There once was a group of researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo called the Discourse and Narrative Research Group. Contrary to what the prototypical story opening to this review suggests, this group still exists, proof of which is their publishing a book of more than 500 pages (!) on deixis in narrative, studied from the perspective of cognitive science. The book is a colle...

Information about influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) is important for vaccine strain selection and immunization policy decisions. The test-negative design (TND) case-control study is commonly used to obtain IVE estimates. However, the definition of the control patients may influence IVE estimates. We have conducted a TND study using the Dutch Sentinel Practices of NIVEL Primary Care Database...

We study the boundary critical behavior of three-dimensional Heisenberg universality class, in presence a bidimensional surface. By means high-precision Monte Carlo simulations an improved lattice model, where leading bulk scaling corrections are suppressed, we prove existence special phase transition, with unusual exponents, and extraordinary logarithmically decaying correlations. These findin...

IVe present a. coiiiputatioiial niodel of liuiiian testure segiiieiit+ tioii ancl asgne for its utility in niachine vision. Major tlieories due to dnlesz and Beck attribute preattent,ive texture segmentation to differences in first-order statistics of stininlus features such as oriciitat.ion, size and briglitliess of constituent eleiiients. An dternat,ive ayproa.ch seeks to esploi t psycliopliy...

In this paper we propose preferential matrix semantics for nonmonotonic inference systems and show how this algebraic framework can be used in methodological studies of cumulative inference operations.

Immersive virtual environment (IVE) technology has great promise as a tool for basic experimental research in psychology. IVE technology gives participants the experience of being surrounded by the computer-synthesized environment. We begin with a discussion of the various devices needed to implement immersive virtual environments, including object manipulation and social interaction. We review...

Colorectal cancer and throat cancer are the world's most prevalent neoplastic diseases, and a serious threat to human health. Plant triterpene glycosides have demonstrated antitumor activity. In this study, we investigated potential anticancer effects of mogroside IVe, a triterpenoid glycoside from monk fruit, using in vitro and in vivo models of colorectal and laryngeal cancer. The effects of ...

Since 2007, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has supported I-MOVE (influenza monitoring vaccine effectiveness), a network to monitor seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA). To set up I-MOVE, we conducted a literature review and a survey on methods used in the EU/EEA to measure IVE and h...