The current work investigates the effect of context on the neural representation of concepts, measured by MEG during reading of sentences in active and passive voice. Two approaches to incorporating context are proposed − one by including estimates of the functional connectivity of the MEG sensors, and the other by creating a joint representation of the sentences using an HMM. The suggested met...

Two experiments are reported to investigate the roles of perceptual priming and lexical priming in Korean children s production of passive sentences. Experiment 1 examined whether manipulations of focal attention could affect Korean children s linguistic choices regarding subject role assignment, by using so-called fish film (Tomlin, 1997). 5-year-olds and 6-year-olds were not able to produce p...

In the present paper, the recent applications of optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) in hybrid wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)/time division multiplexing (TDM) local area passive optical networks have been modeled and parametrically investigated over wide range of the affecting parameters. Moreover, we have analyzed the ability of the hybrid WDM/TDM Passive optical networks to handle a ...

The Duke Programming Tutor is a multi-modal dialogue system designed to help novice Computer Science students write, debug and understand simple programs. In this paper, we describe the architecture of this system at a high level, and present and analyze results from a preliminary test with students. A temperature based dialogue algorithm is proposed in order to improve the modeling of tutorial...

Grammarly is one of the famous Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) tools used by EFL students. Many studies have revealed that this tool can improve students’ writing. However, evaluating Grammarly’s feedback accuracy, especially premium version, are still limited. This study aims to: (1) explore students' perceptions feedback, (2) provide a detailed analysis types inaccurate provided premium, a...

Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded while subjects performed two different source memory retrieval tasks. Each task was preceded by a study phase in which subjects heard an equal number of words spoken in a male or a female voice. A cue preceding each word indicated whether the subjects should make an active/passive (action) or a pleasant/unpleasant (liking) judgment to the word. In o...

background: health?related quality of life (hrql) and voice handicap index (vhi) of laryngectomies seem to be relevant regarding voice rehabilitation. the aim of this study is to assess the impact on hrql and vhi of laryngectomies, following voice rehabilitation. materials and methods: a retrospective study done at the ear, nose, and throat department of the emergency county hospital. sixty?fiv...