Computational generation of literary artifacts very often resorts to template-like schemas that can be instantiated into complex structures. With this view in mind, the present paper presents a casebased reasoning solution that builds a plot line to match a given query, expressed in terms of a sequence of abstraction of plot-bearing elements of a story, by retrieving and adapting templates for ...

Abstract. Based on a validated two-dimensional XFEM code for two-phase flows, this work deals with the extension of this code to three spatial dimensions using structured hexahedral meshes. Surface tension effects are considered, resulting in a discontinuous pressure field. The treatment of hexahedral elements which are cut by the interface is shown. In contrast to linear tetrahedral elements, ...

in this work, the mechanism for fracture of brittle substances such as rocks under a uniform normal tension is considered. the oriented straight micro-cracks are mostly created in all the polycrystalline materials resulting from the stress concentrations. the present work focuses on the interactions of the pre-existing micro-cracks, which can grow and propagate within a rock-like specimen. the ...

The time for the appearance of the cytochrome C absorption band after shaking a suspension of bakers' yeast with various O(2)-N(2) mixtures was determined at each of six temperatures. At each temperature a linear relation between this interval-called the reduction time-and O(2) tension was found. It was shown: 1. That under our experimental conditions, absorption bands of cytochrome were seen w...

BACKGROUND Meta-analyses may be prone to generating misleading results because of a paucity of experimental studies (especially in surgery); publication bias; and heterogeneity in study design, intervention and the patient population of included studies. When investigating a specific clinical or scientific question on which several relevant meta-analyses may have been published, value judgments...

to study the effects of drought stress and foliar application with salicylic acid on yield andit’s components and percentage of essential oil of nigella sativa l., a field experiment was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block design with three replications at research farm of shahid bahonar university of kerman during growing season of 2013- 2014. the main factor was drought...

We present a numerical study of the effect of a free-energy anisotropy of the solidsolid interphase boundaries on the formation of tilted lamellar microstructures during directional solidification of nonfaceted binary eutectic alloys. We used two different methods – phase-field (PF) and dynamic boundary-integral (BI) – to simulate the growth of periodic eutectic patterns in two dimensions. For ...