We present our Multi Point Of vieW Evaluation Refinement Studio (MPOWERS), an application framework for Spoken Dialogue System evaluation that implements design conventions in a user-friendly interface. It ensures that all evaluator-users manipulate a unique shared corpus of data with a shared set of parameters to design and retrieve their evaluations. It therefore answers both the need for con...

In six experiments, subjects read narratives describing varying spatial scenes with more than one point of view. They were probed with questions about objects located in six directions from each character's point of view. Subjects' response times were consistent with a one place-one perspective rule. They seemed to form separate mental models for separate places and to take a character's perspe...

Abstract ETDs are products of higher education at the (post)graduate level. In general, they are remembered for the extensive bibliographic reviews and the state-of-the-art results they present. They are very important sources of knowledge for students attending graduate courses. But there are other ways of looking at ETDs – an opportunity to introduce digital library and digital publishing in ...

Conscious experiences are supposed by many to be subjective in the sense of being perspectival or from a point-of-view (see, for example Nagel 1974, 1986 and Tye 1995). Allegedly, the subjectivity of consciousness is beyond the grasp of science, which is objective (Nagel 1986). If you wanted a scientific understanding of consciousness, how would you solve the problem of subjectivity? One strate...

The matter of meaning in place, is one of the main qualities of human life. People consciously or unconsciously looking for meanings in places. The importance of finding the meaning of place is that, Understanding the meaning will lead to “act” in place. Finding the place friendly, or finding it insecure will lead to act differently. Now the question is that, is the meaning of place, something ...

Background and Objectives: Medical ethics has a long history worldwide; although it is a new scientific discipline. Also, it is not just for a specific single group or discipline in a treatment team; it is the entire medical community who benefits from it. Given the importance of this issue, this study examined the viewpoints of the specialist physicians in Qom province on the most common issue...