In order to resolve nominal anaphora, especially definite description anaphora, various sources of information have to be taken into account. These range from morphosyntactic information to domain knowledge encoded in ontologies. As the acquisition of ontological knowledge is a timeconsuming task, existing resources often model only a small set of information. This leads to a knowledge gap that...

O n-line literature searches of bibliographic databases such as PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi) are now integral to the lives of clinicians. A huge amount of knowledge can be gleaned from even a basic PubMed search, while the use of advanced functions can add speed and focus. The 11 million or so abstracts that constitute PubMed undoubtedly make it one of the most significant ba...

temporomandibular joint ankylosis causes limitation in mouth opening and establishes severe deformity and asymmetry in patient’s face, especially in children. surgery is the only treatment. this study was conducted to compare the effect of two surgical approaches, gap arthropasty and interpositional gap arthroplasty, on rate of maximum interincisal opening in temporomandibular joint ankylosis. ...

Throughout the history of human being, the generations' inter-relations were of special concern. The social sciences researchers have always  tried to introduce the changing patterns of relations between the elder and the youth groups, they  presented two consensus and conflict  theories regarding different historical periods. One important matter in humans' life is always communication. Young ...

We investigated whether the absence of one item in a regularly spaced visual array (gap cue) captures attention in a task-set-independent fashion. Participants searched for a large target among medium-size distractors (size task) or a red target among gray distractors (color task). Target arrays were preceded by uninformative cue arrays that contained a color singleton or a gap cue. The N2pc co...

the present investigation was designed to study the production and comprehension of specific means for information highlighted by advanced iranian learners of english as a foreign language. the study focused on the discourse-pragmatically motivated variations of the basic word order such as inversion, pre-posing, it- and wh-clefts. after taking the nelson test, a homogeneous group was settled. ...