A sample of 200 web tables was interactively converted into layout-independent Augmented Wang Notation (AWN) using the Table Abstraction Tool (TAT). The resulting XML ground-truth files list for each table (1) cell contents, (2) relationships between the hierarchical column and row headers and the value/content/data cells, (3) designators for aggregates like totals and averages, and (4) ancilla...

The development of the African Wordnet (AWN) has reached a stage of maturity where the first steps towards an application can be attempted. The AWN is based on the expand method, and to compensate for the general resource scarceness of the African languages, various development strategies were used. The aim of this paper is to investigate the usefulness of the current isiZulu Wordnet in an appl...

For grass species to spread efficiently through their environment requires seeds that can disperse over large distances and burrow into the ground. Recent work using awns from Hordeum murinum in conjunction with mathematical modelling shows that awn shape leverages environmental oscillations in order to produce these directional translations.

The growing trend of cropping intensification, mechanisation, the use poor-quality rice seeds, and shift in cultivation methods from transplanting to direct sowing meet food security export demand are causes emergence spread weedy (Oryza sativa f. spontanea) Mekong delta recent years. Therefore, it is necessary study agronomic, morphological, physiological characteristics collected lines help i...