A novel approach for dose painting radiotherapy of brain metastases guided by mr perfusion images [PDF]
PurposeTo investigate the feasibility and dosimetric index features of dose painting guided by perfusion heterogeneity for brain metastasis (BMs) patients.MethodsA total of 50 patients with single BMs were selected for this study.
Chuanke Hou +6 more
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A Computational Model of Linguistic Humor in Puns. [PDF]
Abstract Humor plays an essential role in human interactions. Precisely what makes something funny, however, remains elusive. While research on natural language understanding has made significant advancements in recent years, there has been little direct integration of humor research with computational models of language understanding.
Kao JT, Levy R, Goodman ND.
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Temporo-Parietal and Fronto-Parietal Lobe Contributions to Theory of Mind and Executive Control: An fMRI Study of Verbal Jokes [PDF]
‘Getting a joke’ always requires resolving an apparent incongruity but the particular cognitive operations called upon vary depending on the nature of the joke itself.
Yu-Chen eChan, Joseph P. Lavallee
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Fluorine-18-Labeled Fluoromisonidazole Positron Emission and Computed Tomography-Guided Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: A Feasibility Study [PDF]
Nancy Y Lee, Zhixiong Lin
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Investigating Verbal Humor in Selected Mr. Iglesias Sitcom Shows Episodes
Humor can be found in people's daily life, movie, and stand-up comedy. People use it to criticize and entertain at the same time. In entertaining and criticizing a situation, humor can be in a form of a TV show or sitcom.
Kafa Bella Nabila +2 more
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The empirical study presented in this article aims to determine some of the linguistic and cultural elements that can influence the production process and the reception of humour and to verify the applicability of the General Theory of Verbal Humor ...
Thuy Hien Le
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The Mote in Thine Eye': An Analysis of the Bible in Cartoon [PDF]
The targeting of religion in editorial cartoons has become a source of controversy. Particular tensions emerged following the publication of the Danish cartoons, a set of cartoons representing the Prophet Mohammed, published in Jyllands-Posten in ...
Huw Thomas
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Humor in der kulturellen und sprachlichen Perspektive. Strategien zur Humorerzeugung in deutschen und britischen Panel-Shows [PDF]
A special place among the research conducted in the field of linguistics, but also other scientific disciplines, is occupied by the broadly understood issues of humour.
Kamil Iwaniak
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Forms and functions of jokes disseminated during the Covid-19 pandemic in Jordan
People in Jordan have suffered the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Jordanian government took some pre-emptive measures to curb the spread of the virus, including the announcement of indefinite curfew and nationwide strict lockdown.
Ahmad Tawalbeh +3 more
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Humour in colloquial conversation
Researchers from the GRIALE group (Irony and Humour Research Group) have developed a theoretical method that can be applied to humorous ironic utterances in different textual genres, depending on the degree of the violation of conversational principles ...
María Belén Alvarado Ortega
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