A generic integration framework should allow us to build practical dialogue systems for specific use case scenarios. While domain-specific dialogue systems are simpler to achieve than more general, open-domain conversational dialogue systems, the integration into use cases and demonstration scenarios requires a lot of difficult integration work, especially in multimodal settings where different...

Providing domain knowledge needed by intelligent tutoring systems to teach a procedure to students is traditionally a difficult and time consuming task. This paper presents a system for making this process easier by allowing the automated tutor to acquire the knowledge it needs through a combination of programming by demonstration, autonomous experimentation, and direct instruction.

In this paper, we are interested inminimizing the sum of block sizes in a pairwise balanced design, where there are some constraints on the size of one block or the size of the largest block. For every positive integers n,m, wherem ≤ n, letS (n,m) be the smallest integer s for which there exists a PBD on n points whose largest block has sizem and the sum of its block sizes is equal to s. Also, ...

Oncology nurses play a pivotal role in the care of patients receiving chemotherapy and are in a prime position to facilitate better care of patients experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). However, to do so, they must be kept well apprised of the most recent guidelines, the latest developments in CINV therapy, and the expanding knowledge of CINV pathophysiology. In April 2...

?ld to the intelligent nurse of the present, and for their still further improvement the new edition of Mental Nursing is specially adapted. The sections on Elementary Anatomy and Physiology and First Aid have been omitted, and replaced by others of more immediate value. The book now forms a sound guide for the treatment of the insane from the practical nursing Point of view, and as such it can...