We present a competing claim why the mobile Internet has been widely embraced in Japan but obtained lukewarm reaction in most countries deploying GSM. We extend common contentions for such discrepancy by analyzing commonalities and differences pertaining to the wireless killer application in both the west and the east – short-messaging. A framework is developed to analyze service specificatio...

The spontaneous utterances produced by 492 Cantonese-speaking children aged 36 to 60 months in 30-minute toy play contexts were collected. The incidence and percentage of different lexical classes, the ratio of noun and verb types and tokens were calculated. A statistically significant predominance of verb usage was found in the expressive utterances of the children. No similar predominance was...

Attempto Controlled English (ACE) allows domain specialists to interactively formulate requirements specifications in domain concepts. ACE can be accurately and efficiently processed by a computer, but is expressive enough to allow natural usage. The Attempto system translates specification texts in ACE into discourse representation structures and optionally into Prolog. Translated specificatio...

Non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) has been receiving an increasing attention within the last 15 years. In contrast to photorealistic computer graphics, which is bound by a physically correct simulation of light transport and material properties, NPR encompass a rich tool set enabling expressive and personal interpretation by individual rendering styles, and is thereby able to communicate infor...

introduction: the acquisition of speech and language constitutes a dynamic part of two-year-old children’s growth. expressive lexicon is a key indicator of language ability in these children. premature birth, birth before gestational week 37, is one of the most common risk factors associated with learning skill development. a review of literature suggests inconsistent results on the relationshi...

Abstract This paper deals with the difficulties of infrared spectroscopy measurement and suggests ways dealing them. Many problems appear when applying ATR (attenuated total reflection) for determining absorbance spectrum wood, especially highly porous nature wood which does not fulfil requirements measurement. Correct determination requires wavelength dependence correction, but some authors mi...

The subject of the study is genre originality Erzya, Moksha and Russian folk ballads, object typical rare ballad plots characters, which allows us to consider phenomenon in all variety aspects. article, based on scientific literature folklore material, characterizes poetic techniques visual expressive means used Moksha, ballads. A special contribution authors topic was comprehension through pri...

This paper is an investigation of theoretical issues pertaining to art and design graduates as they embark upon their training as teachers. The expressive, ‘confessional’ nature of selected forum posts in their virtual learning environment are analysed in relation to the students’ identity transformation into teachers. This transition is profound in the case of artist teachers, for whom the con...