The automatic evaluation of open-domain dialogues remains a largely unsolved challenge. Despite the abundance of work done in the field, human judges have to evaluate dialogues' quality. As a consequence, performing such evaluations at scale is usual
ly expensive. This work investigates using a deep-learning model trained on the General Language Understanding Evaluation (GLUE) benchmark to serve as a quality indication of open-domain dialogues. The aim is to use the various GLUE tasks as different perspectives on judging the quality of conversation, thus reducing the need for additional training data or responses that serve as quality references. Due to this nature, the method can infer various quality metrics and can derive a component-based overall score. We achieve statistically significant correlation coefficients of up to 0.7.
The research aimed to assess the performance of the private banking sector in Syrian Arab Republic during the period between 2010-2018 from a supervisory prospect of the Central Bank to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the banking sector in
Syrian Arab Republic. We gathered the statistical data issued by local banks (14 traditional and Islamic banks). The performance of the banks was evaluated separately using the CAMELS model, where the study showed average performance of the operating banks. The researchers deliberately used indicators of capital adequacy, asset quality, management efficiency, profitability, liquidity, and sensitivity to market risks. In addition, the researchers tried to study the effect of stock market risk on the performance of the banking sector by forming a portfolio of shares of banks operating in Syria. The results of the statistical analysis using the SPSS program, through the Discriminant Analysis test, showed the presence of an impact of a number of indicators on the performance of the banking sector. In the end, a model for evaluating the performance of the banking sector was obtained using a multiple regression model and the model is able to explain the performance of the banking sector by 88.4%.
Asphalt plays the role of envelope and bonding in asphalt gable, and is exposed to a range
of changes that start from the stage of production of asphalt mosses to the stage of
investment under the influence of traffic loads and weather factors. The
aim of this
research is to investigate the possibility of using polypropylene polymer to modify the
properties of the asphalt binder and to increase its resistance to high temperatures and
different climatic conditions by modifying the asphalt by adding polypropylene by (1, 2, 3,
4, 6, 8%) And perform traditional tests on modified asphalt samples . Using Thin film oven
test RTFOT test to perform the short-term Aging on normal and modified asphalt samples,
heat loss, residual Penetration and aging index, And conduct a structural composition test
to determine asphalt compounds. The results of the study showed that the values of
Penetration tend to decrease with the increase of the percentage of addition while the
degree of Softening point. The results showed increased resistance of asphalt modified to
the thermal conditions. The optimum percentage of polypropylene is 3% Loss on heat at
the lowest level.
The wide geographical spread and the exponential growth of the numbers of goats
around the world clearly demonstrate the ability of these ruminants to adapt to
harsh climates and grazing land. The aim of this study was to assess the genetic
divers
ity of 42 samples of Syrian goats from many domestication stations including
Jabali, Shami and hybrid (hybridization between both Shami and Jabali). The study
was done by DNA extraction of these samples, application of SSR technology using
7 microstellite markers. The alleles number of markers were 29 alleles, at a rate of
4.1 allele for each genetic locus. The number of alleles of each locus ranged from 3
alleles in genetically markers (BMS1714, INRAD07, SRCRSP09) to 8 alleles at the
genetic marker SRCRSP01. The rate of allele-frequency across all studied genetic
sites ranged from 0.071429 with the molecular size of 210 bp for the McM527
genetic site to 0.97619 with a molecular size of 55 bp for the SRCRSP09 genetic site.
The concept of sustainable development and its
indicators and dimensions, and focus on the reality in the
shadow of the Syrian crisis at the moment
Al-Sourani Dam was built to provide drinking water for inhabited villages in Sheikh
Badr –Tartous, but the lake water is exposed to pollutants from several sources. In this
paper, we discuss the mechanism of pollution and the appropriate measures,
by
determining some physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water in different
sites.
The results showed that turbidity and pH values arise in the autumn and winter
especially in the water of tributaries compared with the water of the lake, this may be due
to the activated runoff following rainfall in this period. Whereas the ammonium ion
showed a significant increase in the lake's tail, that can be attributed to sewage residues
from Broummana Al-Mashaeikh that threw directly into the lake. The results also showed
remarkable seasonal changes concerning the total microorganisms in all studied sites,
where the highest value was recorded in winter that reached 5.36 × 104 cells / 100 ml in
Aine Alzaaror tributary.
we conclude that the main source of pollution of lake's water, was the polluted water
coming from Broummana Al-Mashaeikh, in addition to Aine Alzaaror tributary, that flows
near a restaurant. The second source is Al-Wade Alakhdar tributary that feeds permanently
the lake. So, the lake's water should be sterilized before using for drinking.
This research aimed to investigate the competitive situation and the growth
reduction as a result of competition for brutia pine trees grown in
Kafardabeel stand – Jableh. In the year 2015, 15 circle plots (with area size
of 400 m²) in the study a
rea planted in 1974 were sampled; all variations in
the site like tree density, aspect, slop, topography and site fertility were
covered. In the sample plot diameter at breast height of all trees and also
coordinates of central tree and coordinates of all compotators as well as
were measured. In order to study the competitive situation, two different
types of competition indices: position dependent (Heygi1, Heygi2, BAL) and
position independent (CCF) indices were used.
This research presents a model to determine the exchange
rate for the Syrian Pound in the long term by using monetary
quantity theory; it uses annual data for the period of 1980 to 2011;
it employs Johansen co-integration technique by using E-View
s
statistic program. The research purpose is to determinate the
equilibrium relationship between Exchange rate of Syrian Pound
and economic indicators in the long term, besides studying the
Granger Causality Test between Exchange rate of Syrian Pound and
economic indicators; and analyzing the correlation relationship Test
between Exchange rate of Syrian Pound and economic indicators.
A comprehensive literature review was carried out in order to
identify potential factors that have an influence on project
performance. Based on this review, a formal questionnaire survey
was developed and sent to a carefully selected focus group
of
construction experts from within the Syrian construction industry.
School buildings in Syria suffer of the high cost of maintenance works. In addition,
there is no fear methodology to organize the maintenance process and evaluate the
performance of these buildings.
This research aims to develop a system for evalu
ating the performance of school
buildings in the city of Tartous, in order to be used in the maintenance policy for these
buildings and other buildings in other regions.
The evaluating process is executed by calculating a performance indicator, which
defines the state of the building depending on three sub-indicators: functional, technical
and healthiness indicator.
Maintenance manual and evaluating lists were developed to evaluate the components
of school building. In addition, many questionnaires were set to determine the relative
importance for each component of school building.
The improved model was used to calculate the performance indicators for several
schools. As a result, most of these schools were in a moderate situation. Also, the results
clarify that some components have law state comparing to other ones and we should focus
on them in organized maintenance processes.
