This paper describes the MOUNTAIN language generation system, a fully-automatic, data-driven approach to natural language generation aimed at spoken dialog applications. MOUNTAIN uses statistical machine translation techniques and natural corpora to generate human-like language from a structured internal language, such as a representation of the dialog state. We briefly describe the training pr...

the present study considers the issue of verbal violence in the language of drama. in the evaluation of verbal violence, jeanette malkin (2004) proposes six maxims, through which language may be considered as an arrogant element. the characters in dramatic texts (as in other literary texts) are created, developed, evolved and - in some cases - destroyed by language. in a considerable number of ...

This paper describes the Mountain language generation system, which is designed as a domain-independent, machine translationbased approach to generate utterances for use within a spoken dialog system. We describe the method used to train the generation engine from a corpus of in-domain human responses, and show typical output of the Mountain system. The results of our initial evaluation suggest...

The present study considers the issue of verbal violence in the language of drama. In the evaluation of verbal violence, Jeanette Malkin (2004) proposes six maxims, through which language may be considered as an arrogant element. The characters in dramatic texts (as in other literary texts) are created, developed, evolved and - in some cases - destroyed by language. In a considerable numb...

There are two general approaches for reducing the negative impacts of mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, on forests. Direct control involves short-term tactics designed to address current infestations by manipulating mountain pine beetle populations, and includes the use of fire, insecticides, semiochemicals, sanitation harvests, or a combination of these treatments. Indirec...

Acute mountain sickness was known to the Chinese in ancient times, as they traversed mountain passes between the Great Headache and Little Headache mountains into present-day Afghanistan. The Jesuit priest, Father Joseph Acosta, lived in Peru during the sixteenth century; he described both this syndrome and deaths which occurred in the high Andes. The incidence of high-altitude illness will ris...

This paper presents a novel approach to unit testing of software components. This approach uses the specification language ADL, that is particularly well-suited for testing, to formally document the intended behavior of software components. Another related language, TDD, is used to systematically describe the test-data on which the software components will be tested. This paper gives a detailed...

OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of three different daily doses of acetazolamide in the prevention of acute mountain sickness and to determine the lowest effective dose. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Medline and Embase along with a hand search of selected bibliographies. No language restrictions were applied. STUDY SELECTION Randomised controlled trials assessi...