UNDERSTANDING QUERY COMBINATION BEHAVIOR IN EXPLORATORY SEARCHES

Understanding Query Combination Behavior in Exploratory Searches

In exploratory search, users sometimes combine two or more issued queries into new queries.We present such a kind of search behavior as query combination behavior.We find that the queries after combination usually can better meet users’ information needs.We also observe that users combine queries for different motivations, which leads to differen

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Games in Rigged Economies

Multiple aspects of an economy can be regulated, tampered with, or left to chance.Economic actors can exploit these degrees of freedom, at a cost, to bend the flow of nyx 22 brush wealth in their favor.If intervention becomes widespread, microeconomic strategies of different actors can build into emergent macroeconomic effects.How viable is a “ri

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Cytotoxic Immune Response to a Xenogeneic Bioartificial Liver

Prior studies have suggested the possibility of immune-mediated death of xenogeneic hepatocytes in a bioartificial liver (BAL) during hemoperfusion.This study was designed to elucidate how immunity may cause death of xenogeneic hepatocytes in the BAL.Healthy dogs were treated with a BAL containing hollow fiber membranes with large pores (200 nm) or

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The impacts of tidal wetland loss and coastal development on storm surge damages to people and property: a Hurricane Ike case-study

Abstract Coastal wetlands protect communities during hurricanes by reducing storm surge flooding and damages.Previous studies have quantified surge reduction benefits of wetlands, but there is less understanding of how the combination of wetland loss and coastal development influences the spatial distribution of flood extents and damages.In this st

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