Most query languages are designed to retrieve information from databases containing precise and certain data using precisely specified commands. Due to the advancements in various kinds of data repositories in the recent years, there is a steep increase in complex queries. Most of the complex Queries are uncertain and vague. The existing Structured Query Language exhibits its inefficiency in ha...

Several student proposals for changing the current distribution system will be presented by Student Association President Tim Stout to the Faculty Council Subcommittee in a meeting tonight. Stout will then report back to the SA Curriculum Committee at Monday's meeting at 7 p.m. Discussions between the two groups will continue into next semes ter when the f acu l ty subcommittee will present a p...

Temple University researchers have assembled the largest and most accurate tree of life calibrated to time, and surprisingly, it reveals that life has been expanding at a constant rate. “The constant rate of diversification that we have found indicates that the ecological niches of life are not being filled up and saturated,” said Temple professor S. Blair Hedges, a member of the research team....

In the reviewed literature, many studies have compared research articles written by L1 and L2 speakers of English. this regard, comparing English from two different linguistic backgrounds distinguishes study similar studies. While writing article abstract, writers need to calculate what weight give their arguments while showing credibility authority at same time. Given these reasons, use hedges...

In this meta-analysis, the authors investigated whether being in nature and emotional social support are reliable strategies to downregulate stress. We retrieved all relevant articles that a connection between one of these two For we found 54 effects reported 16 papers (total N = 1,697, MdnN 52.5), while for 18 13 3,787, 186). Although initially an effect on stress (Hedges’ g -.42; Hedges’ -.14...

The Big Bang Theory, as an American sitcom, was well received by audiences at home and abroad since its first broadcast. Fuzziness is a basic attribute of natural language, indispensable part human communications. If people cannot use hedges properly in our daily life, they would make more serious communicative failures. In this article, based on the Politeness Principle Leech, author studied f...