Using the RST annotated corpus (Carlson et al., 2003), we use simple statistics on the distribution of discourse markers or cue phrases as evidence of the three-way distinction of Contrast relations, Contrast, Antithesis and Concession, recognized in standard Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST, Mann & Thompson 1987). We also show that however, an intuitive marker of Contrast, is not actually used...

As an innovative as well as an interdisciplinary research project, this study performed an analysis of brain signals so as to establish BrainIC as an auxiliary tool for physician diagnosis. Cognition behavior sciences, embedded technology, system on chips (SOC) design and physiological signal processing are integrated in this work. Moreover, a chip is built for real-time electroencephalography ...

Dress is a part of Chinese cultural heritage that has fascinated Western audiences for centuries. On the National List Intangible Cultural Heritage China, there are items related to textiles, embroideries and certain examples clothing. This article analyses issues connected with different uses dress in West. To fashion theorists such as Bell, Wilson, Sapir Veblen, was opposite modern clothing d...

Traditional “hard” OR has been based on quantitative modelling and embodies, usually implicitly, a positivist or empiricist philosophy. “Soft OR”, for instance problem structuring methods such as SSM, developed as an antithesis and embodied an interpretivist or constructivist philosophy. This has generated somewhat of a schism between the two sides. Previous papers have advocated critical reali...

We can all name a number of people—friends, family, and patients among them—who, despite conscientious effort on their part and the achievement of what for all intents and purposes appears to be a “normal” risk factor profile, experience an acute coronary event. The “Prudent Person’s Paradox,” if you will, is a sort of antithesis of the “French Paradox,” where, despite what appears to be a pred...

Abstract The balance between patient autonomy and medical paternalism must be reexamined. The tension between autonomy and paternalism is both an ethical and practical issue. Autonomy is the current gold standard approach to patient communication and has grown to the point that patient preference dictates care, even when their choices are not possible or are medically nonbeneficial. Furthermore...

In Greek mythology, Mercury is the fleet-footed messenger of the Gods. He was the cleverest of the Olympians, patron of translators and interpreters. He ruled over wealth, good fortune, commerce, fertility... and thievery. He brought the souls of the dead to the underworld, and was honored as a god of sleep. As a physical substance in the living organism, however, mercury is the antithesis of t...

Creativity refers to the potential to produce novel ideas that are task-appropriate and high in quality. Creativity in a societal context is best understood in terms of a dialectical relation to intelligence and wisdom. In particular, intelligence forms the thesis of such a dialectic. Intelligence largely is used to advance existing societal agendas. Creativity forms the antithesis of the diale...

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