content-based image retrieval and text-based image retrieval are two fundamental approaches in the field of image retrieval. the challenges related to each of these approaches, guide the researchers to use combining approaches and semi-automatic retrieval using the user interaction in the retrieval cycle. hence, in this paper, an image retrieval system is introduced that provided two kind of qu...

We present Mask-guided Generative Adversarial Network (MagGAN) for high-resolution face attribute editing, in which semantic facial masks from a pre-trained parser are used to guide the fine-grained image editing process. With introduction of mask-guided reconstruction loss, MagGAN learns only edit parts that relevant desired changes, while preserving attribute-irrelevant regions (e.g., hat, sc...

H. Karimi e-mail: [email protected] Abstract If a pause occurs in the middle of a sentence, is it attributable to prosodic structure, planning problems, or both? And if both prosodic representation and performance constraints conspire to cause a speaker to divide a sentence into two units, can the durational effects that result be parsed into those two different sources? In this chapter, we a...

The variegated data relating to fusion in Malay have long escaped unified analysis. Past analyses assume that the conditioning environment is morphological. I suggest the question to ask is not why fusion occurs where it does but why it does not occur elsewhere. I show, too, that the answer to this question lies unquestionably in the consideration of prosody, not morphology. Crucially, I claim ...

A recent breakthrough in understanding brain-language mechanisms is the discovery of local motor cortex activations that index specific meaning features of words, phrases and sentences. The words "talk" and "walk" activate different parts of the motor cortex, reflecting the body part relationship of actions the linguistic items are typically used to speak about. It has been suggested that such ...

translation is an active process in which a meaning is transferred from a source to a target language. during this process, meaning must have accordance with two main semantic sub-systems: signification and evaluation. signification is related to a signified unit of a linguistic sign and its encompassing properties known as seme. however, evaluation includes a range of different actualizations ...

background: connective tissue attachment following periodontal regenerative surgery is directly related to the attachment of fibrin clot on to the root surface during early wound healing events. the adhesion of fibrin clot to the root surface affected by periodontal disease depends on the biologic acceptance of the root surface which can be accomplished by various root conditioning procedures d...

this study investigated the effect of using visual aids, semantic elaboration, and visual aids plus semantic elaboration on the iranian efl learners' vocabulary learning. to conduct the study, the researchers assigned 49 elementary learners to three homogeneous groups according to their proficiency level. then, a pre-test of paribakht and wesche's vocabulary knowledge scale was given ...