We describe the N2 (Narrative Networks) Corpus, a new language resource. The corpus is unique in three important ways. First, every text in the corpus is a story, which is in contrast to other language resources that may contain stories or story-like texts, but are not specifically curated to contain only stories. Second, the unifying theme of the corpus is material relevant to Islamist Extremi...

objective: To describe and discuss the process used to write a case report for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. methods: Narrative review of the literature. discussion: The importance for case reports is presented as well as the explanation of how to write them in a standardized format. Steps in preparing a case report are described and discussed starting with selecting a title and concl...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Parents’ attitudes towards different aspects of dentistry especially the use of behavior management techniques (BMTs) can greatly effect a child’s cooperation in a dental office. The present quasi-experimental study was conducted with the aim to assess the effect of a verbal explanation on parents’ acceptance level of the most common BMTs used in pediatric dentistry.METHODS:...

I have worked with several substance-misusing clients who, despite my best efforts, adamantly adhere to their problematic narrative and cannot participate in re-storying their experience in a meaningful manner. The purpose of this article is to outline an alternative technique of using films to help substance-misusing clients generate a positive metaphor for their lived experiences. Using this ...

In legal cases, stories or scenarios can serve as the context for a crime when reasoning with evidence. In order to develop a scientifically founded technique for evidential reasoning, a method is required for the representation and evaluation of various scenarios in a case. In this paper the probabilistic technique of Bayesian networks is proposed as a method for modeling narrative, and it is ...

Effective history instruction often relies on taking historical episodes and making them personally relevant to the learner. One narrative-centered technique for accomplishing this is to tell a story about the historical episode in which significant historical events are witnessed or even, to some small degree, influenced by a fictional character. Given individual differences among users, the a...

This paper discusses the effect of Mind Mapping and Semantic techniques on students’ reading comprehension. research was an experimental quantitative study involving three classes, they were class 1, 2 control class. In writer applied technique while in method did not apply. The population this students from XI Methodist Berastagi. used 105 as samples; sample taken using random sampling techniq...