CISTI: Bridging the information gap

PubMed: bridging the information gap.

O n-line literature searches of bibliographic databases such as PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi) are now integral to the lives of clinicians. A huge amount of knowledge can be gleaned from even a basic PubMed search, while the use of advanced functions can add speed and focus. The 11 million or so abstracts that constitute PubMed undoubtedly make it one of the most significant ba...

Cross Language Information Integration Bridging the Gap

Integrating information in multiple natural languages is a challenging task that often requires manually created linguistic resources such as a bilingual dictionary or examples of direct translations of text. Comparable coprora have important properties that can be exploited to infer word translations without a bilingual dictionary. The main premise underlying comparable corpora is that transla...

Introduction: bridging the imaging gap with information.

Bridging the Gap between Information Need and Information Acquisition

In this article, we address the rarely discussed problem of connecting high-level information (e.g., aggregated states and enemy intentions) to information acquisition. Our approach is to partition the transition of information need to sensor management into a set of comprehensible entities (information types and functions), which we present in a framework. The framework is stepwise (sequential...

Bridging the Gap Bridging the Educational Research-Teaching Practice Gap

The first paper [1] in this two-part miniseries on conceptual understanding discussed expert and novice conceptual knowledge, the multifaceted nature of conceptual understanding, and the cognitive skills essential for constructing it. This second article presents examples of instruments for the assessment and development of five facets of conceptual understanding that require competence in the ...