Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) has brought about a revolution in the way the world communicates with each other. With the increasing number of people, interacting through the internet and the rise of new platforms and technologies has brought together the people from different social, cultural and geographical backgrounds to present their thoughts, ideas and opinions on topics of their i...

We introduce Flames Detector, an online system for measuring flames, i.e. strong negative feelings or emotions, insults or other verbal offences, in news commentaries across five languages. It is designed to assist journalists, public institutions or discussion moderators to detect news topics which evoke flames. We propose a machine learning approach to flames detection and calculate an aggreg...

Given a hypergraph with at most d positive edges, identify all positive edges with the minimum number of tests each of which tests on a subset of nodes, called a pool, and the outcome is positive if and only if the pool contains a positive edge. This problem is called the group testing in hypergraphs, which has been found to have many applications in molecular biology, such as the interactions ...

Business rule models are widely applied, standalone and embedded in smart objects. They have become segregated from information technology and they are now a valuable asset in their own right. As more business rule models are becoming assets, business models to monetize these assets are designed. The goal of this work is to present a step towards business model classification for organizations ...

The structure and propagation properties of triple flames subject to buoyancy effects are studied numerically using a high accuracy scheme. A wide range of gravity conditions, heat release, and mixing widths for a scalar mixing layer are computed for ’upright’ and ’inverted’ triple flames (i.e, gravity pointed in parallel and in opposite directions of flame propagation). These results are used ...

Polymeric fuels with a cylindrical shape are widely found as forest combustibles, building components, and electrical cables wires. Their flammability is commonly assessed using cone calorimetry, despite the fact that exposed heat flux well defined only for flat samples. This has led to great difficulties when trying use experimental data calibrating pyrolysis models, which often treat problem ...

FlashTM is experiencing a breathtaking growth and has become one of the prevailing media formats on the Web. Unfortunately, no research effort has been dedicated to automatic retrieval of Flash movies by content, which is critical to the utilization of the enormous Flash resource. A close examination reveals that the intrinsic complexity of a Flash movie, including its heterogeneous components,...