Abs t r ac t Why do we speak? Because we want to influence each other's behavior. The relevance of a speech act can measure its nsefulness. In this paper I argue that (i) the relevance of a speech act depends on the 'language game' one is involved in; (ii) notions of relevance can be defined using decision, information and game theory, and can be used for linguistic applications; and (fii) the ...

Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are a powerful framework for generative tasks. However, they are difficult to train and tend to miss modes of the true data generation process. Although GANs can learn a rich representation of the covered modes of the data in their latent space, the framework misses an inverse mapping from data to this latent space. We propose Invariant Encoding Generative...

This paper proposes the use of ontologies to provide intelligent virtual environments with semantical information, which can be of great value to the virtual agents inhabiting the world. On the one hand, this approach allows us to define complex objects and to introduce semantic levels of detail that help the agents when sensing complex scenes. On the other hand, the object taxonomy established...

In conclusion, the model itself is theoretically sound and the results of the eY cacy study are encouraging. Future research might usefully be directed at invest igating the relative importance of each of the aspects of the model, the eY cacy of the planned breaks and the eVects of parent education and involvement in therapy. The model oVers a broad outline to aid clin icians in planning eVect ...

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE Resective surgery is an effective treatment for refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. In difficult cases, invasive monitoring may be needed to precisely lateralise and localise seizure foci of mesial temporal origin. The authors present a modified technique for image guided, endoscopic placement of an intraventricular electrode array (IVE) that abuts the amygdalo-hippocamp...

Adopt ion of the most ef fect ive methods of contracept ion requires ind iv idua l dec is ion-making and negot ia t ion wi th con t racep t i ve providers. In order to take account of both behavioral elements, a twodimensional f ramework for understanding contracept ive adoption and cont inuat ion by unmarried young is proposed, incorporat ing a "socialpsycho log ica l m o d e l " of i nd i v i...

AIMS The study is an integrated assessment of clinical, image and morphological parameters in severe intracerebral haemorrhages (ICH) complicated with intraventricular extension (IVE). MATERIAL AND METHODS The studied group had 93 cases of patients with ICH and IVE who were hospitalized in the Emergency County Hospital of Craiova and died during hospitalization. The parameters evaluated were ...

El principal objetivo en esta investigación es determinar el comportamiento de la dispersión contaminantes criterio ciudad Valledupar; además, establecer las áreas mayor impacto a causa emisiones por fuentes móviles tres sus principales vías. Para llevar cabo se realizó un análisis meteorología Valledupar para los días modelación, cual tuvieron cuenta variables dirección del viento, velocidad t...

Spirometry is difficult for some COPD patient to perform. Volumetric capnography could be a second choice test to evaluate the severity of functional disturbances. The aim of this work is to test this hypothesis. A total number of 98 subjects were classified either as normal ex-smokers (N=14) or COPD patients. The latter were staged following GOLD recommendations. Spirometry and volumetric capn...