Information systems development can be framed as the construction of built information environments. In the design of these built environments, structures both in the social realm (of organizations and communities) and the information realm (computer-supported conversations) are not easily separated. In the design of built physical environments, Alexander addresses both the social realm and the...

The debate over language and thought has traditionally been framed by two opposing stances: „universalist‟ and „relativist‟. The universalist view holds that language is shaped by universals of human cognition; on this view, languages make semantic distinctions drawn from a limited palette of universally available options – and when languages do differ semantically, those linguistic differences...

in this paper, an approximate method is proposed for determining sway of multistory rc buildings subjected to various types of lateral loads. the calculation of both fundamental period and stability index in rc building requires the sway term at each story level. using approximate method design engineers can estimate sway terms at each story level. the developed analytical expressions are inser...

The packaging of meaning in verbs varies widely across languages since are free to encode different aspects an event. At the same time, tend display recurrent preferences lexicalization, e.g. verb-framing vs. satellite-framing motion. It has been noted, however, that lexicalization patterns motion not carried over domain vision, gaze trajectory (‘visual path’) is coded outside main verb even ve...

Abstract In the present meta-analysis, we investigated robustness and magnitude of Foreign Language Effect (FLE) – that is, putative effect language context (native versus foreign language) on decision-making. We also whether FLE is moderated by experience measured second age acquisition proficiency or methodological choices types decision problems adopted, presentation modality tasks administe...

We extend knot contact homology to a theory over the ring Z[λ±1, μ±1], with the invariant given topologically and combinatorially. The improved invariant, which is defined for framed knots in S and can be generalized to knots in arbitrary manifolds, distinguishes the unknot and can distinguish mutants. It contains the Alexander polynomial and naturally produces a two-variable polynomial knot in...

We provide a construction of the moduli spaces of framed Hitchin pairs and their master spaces. These objects have come to interest as algebraic versions of solutions of certain coupled vortex equations. Our method unifies and generalizes constructions of several similar moduli spaces. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 14D20, 14D22, 14L30.

This research explores the moderating roles of regulatory focus and product category in the impact of advertising framing on consumers’ advertising attitudes toward healthcare products. 236 persons participated in a 2 (framing: negative vs. positive) × 2 (regulatory focus: prevention-focused vs. promotion-focused) × 2 (product category: informational vs. transformational) factorial design. Resu...