What was originally intended to be a characterization of an “ideal” extensive reading (ER) approach, however, has been taken to an almost religious quality with some practitioners who firmly believe that any approach that deviates from these guidelines is not truly “extensive reading.” This, I have found, is one of the most frequent objections to using the MReader.org quiz program among teacher...

This paper presents a knowledge-poor method for the solution of anaphoric and deictic expressions in Dutch texts. The method is developed for use in a text summarization system. Anaphora resolution plays an important role in the analysis of the original text as well as in the generation of the text summary.

Current methods for applying multi-site vibratory stimuli to the skin typically involve the use of two separate vibrotactile stimulators, which can lead to difficulty with positioning of stimuli and in ensuring that stimuli are delivered perfectly in phase at the same amplitude and frequency. Previously, we reported a two-point stimulator (TPS) that was developed in order to solve the problem o...

U svom prikazu knjige Avnera Greifa Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade ekonomski povjesničar Gregory Clark (2007) napisao je da je ona “ambiciozna, složena, opsežna i teška. Onima koji budu željeli napisati njezin prikaz zadat će mnogo posla i problema. Knjiga će generacijama uzrujavati studente”. Clark nadalje smatra da je knjiga na trenutke “izuzetno ...

In this article we examine earcons, which are audio messages used in the user-computer interface to provide information and feedback to the user about computer entities. (Earcons include messages and functions, as well as states and labels.) We identify some design principles that are common to both visual symbols and auditory messages, and discuss the use of representational and abstract icons...

The present study has evaluated the hypothesis stating that glycoprotein (GP) Ib/lX, the receptor for von Willebrand factor (vWF), is downregulated and cleared from exposed surfaces to channels of the open canalicular system (OCS) on platelets activated by thrombin in suspension. Cryosections of resting and thrombin-activated platelets fixed at intervals of 1 to 30 minutes after stimulation by ...

A classic offers us a multitude of possibilities for interpretation. The Laozi (老子), some­ times also titled Dao De Jing (道德經), is no doubt one of the most influential and con­ troversial philosophical Chinese classics, and it has inspired numerous annotations and interpretations ever since pre-Qin times (221 B.C.–206 B.C.). This paper aims to analyse the interpretation and annotation of the La...

This paper develops a method to construct confidence bands in deconvolution when the error distribution is unknown. We work with the case where an auxiliary sample from the error distribution is available and the error density is ordinary smooth. The construction is based upon the “intermediate” Gaussian approximation and the Gaussian multiplier bootstrap, but not on explicit limit distribution...