Spatial information associates properties to labeled areas. Space is partitioned into (elementary) parcels, and union of parcels constitute areas. Properties may have various level of generality, giving birth to a taxonomy of properties for a given universe of discourse. Thus, the set of properties pertaining to a conceptual taxonomy, as the set of areas and parcels, are structured by a natural...

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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe women's unexpected and distressing symptom experiences after breast cancer treatment. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative and descriptive. SETTING Depending upon their preference, participants were interviewed in their homes or in a private office space in a nearby library. PARTICIPANTS Purposive sample of 13 women 1-18 years after breast cancer treatment. METHO...

In this paper, I describe how Donnellan's distinction between referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions should be represented in a computational model of reference. After briefly discussing the significance of Donnellan's distinction, I reinterpret it as being three-tiered, relating to object representation, referring intentions, and choice of rehrring expression. I then present...