Rational choice and hermeneutics seem at odds, but the tension can be fruitfully resolved. The conflict between them closely mirrors the earlier conflict between historicism and positivism. In inter-war Vienna, an influential group of social scientist . . .

Through earnings announcements, conference calls, and other press releases, corporate executives have an opportunity to frame the narrative of financial disclosures. Numerous studies have shown that textual tone significantly influences stock returns, . . .

We have previously identified four novel isoforms of PPAR-γ transcripts in monkey macrophages (J. Zhou, K.M. Wilson, J.D. Medh, Genetic analysis of four novel peroxisome proliferator receptor-γ splice variants in monkey macrophages. Biochem. Biophys. . . .

Feature selection plays an important role in pattern classification. In this paper, we present an improved branch and bound algorithm for optimal feature subset selection. This algorithm searches for an optimal solution in a large solution tree in an . . .

In contrast to previous censuses, Census 2000 permitted individuals to mark more than one race. Because the new race tables include both single-race and mixed-race categories, measuring change during the 1990s requires some method of bridging between . . .

We consider a self-propelled particle system which has been used to describe certain types of collective motion of animals, such as fish schools and bird flocks. Interactions between particles are specified by means of a pairwise potential, repulsive . . .

Two transcriptional reporter shuttle vectors were constructed for the filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme using the green fluorescence protein (GFP) reporter. Both the ampicillin- and kanamycin-resistant versions of the plasmid allow promote . . .

We have previously identified four novel isoforms of PPAR-γ transcripts in monkey macrophages (J. Zhou, K.M. Wilson, J.D. Medh, Genetic analysis of four novel peroxisome proliferator receptor-γ splice variants in monkey macrophages. Biochem. Biophys. . . .

In this paper, a multi-class feature selection scheme based on recursive feature elimination (RFE) is proposed for texture classifications. The feature selection scheme is performed in the context of one-against-all least squares support vector machin . . .

We consider on-line scheduling of unit time jobs on a single machine with job-dependent penalties. The jobs arrive on-line (one by one) and can be either accepted and scheduled, or be rejected at the cost of a penalty. The objective is to minimize the . . .