At COLING80, we reported on an Interactive Translation System called ITS. We will discuss t h r ee p rob lems in the design of the first version of ITS: (1) human f ac to r s , (2) the "all or noth ing" syndrome, and (3) traditional centralized processing. We will also discuss a new vers ion of ITS, which is now being programmed. This new vers ion will hopeful ly o v e r c o m e these p rob lem...

A mobile learning system, called MobiQiyas, for preparing Saudi Arabian students for one of the standardized tests, given by the National Center for Assessment in Higher Education (NCAHE), has been developed, using ready-made commercial products and tools. The learning material of MobiQiyas consists of practice questions with their answers, both provided by NCAHE, to be loaded by the students i...

Improving the seasonal cycle and interannual variations of biomass burning aerosol sources S. Generoso, F.-M. Bréon, Y. Balkanski, O. Boucher, and M. Schulz Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA/CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS/Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France Received: 31 January 2003 – Acc...

There are probably as many variations of knowledge management definitions as there are practitioners and researchers in the discipline. Complete consensus in such a group would be a surprising finding. This is because the two words are loaded with pre-existing meanings that do not always sit comfortably in juxtaposition, so what it means to “manage knowledge” is difficult to ascertain, and henc...

Typesetting note: We have used Greek symbols in the text but we have found these sometimes do not appear if the document is opened on a computer loaded with different fonts. The symbols are Δ (upper case delta) and ε (epsilon). These symbols appear on p.3, paragraph 4, line 2 (below equation 1): " where a i is the activation of the sending unit and a j is the activation of the receiving unit, w...

Emotional language of human individuals has been studied for quite a while dealing with opinions and value judgments people have and share with others. In our work, we take a different stance and investigate whether large organizations, such as major industrial players, have and communicate emotions, as well. Such an anthropomorphic perspective has recently been advocated in management and orga...

(1) a. Mary painted the shed green. b. The blacksmith hammered the metal flat. c. They knocked him out. d. The boy broke the glass to pieces. (2) a. *The boy broke the glass to tears. b. *John gave Mary flowers happy. c. *The hunter shot at the tiger dead. (cf. √The hunter shot the tiger dead.) d. *John loaded hay into the wagon full. (Williams 1980: 204) (cf. √John loaded the wagon full with h...

Vibrotactile (vibratory tactile) displays have been reported as effective in enhancing awareness of flight attitude for pilots and releasing other heavily loaded sensory channels. Although some work has been done on vibrotactile coding of flight attitude, there is lack of a systematic investigation into coding methods with combination of multiple coding parameters. In this paper, seven coding m...

In recent decades, our attention is drawn to human-induced environmental changes and their potential threat to life on Earth through a growing number of mutagens and their effects on the biota. Genetic damage caused by these factors often have a durable effect that is manifested in later generations. The establishment of induced genetic damage in plants, animals and men is one of the most impor...