Dominant Impressions

Database and Expert Systems Applications

This two volume set LNCS 7446 and LNCS 7447 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2012, held in Vienna, Austria, September 3-6, 2012. The 49 revised full papers presented together with 37 short papers and 2 keynote talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 179 submissions. These papers discuss a range of topics including: database query processing, in particular XML queries; labelling of XML documents; computational efficiency, data extraction; personalization, preferences, and ranking; security and privacy; database schema evaluation and evolution; semantic Web; privacy and provenance; data mining; data streaming; distributed systems; searching and query answering; structuring, compression and optimization; failure, fault analysis, and uncertainty; predication, extraction, and annotation; ranking and personalisation; database partitioning and performance measurement; recommendation and prediction systems; business processes; social networking.

Paragraph Writing: From Process to Proficiency

To bridge this critical gap, this book is structured as a progressive guide that leads readers step by step from the foundational principles of academic discourse to the nuanced craft of constructing unified, cohesive, and rhetorically effective paragraphs. It introduces a recursive model of the writing process—planning, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading—mirroring the practices of accomplished writers who understand that meaningful revision is a process of re-seeing rather than mere correction. Each chapter builds systematically upon the last, integrating theoretical frameworks with practical applications, ensuring that readers not only learn to identify the purpose of their writing but also develop the procedural knowledge to execute it with precision.

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