... reviewed the manuscript, ACP participated in the study design and manuscript writing, JAF is responsible for the CARAT project and participated in all stages and tasks All authors have read and approved ... Luciano Margarida Trindade Rita Câmara Rodrigo Alves Additional file CARAT – Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test This is a translation to English oftheofthe preliminary version of ... meeting ofthe Formal Consensus Process Ana Arrobas Ana Todo-Bom Ângela Gaspar Aurora Carvalho Carlos Alves Carlos Lopes Fernando Calvário Authors' contributions LNS participated in data collection,...
... influence the way in which people can access and make use of their assets Natural capital Natural capital is the quality and quantity of natural resources that are available to people and above all, the ... (RRA) approach to initial project preparation was developed By the end ofthe decade, there was a range of RRA methods and approaches available which then gave rise to participatory rural appraisal ... access to assets/ opportunities andthe returns they can achieve G the access ofthe poor to social, human, natural, financial and physical capital and their ability to put these assets to productive...
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... change and ready for change? Are there barriers to change? Collaborators (Alliances, Partnerships and Networks) What are the strengths and weaknesses of our associations with other businesses and ... a pure way, free ofthe constraints and pressures of business Perhaps it is better to separate earning a living on the one hand and creativity on the other so as to each one tothe utmost, rather ... Chan, Chairman of Shanghai based computer games manufacturer Shanda Entertainment, operates in a culture where pirating software is rife Software pirating was a threat but he turned it into an...
... Placards Placards are a larger version ofthe labels and must be applied on each side and each end ofthe transport vehicle, so that the placards are visible from any direction Labels and placards ... environment and property if they are not handled properly In Canada, the federal government and each ofthe provinces and territories have enacted legislation to regulate the transportation of dangerous ... air) (The label and placard have a green background Class 2.3 Toxic gas (e.g., sulphur dioxide, anhydrous ammonia) (The label and placard have a white background. ) Class 2.3 Oxidizing Gas Class...
... Preface For reasons of temperament and training, I find it natural and exciting to make forays across what many scholars see as an unbridgeable divide between the humanities andthe natural sciences ... things as religious, mystical, magical, and so forth within larger processes of meaning making and valuation (singularization), we are better able to analyze the contestations over the meaning and ... “religious” and then some We can consider specialness both behaviorally and substantively, asking if there are behaviors that tend to mark things off as special and if there are particular types of things...
... Web The path to machine-processable data is to make the data smarter All ofthe technologies in this book are the foundations What Is the Semantic Web? ofa systematic approach to creating “smart ... “semantic algebra.” This allows the combination and recombination of data at a more atomic level and very fine-grained analysis of data Thus, in this stage, data no longer exists as a blob but as ... was by matching a print found on a gun catalog at a crime scene in Montgomery, Ala., to one in an INS database in Washington state that the Feds cracked open the case and paved the way for the...
... is “has Ancestor.” Here is how the rule applies tothe “has Ancestor” property: If Joe hasAncestor Sam and Sam hasAncestor Jill, then Joe hasAncestor Jill Lastly, the Web ontology language being ... or meta data An often-used definition of meta data is “data about data.” We discuss the details ofthe XML syntax later For now what is important is that XML standardizes a simple, text -based ... languages Any language created via the rules of XML, like the Math Markup Language (MathML), is called an application of XML A markup language’s primary concern is how to add semantic information...
... DTD and XML Schema) XPath is a language to select a set of nodes within a document Load and save methods specify a standard way to load an XML document into a DOM anda way to save a DOM into an ... general rule applies that “more is better.” Meta data increases the fidelity and granularity of our data The way to think about the current state of meta data is that we attach words (or labels) to ... or customers (directly) to access information when they want and wherever they are (including wireless) Databases and data mining XML has had a greater effect on relational database management...
... relates to SAML in the sense that SAML provides the mechanism of propagating authentication and authorization information between services and servers, and XACML is the authentication and authorization ... documents attach meta data to parts ofa document, one use of RDF is to create meta data about the document as a standalone entity In other words, instead of marking up the internals ofa document, ... available cars on a certain date, lists rental rates, and allows an application to make a reservation for a car Expense report creator This Web service automatically creates expense reports, based...
... concepts, we layer the XML Syntax (elements, attributes, and angle brackets) and namespaces to avoid vocabulary conflicts On top of XML are the triple -based assertions ofthe RDF model and syntax we ... goals and practical uses of each XPath XPath is the XML Path Language, and it plays an important role in the XML family of standards It provides an expression language for specifically addressing ... methods) An object is one instance ofa class OO languages also allow classes to inherit characteristics and behaviors from a parent class (also called a super class) The software industry has recently...
... like the subclass of relation, can constitute a taxonomy A taxonomy based on the part of relation would be an aggregation taxonomy (as opposed toa generalization/specialization taxonomy, the ... theory.” The following common languages and technologies are displayed in the diagram: ■■ Database models: the relational language (R), the Entity-Relational language and model (ER), andthe Extended ... Thesaurus The ANSI/NISO Monolingual Thesaurus Standard defines a thesaurus as a controlled vocabulary arranged in a known order and structured so that equivalence, homographic, hierarchical, and associative...
... isa Management_ Employee manages Class Organization isa isa isa manages part _of isa manages President Class Company manages isa isa Manager Class Department Director Class Division manages isa ... isa manages Department part _of Class Division Vice_President manages Class Group part _of manages manages part _of Division Class Group part _of part _of Group Class Company part _of part _of Company ... terms ofthe things that are important tothe notion of automobile repair, and their properties and relationships Given a particular way of thinking about a part ofthe world (a subject area or...
... describe and represent an area of knowledge andthe meaning of that vocabulary—that is, it is syntactically a language of types and terms that has a corresponding formal semantics that is the intended ... of knowledge is the intension andthe second is the extension In the database world, a schema is the intensional database, whereas the tuples ofthe database constitute the extensional database ... transition tables are often used to express the semantics and pragmatics ofthe communication acts ofthe agents A communication act, for example, would be a request by one agent to another agent...
... teased apart the statement into three parts: amanagement employee part, a managing an organization part, anda manages part But in Table 8.9, we will just that Table 8.8 Predicate Logic Example ... predicate is a feature of language (and logic) that can be used to make a statement or attribute a property to something, in this case the properties of being amanagement employee and managing an ... middle, and domain (or subdomain) levels integrated logically and thus not all in the same namespace and all contexts not the same, and all applications not using the same portions ofthe lattice of...
... andthe accuracy and appropriacy of that use in terms ofthe specific task Grammatical Range and Accuracy This criterion refers tothe range and accurate use ofthe candidate‘s grammatical resource ... purposes to Australia, Canada and New Zealand Both the Academic and General Training modules cover the four language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking All candidates take the same ... their interests, anda range of familiar topic areas This part lasts between four and five minutes In Part the candidate is given a verbal prompt on a card and is asked to talk on a particular...
... pronunciation in all observed classes They explained that there are many things to teach and train in one period, especially in vocabulary and grammar part, because vocabulary and grammar are useful ... chapter Chapter III: Data Analysis and Findings analyzes the collected data to answer the three research questions and shows the findings ofthe reality of teaching and learning pronunciation at ... vocabulary The reasons they explain why they pay great attention, time and energy to grammar are the lack of oral tests in examinations andthe poor classroom condition According to these teachers, the...