This paper gives an analysis of the connective while and the way it functions in context, based on a study of a set of while-clauses in two di erent text types. I propose to view while as one connective with a basic meaning and a number of di erent surface realizations. I show that di erent interpretations of while are subject to constraints coming from di erent directions, and that in determin...

This paper introduces a framework for Planning while Learning where an agent is given a goal to achieve in an environment whose behavior is only partially known to the agent. We discuss the tractability of various plan-design processes. We show that for a large natural class of Planning while Learning systems, a plan can be presented and veriied in a reasonable time. However, coming up algorith...

This study examined the causal factors associated with anger while driving and the possible consequences of that anger on driving behaviour. Drivers kept diaries over a period of two weeks, detailing the events occurring during each journey in that time, with notes on events such as near accidents and on feelings of anger. The study examined the diaries of 100 drivers, who reported a total of 2...

This paper describes issues that arise when integrating a planner with a system that learns planning operators incrementally, and our approaches to address these issues. During learning, domain knowledge can be incomplete and incorrect in different ways; therefore the planner must be able to use incomplete domain knowledge. This presents the following challenges for planning: How should the pla...

UK higher education institutes are lobbying to get the commission to accept the idea of credits based on learning outcomes rather than length of study. But within the UK, Scottish and Welsh universities are already implementing credit systems compatible with the European Commission's system. The Bologna process objectives enthuse many people. George Winckler, president of the European Universit...

Social play and tolerance are positively correlated and playful signals are more freely expressed in egalitarian than in despotic species. Macaque species are organized along a continuum from intolerant to tolerant social systems and, for this reason, they are good models to test some hypotheses about the possible linkage between communication and tolerance. We compared facial playful communica...

& 2014 Ame The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is providing a set of recommendations designed to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with distractions due to texting while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 12% of all fatal crashes involving at least one distracted driver are estimated to be related to cell phone use while driving....

The fundamental premise of visualization is that a useful correspondence between pixels and data can be built. However, visualization programs rarely operate at the pixel level. Instead of the discrete, finite space of pixels, the most common visualization models work with canvases of floating-point coordinates and geometric shapes. Preserving some source data link all the way down to the pixel...

To cite: Chattranukulchai P, Luengtaviboon K, Tumkosit M. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013010389 DESCRIPTION A 38-year-old man with asymptomatic chest wall deformity presented with acute, severe retrosternal pain experienced while he was bowling. The pain radiated to the back and down to abdomen in a tearing fashion. Physical examination reveal...