Many of the beliefs that one uses to reason about everyday entities and events are neither strictly true or even logically consistent. Rather, people appear to rely on a large body of folk knowledge in the form of stereotypical associations, clichés and other kinds of naturalistic descriptions, many of which express views of the world that are second-hand, overly-simplified and, in some cases, ...

Nowadays millions of different compounds are known, their structures stored in electronic databases. Analysis of these data could yield valuable insights into the laws of chemistry and the habits of chemists. We have therefore explored the public database of the National Cancer Institute (>250,000 compounds) by pattern searching. We split the molecules of this database into fragments to find ou...

FORTSCHRITTE DER ALLERGIELEHRE Vol. VII Contribtors : H. Fudenberg, San Francisco, Calif. S. P. Halbert, New York, N.Y. K. Ishizaka, Tokyo W. Manski, New York, N.Y. S. B. Salvin, Hamilton, Mont. R. W. Schayer, Rahway, N.J. B.H.Waksman, Boston, Mass. Edited by Paul Kallós, Helsingborg and Byron H. Waksman, Boston, Mass. With 46 figures and 42 tables BASEL (Switzerland) S. KARGER NEW YORK All rig...

This paper presents a system which automatically generates interactive stories. These are focused on dilemmas in order to create dramatic tension. The system is provided with knowledge of generic story actions and dilemmas based on those clichés encountered in many of today’s soap operas. The story designer is only required to provide genre specific storyworld knowledge, such as information on ...

Clinical language has evolved as a result of clinical expertise, professional grouping and an NHS that is full of clichés and jargon. The game ‘health cliché bingo’ (CLINGO) developed following a research project by the authors exploring perceptions of mental health nursing students on care planning practice. CLINGO can be played individually or as a group. Each participant receives a CLINGO ca...

Abstract L’os odontoideum ou apophyse odontoïde mobile est une malformation rare de la charnière cervico-occipitale (MCCO) qui met en jeu le pronoctic vital et fonctionnel par le risque de compression de la junction bulbo-médullaire. Nous rapportons le cas d’un patient âgé de 22 ans, victime d’un traumatisme cervical à l’âge de 2 ans, chez qui cette affection a été révélée par des torticolis ré...

In April 1994, the small east African nation of Rwanda became the site of one of the most violent episodes of the 20th century. Over the course of just 100 days, an embattled authoritarian state organized the slaughter of at least 850,000 Rwandans. Briefly, worldwide attention was riveted. But clichés about "age-old tribal hatreds" soon dominated discussion, conveying the impression that this w...

This paper presents a system which automatically generates interactive stories. These are focused on dilemmas in order to create dramatic tension. The story designer is only required to provide genre specific storyworld knowledge, such as information on characters and their relations, locations and actions. In addition, the system is provided with knowledge of generic story actions and dilemmas...