The research reported here is part of our ongoing effort (Kerpedjiev et al. 1997b; 1997a; Green, Carenini, & Moore 1998; Green et al. 1998; Kerpedjiev et al. 1998) to design systems that can automatically generate integrated text and information graphics presentations of complex, quantitative data. In this paper, we take the position that certain types of arguments that can be presented visuall...

Nurses caring for psychiatric patients may have to face violent emotions and unpredictable behaviour which can be quite stressful. A stress management program may equip nurses with skills to cope effectively with the stress. A one group pre-test and post-test design was adopted to test this hypothesis. Both gender nurses caring for psychiatric patients were invited to undergo 10 consecutive, on...

Introduction The graphics calculator seems to be frequently misunderstood, especially by those who are unaccustomed to using it. (Kissane, 1997a) For example, it is sometimes regarded as a device to assist students to pass examinations, perhaps understandably in places where its use has become widespread because of changes to examination rules. Similarly, it is also interpreted sometimes as a d...

Odors are emitted from a variety of sources in swine production facilities. A large quantity of odorants can be emitted from manure handling and storage facilities. However, swine production buildings can also emit significant levels of odorants. This is especially true if manure is held within the buildings for periods exceeding 4-5 days. Manure also sticks to floors, walls, equipment, and pig...

One of our general goals is to answer the question of what is the “added value” of a Natural Language interaction for a learner that interacts with an ITS. To do so, we applied simple Natural Language Generation techniques to improve the feedback provided by intelligent tutoring systems built within the DIAG framework (Towne 1997a). We have evaluated the original version of the system and the e...

The optical counterpart of the Gamma–Ray Burst GRB 970228, discovered by Groot et al. (1997a), is also detected in the B and R frames obtained ∼4 hours earlier at the Bologna Observatory. Our observations indicate a very likely rise of the optical emission within these 4 hours. The R luminosity of the transient at maximum was about 15 times that of an underlying extended object. Follow–up data ...

We are investigating the cooperative behavior of intelligent agents in a large group. A cooperative intelligent agent is a user's personal consultant that can take care of problems the user got, and solve them either by itself or via cooperation. We have proposed a twin-base (cooperator-base U task-base) agent modeling technique for individual agents to monitor activities of the others in order...

1. One of the striking features of intellectual discussions of Sanskrit authors in the centuries preceding South Asia's colonial period is the importance of semantic issues, and the sophistication with which these are approached. Major philosophical and religious topics are commonly discussed with reference to the semantic properties of relevant terms. The sophistication had developed in variou...

This paper compares the results of simulations and measurements of evapotranspiration from cultivated fields in Middle Europe. The modelling system THESEUS (i.e. toolbox for hydro-ecological simulation and evaluation utilities) from Wegehenkel (1997a, 2000) was used in this study. Evapotranspiration was also calculated from the latent heat flux density (LE) measured using a modified Bowen ratio...

It is generally assumed that during reading, the activation produced over orthographic units feeds forward to phonological units. Supporting interactive models of word recognition, Stone, Vanhoy, and Van Orden (1997) recently claimed that phonological activation reverberates to orthographic processing units and consequently constrains orthographic encoding. They found that the consistency of th...