This paper describes a project aimed at creating a lexical ontology extracted (semi) automatically from a large Portuguese general dictionary. Although using machine readable dictionaries to extract semantic information is not new, we believe this is the first attempt for the Portuguese language. The paper describes a (to be) freely available resource, dubbed PAPEL, explaining the process used ...

My project in this paper is to extend the interventionist analysis of causation to give an account of causation in psychology. Many aspects of empirical investigation into psychological causation fit straightforwardly into the interventionist framework. I address three problems. First, the problem of explaining what it is for a causal relation to be properly psychological rather than merely bio...

the aims of the present study were to evaluate luteal activity in abadeh ecotype goat during summer and winter and also the effect of a single dose kisspeptin-10 injection on the secretion of luteinizing hormone (lh) in female anestrous goats. in the first study, progesterone (p4) concentration in 10 goats in summer (n = 6) and winter (n = 4) were measured every other day. moreover, in summer g...

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is considered one of the most important tomato pathogens in tropical and subtropical regions including Iran. During the years 2007 to 2009, a total number of 510 symptomatic and asymptomatic vegetable, ornamental and weed samples were collected from fields and greenhouses in ten provinces of Iran. Symptoms included stunting, yellowing, leaf curl and flower ...

OBJECTIVES Women in menopause have the more mood swings than before menopause. At the same time seem to sexual self-concept and sexual aspects of self-knowledge has a great impact on their mental health. This study aimed to investigate the sexual self-concept and its relationship to depression, stress and anxiety in postmenopausal women's. METHODS In this descriptive correlation research, 300...

Our ordinary causal concept seems to fit poorly with how our best physics describes the world. We think of causation as a time-asymmetric dependence relation between relatively local events. Yet fundamental physics describes the world in terms of dynamical laws that are, possible small exceptions aside, time symmetric and that relate global time slices. My goal in this paper is to show why we a...