Recent research on the brain mechanisms underlying language processing has implicated the left anterior temporal lobe (LATL) as a central region for the composition of simple phrases. Because these studies typically present their critical stimuli without contextual information, the sensitivity of LATL responses to contextual factors is unknown. In this magnetoencephalography (MEG) study, we emp...

In his insightful editorial, Nir Eyal explores the connections between nudging and shaming. One upshot of his argument is that we should question the principle of the least restrictive alternative in public health and health policy. In this commentary, I maintain that Eyal’s argument undermines only a rather implausible version of the principle of the least restrictive alternative and I sketch ...

We describe University at Albany’s CLQA system and its performance in English-Chinese subtask evaluation in NTCIR-6 CLQA. Firstly we illustrate our submitted system, which was built in two weeks. (We had to finish our CLQA system in this time limit because we were late registered.) Then we would like to introduce the improved system which utilizes our ACE (Automatic Content Extraction) relation...

asbestos applications were limited during past two decades in developed nations due to its debilitating health problems, while in developing countries it’s various usages continues. the main goals of present study were evaluation of asbestos concentrations in ambient outdoor and indoor air and occupational exposure, as well as exposure effects on pulmonary function. sampling procedure was ca...