Razing Babel: Two Sonnets for Too Xenophobic Times [PDF]
Brief reflections in prose and verse on the vital importance of linguistic ...
Lloyd, Harold Anthony
core
Predicting Online Learners’ Performance Through Ontologies: A Systematic Literature Review
This systematic review sheds light on the role of ontologies in predicting achievement among online learners, in order to promote their academic success.
Safa Ridha Albo Abdullah +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Aesthetic peerhood and the significance of aesthetic peer disagreement
Abstract Both aestheticians and social epistemologists are concerned with disagreement. However, in large part, their literature has yet to overlap substantially in terms of discussing whether there are viable conceptions of aesthetic peerhood and what the significance of aesthetic peer disagreement might be as a result.
Quentin Pharr, Clotilde Torregrossa
wiley +1 more source
Babel: A Scalable Pre-trained Model for Multi-Modal Sensing via Expandable Modality Alignment [PDF]
This paper presents Babel, the expandable modality alignment model, specially designed for multi-modal sensing. While there has been considerable work on multi-modality alignment, they all struggle to effectively incorporate multiple sensing modalities due to the data scarcity constraints.
arxiv
National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria
Abstract It has been argued that, especially in non‐Inner Circles of English, whether or not speakers consider language to be a harbinger of national identity affects their positioning as owners of that language. A plethora of prior studies have also demonstrated that language is of central importance regarding the ways in which people enact their ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi, Robert M. Mckenzie
wiley +1 more source
Light on the Old Testament from Babel. By Albert T. Clay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Semitic Philology and Archaeology, etc., in the University of Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907.) [PDF]
T. G. Pinches
openalex +1 more source
Independent AND-parallel implementation of narrowing [PDF]
We present a parallel graph narrowing machine, which is used to implement a functional logic language on a shared memory multiprocessor. It is an extensión of an abstract machine for a purely functional language.
Hermenegildo, Manuel V.+2 more
core +2 more sources
Parallel Quantum Computation, the Library of Babel and Quantum Measurement as the Efficient Librarian [PDF]
The complementary roles played by parallel quantum computation and quantum measurement in originating the quantum speed-up are illustrated through an analogy with a famous metaphor by J.L. Borges.
arxiv
Traveling salesman problem with drone and bicycle: multimodal last‐mile e‐mobility
Abstract Recently, the multimodal last‐mile e‐mobility concept has been at the center of attention for cleaner, greener, and more accessible urban deliveries. As part of sustainable transportation systems, multimodal e‐mobility is proper for a variety of logistics operations as well as medical applications.
Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee+2 more
wiley +1 more source