The language-gap, for example between lowliteracy laypersons and highly-technical expert documents, is a fundamental barrier for cross-domain knowledge transfer. This paper seeks to close the gap at the thematic level via topic adaptation, i.e., adjusting the topical structures for cross-domain documents according to a domain factor such as technicality. We present a probabilistic model for thi...

The large number of specialized languages which have resulted from the rapid development of modern science and technology, although meant to facilitate communication within each area of specialization, may create barriers to understanding between different levels of competence and specialization. Ways have to be found for identifying and describing the fundamental features of technical and scie...

The amount of health information on the internet is constantly growing but little is done for detecting the technicality level of these documents and guiding of users towards documents which are appropriate to their expertise level. The objective of our work is to propose clues for the automatic distinction between expert and non expert medical documents. More precisely, we propose to study the...

The adaptation of vocabulary between communication partners, i.e. the lexical entrainment phenomenon, is well documented. This study investigates whether the phenomenon can also be found in computer-mediated communication between experts and laypersons. The respondents, who are medical experts (n1⁄4 46), answered to fictitious patients’ queries on health problems. Language technicality within p...

Internet access services based on cellular technology have grown significantly over the years. Regarding total number of users, Brazil does not have global stand-out participation yet. However, recent data reveals significant growth in the adoption of those services in Brazil. This study intends to assess the relative influence of the relevant factors that affect the adoption of mobile Internet...