semantics discourse and pragmatics exploring higher levels of nlp

... reviewed and approved by the Office of Medical Bioethics of the University of Calgary and patients signed informed consent documentation upon enrolment [25] Patients were prospectively followed and ... Page of 13 Figure Analysis of the effects of AZT and ddI treatment on drug-resistance in esophagus (E), stomach (S), duodenum (D), colon (C) and PBL (L) Resistance mutations were recorded and ... the time of sampling and not the result of picking up viral DNA sequences that were archived over many years Different drug-resistance levels in different parts of the gut The development of drug-resistance...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... terms of durativity, and not of atomicity 498 John drank a glass of beer In (9), the development of the drinking event can be measured along the subparts of the glass of beer Each subpart of the ... University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, April Caudal, P (1999b) Result Stages and the Lexicon : The Proper Treatment of Event Structure Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the European Chapter of the ... Aspect and the bounded/unbounded (telic/atelic) distinction Linguistics 17, pp 761-794 Dowty, D (1986) The Effects of Aspectual Class on the Temporal Structure of Discourse : Semantics or Pragmatics...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 06:20

... Coding Standards A brief overview of coding standards and conventions Java standards Sonar profiles, rules, and violations The Rules Compliance Index Managing quality profiles Creating a profile ... job and successfully undertook all the responsibilities of a Senior Systems Engineer after six years, and learned and used the following operating systems and software and services: Microsoft ... Co-Founder and Technical Lead: Simon Brandhof @SimonBrandhof • Software Gardener: Evgeny Mandrikov @_godin_ • Product Manager: Fabrice Bellingar @bellingard [ 26 ] Chapter Awards and conferences...

Ngày tải lên: 29/04/2014, 10:00

... ME, Thonar EJ: Synovial fluid levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha and oncostatin M correlate with levels of markers of the degradation of crosslinked collagen and cartilage aggrecan in rheumatoid ... expression of BN/GRP-like peptides in the spinal cord is influenced by glucocorticoids [80], which may be of interest for the understanding of the effects of treatments of RA patients, many of whom ... synthesis of Th1 cytokines and inducing the synthesis of Th2 cytokines [17] Also, the results of recent studies in vitro on cells of human origin have suggested that modulation of the effects of neuropeptides...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... grown using standard greenhouse conditions (1:1 mix of autoclaved field soil and MetroMix; 16 hours light and hours dark; daytime temperature of 30°C and night temperature of 22°C) and sampled ... directionality of the Affymetrix microarray patterns in 84–91% of the differentially expressed profiles (see main text) Assessment of hybrid expression additivity We compared the levels of additive and ... expression levels between the mid-parent and parental values, expression levels equivalent to one of the parents or expression levels outside the parental range The identity and frequency of genes...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:20

... interests Authors' contributions BR and SG participated in the concept and design and acquisition of data RW and MF participated in interpretation of data and in drafting and revising the article RHS ... (b) Levels of human β-defensin-2 (HBD 2) in supernatant of synovial tissue of two patients with RA and OA (four replicates per patient) The dotted line indicates the detection limit (c) Levels of ... tissue/cells and density of synovial neutrophils (a) Levels of human neutrophil peptides 1-3 (HNP1-3) in superfusate of synovial tissue of two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:22

... objectives of the present study were to evaluate the effects of synthetic ACTH (tetracosactid) and porcine CRH on the plasma levels of cortisol and PGF2α metabolite in cycling gilts and castrated ... cross-reactions of the antibody were 16% with 15-keto-PGF2α, and 4% with 13,14dihydro-PGF2α The intra-assay coefficients of variation ranged between 3.4 and 7.6% for different ranges of the standard curve and ... metabolite levels in both cycling gilt as well as castrated boars The administration of CRH to pigs resulted in an elevation of cortisol levels in Effect of ACTH and CRH on cortisol and PGF2α...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... immunologic control of lentivirus replication and disease, for elucidating the nature and role of viral variation in persistence and pathogenesis, and ultimately for developing and modeling lentiviral ... and chronic stages of EIA are defined by episodes of clinical disease that are triggered by waves of viremia and distinguished by fever, anemia, thrombocytopenia, edema, diarrhea, lethargy, and ... antigenicity of EIAV which has thus far obstructed successful vaccine development mandates that a larger pool of viral strains be analyzed both for consideration of pathogenesis and determination of immune...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... day 50 μl of serial dilutions of SE and SE-P were added and cells were infected with 50 μl virus stocks containing 0.5 ng p24 One and three days later, infection rates and cellular ATP levels as ... concentrations of SE, diluted and used to infect TZM-bl cells The Y-axis gives average values of triplicate infections, and the X-axis gives the final dilution of the virus stocks The infection levels ... hrs and infection rates were determined dpi Shown are the average levels of triplicate TZM-bl cell infections ± SD (B) Correlation between the magnitudes of SEVI and SE-mediated enhancement of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... value of less than 0.05 was considered significant Results Analysis of expression of the MuLV gene and protein in the brains of ICR, SAMR1 and SAMP8 mice The expression levels of the MuLV gene and ... 0.01) (C) Analysis of protein expression levels of the MuLV, CAgag (30 kDa), by Western blot in the brains of ICR, SAMR1, and SAMP8 mice 50 μg of brain homogenates were used Levels of B-actin were ... until D10 and then decreased on Days 11 and 12 (Fig 9A) Expression profiles of genes coding for proinflammatory cytokines in R1A, P8A and ICR-A cell lines The levels of gene expression of the following...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... in the case of the baseline correlations, there were strong associations between the changes in serum levels of IL-6 and ESR (Fig 1b) and of IL-6 and IL-1Ra Increased serum levels of E2 were correlated ... associated with any of the other factors Increase in serum levels of E2 correlated strongly with improvement of BMD in the hip and lumbar spine and to a lower degree with reduction of sIL-6R The alteration ... variables, correlation analyses of changes from baseline to 24 months in serum levels of TNF-α, IL-1Ra, IL-6, sIL-6R, OPG, IGF-1, ESR, and E2 and changes of BMD in the total hip and lumbar spine were sought...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... library of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, David Doughan and the Fawcett Library, the Royal Commonwealth Society, and David Blake and his staff at the Institute of ... lower-middle and working classes, the quality and the popular press, daily and weekly, became the ‘‘public sphere,’’ and public discourse of many kinds became important in the creation of government and ... arrive at a clearer understanding of imperial ideology’s dependence on hierarchies of race, sex, and class and of the ways in which, hand in hand, the New Imperialism and the New Journalism brought...

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Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:17

... study 1.4 Method of the study 1.5 Organization of the study Chapter II: literature review 2.1 Discourse and discourse structure 2.1.1 Discourse 2.1.2 Discourse Analysis 2.1.3 Discourse structure ... of the discourse structure and some major linguistic features of the International Declaration on Human Rights 3.3.1 11 11 3.3.1.2 Remarks 12 The Body 13 3.3.2.1 The Body of the Declaration and ... a, Use of Grammar 14 a1 Modality 14 a2 Use of Active / Passive voices 14 a3 Sentence order 15 a4 Length of sentences 15 a5 Kinds of sentences 16 b Use of vocabulary 17 b1 Archaic words and phrases...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:17

... between discourse structure and the purpose or implication of the speakers, and finally they give out the method of analyzing discourse structure based on the relationship of the factors of discourse ... Enablement and Motivation, Evidence and Justification, Relation of Cause, Purpose, Condition and Otherwise, Interpretation and Evaluation, Restatement and Summary, and lastly Sequence and Contrast ... the structure of discourse both in terms of surface relations of form, and underlying relations of functions and acts Depending on functions, Searle (1969, 1976) classify types of speech acts...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:17

... right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right ... the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace ... law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:17

... Concept of Text 2.2.2 The Concept of Discourse 2.2.3 The Concept of Discourse Analysis 2.2.4 Spoken Discourse and Written Discourse 10 2.2.5 Formal and Informal Discourse ... CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS 112 5.1 CONCLUSION 112 5.1.1 The Layout of the AOSs, VOSs, ACSs and VCSs 112 5.1.2 The Influence of Culture on the Discourse of AOSs and VOSs, ACSs and VCSs ... In discourse analysis, a distinction is often made between spoken and written discourse In terms of lexical choice and density, written texts seem to use more complex and diversified words and...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 12:41

... development of string theory and the quantum theory of geometry as promising candidates for the union of quantum mechanics and general relativity • The first descriptions of the quantum states of black ... of that matter there is, and the curvature of space on large scales • The unambiguous measurement of the value of the cosmological constant, with profound implications for our understanding of ... destiny of stars, gravitational waves, the microscopic structure of space and time, and the unification of all forces—challenges to understanding that have captured the imaginations of physicists and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 16:20

... Gb3 levels [9] and the effect of a maintenance dosing of CsA on the recovery of serum Gb3 levels after termination of ERT was determined ERT is an effective means of eliminating serum Gb3, and ... ng standard Gb3 and was able to detect > ng Gb3 per lL serum sample Gb3 in the serum of wildtype mice was below the background of this assay MDR1 inhibition and GSL storage disease ERT and CsA ... Fabry mice had serum Gb3 levels of 3.31 ± 1.33 ngÆlL)1 compared with control Fabry serum levels of 8.21 ± 2.27 ngÆlL)1 as determined from a standard curve Serum Gb3 levels were monitored in all...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 07:20