Symbol Grounding has originated in the domain of cognitive connectionism as an approach to a model of language acquisition.It has, however, transcended this restricted domain and its most prominent proponents now regard it as a technique which is of general importance to the connectionist-symbolic debate, especially for their integration into a common framework. This paper revisits the claims m...

as dispellers of evils and diseases. Mythologically a snake is represented as a creature emerging from the earth and is therefore associated with the mystery of the earth and represents the magic of prophecies, power, dreams and as an aid to the physician in the art of healing. The snakes have therefore from early history became a ritualistic symbol oi whatever is hidden and mysterious. Even to...

BACKGROUND Medical care commonly involves the apprehension of complex patterns of patient derangements to which the practitioner responds with patterns of interventions, as opposed to single therapeutic maneuvers. This complexity renders the objective assessment of practice patterns using conventional statistical approaches difficult. METHODS Combinatorial approaches drawn from symbolic dynam...