The aim of this study was to measure the influence Electronic Word Mouth (eWOM), Social Return (SR) and Symbolic Image (SI) on intention visit a conspicuous tourist destination. research had quantitative approach; thus, data were collected through an online survey analysis realized by multiple linear regression. results revealed that eWOM SI have no These findings are not in line with most acad...

(1) a. Johni likes himselfi/*j. b. *Johni knows Billj likes himselfi. Since exempt anaphors are exempt from Principle A of Binding Theory, they do not have to be bound syntactically. Instead, their behavior with respect to possible coindexations is determined by pragmatic and discourse factors, such as logophoricity. The behavior of exempt anaphors in the grammar of English can be illustrated b...

Every human likes choices. But today’s fast route planning algorithms usually compute just a single route between source and target. There are beginnings to compute alternative routes, but this topic has not been studied thoroughly. Often, the aspect of meaningful alternative routes is neglected from a human point of view. We fill in this gap by suggesting mathematical definitions for such rout...

DEVELOPING a softwareintensive system is like raising a child. As Will PleasantRyan observed, both babies and code have smells, you get used to changing requirements, you have to take the long view, you can’t do it alone, and eventually you have to let go.1 I would add to Will’s most excellent simile that, although you might think you know everything up front, you certainly don’t, and therefore...

People often use similes of pattern “as adjective as noun” to express their feelings on web medias. The adjective in the pattern is generally the salient property and strong impression of the noun entity in the speaker’s mind. By querying the simile templates from search engines, we construct a large database of “noun-adjective” items in English and Chinese, which highlight the same and differe...