The paper presents I.M.P.A.K.T. (Information Management and Processing with the Aid of Knowledge-based Technologies), a semantic-enabled platform for skills and talent management. In spite of the full exploitation of recent advances in semantic technologies, the proposed system only relies on standard SQL queries. Distinguishing features include: the possibility to express both strict requireme...

The purpose of reading is comprehension. Comprehension means receiving and learning the information in text. In this process, a series complex operations are performed our minds. meanings words sentences read first found, meaning text reached by combining them. However, these processes not enough to understand depth. addition these, it necessary examine text, establish connection between them, ...

translation is an active process in which a meaning is transferred from a source to a target language. during this process, meaning must have accordance with two main semantic sub-systems: signification and evaluation. signification is related to a signified unit of a linguistic sign and its encompassing properties known as seme. however, evaluation includes a range of different actualizations ...

This study examines the sensitivity of early event-related potentials (ERPs) to degrees of word semantic knowledge. Participants with strong, average, or weak vocabulary skills made speeded lexical decisions to letter strings. To represent the full spectrum of word knowledge among adult native-English speakers, we used rare words that were orthographically matched with more familiar words and w...

We investigated recognition and identification of wine-relevant odours as a function of domain-specific expertise. Eleven wine experts and 11 wine novices participated in tasks measuring olfactory threshold, odour recognition, odour identification, and consistency of odour naming. Twenty-four wine-relevant odorants were sampled orthonasally by each participant in the semantic (identification; c...

this study investigated the effect of using visual aids, semantic elaboration, and visual aids plus semantic elaboration on the iranian efl learners' vocabulary learning. to conduct the study, the researchers assigned 49 elementary learners to three homogeneous groups according to their proficiency level. then, a pre-test of paribakht and wesche's vocabulary knowledge scale was given ...

the immense extent and richness of arabic lexical resources which bring about a great semantic extension, emerge in different ways, one of which is sobriquet. arabs used “alam” (proper noun) in three different forms, namely sobriquet, nickname and noun. in certain cases and due to rhetoric and semantic reasons, arabs used sobriquet instead of noun or nickname. gradually, this application became...

the main purpose of this study was to determine which correlate, perceived motor competence or motor skill competence, best predicts girls' physical activity behavior.a sample of 352 girls (mean age=8.7, sd=0.3 yr) participated in this study. to assess motor skill competence and perceived motor competence, each child completed the test of gross motor development-2 and physical ability sub-scale...

background & aim: neonatal resuscitation training is mandatory for the staff providing maternity and neonatal services in order to ensure competence during the academic period. this study was conducted to assess the neonatal resuscitation skills of nursing and midwifery students. methods:in this study, the skills of 48 nursing and midwifery students  were assessed, using objective structured cl...