Early work on natural language database query processing focused on theories of compositional semantics. Recent work concentrates on the translation of NL queries to SQL where semantics is primarily used in an ad hoc manner to guide syntactic translation. Here, we argue that there remains a need for an efficiently-implementable denotational semantics for NL DB queries, and show how this can be ...

(✓ 1 ✓ 2 ) := F ( ̄ ✓)(✓ 1 ✓ 2 ) (17) Since μ̇ > 0 and min (V ) > 0, we have (✓ 1 ✓ 2 ) 0 (G(✓ 1 ) G(✓ 2 )) (✓ 1 ✓ 2 ) 0 (V )(✓ 1 ✓ 2 ) > 0 for any ✓ 1 6= ✓ 2 . Hence, G(✓) is an injection from Rd to Rd, and so G 1 is a well-defined function. Consequently, (15) has a unique solution ˆ ✓ = G (Z). Let us consider an ⌘-neighborhood of ✓⇤, B⌘ := {✓ : k✓ ✓⇤k  ⌘}, where ⌘ > 0 is a constant that will ...

mohammed, north, and ashton find that decentralization in fiji shifted health-sector workloads from tertiary hospitals to peripheral health centres, but with little transfer of administrative authority from the centre. decisionmaking in five functional areas analysed remains highly centralized. they surmise that the benefits of decentralization in terms of services and outcomes will be limited....

neuroscience has recently contributed a lot to the understanding of aesthetic experience features. science, art and creativity are not really distinctively different entities. the parallelism seen between the properties of art and organizational principals of the brain has been highlighted through neuroaesthetic studies. aesthetic as a subjective experience has comprehensively been studies thro...

Presently, nearly 26,000 MW gas power plant and nearly 16,000 MW of combined cycle has been installed in the country. But their power output in summer reduces to a minimum, where most demand is required, compared to the winter season. The main reason for that is gas turbine dependence on the ambient air temperature. Since most of our country has warm and dry climates, cooling down the input air...

the renowned proverb “shāhnāma axarash xoš ast” has implicit question which its answer may change our understanding of the nature and function of shāhnāma. the end of shāhnāma contains numerous tragic events in sassanid age. also it does not seem to be normal if the iranians have deemed the bitter adventure of the shahs and pahlavāns as a happy ending like what firdausi narrates at the end of h...

case law and doctrine are, no¬ doubt, of immune importance and impact in developing law in every country, especially where they complete each other. yet, in iran they are often not used as a complement to each other particularly in the field of copyright. this paper seeks to connect these two. to this end, it will review judgments given by the ahwaz ordinary public court and the appeal court of...