In this study, we have addressed the question of functional brain reorganization for language in the presence and absence of anatomical lesions in two patients with epilepsy using cortical stimulation mapping and high gamma (HG) activity in subdural grid recordings. In both, the expressive language cortex was defined as the cortical patch below the electrode(s) that when stimulated resulted in ...

Plasticity of language function after brain damage can depend on maturation of the brain. Children with left-hemisphere perinatal (n = 7) or childhood stroke (n = 5) and 12 controls were investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging. The verb generation and the sentence comprehension tasks were employed to activate the expressive and receptive language areas, respectively. Weighted l...

Intelligent agents should be able to communicate with each other using an extensible, expressive language. Agents should have the ability work together in a heterogeneous environment to solve complex goals, while, acting on their own initiative and maintaining autonomy. Current agent communication languages are not expressive enough to facilitate coordination of agents in a heterogeneous system...

OBJECTIVE To examine spoken language outcomes in children undergoing bilateral cochlear implantation compared with matched peers undergoing unilateral implantation. DESIGN Case-control, frequency-matched, retrospective cross-sectional multicenter study. SETTING Two Belgian and 3 Dutch cochlear implantation centers. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-five children with 1 cochlear implant matched with 25 ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of infant orthopedics (IO) on the language skills of children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). DESIGN In a prospective randomized clinical trial (Dutchcleft), two groups of children with complete UCLP were followed up longitudinally: one group was treated with IO based on a modified Zurich approach in the first year of life (IO group);...

We address the question \How much of the information stored in a given database can be retrieved by all Boolean queries in a given query language?". In order to answer it we develop a Kolmogorov complexity based measure of expressive power of Boolean query languages over nite structures. This turns the above informal question into a precisely deened mathematical one. This notion gives a meaning...

Constraint Handling Rules (CHR) is a committed-choice declarative language which has been originally designed for writing constraint solvers and which is nowadays a general purpose language. Recently the language has been extended by introducing user-definable (static or dynamic) rule priorities. The resulting language allows a better control over execution while retaining a declarative and fle...