The , This discussion is about linguistic competence the ability of speakers to understand their language. Our focus, in particular, is on semantic competence, an ability to interpret language. To see its theoretical interest, consider an unusual description of a familiar type of phenomenon. John sees Mary searching for something in her living room. He surmises she has misplaced her scarf. Reme...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for six principal air pollutants (criteria pollutants): carbon monoxide (CO), lead (Pb), nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter in two size ranges [less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and less than 10 μm (PM10)], ozone, and sulfur dioxide (http://www.epa. gov/air/criteria.html). While associations have been i...

An intermediate-scale flow cell experiment was conducted to study the removal of a DNAPL mixture from a layered porous medium through soil vapor extraction (SVE) with moist and dry air. A dual-energy gamma radiation system was used at various times to non-intrusively determine fluid saturations. The mixture, which contained the volatile organic carbon tetrachloride, mimics the DNAPL disposed at...

ZYMASIS may be measured either in terms of the C02 which escapes or in terms of the products which accumulate2. In the work described in the present and in the next two papers we have usually employed the "alcohol number" to evaluate zymasis. This number denotes the sum of the concentrations (in g. per unit mass fresh weight of tissue) of ethyl alcohol and of acetaldehyde found in the fruit by ...

Background: The Patterson-Parker table was created in 1934 to determine mg-hr required to deliver the prescribed dose to the treatment area. These tables were created using the dosimetric data for 226Ra that was determined in air and were utilized for dose calculations around implants with Ra-equivalent radionuclides such as 137Cs and 192Ir. Therefore, the differences of the tissue attenuation ...

The complexity of the Ada language poses several problems for the builder of a debugger. We identify the Ada language constructs that cause these problems and propose solutions that can be incorporated in a debugger based on Pascal. Several of the solutions involve changes in the symbol table of the Ada compiler, others are based on the argument that having to obey the language rules is an obst...

In this study, results of a variety of ML algorithms are tested against artificially polluted datasets with noise. Two noise models are tested, each of these studied on a range of noise levels from 0 to 50algorithm, a linear regression algorithm, a decision tree, a M5 algorithm, a decision table classifier, a voting interval scheme as well as a hyper pipes classifier. The study is based on an e...

Abstract: point of view. In this study, a shaking-table was used for concentrating a manganese ore sample from the Ghasem Abadarea in Kerman, Iran. Experiments were designed by using LThe influence of each variable and their interactions on the operation of the device was studied. The variables underinvestigation were: table slope, table frequency, water flowrate, feed rate, and particle size. ...

Orbital emphysema is usually caused by trauma and fracture of an orbital bone, allowing air to pass from the sinuses into the orbit. Orbital emphysema without any significant trauma is rare. We present a case of a 67-year-old-woman who complained of left exophthalmos without any history of trauma, sneezing, or sinus surgery. Computed tomography scanning showed left orbital emphysema protruding ...