User-generated content can help the growth of linked data. However, there are a lack of interfaces enabling ordinary people to author linked data. Secondly, people have multiple perspectives on the same concept and different contexts. Thirdly, there are not enough ontologies to model various data. Therefore, the authors of this chapter propose an approach to enable people to share various data ...

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Consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, the conversion of lignocellulose into desired products in one step without added enzymes, has been a subject of increased research effort in recent years. In this review, the economic motivation for CBP is addressed, advances and remaining obstacles for CBP organism development are reviewed, and we comment briefly on fundamental aspects. For CBP organism deve...

Abstract Numerous studies on political discourse claim that metaphors help politicians to construct coherent arguments convince their voters. Yet, most of them, with a few notable exceptions, do not adhere any theory argumentation. In this paper, we integrate Discourse Dynamic Approach Metaphor Inference Anchoring Theory enhance our understanding the interaction and in dynamic discourse. Our da...

Distributed multimedia retrieval (DMR) is a key issue in today’s information systems. One problem in DMR is the fusion of results retrieved from multiple locations, which is required in order to present the results in an integrated, consolidated and aligned form. This paper sketches a distributed multimedia retrieval scenario in which requirements, a conceptualization and an implementation of a...

This purely recreational paper is about one of the most colorful characters of the Italian Renaissance, Girolamo Cardano, and the discovery of two basic ingredients of quantum theory, probability and complex numbers. The paper is dedicated to Giuseppe Castagnoli on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Back in the early 1990s, Giuseppe instigated a series of meetings at Villa Gualino, in Torino, w...

Optimistic version control systems enable globally distributed teams of developers to work together asynchronously. Every developer works on a local copy and consequently, no developer is ever detracted from working by waiting for a resource. The price for this flexibility is payed at the moment when conflicting modifications must be integrated into one consolidated version. In this paper, we d...

The wear resistance of Al2O3/2.5 vol.% Ni nanocomposites sintered by a conventional route was studied under ball-on-disk dry sliding conditions and compared with the same nanocomposites but consolidated by spark plasma sintering, together with alumina obtained by the same technique and by hot pressing. The results showed an improvement of about 0.5, 1 and 2 orders of magnitude, respectively. Th...