Three approaches to content-and-structure XML retrieval are analysed in this paper: first by using Zettair, a fulltext information retrieval system; second by using eXist, a native XML database, and third by using a hybrid XML retrieval system that uses eXist to produce the final answers from likely relevant articles retrieved by Zettair. INEX 2003 content-and-structure topics can be classified...

In training and gaming systems, distributed multimedia are often used, in which the basic content elements must be conveyed or presented in a synchronized order at synchronized moments over multiple devices and in many cases over a network. These content elements are often presented or represented as “Synchronizable Objects” with which their control and management fall into a design pattern. Th...

To collect and organize Web content today a user must make bookmarks, print whole webpages, or copy and paste pieces of webpages into a document. We present a framework for assisting the user in managing personal collections of Web content. The user interactively selects the webpage elements of interest, and the system builds an extraction pattern for those elements that is used to automaticall...

Analysis of elements content in honey is important for honey quality and safety and for monitoring of environmental pollution. The levels of 22 elements, aluminum (Al), barium (Ba), calcium (Ca), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), sodium (Na), lead (Pb), strontium (Sr), silver (Ag), bismuth (Bi), gallium ...

We introduce Indagator (Latin for explorer), an application which incorporates multiplayer, pervasive gaming elements into mobile content sharing. Indagator allows users to annotate real world locations with multimedia content, and concurrently, provides opportunities for play through engaging interactive game elements. A study of Indagator was conducted to obtain usability feedback, and to exa...

ebrahim panahpour1*, parviz ahmadi2,  mahmoud shomeili3 1,2- department of soil science, college of agriculture, ahvaz branch, islamic azad university, ahvaz, iran 3- manager agronomi department sugarcane research and training institute khuzestan, iran *corresponding author email: [email protected] received: 22 july 2015                                                                       ...

One way of making learning English language interesting is through its gamified instruction, especially nowadays that most teachings are done virtually. Doing so, however, requires a valid framework. To construct such a framework a set of 22 peer reviewed papers on language learning and gamified teaching, from among 94 of such papers, was content analyzed and key concepts, and frequently used e...