We address the problems of determining consistency and of nding a solution for sets of 3-point relations expressing exclusion of a point from an interval, and for sets of 4-point relations expressing interval dis-jointness. Availability of these relations is an important requirement for dealing with the sorts of temporal constraints encountered in many AI applications such as plan reasoning. We...

This paper proposes Interactive Intervention Strategy (IIS) as an effective activity to teach English a Foreign Language (EFL) in the Arab world and other similar EFL environments. It explores impact of IIS on speaking skills (fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar) students Jordanian context. The study used quasi-experimental quantitative design analyze data. sample consisted 30 control g...

Interactive digital television is at early stage as regards the interface design, especially in business transactions (t-commerce). Current attempts to transpose the problem related to linearity of narrative and temporal flows and audiovisual content obstruction by the interactive layer, although pointing out design perspectives—in addition to the structural and visual web patterns—are still in...

This paper compares two approaches to word sense disambiguation using word embeddings trained on unambiguous synonyms. The first one is an unsupervised method based on computing log probability from sequences of word embedding vectors, taking into account ambiguous word senses and guessing correct sense from context. The second method is supervised. We use a multilayer neural network model to l...

metadiscourse markers help writers make coherent and reader- friendly texts, thus of considerable importance in academic writing. the main aim of this study was to investigate how interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers are used by iranian efl learners. an inquiry was carried out to investigate cross-cultural similarities and differences in the use of metadiscourse markers in the di...

We reformulate the notion of uncertainty pairs unitary operators within context guessing games and derive an entropic relation for a pair such operators. show how distinguishable are compatible while maximal incompatibility can be connected to bases some subspace which mutually unbiased.

Doctors and clients sometimes experience interactive clashes during hospital meetings in South-western Nigerian hospitals because of their divergent culture-constrained orientation to politeness cues. The goal of this paper is to unpack the discursive elements that characterize interactive confluence and divergence in selected consultative encounters in the hospitals. The findings indicate that...

This study examined the effect of training in cognitive reading strategies in the context of critical literacy. Thirty students enrolled in a critical analysis course at a Lebanese university participated in the study. For three months, the participants received instruction based on a critical literacy model during which they were trained in summarizing, paraphrasing, using key words and discou...