The traditional defining characteristic of an Interlingua, according to Hutchins & Somers (p. 73), is that it "is neutral between two or more languages" so that, in principle, given a representation of an utterance in the Interlingua, the source language of the utterance cannot be determined from that representation. From this follow the other general features of an Interlingual MT system: the ...

• Today, there are a number of methods available to quantify the phenolic compounds in wines. However, all seem to have some kind of limitation that prevents them from becoming widespread in the winery lab. For example, the Folin-Ciocalteau method is unable to distinguish tannins from polymeric pigments. The Glories method that uses DMCA staining (dimethylcinnamaldehyde) is sample -dependent. A...

Als ich vor einigen Jahren die These vom Niedergang der Institution aufstellte, war mir klar, dass einige Missverstandnisse in Kauf zu nehmen hatte, allen voran solche, Mehrdeutigkeit des Begriffs geschuldet sind. Steht das Wort »Institution« namlich synonym fur Organisation, hat ihres Niedergangs keinen Sinn. Versteht man, Durkheims Vorschlag folgend, unter jede konstruierte soziale Tatsache, ...

CONTEXT Vitamin D deficiency is extremely common in multiple myeloma, and it represents a surrogate for clinical multiple myeloma disease status. Patients may complain of dull, persistent, generalized musculoskeletal aches and pains with fatigue or decrease in muscle strength. CASE REPORT A 63 year old male with multiple myeloma on Bortezomib presented with worsening generalized musculoskelet...

B2B Engagement, IBM Software Group, Somers, NY. Abstract The B2B e-Commerce area is poised for tremendous growth. While this is a great opportunity for the system designers, the challenges are abundant as well. In this paper, we list the requirements on an application platform for B2B e-Commerce. We describe a framework-based approach to designing such a platform. We use design patterns to desc...

The V-Man project has developed an intuitive authoring and intelligent system to create, animate, control and interact in real-time with a new generation of 3D virtual characters: The V-Men. It combines several innovative algorithms coming from Virtual Reality, Physical Simulation, Computer Vision, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Given a high-level task like "walk to that spot" or "get th...

Previously thought to be primarily a structural component of nucleic acids, the pentose, D-ribose, in the form of the ester, ribose 5-phosphate, has now been shown to be an important intermediate in the pentose phosphate pathway of glucose metabolism. The sequence of the reactions of this pathway has been summarized by Horecker and Mehler (1) and Wood (2), and surveys of its significance in var...

Ruminococcus albus is a typical ruminal bacterium digesting cellulose and hemicellulose. Cellobiose 2-epimerase (CE; EC 5.1.3.11), which converts cellobiose to 4-O-β-D-glucosyl-D-mannose, is a particularly unique enzyme in R. albus, but its physiological function is unclear. Recently, a new metabolic pathway of mannan involving CE was postulated for another CE-producing bacterium, Bacteroides f...