Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems‚ Vol. n‚ No. m‚ 2008 Commonsense Knowledge‚ Ontology and Ordinary Language Walid S. Saba American Institutes for Research‚ 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street‚ NW‚ Washington‚ DC 20007 USA E-mail: wsaba@air.org Abstract: Over two decades ago a “quite revolution” overwhelmingly replaced knowledgebased approaches in natural language processing (NLP) by quantitative (e.g.‚ statistical‚ corpus-based‚ machine learning) methods. Although it is our firm belief that purely quantitative
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Informed decision-making is an important aspect for working in the government. According to Milakovich and Gordon‚ provide some examples of how information technology can be used to assist bureaucrats in decision-making? The depth and quality of knowledge used by policy makers can influence the effectiveness of policies. According to Milakovich and Gordon‚ competitive political forces constantly push elected representatives to focus on immediate political decisions‚ rather than on long term professional-administrative
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Managers and Performance Evaluations: Ethical Dilemmas Performance evaluations serve the purpose “to enlighten subordinates about what they should be doing better or differently‚” (Culbert‚ 2012). However‚ they can often become problematic and raise serious ethical issues that would threaten the well being of the employee‚ manager‚ and company in general. There are several ethical issues which can present themselves in performance reviews which can be even further augmented by social issues
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International problem: Over fishing Fishing once thought of as a leisure activity is now causing serious issues on the marine environment. Fishing‚ when taken to the extreme can cause species to deplete in numbers and over turn the natural food chain. Many people are involved in over fishing all over the world. The reasons they take part in the practise are also altering. However many of the fisherman are from poorer countries and they see it as‚ the more fish they return home with the more they
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Ethical Guidelines for Observational Studies Observational Research‚ Audits and Related Activities December 2006 Ethical Guidelines for Observational Studies: Observational Research‚ Audits and Related Activities Citation: National Ethics Advisory Committee. 2006. Ethical Guidelines for Observational Studies: Observational research‚ audits and related activities. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Published in December 2006 by the Ministry of Health PO Box 5013‚ Wellington‚ New Zealand
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OVER POPULATION “Whether we accept it or not‚ this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our planet. It will come about in one of two ways: Either we decide to manage our own numbers‚ to avoid a collision of every line on civilization’s graph – or nature will do it for us‚ in the form of famines‚ thirst‚ climate chaos‚ crashing ecosystems‚ opportunistic disease and wars over dwindling resources that finally cut us down to size” – Alan Weisman
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Ritalin‚ Are We Overmedicating Our Children? Today‚ many children are diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Children that are not able to concentrate‚ act impulsively‚ or have an abundance of energy are likely candidates of having ADHD. Many children have these characteristics and are being prescribed Ritalin‚ a drug that stimulates the brain to help children gain focus. Having said that‚ more and more children are taking Ritalin‚ but are too many taking it for the
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Staring over with school after being out of high school for 20 years hasn’t been easy. Students may deal with being scared‚ with learning to use new technology‚ and actually committing to doing online schooling‚ but with the teacher’s guidance and school’s support students will overcome these obstacles and succeed. The biggest fear for me with starting over with school is knowing that’s its’ going to be hard. Struggling with a learning disability and being out of school so long has put me in a
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INCIDENT REPORT ------------------------------------------------- Initial Call Reported: Date: 4/18/2012 Time: 10:30am Tech’s Name: Arcell M. Mitchell Jr. Name of Requestor: Department: Phone of Requestor: ------------------------------------------------- IT Reporting Information Date and Time of Response to Requestor: 4/19/2012 10:15am Date and Time Incident Occurred: 4/18/2012- unknown Type (Hardware‚ Software‚ Phone): Exchange (outlook) due to hardware and damage file issue
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Finally semester 1 is over‚ and this semester has been challenging in some aspects of being a freshman: for example getting used to high school‚ behavior problems‚ swine flu‚ my attendance and being tardy‚ and even meeting new teachers. I’m glad that all of that is over with now: I can focus on a new semester and be prepared for everything that is thrown at me in class. This class has been one of my better classes in the terms of grades and me liking it‚ and I have learned a lot. I’ve learned things
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