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Reasoning on Figurative Language: A Preliminary Study on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Klinefelter Syndrome

Brain Sciences, 2019
In this study we explored metaphor and idiom competencies in two clinical populations, children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with Klinefelter syndrome (KS), (age range: 9–12), compared to typically developing (TD) children of ...
Sergio Melogno, Maria Antonietta Pinto, Teresa Gloria Scalisi, Margherita Orsolini, Luigi Tarani, Gloria Di Filippo   +5 more
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On the Role of Preprocessing and Memristor Dynamics in Reservoir Computing for Image Classification

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reservoir computing (RC) is an emerging recurrent neural network architecture that has attracted growing attention for its low training cost and modest hardware requirements. Memristor‐based circuits are particularly promising for RC, as their intrinsic dynamics can reduce network size and parameter overhead in tasks such as time‐series ...
Rishona Daniels, Duna Wattad, Ronny Ronen, David Saad, Shahar Kvatinsky   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of avatars in e-government interfaces [PDF]

, 2014
This paper investigates the use of avatars to communicate live message in e-government interfaces. A comparative study is presented that evaluates the contribution of multimodal metaphors (including avatars) to the usability of interfaces for e ...
C.F. Camerer, D.M. Rousseau, F. Fukuyama, J. Nielsen, R.M. Kramer, S.E. Colesca   +5 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How character education is projected through literary works? A textual analysis of metaphors and prophetic ethics in Tegalan songs and poems

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
Scrutinizing literary works such as song lyrics and poems can be beneficial for instilling character education since they may contain sublime messages from prophetic ethics.
Rahayu Pristiwati, Fathur Rokhman, Prembayun Miji Lestari, Dyah Prabaningrum   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

NETMET: A Program for Generating and Interpreting Metaphors [PDF]

, 1995
Metaphors have computable semantics. A program called NETMET both generates metaphors and produces partial literal interpretations of metaphors. NETMET is based on Kittay's semantic field theory of metaphor and Black's interaction theory of metaphor ...
Steinhart, Eric
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Answers to a Discussion Note: On the 'Metaphor of the Metaphor' [PDF]

Organization Studies, 1998
Should a debate of the choice(s) between metaphorical investigation and epistemological realism in organizational research be prioritized as Willy McCourt called for in Organization Studies? (McCourt 1997) We argue here against doing any such thing — a 'realism' debate in organizational theory would merely be a 'red herring' (Hausman 1998 ...
Letiche, HK, van Uden, J
openaire   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Metaphorical Thinking Learning Model Enhance Students' Mathematical Literacy in Area Conservation?

Journal of Integrated Elementary Education
Primary students often face challenges with mathematical literacy. One practical approach to overcoming these challenges is the metaphorical thinking learning model, which utilizes metaphors to help students better visualize and grasp mathematical ...
Lilis Wahyuningtyas , Mohammad Faizal Amir   +1 more
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Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn, Vanessa Langenberg, Kristy Harper, Libby Callaway, Hilary O'Connell, Eleanor Kennett‐Smith, Natasha Layton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source