Better representations of plot structure could greatly improve computational methods for summarizing and generating stories. Current representations lack abstraction, focusing too closely on events. We present a kernel for comparing novelistic plots at a higher level, in terms of the cast of characters they depict and the social relationships between them. Our kernel compares the characters of ...

almost three centuries after the publication of the life and adventures of robinson crusoe, j. m. coetzee re-imagines the original story in two different versions; foe (1986) and his nobel prize acceptance speech, he and his man (2003). the recreation of one of the early novels of the western literary canon from the viewpoint of a marginalized character, which is technically called postcolonial...

Fr. Morrisey is professor of canon law, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario. Aclear distinction is to be made between "Catholic works" and the "works of Catholics." The former are undertaken "in the name of the Church" (canon 116), with all the guarantees of the church behind them. On the other hand, works of Catholics are undertakings of Catholics that might have an ecclesial relationship o...

Brian Tierney has established himself over the course of forty-five years of writing and teaching as one of the world's leading authorities on the history of medieval canon law and political thought. In a series of foundational works, he has offered important new interpretations of the origins of Western constitutionalism, tracing many concepts believed to be modem or early modem innovations to...

Ryuichi Shimoyama 1,* and Reo Fukuda 2 1 College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Tokyo 275-8575, Japan 2 System Research Division Image Information Systems Laboratory, Canon Electronics Inc., Tokyo 105-0011, Japan; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +81-47-474-2418 † This paper is an extended version of our paper published in Proceed...

This manuscript offers a brief review of the orthopedic subjects in the Canon of Medicine. Highlights include, but are not limited to, the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system, fractures and dislocations, nerve and tendon injuries, different types of wounds and ulcers, and bone infections. Some of the concepts regarding musculoskeletal disorders remain relevant to current orthopedic knowledge....

The selling of sophisticated equipment is very different from the sale of simple products and requires a considerable amount of strategizing to achieve success. In clear recognition of this fact, Canon has a sales strategy training program that uses SPIN@ selling methodology to train major account sales representatives. However, this training gets quickly lost in the multitude of daily tasks th...

Surface sediment samples were collected from the Canon River mouth, Taiwan and analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Total PAHs concentrations varied from 337 to 1,252 ng/g dry weight, with a mean concentration of 827 ng/g dry weight. The spatial distribution of PAHs reveals that the PAHs concentration is relatively high in the river mouth region, and gradually diminishes toward...

A new and improved method to obtain the average spectral pixel responsivity and the quantum efficiency of Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras is outlined. Two semi-professional cameras, the Nikon D300 and the Canon 40D, are evaluated. The cameras red, green and blue pixel responsivities and quantum efficiency are retrieved by illuminating an integrating sphere with a wavelength tunable mo...