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Inclusion of verbal syntagmatic patterns in specialized dictionaries: the case of EcoLexicon

One of the main drawbacks of specialized lexicographical resources is the lack of combinatorial patterns in word descriptions. Various authors have highlighted the need to include verbs in specialized lexicographic resources (William 2010; L’Homme & Leroyer 2009; López-Ferrero & Torner Castells 2008; Alonso Campos & Torner Castells 2008). In this sense, apart from some initiatives (Williams 2008; Williams & Millon 2010 inter alia), verbs have not yet deserved enough attention in terminographic resources. In this research we aim to evaluate how verbs should be ideally described in dictionaries for specific purposes. To this end, we first analyze how the existing specialized resources deal with phraseology and word combination. Based on their main advantages and shortcomings, we present here a new proposal for verb description in EcoLexicon, a specialized knowledge base of environmental sciences. Accordingly, a fine-grained description of the macrostructure and microstructure of a verb entry is provided, based on the main tenets of Frame-Based Terminology (Fillmore 1985, 2006; Faber 2009, 2011, 2012), Role and Reference Grammar (Van Valin 2005) and the Lexical Grammar Model (Faber & Mairal 1999, Ruiz de Mendoza & Mairal 2008). The terminological entry proposed accounts for the combinatorial patterns of terms and verbs and, therefore, is thought to be very useful for translators who are due to produce texts in the target language in the same way natives would do.
On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts

Language acquisition is often said to be a process of mapping words into pre-existing concepts. If that is right, then we ought to be able to obtain experimental evidence for the existence of concepts in prelinguistic children, as intended in the work of Paul Quinn. This paper argues that Quinn's results have an alternative explanation.
STUDY OF PI3K/Akt SIGNAL PATHWAY IN HBV X PROTEIN INDUCING RAT GLOMERULAR MESANGIAL CELL PROLIFERATION

【Objective】To study the role of PI3K/Akt signal pathway in the HBV X Protein inducing on glomerular mesangialcell（GMC）proliferation. 【Methods】 The HBV X gene was amplified by PCR, the target gene was inserted into eukaryotic expression vector pCI-neo to constitute pCI-neo-X，which 0then transfect it into cultured rats GMCs. The PI3K/Akt signal pathway was inhibited by LY294002. The level of HBx、Akt、p-Akt and β-actin protein in glomerular mesangial cells were assayed by Western blotting. Mesangial cell proliferation in different groups were assayed by MTTcolorimetry. 【Results】 The GMC tansfectedpCI-neoXplasmid expressedHBx protein steadily after 36h, compared with that of GMC+pCI-neo group cells were significantly proliferated at 36h and 48h（p＜0.05）. The group of GMC+PCI-neo-X cells proliferation was inhibited after LY294002 being added, compared with that of empty vector group p-Akt was slightly expressed（p＜0.05）. 【Conclusion】HBV X protein can induce GMC proliferation and PI3K/Akt signal is one of the most crucial transduction pathway inducing it .
Halal analysis of raw materials, ingredients and finished bakery products using PCR and gene chip southern-hybridization for detection of porcine DNA

This study was conducted to investigate the sensitivity and detection of porcine DNA in raw materials, ingredients and finished bakery products by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) southern hybridization on chip analysis. A total of 20 samples (n=20 * 3) with three replicates for each samples were obtained from a bakery factory located in Bangi, Selangor from January to December 2012. The sensitivity level of PCR-southern hybridization on chip was 0.001 ng. The species-specific oligonucleotide primers used in PCR-southern hybridization were targeted on the mitochondria DNA (mtDNA) of cytochrome b (cyt b) gene sequence, namely cty b biotin-labeled oligonucleotide primers. The amplicon from PCR amplification was 276 bp in size. None of the raw materials, ingredients and finished bakery product samples was positive towards porcine DNA, except for the positive control. The results in the present study demonstrated that the PCR- southern-hybridization technique on the gene chip (Olipro TM Porcine gene chip) is a sensitive tool for monitoring the porcine component in highly processed ingredients and finished bakery products.
Overcoming Intellectualism about Understanding and Knowledge: A Unified Approach

In this paper I defend a unified approach to knowledge and understanding. Both are achievements due to cognitive abilities or skills. The difference between them is a difference of aspects. Knowledge emphasizes the successful aspect of an achievement and the exclusion of epistemic luck, whereas understanding emphasizes the agent's contribution in bringing about an achievement through the exercise of one's cognitive skills. Knowledge and understanding cannot be separated. I argue against the claim that understanding is distinct from knowledge because the former is compatible with environmental luck. Achievements rule out environmental luck because abilities can be exercised only in their proper environment. I also reject the intellectualist claim that understanding requires the ability to explain what one intends to understand. The understanding of an item is reflected in our ability to solve cognitive tasks using that item. The more tasks one can deal with by using an item, the deeper is one’s understanding of that item. Being able to explain why a claim holds is not necessary for possessing understanding, even though it may be necessary for accomplishing some very specific tasks. Neither understanding nor knowledge require any kind of second-order cognition
GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF GREEN GRAM (VIGNA RADIATA (L.) WILCZEK.)

Forty genotypes of green gram used to study the nature and magnitude of genetic divergence using Mahalanobis’s D 2 Statistics. The data for ten important quantitative traits recorded from the genotypes raised in Randomized Block Design having three replications. The forty Green gram genotypes were grouped into thirteen clusters. Cluster III was largest with ten genotypes followed by cluster II with eight genotypes. The maximum inter-cluster distance was observed between cluster VIII and IV, suggesting that the genetic architecture of the genotypes in one cluster differ entirely from those included in other clusters. Three characters viz. Seed yield per plant (g), No. of pod per plant, and Pod length (cm) contributed maximum in manifestation of genetic diversity. Seed yield per plant had maximum Phenotypic and Genotypic Coefficient of Variation (PCV and GCV), followed by number of pods per plant. High magnitude of heritability (broad sense) was recorded for number of pod per plant. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance was observed for plant height and number of pod per plant suggesting that, the role of additive gene effect and possibilities of achieving high genetic progress through selection. The genotypes KM-09-152, KM-09-156, KM-09-183, BM-2005-1, Vaibhav, KM-09-187, KM-09-173 and KM-09-158 were identified as genetically diverse parents, which can be utilized for future crop improvement programme
Modeling of Washing Circuits in Mining - A Networked System Approach

The models of two process system networks in an alumina refinery are developed in this paper. These models have been used in the numerical simulations in previous work. They are the washing circuits widely used in the mineral processing plants. The process modeling here is to derive a state space model for the multi-variable feedback control design purpose. The complex process system is modelled as an interconnected system having a mixed connection configuration. The interactions between equipment and sub-processes via the material flows within an unit operation are modelled as interactive variables of subsystems under the auspices of interconnected system formulation.
Metacognitive strategy instruction in L2 reading

Recent research in L2 language education has begun to recognize that metacognition plays a significant role in L2 learning processes. These studies have investigated metacognitive awareness of learning strategies and the relationships among perceived strategy use, actual strategy use, and L2 performance. This paper reports a classroom-based, longitudinal study of the effect of metacognitive strategy instruction on reading comprehension. To achieve the purpose of the study, two groups of EFL university students were assigned to an experimental and a control group. Both groups received instruction on reading strategies through a ten-week period. However, only the experimental group received metacognitive strategy training during this period. The results showed that: (1) explicit metacognitive strategy training has a significant positive effect on reading comprehension; (2) although all subjects in the experimental group showed considerable gains, lower-ability subjects seemed to benefit the most from strategy training. Strategy training research so far has seemed to focus on the cognitive aspects of language learning processes. Relatively little research on metacognitive strategy training has been done in an L2 context. However, this study showed a potential role of metacognition in effective L2 learning. If students could reflect upon their learning processes properly, they would become better prepared to make conscious decisions about what they can do to improve their learning. Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Graduate School of International Media and Communication, Hokkaido
Using social media to find English lexical blends

We present a method for identifying English lexical blends — words such as complisult (compliment + insult) and globesity (global + obesity) — from social media, specifically Twitter. Our method is based on observations about words and phrases that are commonly used to introduce new words and corpus patterns that are often used to describe the meaning of lexical blends, and leverages the massive volume of data that is readily-available for analysis through Twitter. We run our method for 5 weeks and identify 976 candidate lexical blends; analysis of a sample of these candidates indicates that approximately 57% are blends. We further discuss a small number of blends identified by our method that are in regular usage on Twitter but which are not recorded in any of a number of dictionaries searched.
Cow Urine: A Boon for Sustainable Agriculture

India is primarily agrarian, and this sector provides livelihood to a major part of the population. To feed the 1.3 billion population of the country, increasing tremendously approximately at 1.2% every year, the food grain production need to be increased correspondingly, towards attaining this goal, there is requirement of higher doses of fertilizers, which require non-renewable energy. In the same time, declining factor productivity owing to imbalanced and indiscriminate use of fertilizers in most productive zone of the country i.e. Indo Gengatic Plains, food grain production in India reached to the plateau. Thus, the importance of organic sources of nutrients was recognized in current scenario in order to get higher yield without disturbing soil health International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 2 (2017) pp. 1824-1829 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Comparison of tissue characterization curves for different CT scanners: implication in proton therapy treatment planning

For proton beam therapy, CT imaging is required to calculate dose based on CT pixel values of relative stopping power (RSP). The variation among CT-scanners and the phantom used to derive the relationship CT number-electron density-RSP has not been investigated. Using RMI CT phantoms, 18 CT scanners and a Tomotherapy unit, the Hounsfield unit (HU) variations and associated dosimetric uncertainty were investigated. The variation of HU was within one standard deviation (SD) of the average for 14 out of the 15 scanners tested with the same phantoms. For high density materials (>400 HU) the HU values deviated by more than 4% from the average. The HU- RSP curves of 18 scanners were fitted with a straight line in three HU intervals: -700<0, 0<230 and <230<1,700. The dosimetric impacts of the variation of HU among scanners were <1% in DVH point dose comparisons in a prostate cancer plan. For a head and neck cancer plan the difference was up to 4% due to large inhomogeneities. Our results seem to suggest that the x ray spectrum of a CT scanner has a smaller effect on the HU-RSP curve than the elemental compositions of the tissue substitutes used in the calibration. Furthermore, a single HU-RSP curve may suffice as a reference curve for proton treatment planning. It is found to agree with the calibration curve obtained for the specific scanner. This study does not address the issue of metallic implants included in the treatment plan.
Exploration of MEMS G-Switches at 100-10,000 G-Levels with Redundancy

Abstract : The goal of this research program was to develop fundamental understanding necessary for producing novel MEMS/NEMS accelerometers that will characterize acceleration forces in the range of 100-10,000 g with high-precision, high-redundancy, high-frequency-response, high reliability, and high manufacturing repeatability. Such accelerometers consume a small fraction of power as compared to conventional accelerometers, which makes them ideal choices for applications where available power is limited.
THE LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF JAVANESE NAMES A CASE STUDY IN SURAKARTA CENTRAL JAVA

The aim of this research is to discover the linguistic characteristics which appear through the distribution of vowels and consonants in Javanese names, based on a close look at the form, position, and distribution of vowels and consonants. This research was deemed important in order to help avoid making mistakes in pronouncing Javanese names, in particular by people from outside the ethnic Javanese community, since there is a wide variety of vowels and consonants in the Javanese language system. A qualitative descriptive research method was used. The data was collected from a list of names from the Department of Demography in the city of Surakarta. From the analysis that was carried out into the linguistic construction, it was discovered which variations of vowels were more prominent. Based on the position of the vowels in Javanese names, eleven vocoid phones were identified at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of Javanese names. An analysis of the consonants showed that there was a tendency towards a systemized used of prothesis, epenthesis, and paragogue. All three apply to both modern and traditional (old) Javanese names. It is hoped that this study of the linguistic characteristics of Javanese names will help to set straight a number of views from the past which need to be re-examined in order to gain a clearer picture of the everchanging development of ideas and cultural taste in the Javanese community.
Competitive Strategies for Value Creation During Disruptive Innovations

Electric mobility will play an important role in individual traffic in the upcoming decade and create revolutionary changes in product and process technology. Thereby, electric mobility can be described as a disruptive innovation resulting in high risks in market development and many technological alternatives. These are specific for disruptive innovations and represent the major challenge in designing value creation processes. Hence, competitive strategies for value creation of the electric powertrain are essential. To analyze the existing process of value creation, different approaches exist and can basically be separated in a market and a resourced based view. New approaches like the basic value creation architectures extend the existing literature. In the case of disruptive innovations, basic decision parameters of the approaches to design value creation cannot be analyzed due to the risky and unpredictable market and technology development. Hence, an approach for the design of the strategy of value creation that takes the risk of disruptive innovations into consideration is needed. The approach for a competitive value creation strategy presented in this paper can be separated into four steps. Firstly, a strategy for the value creation is needed. From an internal view this includes the definition of the depth of added value for the company. Secondly, from an external view the strategy for value creation involves the design of the value network. Moreover, a risk strategy to take the uncertainty of disruptive innovations into account is needed. The internal view covers thirdly the strategy to manage the technological alternatives. Fourthly, in the external view of the risk management the market development is regarded. In each of the four steps, companies can follow a focused or a general strategy. Different examples from companies will be finally presented in the paper to show how these companies develop their strategy for value creation.
Exercise in Men and Women with Pre-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: A Review

ABSTRACT Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a gradual loss of renal function, and is associated with multiple health consequences. It is well recognized that patients with CKD have poor physical function negatively impacting quality of life and increasing morbidity. This review paper summarizes the effectiveness of exercise on physiological health in adult men and women with predialysis (stages 1 to 3) CKD. The overall objective of this paper is to determine which type of exercise provides the greatest benefit to CKD patients. Three types of exercise interventions are studied in this review; moderate intensity aerobic exercise, resistance training and a combination of aerobic and resistance training. We also briefly discuss the recent data on high intensity interval training in CKD patients. This review focuses on multiple physiological outcomes, including shifts in aerobic capacity (VO2 max), strength, arterial stiffness, oxidative stress, inflammation, blood pressure, and glomerular filtration. The overall findings of the studies analyzed suggest that training either improves or maintains exercise capacity and physical functioning among non-dialysis dependent CKD patients, with no study indicating lowered kidney function as a result of exercise. In addition, several studies suggest that oxidative stress, blood pressure and inflammation all improve in response to exercise. In conclusion, exercise prescription should be considered more often as this review shows strong evidence that moderate-intensity physical activity is safe and associated with improved physiological health in pre-dialysis CKD patients.
Activation of π-systems in Lewis acid mediated homogenous catalysis

Understanding the electronic structure of a chemical system in detail is essential for describing its chemical reactivity. In the present work, quantum chemical methods are applied in combination with experimental studies to achieve such detailed mechanistic understanding of chemical systems. Understanding the basic theory behind computational methods is of importance when applying them to chemical problems. Therefore, the first part of this work provides an introduction to quantum chemical methods. The results of this work are published in four peer-reviewed publications. In each publication, the understanding of the chemical system has been obtained using a combination of experimental and quantum chemical studies. These include the design of a new-type of Au(III)-catalysts, and understanding mechanistic aspects related to a Au(III) catalytic cycle. We have also focused on understanding how the electronic structure of an alkyne affects the regioselectivity in the Pauson-Khand reaction. A computational model, which provides a qualitative and, to some extent, a quantitative prediction of regiochemical outcomes is presented.
Uncovering the structure of personality space, with a focus on the ZKA-PQ

Objective : The Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire provides scores for the five dimensions of the Alternative 5, namely Extraversion, Neuroticism, Sensation Seeking, Aggressiveness, and Activity. What is the degree of interdependence among these five traits (dimensions) of the ZKA-PQ? What do we know about the internal structure of the multidimensional space defined by the Alternative 5? Method : To address these questions, we employ a multiway classification of our 460 participants, using independent median splits along these five dimensions, resulting in a partitioning of the dimensional space into its 2 5 (= 32) sectors. This results in a multiway frequency table that we analyze using the log-linear model. Results : The Alternative 5 defines a multidimensional space wherein all these combinations (profiles) do exist—hence providing testimony to the adequacy of this conceptualization. In our two-dimensional plots, we see both the non-homogeneity of personality space and areas in which personality types might well be found. Conclusions : The contribution of a log-linear model here is to go beyond these surface-level, two-way relationships, and to take into account the higher-order interactions present in the model. How to relate the complexity of the analysis (model) while achieving an understanding of the nature of this personality space is worthy of further study.
The Binary Dwarf Carbon Star SDSS J125017.90+252427.6

Although dwarf carbon (dC) stars are universally thought to be binaries in order to explain the presence of C2 in their spectra while still near main-sequence luminosity, direct observational evidence for their binarity is remarkably scarce. Here, we report the detection of a 2.92 day periodicity in both the photometry and radial velocity of SDSS J125017.90+252427.6, an r = 16.4 dC star. This is the first photometric binary dC, and only the second dC spectroscopic binary. The relative phase of the photometric period to the spectroscopic observations suggests that the photometric variations are a reflection effect due to heating from an unseen companion. The observed radial velocity amplitude of the dC component (K = 98.8 ± 10.7 km s−1) is consistent with a white dwarf companion, presumably the evolved star that earlier donated the carbon to the dC, although substantial orbital evolution must have occurred. Large synoptic photometric surveys such as the Palomar Transient Factory, which was used for this work, may prove useful for identifying binaries among the shorter-period dC stars.
The effects of collaborative strategic reading among third grade students

Inez Lee Barberio THE EFFECTS OF COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING AMONG THIRD GRADE STUDENTS 2004/2005 Dr. Randall Robinson Master of Science in Teaching The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of Collaborative Strategic Reading in a third grade class significantly improved test scores in vocabulary and comprehension in a given social studies unit exam. Two third grade classes were researched. The use of CSR was compared to the testing results of another third grade class that was taught through the use of traditional "textbook" teaching methods. The researcher taught the experimental group through the use of CSR while the control class was taught by their regular classroom teacher. Each class was tested using the same pretest and posttest. Mean test scores showed that students who used CSR scored higher than the control group. However, when the exam scores were calculated in both classes through the use of the t test, the results did not prove to be highly significant when compared to a 0.05 probability level. While the students who used CSR had a positive reaction through its use, additional testing would need to be given to determine its reliability.