An established body of literature indicates that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty understanding figurative language due to a deficit in theory mind, or the ability consider beliefs other people. Children ASD tend similarly fail traditional mind tasks, which assess their represent false beliefs. Our claim is, however, these tasks involve cognitive processing demands m...

I am researching the traditional belief revision integrity constraints and postulates, which are designed for deductively closed belief spaces, and revising them so that they are applicable to implemented knowledge representation and reasoning systems with deductively open belief spaces (DOBS). A knowledge representation and reasoning system must be able to deal with contradictions and revise b...

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have the fastest growing rate of overweight and obese children. Aggressive programs are urgently needed to prevent unhealthy acculturation-related changes in diet and physical activity and to promote the healthier aspects of traditional lifestyle habits. We conducted focus groups and key informant interviews to explore knowledge, attitudes, dietary p...

BACKGROUND As ART programmes in African settings expand beyond the pilot stages, adherence to treatment may become an increasing challenge. This qualitative study examines potential barriers to, and facilitators of, adherence to ART in a workplace programme in South Africa. METHODS We conducted key informant interviews with 12 participants: six ART patients, five health service providers (HSP...

In the theory of belief functions, the approximation of a basic belief assignment (BBA) is for reducing the high computational cost especially when large number of focal elements are available. In traditional BBA approximation approaches, a focal element's own characteristics such as the mass assignment and the cardinality, are usually used separately or jointly as criteria for the removal of f...