The ALEP platform for language research and engineering

This paper describes some of the aspects of the Advanced Linguistic Engineering Platform (ALEP) prototype system (ALEP-0) [SIM-93a]. ALEP is an initiative of the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) to provide the natural language research and engineering community in Europe with a versatile and flexible general purpose development environment. The lingustic formalism and tools of the current prototype, and development of a full more extensive and open environment are outlined. The architecture of the platform which is intended to support cooperation, exchange and re-use of results and resources, comparative evaluation and application prototyping, is also described

El Confucianismo y las tradiciones marciales asiáticas

El confucianismo ha sido un elemento base en la vida política y social de muchos países asiáticos. Su influencia se extiende por instituciones y prácticas en cada nivel de la actividad humana. Las artes marciales también se han beneficiado de esta filosofía, y el legado tradicional confuciano continúa influyendo en las prácticas modernas. Este artículo pone de relieve sucintamente algunas figuras y acontecimientos cruciales, describe conceptos relevantes y centrales de la filosofía confuciana, y por último muestra aplicaciones paradigmáticas para las artes marciales de hoy en día. Los artistas marciales modernos pueden lograr la comprensión de la visión tradicional confuciana y profundizar en el significado de las artes marciales contemporáneas

Magnetic flux flow and superconductor stabilization Quarterly report, 1 Jan. - 31 Mar. 1968

Magnetic flux flow and stability of superconducting niobium titanium strip

Theme Overview: Agriculture and Water Quality in the Cornbelt: Overview of Issues and Approaches

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Q25,

Estrogens as neuroprotectants: Estrogenic actions in the context of cognitive aging and brain injury

There is ample empirical evidence to support the notion that the biological impacts of estrogen extend beyond the gonads to other bodily systems, including the brain and behavior. Converging preclinical findings have indicated a neuroprotective role for estrogen in a variety of experimental models of cognitive function and brain insult. However, the surprising null or even detrimental findings of several large clinical trials evaluating the ability of estrogen-containing hormone treatments to protect against age-related brain changes and insults, including cognitive aging and brain injury, led to hesitation by both clinicians and patients in the use of exogenous estrogenic treatments for nervous system outcomes. That estrogen-containing therapies are used by tens of millions of women for a variety of health-related applications across the lifespan has made identifying conditions under which benefits with estrogen treatment will be realized an important public health issue. Here we provide a summary of the biological actions of estrogen and estrogen-containing formulations in the context of aging, cognition, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. We have devoted special attention to highlighting the notion that estrogen appears to be a conditional neuroprotectant whose efficacy is modulated by several interacting factors. By developing criteria standards for desired beneficial peripheral and neuroprotective outcomes among unique patient populations, we can optimize estrogen treatments for attenuating the consequences of, and perhaps even preventing, cognitive aging and brain injury

Artificial diet sandwich reveals subsocial behavior in the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

An artificial diet sandwich, consisting of coffee berry borer artificial diet within two glass plates, has been developed to elucidate the behaviour of the coffee berry borer, an insect that in nature spends most of its life cycle inside the coffee berry. Various types of behaviour have been observed for the first time, including gallery construction, oviposition, gallery blocking, mating and most remarkably, subsocial tasks such as maternal sanitation and tending of eggs and larvae. This observational technique is a breakthrough for studies and manipulations of the coffee berry borer's social behaviour and could be applicable to other bark beetles, consequently yielding important insights into the origin of parental care in scolytine beetles

A Tale of Three Watersheds: Nonpoint Source Pollution and Conservation Practices across Iowa

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Q25,