In this paper, we report the joint participation of I2R-NUS team and MSRA team in entity linking task for Knowledge Base Population at Text Analysis Conference 2011. I2R-NUS team submitted two results with the full system and the partial system for diagnosis purpose. Both results incorporate the new technologies: acronym expansion, instance selection and topic modeling proposed in our recent pa...

This study provides a deep understanding of the current status of electronic networks in the Jordanian handicrafts sector from managers’ perspectives. More specifically, this study enhances utilisation of the e-environment to gain market share in local, regional, and international markets. Four cases of handicraft projects are selected to conduct face to face interviews. The results show that h...

Four-dimensional Einstein gravity in the Palatini first order formalism is shown to possess a vector supersymmetry of the same type as found in the topological theories for Yang-Mills fields. A peculiar feature of the gravitationel theory, characterized by diffeomorphism invariance, is a direct link of vector supersymmetry with the field equation of motion for the Faddeev-Popov ghost of diffeom...

The paper describes the two systems from MSR that participated in the English Entity Linking and Temporal Slot Filling (TSF) tasks at TAC 2013. The entity linking system is built by using the same framework and architecture as the previous iterations that participated in the TAC 2011 and 2012 evaluations; therefore, its description focuses on the components that are novel with reference to thos...

Enterprise governance of IT (EGIT) is about the definition and implementation of processes, structures and relational mechanisms that enable both business and IT people to execute their responsibilities in support of business/IT alignment and the creation of business value from IT-enabled business investments. In this field, practice-oriented guidance like COBIT and Val IT are often promoted as...

unlike the languages we know, some of the arabic sentences form without any verbs. arab grammarians call these sentences, which contain a subject and a predicate without any linking verbs, nominal sentences. examining theses sentences indicates that their predicate is composed of one of the following words or structures: 1. noun, 2. prepositional phrase, 3. an adverb of time or place, 4. a nomi...

Researchers are of the belief that employee voice has favorable effects for both the employee and the organization. However, the effect of employee voice on creativity, and the process through which it influences creativity, has hitherto received little attention. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between perceived employee voice and creativity. Employees of three premier dairy...