In this paper we illustrate how the knowledge driven Behaviour Analysis, which has been used in the KITE.it process management framework, can support the evolution of analytics from descriptive to predictive. We describe how the methodology uses an iterative three-step process: first the descriptive knowledge is collected, querying the knowledge base, then the prescriptive and predictive knowle...

selecting sites for various uses is one of the final stages in land use planning. given the fact that the ‎favorable establishment of uses, which is influenced by a variety of factors, is the main reason that ‎helps lower the costs, the site selection of land uses in rural development plans should be able to ‎maintain its favorable position over time with the minimum changes so as to ensu...

In this paper it is shown that a definite description refers to a given discourse referent if the descriptive content is deaccented. But if there is an accent on the descriptive content, a novel referent is introduced. Starting from a uniqueness view of definiteness, a distinction between two uses of definite descriptions is proposed: ‘Given definites’ represent identity anaphors exploiting the...

There is ample evidence that the use of safety behaviour can interfere with the progress of therapy, particularly if exposure is involved. As a result, it is widely asserted that safety behaviour is anti-therapeutic. However, an unqualified rejection of safety behaviour should be reconsidered because we now have theoretical justification, experimental evidence and clinical observations showing ...

Since the development of monoclonal antibodies twenty-five years ago, researchers and biotech companies have been looking to develop therapeutic uses for them. Michael Gross looks at some of the latest efforts.

This paper examines the influence of communication form on employee uncertainty during mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Specifically, the author uses narrative theory to analyze how narrative organizational communication affects the three components of uncertainty – decreased predictive, explanatory, and descriptive ability. It is hypothesized that employees whose organizations use narrative M&...

In this paper, I show that scales (or hierarchies) have been appealed to in various functions: They have been used to formulate descriptive generalizations (on a single language), and to formulate cross-linguistic generalizations. They have also been used for binary relations, and for implicational relations among more than two items on the scale. This yields four uses of scales (descriptive re...

Methotrexate is a folic acid antagonist and immunosuppressive agent, which is being increasingly used in various ocular inammatory diseases. Its use in ophthalmology has been increasing in recent years because of its anti-inammatory activity and corticosteroid-sparing objective. It is currently used in recurrent anterior uveitis, intermediate uveitis, posterior or panuveitis, scleritis, perip...