G. Riccardi and P. Roberti are partially funded by Marie Curie Actions MEXT-CT-2005-022593 and MIRG-CT-2006036550 ABSTRACT Interacting with machines that listen, understand and react to human stimuli has been for many years the holy grail of scientists across disciplines. In the last three decades scientists have made great contributions to the training, design and testing of conversational sys...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

there are hadiths whose understanding and accepting would become possible not merely through observing principles of communication and not for everybody, but rather for specific addresses who are endowed with specific degree of knowledge. such hadiths, which are narrated in shiite collections of hadiths in a variety of forms and by various chains of transmission, are entitled “difficult and com...

Background: Holy water use in the form of a drink and a shower is the main treatment used by People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) together with other spiritual practices. A growing number of PLWHA in Ethiopia today are relocating to holy water sites. The study was intended to determine the level of use of holy water as anti-retro viral treatment (ART) among PLWHA. Cross sectional study designs w...

English as well as French differentiates the term holy from the term sacred – in fact, Levinas' book "Du sacré au saint" is translated as "From the Sacred to the Holy". This is illustrative of the extent to which the meanings of the two words differ. God is called "The Holy One Blessed be He", but we would find it peculiar to refer to Him as "The Sacred One". By contrast, when referring to plac...

The last phrase in Isa 6:1–13, which critical exegesis sees an element of a post-exilic suplement to existing text, communicates the thought surviving announced destruction little remainder referred as “holy seed.” problem considered presented study is meaning term seed” 6:13bβ, possible context and historical motive for inserting this into text 6, well place complementary interference process ...