The perception of semantic similarity derives from distinct processes of comparison and integration. A dual process model of conceptual combination claims that attributive combination (e.g., umbrella tree) entails comparison, while relational combination (e.g., pancake spatula) requires integration. The present research uses similarity as a test of this dual process model. Participants (N = 168...

This construction consists minimally of two parts: an adjective (e.g., dumb, crazy) or a noun (e.g., fool, punk) and the word ass; these two parts together serve to modify a noun, as shown in (1), where dumb ass modifies husband. Because of the attributive modificational nature of this construction, I will call it the Ass Attributive Construction (AAC). Because the construction admits some alte...

in this work we deal with the question: how can one improve the approximation level for some nonlinear integral equations? good candidates for this aim are semi orthogonal b-spline scaling functions and their duals. although there are different works in this area, only b-spline of degree at most 2 are used for this approximation. here we compute b-spline scaling functions of degree 4 and their ...

Image segmentation by texture processing involves processing an image in sections called blocks. There are some considerable problems that can occur at the boundary of the image (or segmented object), the border between different textures in an image and any small area with high intensity against its background. This paper analyses those problems and proposes a solution using a new block operat...

One day in 1991, I took a dusty, bumpy jeep ride between two multi-ethnic townships in the hilly border country between Sichuan and Yunnan. With me in the jeep was an official of the Nationalities Commission, the Chinese government agency of the in charge of minority affairs. Since we had just been visiting an area where four different ethnic groups lived together, he struck up a conversation a...

Na+-glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) expression and the role of actin in epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced alterations in glucose transport and brush-border surface area were examined in New Zealand White rabbit jejunal loops. In separate experiments, EGF or EGF concurrent with cytochalasin D, an inhibitor of actin polymerization, was administered to the experimental loop and compared with its...

makrān or mukrān was a vast region in the south eastern plateau of iran, whose border extended from kerman on the west to sind on the east. this extended area was limited to sistan on the north and makrān sea (sea of oman) on the south. makrān, mākā, mīkā, mukrān, gidruziyā, zhidruziyā, etc. are the names applied to this region in different historical periods. the expanse of this region’s borde...

In this paper, we consider all aspects of sensitive information of cyber psychology of cross-border multi-ethnic language, and use the method of combining the theoretical research and empirical research to carry out the analysis and countermeasure research about sensitive information of complex cyber psychology of cross-border multi-ethnic language in Yunnan province. It closely combined with t...