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This paper describes our current activities to supply extended reasoning support to knowledge engineers who are building terminologies using Description Logics (DL) reasoners. The new services originate in the development of the DICE terminology where the lack of appropriate debugging or explanation facilities hindered a more efficient (and possibly more concise) construction of a corresponding...

objective: the aim was to evaluate gender differences in depression scores of iranian and german medical students. methods: two hundred iranian medical students (100 men and 100 women) and 200 german medical students (100 men and 100 women) were selected randomly and completed the english form of the self-rating beck depression inventory (bdi). results: analysis gave a mean rating of 10.7 ± 6.6...

This action research examines the concept of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in a second language acquisition context. The researcher investigated the contributors of WTC in a foreign language classroom setting. Therefore, a multiple assignments method and sequence was applied. Participants of this study were students who matriculated in a United States (U.S.) undergraduate program, studying G...

Due to continuous improvements of semiconductor technologies new challenges for the design of highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions have arisen. Systems-on-Chip provide an implementation platform for many applications, and will revolutionize the design of future electronic systems. In this contribution we focus on several important challenges and unsolved problems concerning SoC desi...

It is common in many countries that engineers having an academic degree in Civil Engineering are appointed responsible for different tasks related to Bridge Engineering. However, there are serious questions about whether formal university courses in civil engineering could cover the needs of a bridge engineer to fulfill his or her job successfully. Regarding the recent significant advances in t...