Introduction The Subject-Action-Object (SAO) structures are composed of Subject (noun phrase), Action (verb phrase) and Object (noun phrase), which can represent technology information with more details in a simple manner and have been widely applied in patent text mining (Cascini, Lueehesi, & Rissone, 2001; Sungchul et al., 2012; Zhang et al., 2014a). This paper presents an approach for techno...

A technology tree (TechTree) is a branching diagram that expresses relationships among product components, technologies, or functions of a technology in a specific technology area. A TechTree identifies strategic core technologies and is a useful tool to support decision making in a given market environment for organizations with specified capabilities. However, existing TechTrees generally ove...

We present a working prototype of YouASTRO (www.youastro.org), a web-based BibTeX-compliant reference management software (RMS) for astrophysi-cal papers in the SAO/NASA ADS database. It also includes as a main feature the concept of distributed paper comments and ratings. In these paper, we introduce the main characteristics of the web application, and we will briefly discuss what could be the...

Expanding upon Pimbblet’s informative 2011 analysis of career h-indices for members of the Astronomical Society of Australia, we provide additional citation metrics which are geared to a) quantifying the current performance of b) all professional astronomers in Australia. We have trawled the staff web-pages of Australian Universities, Observatories and Research Organisations hosting professiona...

Relationships between attachment styles and the content and structure of mental representations of parents were investigated. Undergraduates completed 3and 4-category measures of attachment style and wrote descriptions of their parents. Securely attached participants' parental representations were characterized by differentiation, elaboration, benevolence, and nonpunitiveness. Representations b...

The collections of Buchlov State Castle include, among other things, a richly decorated late medieval long-sword that can be, based on its overall character, including maker’s marks blade, reliably interpreted as so-called magistrate’s sword made around the turn 16th century in Passau, Bavaria. This article discusses nature decoration comparison with similar preserved Central European magistrat...