This paper outlines a model of what a theory of mental representations (TMR) for reference resolution would be. Such a theory would be a specification of relevance theory on the specific point of referents attribution. Mental representations (MR) are conceived as a kind of hinge between referring expressions on the one hand and objects in the world on the other hand. The introduction defines re...

We distinguish between definitions of browsing as a kind of behavior and definitions of browsing as a kind of task or information need. Bates (2002a) clearly defines browsing as a behavior that can be defined on its own mechanical terms: “[Browsing] involves successive acts of glimpsing, fixing on a target to examine visually or manually more closely, examining, then moving on to start the cycl...

Relevance feedback is the retrieval task where the system is given not only an information need, but also some relevance judgement information, usually from users’ feedback for an initial result list by the system. With different amount of feedback information available, the optimal feedback strategy might be very different. In TREC Relevance Feedback task, the system is given different sets of...

middle east countries have begun to implement economic reforms to stimulate private investment, promote economic growth and support the transition to market economy. although, it is difficult to define the direct impact of the accounting system reform on economic transformation, as there are many other conditions that have influence on the transition process. however, with the central position ...

Current research in cognitive development shows that people’s reasoning and decisionmaking strategies are deeply grounded in contexts of use. They are situated and thus cannot, as many developmentalists have it be gauged according to logical criteria alone. Two broad empirical approaches can be used to study children’s embodied thinking. On the one hand, we have ethological studies which preser...

Avicenna is a renowned peripatetic philosopher whose rationality continuously draws the attention of many scholars. In many of his works, he resorts to the hierarchy of intellects (angels) to explain the process of the emanation of the multiplicity from the One, as well as the emergence of beings. As these intellects are among the ontological causes of the human soul in the arc of descent, they...

The study was intended to provide a description of the attitudes of English-major studentstowards the teaching methods in translation courses to find out more about the relevance andquality of methods to the students’ needs, concerning the necessary educational resourcesprovided in the methods of teaching. Accordingly, a multi-item Likert-scale questionnairecontaining 32 items was developed bas...