Most Web-based Q/A systems work by finding pages that contain an explicit answer to a question. These systems are helpless if the answer has to be inferred from multiple sentences, possibly on different pages. To solve this problem, we introduce the HOLMES system, which utilizes textual inference (TI) over tuples extracted from text. Whereas previous work on TI (e.g., the literature on textual ...

In the logic approach to Recognizing Textual Entailment, identifying phrase-tophrase semantic relations is still an unsolved problem. Resources such as the Paraphrase Database offer limited coverage despite their large size whereas unsupervised distributional models of meaning often fail to recognize phrasal entailments. We propose to map phrases to their visual denotations and compare their me...

In addition to their roles in organizing the actin cytoskeleton, members of the Rho family of GTP-binding proteins have recently been implicated in a plethora of other functions, including the activation of kinase cascades and transcription factors, and the control of endocytosis and secretion. Alongside this expansion is proposed functions has been the identification of multiple target protein...

The French Lieutenant’s Woman is the English novelist John Fowles’ representative work, which shows author’s concern on theme of freedom through romantic entanglements hero and heroine, using special art dialogue. Based intensive reading exhaustive textual analysis, applying Bakhtin’s theory dialogue, this paper analyzes dialogic features novel from two aspects: great dialogue among author, rea...

This mixed-methods cross-cultural study examined the role of instructor confirmation and care in EFL students’ willingness to attend classes (WTAC). For quantitative phase, 1006 605 university students were chosen respectively from Chinese Iranian universities, for qualitative sub-groups 43 34 participants selected. Three close-ended scales semi-structured interviews used collect data. Results ...

background due to its progressive nature in all aspects of life, addiction endangers the health of individuals, families and the society. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the role of self-regulation and affective control in predicting interpersonal reactivity of drug addicts. materials and methods this research is a correlation study. the statistical population of this stud...