It has been observed that languages with huge numbers of speakers tend to be structurally simple while small communities can sometimes develop languages with great structural complexity. Paradoxically, an apparent opposite pattern appears to be observed in relation to non-structural properties of language such as number of content words. These apparent contradictory patterns pose a challenge fo...

Objective(s):EMAP-like Protein 5 (EML5) is a new echinoderm microtubule-associated protein that is expressed in the central nervous system. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression profile of EML5 in the anterior temporal neocortex of patients presenting with intractable epilepsy (IE). Materials and Methods:Western blot assays were performed to determine EML5 expression in 36 su...

Overview Much of our everyday behavior is governed by conventions. The shape of the line we form at the café, the language we use to order our coffee, and the money we use to pay for it are all partly arbitrary but self-sustaining solutions to recurring coordination problems. This definition, first formalized by David Lewis (1969), has provided a potent means of characterizing conventions. For ...

This paper addresses the problem of supporting programming conventions in a general-purpose language. We are working on a technique which allows programming conventions to be formalized and annotated to a program, and where interactive tools support the sug-