A system is proposed that combines textual and visual statistics in a single index vector for content-based search of a WWW image database. Textual statistics are captured in vector form using latent semantic indexing (LSI) based on text in the containing HTML document. Visual statistics are captured in vector form using color and orientation histograms. By using an integrated approach, it beco...

This paper talks about the relationship between conceptual metaphor and semantic motivation of English and Chinese idioms from three aspects, namely, structural metaphor, orientation metaphor and ontological metaphor. Based on that, the author puts forward applying conceptual metaphor theory to English and Chinese idiom teaching.

We propose a new semantic orientation, Excitation, and its automatic acquisition method. Excitation is a semantic property of predicates that classifies them into excitatory, inhibitory and neutral. We show that Excitation is useful for extracting contradiction pairs (e.g., destroy cancer ⊥ develop cancer) and causality pairs (e.g., increase in crime ⇒ heighten anxiety). Our experiments show th...

Temporal knowledge representation and reasoning is a major research field in Artificial Intelligence, in Database Systems, and in Web and Semantic Web research. The ability to model and process time and calendar data is essential for many applications like appointment scheduling, planning, Web services, temporal and active database systems, adaptive Web applications, and mobile computing applic...

aim: considering the fundamental role of parents' function and family dynamics including the importance role of family communication pattern on preventing early-onset substance use in children, the present study aimed to determine the correlation between family communication pattern and mothers' preventive behavioral intention regarding preventing early-onset substance use in children...

Arrows illustrate a large variety of semantics in diagrams. An automated interpretation of arrows would be highly desirable in pen-based interfaces. This paper formalizes the structural patterns of arrows, and identifies three structural properties that contribute to the interpretation of arrows: (1) the assignment of components to three slots, (2) the semantic types of the components, and (3) ...

This paper reports on experiments with a newly available sentiment classification test collection for Chinese. Detection of negation during training and classification is shown to improve the accuracy of character-based classification for the semantic orientation of individual Chinese words. Using the resulting classifier for unknown words resulted in substantial improvements in classification ...

In this paper we propose several formal tools intended to grasp an important aspect of static localisation in language namely orientation. We consider French spatial expressions used in localising an entity in an internal way (Internal Localisation Nouns such as haut (top), bas (bottom), devant (front), derrière (back)) or in an external way (prepositions devant (in front of), derrière (behind)...

Sentiment analysis systems can benefit from the translation of sentiment information. We present a novel, graph-based approach using SimRank, a well-established graph-theoretic algorithm, to transfer sentiment information from a source language to a target language. We evaluate this method in comparison with semantic orientation using pointwise mutual information (SO-PMI), an established unsupe...