People apply the term ‘the green economy’, to a wide range of activities – everything from cleantech and renewables, to job creation, and public policy. However, the fact remains that there is no standard definition of the green economy. Consequently it is difficult to measure performance and assess progress. Moreover, the narrow approach of defining some economic sectors as ‘green’ and others ...

We consider in this paper that a DSL (Domain Specific Language) may be defined by a set of models. A typical DSL is the ATLAS Transformation Language (ATL). An ATL program transforms a source model (conforming to a source metamodel) into a target model (conforming to a target metamodel). Being itself a model, the transformation program conforms to the ATL metamodel. The notion of metamodel is t...

The goal of this paper is to further develop methods for verifying Mapping Principles between source and target domain pairings of conceptual metaphors. Previous work (Ahrens, Chung & Huang, 2003) integrated the Conceptual Mapping Model with an ontology-based knowledge representation (i.e. SUMO) in order to demonstrate that conceptual metaphor analysis could be restricted and eventually, automa...

The concept of syllabic neighbours (words sharing the same first syllable) is central in the interpretive framework of syllabic effects in visual word recognition. However, the definition of this concept remains surprisingly vague, so it is not clear whether or not syllabic competition is driven by words of similar syllabic length. The present study aimed to refine the definition by investigati...

Purpose. In this work, a novel descriptor of atoms in molecules is introduced. The Refractotopological State Index for atoms (R-state,R ), rectifies the atomic refractivity values reported by Crippen et al with the atomic refractivity values of the topological environment of each skeletal atom in the molecule. Method. The R-state (R i), for atom i is an hybrid index that is defined as the intri...

I propose a new definition of identification in the limit (also called convergence to the truth), as a new success criterion that is meant to complement, rather than replacing, the classic definition due to Gold (1967). The new definition is designed to explain how it is possible to have successful learning in a kind of scenario that Gold’s classic account ignores—the kind of scenario in which ...

Protein-glycan interactions are important regulators of a variety of biological processes, ranging from immune recognition to anticoagulation. An important area of active research is directed toward understanding the role of host cell surface glycans as recognition sites for pathogen protein receptors. Recognition of cell surface glycans is a widely employed strategy for a variety of pathogens,...

The problem of target localization with ideal binary detectors is considered in one dimensional space. The problem is investigated in both a censored and non-censored scheme. In the censored setting, the problem is equivalent to estimating the center of a uniform distribution by knowing samples of data. It does not admit an MVU estimator according to the previous results of Lehmann-Sheffe. Howe...

BACKGROUND Deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT) is an emerging therapy for refractory focal epilepsy. However, the most optimal target for stimulation has not been unambiguously described. OBJECTIVE In the present study, we investigated the correlation between the stimulation site and outcome in order to define the optimal target for deep brain stimulation in r...

An understanding of community development in resource-based areas must begin with an awareness of what a community is and how it develops. In this article I provide a conceptual foundation for operational definitions of community and community development. The proposed working definitions are grounded in sociological theory and empirical research. This endeavor is timely since so much of our so...