121 research outputs found
CF/LM-PAEK: Characterisation and sensitivity to critical process parameters for automated fibre placement
No full textThis paper presents an investigation into Automated Fibre Placement process parameters for a novel carbon-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material based on a low-melt polyaryl ether ketone polymer matrix (CF/LM-PAEK). The primary focus of this investigation is in-situ consolidation, with parameter sets for sample manufacturing selected based on a Design of Experiment method and analysed by means of mechanical and thermal testing. For in-situ consolidation, a maximum shear strength of 33.6 MPa and a crystallinity of 27.3% is achieved. Subsequent tempering increases shear strength up to 46.5 MPa and crystallinity up to 32%. The material was found to be insensitive to layup speed within the tested parameter range (1–15 m/min), achieving similar results for high layup speeds
Referring under Restricted Interactivity Conditions
No full textFernández R, Schlangen D. Referring under Restricted Interactivity Conditions. In: Keizer S, Bunt H, Paek T, eds. Proceedings of the 8th SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue. Antwerp, Belgium; 2007: 136-139
An Implemented Method for Distributed Collection and Assessment of Speech Data
No full textSiebert A, Schlangen D, Fernández R. An Implemented Method for Distributed Collection and Assessment of Speech Data. In: Keizer S, Bunt H, Paek T, eds. Proceedings of the 8th SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue. Antwerp, Belgium; 2007: 47-50
Beyond Repair: Testing the Limits of the Conversational Repair System
No full textSchlangen D, Fernández R. Beyond Repair: Testing the Limits of the Conversational Repair System. In: Keizer S, Bunt H, Paek T, eds. Proceedings of the 8th SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue. Antwerp, Belgium; 2007: 51-54
Generating Continuous Representations of Medical Texts
No full textWe present an architecture that generates medical texts while learning an informative, continuous representation with discriminative features. During training the input to the system is a dataset of captions for medical X-Rays. The acquired continuous representations are of particular interest for use in many machine learning techniques where the discrete and high-dimensional nature of textual input
is an obstacle. We use an Adversarially Regularized Autoencoder to create realistic text in both an unconditional and conditional setting. We show that this technique is applicable to medical texts which often contain syntactic and domain-specific shorthands. A quantitative evaluation shows that we achieve a lower
model perplexity than a traditional LSTM generator.status: Publishe
De-escalation from ticagrelor to clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textDe-escalation from ticagrelor to clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) may occur for a variety of reasons, including side effects (bleeding and non-bleeding) and costs. This study sought to assess the prevalence of de-escalation from ticagrelor to clopidogrel and the occurrence of adverse clinical outcomes following de-escalation. We conducted a systematic review of clinical trials and real-world studies in ACS patients treated with ticagrelor. Real-world data on the prevalence of de-escalation during hospitalization or at discharge, after hospital discharge, and during the whole study period were included for meta-analysis. Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and bleeding events occurring after de-escalation were also assessed. A total of 12 studies were eligible for meta-analysis of the prevalence of de-escalation. De-escalation from ticagrelor to clopidogrel therapy occurred with a mean prevalence of 19.8% [95% confidence interval (CI) 11.2-28.4%]. De-escalation occurred more frequently in-hospital or at discharge than after hospital discharge (23.7% vs. 15.8%). For assessment of clinical outcomes, a total of six studies were eligible for meta-analysis. Mean rate of MACE for patients with de-escalation was 2.1% (95% CI 1.1-4.1%) and the rate of major bleeding events was 1.3% (95% CI 0.4-4.5%). In conclusion, de-escalation commonly occurs in real-world practice. Although rates of major cardiovascular and bleeding events in this analysis were generally low, the profile of patients suitable for de-escalation, the impact of de-escalation on adverse clinical outcomes and how this is affected by the timing after index ACS warrants further large-scale investigation
WaveLens: A New View onto Internet Search Results
No full textInternet search results are typically displayed as a list conforming to a static style sheet. The difficulty of perusing this list can be exacerbated when screen real estate is limited. When space is limited, either, few results are seen, or result descriptions are abbreviated, making it difficult to know whether to follow a particular web link. In this paper, we describe “WaveLens, ” a dynamic layout technique for displaying search results, which addresses these issues by combining a fisheye lens with progressive exposure of page content. Results from a usability study showed that participants performed faster and more accurately on a search task with one of two distinct parameter settings of WaveLens as compared to the typical static list. In a post-hoc questionnaire, participants favored that setting over both the static list and another setting which involved animated zoom. We discuss design implications for the retrieval and display of search results. Author Keywords Information retrieval, information visualization, user interfac
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