D i s c o u r s e i s b o t h abou t t h e w o r l d and a n accomp l i shmen t i n t h e w o r l d . T h i s f a c t has l e d t o two approaches t o t h e s t u d y o f d i s c o u r s e I n a r t i f i c i a l i n t e l l i g e n c e , one i n v e s t i g a t i n g " t e x t p l a n s * ' , t h e o t h e r " w o r l d p l a n s " . By a n a l y z i n g a f r a g m e n t o f a n a r r a t i v...

d a t a t y p e b o o l e a n _ b u s e s = ( * c o n s t r u c t o r s f o r e v e r y b u s t h a t s h o u l d b e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e b o o l p r i m i t i v e t y p e * ) d a t a t y p e i n s _ c l a s s _ b u s e s = ( * c o n s t r u c t o r s f o r e v e r y b u s t h a t s h o u l d b e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e c l a s s e s d a t a t y p e * ) d a t a t y p e i...

A p a s s i v e h a e m a g g l u t i n a t i o n tes t ( P H A ) for h u m a n n e u r o c y s t i c e r c o s i s w a s s t a n d a r d i z e d a n d e v a l u a t e d for the de tec t i on of spec i f i c a n t i b o d i e s to C y s t i c e r c u s c e l l u losae i n c e r e b r o s p i n a l f l u id ( C S F ) . F o r the a s s a y , f o r m a l d e h y d e t r e a t e d g r o u p O R h h...

This paper considers the problem of comparing real incomes across countries. The available methods are reviewed and their performance is compared using the raw data underlying the Penn World Table. We propose and implement a test of the "Gerschenkron Effect": the downward bias in a country's measured real income when its own prices are used as weights. The test confirms that this Effect obtains...

A s y s t e m f o r t h e g e n e r a t i o n o f F r e n c h s e n t e n c e s i s t h e n d e s c r i b e d , b a s e d o n t h e r e c u r s i v e e v a l u a t i o n o f p r o c e d u r a l g e n e r a t i o n p a t t e r n s c a l l e d S T E R E O T Y P E S . T h e s t e r e o t y p e s a r e s e m a n t i c a l l y c o n t e x t s e n s i t ive, a r e a t t a c h e d t o e a c h s e n s ...

A b s t r a c t T h e p a p e r i s a i m e d a t e x a m i n i n g t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n t h e t h r e e t o p i c s o f t h e w o r k s h o p s t h a t g a v e r i s e t o t h i s b o o k : s e c u r i t y , f a u l t t o l e r a n c e , a n d s o f t w a r e a s s u r a n c e. T h o s e t h r e e t o p i c s c a n b e v i e w e d a s d i f f e r e n t f a c e t s o f d ...

P u r i f i e d D20 i c e w a s i r r a d i a t e d w i t h p u l s e s o f 0.53 MeV e l e c t r o n s a n d t h e s p e c t r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n s o f t h e l u m i n e s c e n c e i n t e n s i t y a n d h a l f l i f e w e r e r e c o r d e d b e t w e e n 200 a n d 800 nm. E m i s s i o n p e a k s w e r e o b s e r v e d a t 390 a n d 540 nm a n d i t w a s s h o w n t h a t n o n...

I. I n t r o d u c t i o n The 4 f o r b i t a l i n t h e l a n t h a n i d e s e r i e s has a s m a l l s p a t i a l e x t e n t and i s l o c a t e d i n s i d e t h e 5s5p c o r e . As a r e s u l t t h e 4 f 4 f Coulomb i n t e r a c t i o n U i s l a r g e and t h e h y b r i d i z a t i o n A b e t w e e n t h e 4 f s t a v e and t h e c o n d u c t i o n s t a t e s i s sma 1. I n som...

a p p o in te d b y t h e k r d o f D ir e c t o r s o f t h e A s s o c ia-»n i n a c c o r d v irith t h e p r o v is io n s t h e A s s o c ia t io n 's C o n s t it u t i o n , i d w i t h t h e S e c r e t a r y o f t h e A s-i a t i o n o n A u g u s t 8 t h e f o l l o w-S l i s t o f c a n d id a t e s : J. A l l y n S t e a r n s ; f o r 5 t h V ic e P r e s id e n t , C la r e n c e W...

pa r t i c ipa t i on of i n d i v i d u a l s w i th d i s a b i l i t i e s in a c a d e m i c , e m p l o y m e n t , r e c r e a t i o n , a n d o t h e r ac t i v i t i e s . H o w e v e r , to r e a c h th is goa l , t e c h n o l o g y mus t b e a c c e s s i b l e to, a v a i l a b l e to , and u s a b l e by e v e r y o n e . T h e a u t h o r s o f th i s a r t i c l e s h a r e c o m...