AbsfrucfThis paper addresses the problem of comparing and unifying temporal relationships between activities expressed in timing diagrams and natural language narrative (English). This problem often occurs in specifications expressing behavioral requirements and constraints. The approach followed here is to translate both diagrams and text into a common knowledge representation (conceptual grap...

The paper presents a method to visualize the timing related levels of prosodic organization that have an influence on the rhythmic shape of an utterance. Timing relations can be characteristic of a language or a speaking style. The method is illustrated on various languages classified as stress timed or syllable timed, on a rhythmically unclassified language and L2 speech. The visualization met...

Like the biological clock in the body, replication of each cell type (even different cells of the same organism) follows a timing program. Abnormal function of this timer could be an alarm for a disease like cancer. DNA replication starts from a specific point on the chromosome that is called the origin of replication. In contrast to prokaryotes in which DNA replication starts from a single ...

It has been proposed that the capacity to code the 'like me' analogy between self and others constitutes a basic prerequisite and a starting point for social cognition. It is by means of this self/other equivalence that meaningful social bonds can be established, that we can recognize others as similar to us, and that imitation can take place. In this article I discuss recent neurophysiological...

the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of self-control feedback on relative and absolute timing through observational and physical practices. participants (n=90) were randomly assigned to physical and observational practice (self-control, yoked, and instructor kr) groups. they practiced a sequential timing task, which required participants to press four keys (2, 6, 8, and 4) respec...

Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines hold promise of high fuel efficiency and low emission levels for future green vehicles. But in contrast to gasoline and diesel engines, HCCI engines suffer from lack of having direct means to initiate combustion. A combustion timing controller with robust tracking performance is the key requirement to leverage HCCI application in production ...