hazards And Risks Entailed In Extending Unlimited Federal Guarantees For Deposits In Transaction Accounts, Robert J. Shapiro, Doug Dowson

Documents

No abstract provided.

Federal Reserve Liquidity Provision During The Financial Crisis Of 2007– 2009, Michael J. Fleming

Documents

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Bank Of England's Framework For Providing Liquidity To The Banking System., Bill Winters

Documents

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Bank Of England's Provision Of Emergency Liquidity Assistance In 2008-09, Ian Plenderleith

Documents

No abstract provided.

Recapitalization, Credit And Liquidity, Mike Mariathasan, Ouarda Merrouche

Documents

No abstract provided.

Orsp Research Newsletter - Fall 2012, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs

ORSP Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

F12rs Sgb No. 1 (Bylaws), Westbrook

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the Student Government Bylaws

F12rs Sgb No. 2 (Roo), Westbrook

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the Student Government rules of Order

F12rs Sgr No. 8 (Evac Plan), Campbell, Taylor

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request the reevaluation of the emergency evacuation plan on campus and in its surrounding areas when the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) orders a mandatory evacuation of campus

F12rs Sgb No. 4 (Election Code), Pace

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the Student Government Election Code

F12rs Sgb No. 3 (So Points), Glorioso, Latusek

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amemd the Student Government Bylaws

F12rs Sgb No. 5 (Budget), Beadle, Faulkner

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

to budget the funds of the Student Government of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College for the fiscal year 2012-2013; to appropriate funds for activities, projects, and programs of the Student Government; and to appropriate grants to certain student groups and organizations according to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Student Government.

F12rs Sgfb No. 1 (Computers), Beadle

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of five thousand one hundred twenty three dollars and eighty-five cents ($5,123.85) from the Student Government Surplus Account to fund computers and software for Student Government Branch Offices.

F12rs Sgfb No. 2 (Library Furniture), Frias

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of five thousand eight hundred eighty seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($5,887.25) from the Student Government Surplus Account to fund the purchase of tables and chairs for Middleton Library.