In this paper we describe a general framework to do schema evolution. The main idea is desktop, the conceptual workspace to edit schemes. The evolution to be discussed is captured from several points of view; (1) Schema translation causes changing database states. (2) Three kinds of evolutions, type evolution, predicate evolution and complex type evolution are proposed. (3) Completeness propert...

objective: malfunction in the intimacy, marital conflict and early maladaptive schemas have always been considered as one of the principal reasons of couples’ divorce. employment of effective therapies may help in the improvement of couples’ problems and decrease of divorce. methods: the present research employed a single-subject research design and selected 3 women suing for divorce from among...

aim and background: due to the development of a new approach to the treatment of chronic disorders and the higher prevalence of chronic depression in relation to non-chronic depression, this research was conducted in order to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy on chronic depression. methods and materials: 14 patients with chronic depression who were 21-29 years of age were selected...

We face the question of how to produce a scale space of image intensities relative to a scale space of objects or other characteristic image regions filling up the image space, when both images and objects are understood to come from a population. We argue for a schema combining a multi-scale image representation with a multi-scale representation of objects or regions. The objects or regions at...

This paper explores the terms assigned by users to images for retrieval purposes in image databases. In order to determine how users conceptualize meaning for image retrieval, sixty-one participants provided potential retrieval terms for 40 images divided into 4 types of images. The categories include landscape, portrait, news, and city photography. The terms provided were analyzed for levels o...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the content, feasibility, and best outcome of a mind-body intervention involving self-directed hypnotic relaxation to target body image.
. DESIGN A five-week, uncontrolled, unblinded feasibility intervention study.
. SETTING Behavioral therapy offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Waco, Texas.
. SAMPLE 10 female breast cancer survivors and 1 breast and gyneco...

Image schemas are recognised as a fundamental ingredient in human cognition and creative thought. They have been studied extensively in areas such as cognitive linguistics. With the goal of exploring their potential role in computational creative systems, we here study the viability of the idea to formalise image schemas as a set of interlinked theories. We discuss in particular a selection of ...

Abstract: Our commentary addresses two issues that in our opinion are not developed enough in the target article. First, the model does not clearly address the distinction among external objects, external body parts, and internal bodies. Second, the authors could have discussed further the role of body schema with regard to its dynamic character, the role of perspective, and the role of body sc...

In Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR), images have to be segmented into the main semantic parts describing the objects present in the image. The texture is one of important features which identify and characterize the objects of an image. So, we propose a method based on wavelet decomposition. This technique delivers a schematic description of an image : that is to say, it provides the main r...