While it is indubitably impossible to summarize all the many important aspects of Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog’s scientific contributions and to do justice to each and every one of the areas that he contributed to, it is remarkably easy to identify and characterize the common core behind his investigations. An important leitmotif in his research agenda is semantics, the study of meaning. Even if a sig...

Finding a consensus between communities to create an ontology is a difficult task. An evolutionary process where domain experts and knowledge engineers work together intensively is needed to support collaborative communities in defining a common ontology. These communities model their view of a particular concept while knowledge engineers try to find a consensus. Negotiation, finding similariti...

The ability to make sense of events in one's life has held a central role in theories of adaptation to adversity. However, there are few rigorous studies on the role of meaning in adjustment, and those that have been conducted have focused predominantly on direct personal trauma. The authors examined the predictors and long-term consequences of Americans' searching for and finding meaning in a ...

BACKGROUND Confronting the loss of a loved one leads us to the core questions of human existence. Bereaved parents have to deal with the rupture of a widely shared concept of what is perceived to be the natural course of life and are forced into meaning reconstruction. OBJECTIVE This study aims to expand upon existing work concerning specific themes of meaning reconstruction in a sample of be...

this study investigates the relationship between meaningfulness of life and hope, happiness, depression and life satisfaction. participants consist of 382 women who work in schools and other educational organizations in shiraz. the techniques used include life regard index (lri), depression- happiness scale (dhs), satisfaction with life scale (swls), and adults dispositional hope scale (adhs). ...